WALT DISNEY WORLD

Tables in Wonderland Additions

New restaurants have been added to Tables in Wonderland beginning this month:

  • Big River Grille & Brewing Works (BoardWalk Resort)
  • Bongo’s Cuban Cafe (Downtown Disney West Side)
  • Paradiso 37  (Downtown Disney Pleasure Island)
  • Via Napoli (Epcot)

Chef Mickey’s Lunch

A lunch buffet will be available at Chef Mickey’s (Contemporary Resort) through August 28, and September 19 – October 2. Lunch hours are 12:30-2:30 p.m. Cost is $28.75 including tax, $15.97 ages 3 to 9, under 3 free. Characters will be there, just as they are at breakfast and dinner.

Toy Story Mania

Toy Story Mania was supposed to be closed through August 28 for refurbishment, but is now only expected to reopen on August 30, 2010.

La Hacienda de San Angel updates

Epcot’s new La Hacienda de San Angel and La Cantina de San Angel are on schedule for a mid-September opening, taking reservations for Oct. 15 and thereafter. (The first few weeks are a “soft opening” with no reservations.) La Hacienda will have 250 to 300 seats during the day when it’s quick service, and then later in the afternoon La Hacienda switches to table service with 250 seats. Tacos will be a specialty of La Hacienda, with corn tortillas and salsas made fresh daily. Some new menu items include: chiles toreados y chorizitos, roasted sweet peppers with lime and sea salt and mini chorizos (pork sausage); skillets with cuts of meat, veggies, seafood, to make your own taco; tequila flights; coffee margarita; mango-blueberry-basil margarita with fresh blueberries, mango puree and mashed basil; an orange mango fire margarita with a dash of Tabasco and chile powder and ginger liquer; and a sweet tamal del dulce filled with guava paste.

La Cantina’s new menu will focus on tacos with meat or chicken, garnished with fresh pico de gallo.

New Show Name

The name of the new show coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney California Adventure on October 22 has been given a name. “Disney Channel Rocks!” will feature popular music from a variety of Disney Channel hits, including the “High School Musical” series, “Camp Rock” and “StarStruck.”

D23′s Sip & Stroll Event

D23 members can attend an exclusive event at Epcot, Walt Disney World on October 15 & 16. The event ticket includes a wine & cheese reception, private IllumiNations dessert party and various other events. For extra cost members can attend Dave Smith’s retirement celebration dinner at the Living Seas VIP Lounge. Full details are here.

DISNEYLAND

New Suite

Disney Parks Blog have posted a sneak peek at the new Big Thunder Suite, which is located at the Disneyland Hotel.

Self-service Stroller Rentals

Disneyland are now offering guests the opportunity to skip the queues and hire strollers from self-service kiosks. There are four kiosks next to the staffed counter at the Stroller and Wheelchair rental booth in the Esplanade, just outside the Disneyland parkentrance. Guests can use a credit card to rent up to five strollers for up to six days. The process for multi-day rentals is the same. You turn in the stroller each night, and collect a new one the next day by showing your receipt.

DISNEY CRUISE LINE

New Spring-a-Leak at Castaway Cay

A new water play area has opened at Castaway Cay, Disney’s Private Island in the Bahamas. Here are some photos-

Disney Dream Update

The new Disney Dream ship is tentatively scheduled to undock from the Meyerwerft shipyard in Germany on October 30th. It will then be pulled by tugs to Eemshaven in the Netherlands to be outfitted and undergo sea trials. The maiden voyage of the new ship is on January 26, 2011.

DISNEYSTORE.COM

Halloween Boootique

Need a costume for one of the Disney Halloween parties, or maybe just a party at home? Disney Halloween costumes are now available at DisneyStore.com’s Halloween Boootique.

Spend over $50 sitewide and get free shipping using promo code: SHIPFIFTY. Shop now!

ANIMATION

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue – Fairies Build a Boat

Here’s the latest preview clip from the upcoming new Tinker Bell movie-

You can pre-order the DVD here, due for release September 21, 2010.

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 2, 2010. You can pre-order them here-
DVD
Blu-Ray
Four-disc Blu-ray / DVD combo