Whats New At Walt Disney World: 2019

This past Friday, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Disney Social Media Celebration “on the road”. However, it was located right in Mickey and Minnie’s backyard, here at the Contemporary Resort, located steps from Magic Kingdom. If you don’t know about #DisneySMC it is a conference held for social media content creators, bloggers, and influencers, where we all come together to learn more about ways to improve our site, reach our audience, and of course more about Disney World, and what’s to come in the coming months. If you’re an avid Disney go-er or an annual passholder, you may already know about these upcoming events, shows, and attractions.

If you don’t know about all the new things coming, no worries, I am going to share it all with you! All of this information is straight from the amazing Cast Members of Disney from the Conference.

Whats New At Disney World:  

• Disney Villains After Hours at Magic Kingdom: Be bold, and party with Disney’s most nefarious fiends. I will be attending this event this Thursday, with all the kids, so be on the lookout for a new blog post sharing my experience and with 4 little ones! This event is held select nights from June 6th to August 8th, with tickets starting at $139. 
• H2O Glow Nights at Typhoon Lagoon: This ultimate glow party is the perfect way to end a fun summer night! Dance, and hit up water slides, all night long on Thursday and Saturday nights from May 30th-August 24th. Tickets only $59!!
• Epcot Forever: The Illuminations-Refelection on Earth show will be coming to end on 9/30 and the newest show, Epcot Forever will be starting 10/1 so make sure you see both!!
• New Halloween Fireworks, at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party!: Mickey’s Not-so-scary Halloween party returns August 16th and runs until November 1st, and tickets start at $79 for select nights after $10 advance-purchase savings
• NBA Experience: This is coming to Disney Springs, and its going to be EPIC!! Get a real feel for what it feels like to be in the NBA! This attraction is coming August 12th, and tickets start at $34. Click HERE to learn more!.
• Epcot International Food & Wine Festival: August 29th-November 23rd. This is a favorite for my husband and I. We go every year, just us two for our anniversary. This year they have some new segments!
  • Sunday brunch with a Chef
  • Party for the Senses
  • Eat to the Beat Concert Series
  • Celebrity Chef Seminars
  • Candy Sushi at The Land Pavillion
  • Beverage seminars and tastings
  • The Chocolate Experience by Ghiradelli
  • Hands on Workshops
  • 30 festive global food & wine marketplaces
• Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Firework Show at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party: Select nights from November 8th-December 22nd. To learn more about this, CLICK HERE.
• New Christmas decor at Animal Kingdom: Animal Kingdom are my kids’ favorite parks, simply because they love nature and animals, and Disney took those two things and added some Christmas cheer and is creating something like never before. (see image below)

  

• Skyliners opening up this fall: Want the most amazing view of the Disney parks? This fall the new Disney Skyliners will be opening up. Guest staying at Disney’s Riviera Resort, Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney’s Pop Century Resort and Disney’s Art of Animation Resort will be able to ride between Epcot and Hollywood studios.

  

Galaxy Edge:

Star Wars Galaxy Edge is opening up August 29th!! and I’m so excited to say, I got to go inside and be one of the first people to see it! I was not able to take pictures, or record anything, but all I can say is that Disney pays close attention to every single detail, and when you all see this, you’re going to die!! My husband is a huge Star Wars fan, so he’s jealous that I got see it before he did. There will be 2 entrances to the park, one near the muppets, and one from toy story land.

What to expect at Galaxy’s Edge:

• Millennium Falcon: Fly the Millennium Falcon on a thrilling interactive smuggling mission
• Rise of The Resistance: This is an attraction where you can join the battle against the First Order, opening up December 5th
• Oga’s Cantina: Try some local beverages and curious concoctions.
• Docking Bay 7 Food and Beverage: Come inside a working hanger and indulge in some galactic favorites.
• Milk Stand: Get some Blue or green milk that Luke Skywalker drank in the Star Wars movies.
• Ronto Roasters: Grilled sausages and roasted pork wraps.
• Kat Saka’s Kettle: Get some sweet and savory popcorn here!
• and lots of shops that you can gear up on all things Star Wars.

On top of all the new and exciting things coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Now being a Disney resort guest, you have access to extra EXTRA magic hours. If you’re not familiar with magic hours, its basically when you stay at a Disney resort you are granted extra time in the parks, whether it’s before the park officially opens or after in closes. Well, starting September 1st through November 2ND, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is offering EXTRA EXTRA magic hours from 6:00am to 9:00am! 

Star Wars Galaxy Edge truly is going to be epic. While on my tour through the Galaxy Edge, a lady in my group said “I remember when I was 5 years old watching Star Wars in theaters for the first time, and dreaming of the day a place like this would exist, and now I’m in my late 40s and walking in it”. Building Galaxy’s Edge is a place for long time fans to go to, and remember their childhood and what Star Wars is for them, and for newer generations to inspire them to watch and fall in love with the movies.

Fun Fact: I went into labor watching Star Wars, and little Joel was born several hours later, at home!

Anyways, I hope this post was informational and helps you stay up to date with everything new at Disney, and what’s coming for the rest of 2019. Make sure you follow me on Instagram, where I share lots of fun family pictures of us at Disney, home and on our travels.

Thank you so much for reading, and all information was provided to me at The Disney Social Media Celebration #DisneySMC Thank you Disney World for inviting me.