Zootopia

Hello Lovely Readers,

Today's post is about Zootopia!

Animal Kingdom opened a new Zootopia show under the Tree of Life at the end of 2025. It's a fun 4-D experience in the theatre that formally showed A Bug's Life. 

So, to commemorate that, they're doing some fun tie-ins for passholders

Including the first passholder magnet of 2026 with Judy Hopps & Nick Wilde

And a Zootopia Passholder dessert. A cute little carrot cake sundae with vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, pecans, carrot cake crumbles in a waffle bowl, topped with a birthday cake shell and a white chocolate carrot top

I don't think this was only for passholders, but it is a cute magic shot

With just the pawpsicle

Have you seen Zootopia? 

As of this post, I've only seen the first one, but I'll watch the 2nd one when it comes to Disney+

Stay 🌞 

Festival of the Holidays

Hello Lovely Readers,

Call me spirited. I love the parks at Christmas! This was my first time going to Walt Disney World during the holidays. First Park I visisited was Epcot.

Epcot's Christmas Tree

Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen

Fire-roasted Chesnuts

Yukon Holiday Kitchen

Canada

Beer Flight

Maple Cookie Blond Ale, Brown Sugar Coffee Porter, Peanut Butter Banana Porter

Los Posadas Holiday Kitchen

Mexico

Tamal de Pollo con Mole

Shredded Chicken and Mole in Corn Massa topped with Mole Negro, Queso Fresco, 

Creama Mexicana, Slivered Almonds & Sesame Seeds

Bavaria Holiday Kitchen

Germany

Cheese Fondue

in a Bread Bowl with Steamed Baby Vegetables and Marble Potatoes

Tuscany Holiday Kitchen

Italy

Montanara

Fried House-made Pizza Dough with Pomodoro Sauce, Parmesan, and Fresh Basil

& Prosecco

Holiday Hearth Desserts

The Odyssey

 Frozen Caramel Hot Chocolate
with Twix & Whipped Cream

Until next time

Cookie Stroll

I went to the Epcot International Festival of Holidays Cookie Stroll for the first time

I missed going last year...so I went on the first day I was not blacked out 

There are 13 cookies on this years stroll, although you only need to buy five cookies to get the festival treat/prize!

My choices...

Maple Leaf Shortbread {my fav}

Yukon Holiday Kitchen

Chocolate Snicker Bar

American Holiday Table

Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth

Experimental Prototype

 Cookies of Tomorrow 

Coffee Mocha

Mele Kalikimaka Holiday Kitchen

Cranberry-Oatmeal

Holiday Hearth Desserts

The prize was a spatula, mini M & M's, and a peanut butter cookie recipie 

I wasn't quite a glutton, I brought baggies so I could savor them later

I hope to go back, there's a couple I still have my eye on, plus Ill probably get another Maple 🍁 Shortbread

Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2025

Hello Lovely Readers,

Well, I only made it to this festival two times again this year 😞

I didn't get to finish Emile's Fomage Montage I  only ate three of the five needed

Nor did I get all the food I planned

& I didn't get all the Magic shots either

But, I did get to eat some fabulous things...

The Alps

Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese

with baby potatoes,cornichons & a baguette

On my snazzy new festival tray

Morocco Pavillion 

Fig Cocktail

Kleiner Feigling fig liqueur & white cranberry juice 

Flavors of America

Gulf Coast-style Seafood Roll

with warm-water lobster, rock shrimp, lobster bisque and sherry-creme franchise on a toasted brioche 

with drawn butter{cropped out}

Hawai'i

Pineapple Cheese Cake

with passion fruit curd & macadamia nuts

Forest & Field

Pumpkin-Mascarpone Ravioli 

with brown butter vinaigrette, pecorino cheese, pomegranate seeds and hazelnut praline

Gyozas of the Galaxy

French Onion Soup-style Dumplings

pork and beef soup dumplings with caramelized onions, sherry-beef broth, onion, and gruyere soubise, parmesan, and micro chives

Coastal Eats

Seaside Pot Pie

with shrimp, scallops, crawfish tails & lobster bisque, topped with puff pastry

Australia 

Mixed Berry Pavlova

with crunchy meringue shell, macerated berries & whipped cream 

I should of also had a frose from The Alps, but I screwed up and didn't put it in my tray correctly and I dropped a perfectly FULL drunk before I had a chance to taste it

On the plus side, I finally saw the photographer by the Mexican Pavillion & got a Miguel shot

Some other fun festival Magic Shots

There's always next year!!!

Stay 🌞 

Wicked

Hello Lovely Readers,

I just saw Wicked: For Good. There are very few films that I will go to on opening day/ weekend, anymore. I can wait a bit. However, I made an exception for the second Wicked. 

And I saw both of them in 3D. This time we received souvenir glasses, in pink or green

I was always a fan of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and watched the yearly showing with my mom, growing up.

I have yet to see the musical version of Wicked, because the first time it came to California, I was still mourning my mom...

I actually didn't attend a Broadway production for close to 20 years before seeing Hamilton, for the 1st time, in 2022.

Anyways, I loved the movie. I really didn't read spoilers for either before watching, but knew a couple of things beforehand.

Are you a fan? 

What movie brings you back to your childhood?

Until next time

 

Disney Birthday

Hello Lovely Readers,

The last time I spent my birthday at a Disney property was in 2001 at California Adventure during their opening year. 

Not sure if buttons were a thing then, but they are now, and it was fun wearing one for the day, even if it was a day late.

I couldn't go on my actual birthday since my pass is blocked out on weekends & Federal holidays. So on my actual birthday, October 13th, I ventured over to Disney Springs for a photo shoot, lunch at Earl of Sandwich, and a cookie at Gideon's before heading over to my off-property hotel.

My plan on the 14th was to rope drop Epcot and ride the Guardians of the Galaxy. Well, that didn't happen! I did get there right at opening but the wait was already at 105 minutes, and I had a breakfast reservation at The Kona Cafe in the Polynesian Resort at 10:45, so on to plan B.

While eating awesome macadamia nut pancakes with pineapple sauce and bacon, I came up with the plan to visit all four parks and use the four modes of transportation to travel to all of them. My car was parked at Epoct. 

While at each, I would get a photo at their icon with my button, then do a reverse one with my arms in the air. I also went on one ride, or went to a show at each park. I didn't since I was full from my delicious pancakes, and knew I was ending my night at Epcot. The Food & Wine was in full swing, and I was making my way through my list

       

I always take advantage of having a photopass, so besides these photos, I stood in line for character shots at Magic Kingdom & Epcot.

I also rode two roller-coasters, which I really shouldn't. Everest at Animal Kingdom & Guardians at Epcot.

A busy day, more hours than I usually stay, but all in all a fantastic, solo 59th birthday trip!

Instagram reel~ Birthday @ WDW

Until next time,