With the release of the new movie and the end of holiday offerings at the park, the refreshed nighttime spectacular now features scenes from the movie. While there were no major modifications to the show, some sound and character clips were inserted into certain places throughout which pertain to the final episode of the Skywalker saga.
You can check out the full fireworks show in the video below!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is celebrating its first-ever New Year’s Eve and is doing it big with DJ dance parties, exclusive Limited Edition pins, and special lighting displays.
New this year is a countdown on the iconic Tree of Life. Guests had viewing access around Discovery Island and Asia, and we were there to catch this special presentation. We don’t know whether this will be making a reprise next year, so here’s a special first look at the countdown:
Are you excited to celebrate the new year? Well if you’re a Walt Disney World Annual Passholder, there’s a new option n MagicBand chic available today! To ring in the new year (and decade), why not celebrate with a special 2020 Annual Passholder MagicBand?
The design is fairly basic, but that doesn’t make it any less neat! How are you supposed to show off your Passholder status without something to adorn your wrist, after all. The design features a standard blue MagicBand with Minnie Mouse posing in front of Spaceship Earth at EPCOT on top, and the text “2020 Passholder” along with the retro Walt Disney World logo on the bottom.
Though 2020 may have only just begun, things are picking up speed as we careen to the opening of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! And just to keep you “post”ed, Disney has revealed the start of a new poster art countdown series in preparation for the attraction’s March 4th, 2020 opening. And if that wasn’t enough, Disney also added that posters created for existing shorts will be featured in the attraction’s queue.
The new “Wish Upon a Coin” poster – inspired by Mickey’s popular cartoon short – was unveiled during Disney Parks Blog’s New Year’s Eve livestream. From Disney Parks Blog:
As you can see, Mickey and Minnie are at the wishing well and we thought it was the perfect artwork to begin our countdown series and a new year of magical wishes!
At Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, the park’s Chinese Theater serves as the magic portal through which you can actually step into a colorful cartoon world where anything can happen. Why? Because here, mouse rules apply! On this zany, one-of-kind adventure, expect the unexpected as you ride through the NEW Mickey Mouse cartoon “Perfect Picnic”!
As you make your way to the “premiere” of “Perfect Picnic” in the attraction, you’ll move through the theater’s lobby and see whimsical posters of existing award-winning Mickey cartoon shorts created specifically for the attraction by Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Television Animation.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway will open beginning March 4, 2020 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and later at Disneyland park in 2022.