In the corner of the video, we see a seal of the outline of Batuu, while a case opens that reveals what could be a Captain Cardinal figurine. While this teaser video doesn’t include a date when the merchandise will be available, it is captioned as “landing soon.”
Recently, Disney and Target have developed close ties, with Disney Stores opening at 25 Target stores across the United States last year. Target was also announced to be among the retail offerings at Flamingo Crossings Town Center at the western entrance to Walt Disney World.
The Walt Disney World Resort theme parks have begun their phased reopening with the Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Animal Kingdom both officially reopening to all guests on July 11th. Greeting guests as they walked into the parks was a fantastic new merchandise line celebrating the grand opening with the slogan “together again.” Other guests in the Magic Kingdom flocked to Splashdown Photos, eager to get their hands on any Splash Mountain merchandise they were able to.
The one problem with merchandise, however, is that it’s cumbersome. One of our favorite services that Walt Disney World previously offered pre-COVID-19 closure was the ability to have package pickup at the theme parks or, if you were staying on property, having your merchandise delivered straight to your hotel room.
When we began visiting the theme parks earlier this week for reopening previews, we noticed that both of these services were unavailable, which caused many guests to run back to their cars dropping off their bags or resorting to renting a locker to store their purchases.
We were hoping these services were just discontinued during the Cast Member and Annual Passholder previews of the theme parks, however, we did some asking around the theme parks today and it seems these services are still not available. Asking Cast Members at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Magic Kingdom confirmed neither services were operational at this time; currently, the only option when it comes to merchandise is home delivery, where theme park purchases can be shipped to your home for an additional fee.
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In celebration of the opening of Mickey and Minnie’s Railway Runaway at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, BoxLunch is releasing a set of exclusive styles inspired by the new attraction; the tees are available now for pre-sale at BoxLunch.com and will arrive at BoxLunch stores in the coming weeks. The exclusive merchandise offering is a glimpse of what’s to come as BoxLunch plans to release a full Mickey and Minnie’s Railway Runaway collection in the early fall.
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The debut of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Walt Disney World also means that there will be new merchandise that is offered! Guests can expect to see items like clothing, baseball caps, pins a tumbler, etc. Check out some of the great options below:
The Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction pin is at both Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disneyland park now. The other pin that displays the icon for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is also available at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and then at Disneyland park on January 17th, 2020.
Guests can purchase a collectible toy inspired by the attraction vehicle. The item is available at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and will be available at Disneyland park on January 17th, 2020.
Walt Disney World and Disneyland Annual Passholders will have a special shirt option available for purchase, plus Passholders can use their 20% discount on all merchandise.
Via live and recorded vignettes, generations of Star Wars icons are revealing new products in advance of their roll out on Triple Force Friday, October 4, all inspired by a trio of the year’s biggest Star Wars releases: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
One is the arrival of the new D-0 Interactive Droid by Hasbro, a fully autonomous droid that you can control via app.
You can move the droid via an app on your tablet or phone. He even plays and dances to music! No pricing was released for the droid, but he will be available during the official Triple Force Friday merchandise release next Friday, October 4th.
As a fun tie-in, you can see D-0 and BB-8 in this shot from an animated Star Wars clip by Funko!
You can catch the full clip, as well as a fun insider view on the engineering that went into the new D-0 Interactive Droid, in the Triple Force Friday preview video below:
