Take A Trip Around WDW With Special Disney+ Playlists

Even though we can’t be in the parks, we can still reminisce and dream of the day when we do get to experience the magic and attractions once again! If you have Disney+, your quarantine time has been made a little easier with doses of Disney daily right on your screen. DisneyParksBlog is taking you on a trip through the parks right from your couch with special watch-lists inspired by favorite WDW Resort experiences. Happy watching Disney fans!

The main entrance to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. (Photo courtesy, Walt Disney World)

Following our recent trip around Disneyland park, today let’s take a tour around the four Walt Disney World theme parks to spark our imaginations and take us back to some of our favorite memories from The Most Magical Place on Earth:

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Magic Kingdom Park: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings” 

Today’s watchlist starts off with Magic Kingdom Park, where you may be thrilled to go on a treasure hunt alongside Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” or you may prefer an underwater adventure with your favorite mermaid and sea creatures in “The Little Mermaid.” If you fantasize about dream weddings and honeymoons, you can watch fairytales unfold right from the comfort of your own home with “Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings.” 

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Disney’s Hollywood Studios: “Toy Story 4,” “Mickey Mouse” Cartoon Shorts and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

Adventures and excitement await at every turn at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. You can have a virtual theme park experience from home with these thrilling titles. Sing and play along with your favorite toys as Woody, Buzz, and the gang are reunited. If you’re looking for a place where “mouse rules apply” and anything can happen, then the “Mickey Mouse” cartoon shorts are for you. For a more galactic adventure, follow Rey, Finn and Poe as they battle Kylo Ren and the First Order in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”

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Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park: “The Lion King,” “Avatar” and “Jane Goodall: The Hope” 

For all the animal lovers out there, Disney’s Animal Kingdom is where you may feel most at home. Here we embrace Hakuna Matata and the spirit of animals and nature, with titles like The Lion King,” “Avatar” and “Jane Goodall: The Hope” from National Geographic.

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EPCOT: “Ratatouille,” “Frozen 2,” “Mary Poppins Returns”

There’s no better place to end our journey through Walt Disney World Resort than at EPCOT, with its exciting attractions and international pavilions. Whether you want to venture into the kitchen or into the unknown, where you can “let it go” or step in time with your favorite chimney sweeps, there is a title here for you!

Immersing ourselves in some of the great Disney stories on Disney+ helps bring our favorite Disney Parks memories to life. Let’s all continue to make time for magic together and check out even more movies, shows and shorts inspired by Disney Parks on Disney+.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Passes $1 Billion Mark

“Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker” finished the weekend in 5th place and brought in $8.4 million. The film has made a total of $1.029 billion globally, which consists of $494 million domestically and $535 million internationally.

The good news for “Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker” is that it finally made over $1 billion worldwide. This makes it the seventh film released by Disney that has made over $1 billion for the company. The bad news is the movie will end its box office run as the worst-performing movie of the recent Star Wars trilogy.

“Frozen 2” came in 10th place with $3.7 million this weekend. “Frozen 2” has made an impressive $1.402 billion at the box office.

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New “The Rise of Skywalker” Phone Cases

Since the release of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” in December, the film’s presence has spread throughout Walt Disney World, particularly with a new exhibit at Star Wars Launch Bay and new scenes added to Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

“The Rise of Skywalker” phone case designs are now available at D-Tech on Demand kiosks at Walt Disney World. Let’s take a closer look at the new designs.

All of these phone cases are the standard D-Tech on Demand price of $29.99 with an additional $5 option for personalization.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Still #1 at Box Office

“Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker” was #1 at the box office for a third weekend in a row. This weekend, “The Rise Of Skywalker” made $33.7 million domestically and $51 million internationally. So far, “The Rise Of Skywalker” has made $450 million domestically and $469 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total at the box office to $919 million.

Coming in at fifth place was “Frozen 2”. The film made $11.2 million domestically over the weekend and $42.4 million overseas. “Frozen 2′ has now made $450 million domestically and $875 million internationally, bringing its worldwide box office total to $1.325 billion. “Frozen 2” has officially become the highest grossing animated film of all time, followed by “Frozen” with $1.281 billion and “Incredibles 2” with $1.243 billion.

“Spies In Disguise” dropped to sixth place and made $10 million during its second week of release. “Spies In Disguise” has made $48 million domestically and $42 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $90 million.

After 7 weeks in theaters, “Ford v Ferrari” has crossed the $200 million mark. The film has made $110 million domestically and $94 million internationally, bringing its worldwide box office total to $204 million.

Rise of Skywalker Scenes Added to Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular @ Hollywood Studios

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!