Christmas tree trucks dominate Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party merch and the Magic Kingdom Haunted Mansion standby queue gets extended — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
Daily Recap (10/29/25)
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom
- Astro Fizz is the new Coca-Cola snack kiosk in Tomorrowland replacing the former Cool Ship. The sign has just been revealed and it will be open in time for the start of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom.
- Space Mountain is receiving refurbishment work at Disney World, including working on old carpet at the exit of the attraction.
- One of the goats has returned to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disney World during the ride’s multi-month refurbishment.
- Disney World has extended the standby queue for the Haunted Mansion attraction, providing a protection from the sun and elements.
- Walt Disney World has released the full list of new and returning holiday menu items that will be available at Magic Kingdom during the day and exclusively at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.
- We are still a few days away from Christmas trees and garland arriving at Magic Kingdom, but the park has begun prepping for the holiday season with snoap machines.
- The Disney Parks Instagram account confirmed that Magic Kingdom will have holiday decor starting November 2, two weeks ahead of the official holiday event start date.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Jollywood Nights starts in a little over one week, and it appears that Disney is setting up the stage in front of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway for the event.
Disney Springs
- A new pop-up holiday Disney art gallery is coming to Disney Springs for the season.
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- Work continues at the Grand Floridian as crews finish installing the countertops for the Birdcage Bar, and stained glass windows are placed in the Tea Room along with more updates.
New Merchandise
- The previously-revealed Christmas tree truck popcorn bucket will be available at Magic Kingdom during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party 2025.
- Disney has revealed the keepsake ornament for the 2025 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom.
- Ahead of the new Zootopia: Better Zoogether show opening at Animal Kingdom on November 7, 2025, two new sets of ear headbands are on the scene.
- With just a few days to go before Halloween, a plethora of new Christmas merchandise arrived at Magic Kingdom.
- Kids can enjoy Christmas with a new Mickey peppermint bubble wand featuring scented bubbles.
- Several new Toy Story items have launched at Disney World, including Bobblehead pens, a journal, apparel, and a 30th anniversary figure.
- Disney has a new youth Star Wars hat and a mystery figure set featuring different creatures from the Star Wars universe.
Disneyland Resort
Disneyland Park
- Disneyland’s “it’s a small world” will be closing earlier than the rest of the park for one day so crews can get a head start on the holiday overlay.
- A new Disney Parks Blog post shares how some of the Cast Members of Disneyland Resort create happiness in their different roles.
Other Disneyland News
- Hilton Anaheim, located right next to Disneyland Resort, has announced a Disney scavenger hunt featuring exclusive digital collectibles.
Tokyo Disney Resort
Tokyo Disneyland
- The Marvel overlay of “it’s a small world” with Groot will be back at Tokyo Disneyland late this year.
- Tokyo Disney Resort will celebrate 2026 and the Year of the Horse with new merchandise featuring Mickey, Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, and daruma dolls.
Disneyland Paris
Walt Disney Studios Park
- Hayley Atwell, who has played Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, got to visit her character’s office in Avengers Campus at Disneyland Paris.
Disney Cruise Line
- Walt Disney Imagineering shared a first look at the Storybook Castle sculpture in the Imagination Garden onboard the Disney Adventure.
Disney Store Merchandise
- As part of “Ssssurprise Week,” Disney has previewed another wave of new Zootopia 2 merchandise items that will be available soon for guests to purchase online.
- As the holidays approach, the Disney Store releases even more gingerbread-themed merchandise to ring in the season, this time with free customizable options.
Other Disney Merchandise
- Run Disney shoes are now available online at Brooks Running. All styles are available in women’s and men’s.
The Walt Disney Company
- Disney and Fubo have completed the sale of Hulu Live TV. This combines Fubo’s business with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV business.
- Disney and YouTube have settled in the breach of contract case over former president of Disney Platform Distribution Justin Connolly’s hiring.
Entertainment and Media
- ESPN, Disney, Pixar, and NFL will present another real-time animated Monday Night Football game, this time set inside Monsters, Inc.
- The second episode of the Disney Princess Create Your World documentary series takes fans behind-the-scenes with Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry brand.
- Disney Animation has shared two new Oswald the Lucky Rabbit animations to celebrate International Animation Day.
Disney+
- Disney+ will stream the 40th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Check out this year’s inductees, as well as special guests.
WDW News Today
- Released publicly for the first time, WDWNT Events is proud to present the uncut presentation about Alien Encounter from our event “Promising Tomorrows.”
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