{"id":75414,"date":"2019-12-09T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=75414"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:28:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:28:06","slug":"walt-disney-world-news-12-9-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/walt-disney-world-news-12-9-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikki&#8217;s Mouse Bites &#8211; Walt Disney World News 12\/9\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Walt Disney World News\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Walt Disney World News<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mickey &amp; Minnie\u2019s Runaway Railway attraction will open on March 4 at Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios.\u00a0 This will be the first Disney ride-through attraction featuring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, that will draw guests inside a Mickey cartoon. More details can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/wdw\/mickey-minnies-runaway-railway-debut-march-2020\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios will be opening at 8:00 a.m. daily from December 9 to January 4, 2020 (except on Sundays when Morning Extra Magic Hours are already offered.)<\/li>\n<li>The new Mickey Shorts Theater will debut at Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios in March 2020! Take a look at what this newly rennovated theater will look like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/wdw\/new-mickey-shorts-theater-to-debut-this-march\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Coming in 2020 to Toy Story Land at Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios is a new table-service restaurant called Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant. Here, Guests will be immersed with all their favorite toy pals in the western atmosphere of Woody\u2019s Roundup providing a fun, family-friendly dining experience. Take a look at the new artist rendering of the restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/wdw\/new-concept-art-roundup-rodeo-bbq-toy-story-land\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kali River Rapids at Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom will be closed for refurbishment from January 6 to March 20. The attraction is currently expected to reopen to Guests on March 21.<\/li>\n<li>The new location for Art of Disney at Epcot opens on December 16 at The American Adventure.<\/li>\n<li>A new rendering of the Regal Eagle Smokehouse which is scheduled to open this winter at The American Adventure in Epcot was released. Take a look <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/wdw\/look-regal-eagle-smokehouse-epcot\/\">here<\/a>. Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts &amp; Barbecue will serve classic barbecue and home-style craft brews, celebrating American backyard barbecue with flavors from different regions around the United States.<\/li>\n<li>The all-new Space 220 table-service restaurant will debut this winter at Epcot next to Mission: SPACE. When Guests enter the restaurant, they will step into a special space elevator that will take them 220 miles above the earth\u2019s surface and offer incredible celestial views. Guests will feel as if they are traveling straight up into space to dock next to the Centauri Space Station suspended just beyond the orbit of Mission: SPACE. Lear more about this new restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/wdw\/look-space-220-restaurant-epcot\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A new interactive adventure based on DuckTales is coming soon to World Showcase. Disney\u2019s DuckTales World Showcase Adventure invites guests to join Scrooge McDuck, Donald, Launchpad, Webby, and the nephews in search of priceless treasure. Using the Play Disney Parks mobile app, guests take a trip around World Showcase discovering exotic destinations, exciting mysteries, and maybe even a few thieves, villains and more. To make way for this experience, Agent P\u2019s World Showcase Adventure will close in early 2020. More details can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/wdw\/ducktales-world-showcase-adventure-coming-epcot\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Three new films will debut on January 17, 2020 at Epcot. \u201cAwesome Planet\u201d in The Land pavilion showcases the Earth\u2019s beauty and diversity in a 10-minute film featuring spectacular imagery, in-theater effects, and an original musical score from Academy Award-winning composer Steven Price. \u201cBeauty and the Beast Sing-Along\u201d in the France pavilion is directed and produced by Don Hahn, producer of the animated and live-action \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d films, and invites guests to participate in a twist on a tale as old as time. It also features narration from Angela Lansbury, who played Mrs. Potts in the original film. The new sing-along will run in rotation with \u201cImpressions de France,\u201d which will receive an upgrade to 4K projection. Finally, \u201cCanada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360\u201d in the Canada pavilion is an update to the previous \u201cO Canada!\u201d film with new scenes, a new musical score by Canadian composer Andrew Lockington and new narration by award-winning actors Catherine O\u2019Hara and Eugene Levy. More details about these films can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/wdw\/details-three-new-films-epcot\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser will begin transporting you from Walt Disney World to a galaxy far, far away beginning in 2021! This is a new type of immersive vacation that only Disney could create. It will be a two-night, cruise-style itinerary where you\u2019ll become the hero of your own adventure in an experience that surrounds you 24\/7 in Star Wars storytelling. More details can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/wdw\/star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-open-2021\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Walt Disney World News &nbsp; Mickey &amp; Minnie\u2019s Runaway Railway attraction will open on March 4 at Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios.\u00a0 This will be the first Disney ride-through attraction featuring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, that will draw guests inside a Mickey cartoon. More details can be found here. 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