The Nerdy Disney News You Should Care About This Week (4/11)
Crack open some tantauns, villains on stage, Godzilla, and much more.
We’re not going to give you updates about barriers or some random restaurant updating its bathrooms — this is the news you should care about at the intersection of nerd and Disney.
You can get tantaun popcorn buckets at Disneyland right now
Imagine if when Han cut open that tauntaun on Hoth to save Luke’s life, he found the animal to be filled with a delicious salty snack.
I mean, I guess it’s not out of the question that he decided to snack on those innards… and it kind of resembles kernels popping, doesn’t it?
Anyways, you can get your hands on one of these buckets for a limited time at select locations across Disneyland Park.
The Grand Floridian is getting a sweet lobby bar
Not that I’ve ever had the money opportunity to stay there, but if these recently unveiled plans for updates to the Grand Floridian at Walt Disney World are any indication, it’s going to become a more fantastical resort to visit.
Namely, the new bar designed after the iconic lobby bird cage.
There’s also other stuff — but, hey, a bar! If these updates end up looking anything like the renderings, it should add a bit more fantasy and whimsy to the Grand Floridian.
Disney’s Lorcana TCG bans cards for the first time
Where my Lorcana-heads at? Is that even a thing?
I’ve been interested in Disney’s latest attempt at producing a trading card game that will stick (and presumably bring in lots of revenue), but not enough to actually get my hands on a starter deck and see what’s up. Perhaps now, I will, because you know when they start banning cards from competitive play (and even the fact that competitive play exists), things are getting more legit.
The new Disney villains show at WDW will premiere in May
When the imagineers, or copywriter-neers, came up with the title for the new villains show at WDW, Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After, they must have been patting themselves on the back for a job well done.
I would have gone with Unhappily Ever After, but I guess what do I know?
Regardless of my brilliant marketing ideas, the show is set to debut at Hollywood Studios starting on May 27.
And The Little Mermaid: A Musical Adventure will FINALLY be back on the same date.
Quick Hits
Disney is still going nuts with its celebration of The Goofy Movie’s 30th anniversary. The latest? A minute-long version in 16-bit style.
We hit send a little too early last week to give you the newest Lilo & Stitch live-action teaser, aptly called “Mayhem Unleashed.”
You’ll soon be able to scuba dive at EPCOT again!
An actual real screening of the original Star Wars is happening this June — not like that weird Roku thing that was going on. The catch? It’s happening in London.
This summer comic book readers will be able to see Godzilla take on the Marvel Universe.
We might be getting a Star Wars horror project.
If you’re a Disney+ subscriber, you can score $99 per night WDW hotel deals this summer.