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Welcome to the latest edition of Ears the News Brought to you by our friends at WDWMagic.com The France pavilion's Palais du Cinéma will reopen Friday January 17 with an updated Impressions de France movie and an all new “Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along” directed and produced by Don Hahn, producer of the animated and live-action “Beauty and the Beast” films. Along with the new sing-along and upgrade of Impressions de France to 4K projection is a new Photo courtesy of WDWMagic.com exhibit inside Palais du Cinéma. “Tales as Old as Time: French Storytelling on Stage and Screen” offers six distinct gallery cases featuring a collection of costumes, music, artwork and more, all dedicated to the adaptation of French literature in cinema, theater, ballet and opera. The exhibit reinforces how French literature has inspired artists from around the globe, including those who created timeless Disney classics such as “Sleeping Beauty,” “Cinderella” and, of course, “Beauty and

Welcome to the latest edition of Ears the News Brought to you by our friends at WDWMagic.com Both Chita Rivera and Warwick Davis have pulled out of the narrator line-up for the 2019 Candlelight Processional. Photo courtesy of WDWMagic.com Chita Rivera has pulled out for health reasons and will be replaced by Alton Fitzgerald White. Warwick Davis will be replaced by Geena Davis. The new 'Pin Traders and Camera Center' is now open in Epcot's Future World and is located in the former Camera Center. Photo courtesy of WDWMagic.com The new store combines the Pin Central and original Camera Center into one location. Merchandise on offer includes pins, Magic Bands, phone cases and a PhotoPass kiosk to review and purchase PhotoPass pictures. Kali River Rapids at Disney's Animal Kingdom is scheduled to close for its annual refurbishment in early 2020. Photo courtesy of WDWMagic.com The refurbishment is planned to begin on January 6 and will

Welcome to the latest edition of Ears the News Brought to you by our friends at WDWMagic.com The Tree of Life at Disney's Animal Kingdom awakens each night with two all-new sequences for the Christmas Holidays this year. The wintery tales are set to new arrangements of familiar holiday music and began each night at sunset through to park close. Check out the video below for a look. Video courtesy of WDWMagic.com Having trouble viewing the video? Click here to watch the video on YouTube. Mickey's Pantry in the Marketplace at Disney Springs will close at the end of November 15, 2019 to make-way for an expansion of the Spice & Tea Exchange. Spice & Tea Exchange opened as a shop-within-a-shop at Mickey's Pantry back in 2010, and offers over 40 freshly made blends of tea, and a variety of spices, salts, rice and sugars. The newly expanded Spice & Tea Exchange will open on November 19, 2019. The Disney products previously sold in Mickey's Pantr

Heeeeeey, Disney Foodies!!! I hope 2019 is off to a magical start for all of you! I'm here today, bringing you the 2019 Festival of the Arts Booth Menus !!!! The 3rd Annual Epcot International Festival of the Arts will run from January 18th - February 25th, 2019. For those of you who have not gotten to experience this relatively new festival, it is a celebration of the arts; including performing arts (Broadway performances), visual arts (art displays and demonstrations), and culinary arts (food booths a la Food and Wine Festival, called "Food Studios"). It takes place mostly in World Showcase, but it does bleed into Future World a bit as well. In this post, we will be focusing on the Food Studios and their offerings. If you are interested in finding out more details about the Festival events and entertainment, check out my previous post . But for now, let's focus on the good stuff.... the food! Of course, because this is an ART festival, all of the d