Sweet Spells to Close Next Week; Meet & Greet Cuts Coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom

Sweet Spells to Close Next Week for Good:

A few months ago it was rumored that Sweet Spells and its sweet and delicious treats at Disney's Hollywood Studios would close and a Toy Story Land merchandise shop would take its place. The major renovation on the site will begin on April 16 which means the last day of operation for Sweet Spells will be April 15. 

Reel Vogue will remain open while the renovation takes place. Once the work is complete on the new store, Beverly Sunset will be the go to location for Toy Story Land merchandise as the land itself will not have a storefront that sells merchandise besides carts that will carry themed-items from the land. 

The good news is select treats from Sweet Spells will be available at other locations within Disney's Hollywood Studios. Beverly Sunset once it opens will also sell some pre-packaged snacks. 

Source: WDW News Today

Meet & Greet Cuts Coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom:

Several fan favorite meet & greets at Disney's Animal Kingdom will be ending within the next few weeks. The first in Baloo and King Louie who meet with guests in the Upcountry Landing in Asia will stop meeting with guests after April 14. 

Over at Discovery Trails West near the Tree of Life, guests will be seeing the end of the meet & greet with Flik from "A Bug's Life." This meet & greet will end after Flik meet with guests for the final time on April 22. 

Source: WDW News Today

New "Jungle Book" Featurette and New Character Posters Released

We have had a lot of "Jungle Book" news this week with the photoshoot and the amazing first clip that was released. Today, we got another look at the film with a new feature looking behind the scenes look with interviews with the cast as well as director Jon Favreau. We also see shots from the film Mowgli (Neel Sethi) in awe of the jungle and shots the compare the film and the animated classic. Also interviewed was Bill Murray, Idris Elba, and Sir Ben Kingsley.


The original "Jungle Book" was the last film the Walt Disney worked on and as Disney Insider Drew Taylor said, "it's hard not to think he would of loved this version, especially since it features cutting edge technology and world class story-telling, two pinnacles of Walt's output."

Disney also released seven new character posters including of Baloo, Mowgli, Kaa, Shere Khan, Bagheera, King Louie, and Raksha. Here are the new posters:

Disney's "The Jungle Book" is due to be released April 15, 2016.