Thursday June 12th 2025

After a week away from Disney, I returned a couple of times this week to catch up on the changes. Two shows opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios since my last visit. One is a re-imagined version of the Little Mermaid show that has been closed since COVID. It has two live actors that play Ariel and Eric that tell an abbreviated version of the store with animated characters filling the rest of the roles. It was good, but not really my cup of tea. There were too many scenes left out for it to flow well.

The other show at Hollywood Studios is brand new. It is called Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After. Cruella de Vil, Captain Hook and Maleficent all try to convince the audience they are the most misunderstood villain. The show is filled with music and projections of many other Disney villains. I really like this show. It doesn’t have any real depth, but it is fun.

I also made it to EPCOT to checkout the park now that the Flower and Garden Festival is over. It isn’t as vibrant without all the flowers, but there are still enough flowers to keep it interesting. Getting to EPCOT this week has been a challenge. As the summer weather pattern of daily rain storms settled in it has been getting in the way. When the rain happens during the day can vary greatly. Every rain storm this week has started about 3:30PM. This is also the time I need to leave for the theme park if I want to visit in the late afternoon and early evening. If I leave after 4:30 it will take twice as long to get to the park because of all the traffic.

Tuesday and Wednesday the rain was too heavy and lasted too long to make a trip to the park reasonable. Today the rain was lighter and didn’t last as long. I got to EPCOT before 4:30 and the rain was over by the time I was in the park. I was able to walk around the World Showcase without getting wet. Hopefully, the 3:30 start time for the rain wont last for too many days.