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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

New “Out of This Galaxy” Treats Debut at Disney Parks

 by Beth Keating

News

DisneyBizJournal.com

May 4, 2022

 

“May the Fourth be with you,” Star Wars fans!

 

If you are wowed by the blue and green milk in Galaxy’s Edge, enjoy munching down on some lightsaber churros at Hollywood Studios, or ever had your lips go numb at Oga’s Cantina and been thrilled to tell the story, Disney has some spectacular new treats for you. While many of the treats are celebratory goodies available only today for May the Fourth (Star Wars Day), others will be hanging around a bit longer to give you a chance to sample some out-of-this galaxy delights.


Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog


The new goodies are available throughout the various parks and resorts at both Disney World (Florida) and Disneyland (California), so be sure to stay on the lookout.  Disney’s culinary team has also created a Millennium Falcon display in the lobby of Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. Made entirely of edible ingredients, like crisped rice and fondant, it will score big with your Star Wars fans, so if you find yourself on the West Coast, be sure to pop in and take a selfie!

   

Check out Disney Parks Blog for some delicious looking photos of the treats.

 

Walt Disney World Resort

 

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Churro Carts in Grand Avenue, Market, and Anaheim Produce (available from May 4 through May 5)

  • Lightsaber Churro served with chocolate sauce

 

Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog


ABC Commissary, Backlot Express, PizzeRizzo, and Rosie’s All-American Café (available May 4 through 5; available on Mobile Order)

  • Jettison Juice: Minute Maid Lemonade and watermelon served with a glow cube (non-alcoholic)

 

Backlot Express, PizzeRizzo, and The Trolley Car Café (available May 4 through 5; available on Mobile Order at Backlot Express and PizzeRizzo)

  • Dark Side Chocolate Creation: Malted milk chocolate mousse dome with raspberry mousse filling, slivered almonds, and chocolate shortbread cookie

 

Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog


Backlot Express (available on Mobile Order)

  • Wookiee Cookie: Two oatmeal cookies with vanilla cream filling garnished with a milk chocolate sash on top

 

Brown Derby Lounge, Oasis Canteen, and Sunshine Day Bar (available from May 4 & 5)

  • Cosmic Rum Punch: Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, Bacardi Superior Rum, pineapple juice, Minute Maid lemonade, and grenadine served with a glow cube

 

Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo (available May 4 through 5; available on Mobile Order)

  • Oi-Oi Puff: Raspberry cream puff with passion fruit mousse

 

Epic Eats (available from May 4 through 5)

  • Galactic Swirl Funnel Cake: Black and white funnel cake with strawberries, space dust, and candy rocks

 

Milk Stand (available on Mobile Order starting May 4)

  • Novelty: Bubo Wamba Family Farms Cup (New)

 

Popcorn Stands near the Hyperion Theater, Animation Courtyard, and Anaheim Produce (available May 4 & 5)

  • Interstellar Sweet and Crunchy Popcorn: Caramel popcorn, cookies ‘n cream pieces, and sweet and spicy pecans

 

Disney Springs

Amorette’s Patisserie (available May 4 through 8)

  • Lightsaber Eclairs: Flavors include Mace Windu berry cherry, Master Yoda pistachio, Rey passion pineapple, Darth Vader Dark Side mousse flavored with cayenne pepper and cinnamon, and Obi Wan Kenobi blue matcha


Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog

Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

Pineapple Lanai (available on May 4)

  • Millennium Falcon Star Wars Soft Serve Sundae: Galactic gray vanilla soft-serve with chocolate cream cookie crumbles, chocolate drizzle, white chocolate pearl stars, brownie asteroid pieces with stardust sparkles, and a Millennium Falcon chocolate accent piece

 

Disneyland Resort

 

Disneyland Park – Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo (available on Mobile Order)

  • Ishi Tib-style Pasta with Braised Beef Bantha: Beef pot roast, coconut curry sauce, pasta, and mixed vegetables (New)
  • Vintian Mineral Mousse: Banana brûlée-centered dark chocolate mousse, strawberry mousse, vanilla chantilly, chocolate crumble, and cherry garnish

 

Kat Saka’s Kettle  

  • Outpost Mix: Colorful blend of seasonal flavors including caramel and chocolate-glazed popcorn
  • Shaak Cheese Popped Grains: white cheddar flavored popcorn

 

Milk Stand (available on Mobile Order)

  • Chocolate Chip Sweet-Sand Cookie: Chocolate chip-toffee cookie topped with pistachios and sea salt (New)
  • Blue Milk – Mon Cala Swirl: Blue Milk with blue mango sour jellies topped with a sour shimmery mango gel (New)
  • Novelty: Bubo Wamba Family Farms Cup (New)

 

Oga’s Cantina  

  • Five-blossom Bread: Warm pretzel knot with Hawaiian black sea salt served with honey-mustard cream foam and Calabrian cheese sauce (New)
  • Fondor Fizz: Toniray Teal Chardonnay, Tito’s Vodka, and Joffrey’s White Tea with flavors of lemongrass and pea flower citrus (New)
  • Sesid Seltzer: Tropical Pineapple-Orange Hard Seltzer (New)
  • Black Squadron Lager – Golden Lager with a touch of Honey (New)

 

Star WarsGalaxy’s Edge Beverage Cart

  • Sullust Garlic Chips: Mix of Buffalo and White Cheddar-flavored Garlic Chips

 

Disneyland Park – Tomorrowland and Main Street, U.S.A

Galactic Grill (available on Mobile Order)

  • Parfait of Mustafar: Chocolate lava cake, chocolate ganache, and red pâte à choux filled with salted caramel pudding and red chocolate mousse (New)

 

Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen

  • Grogu Apple: Granny Smith apple dipped in caramel with marshmallow ears and enrobed in colored white chocolate and gold sanding sugar (available while supplies last)

 

Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

Holiday Cart

  • Star Wars Sugar Cookie dipped in chocolate with Star Wars decoration (available through May 10) (New)
  • Wookiee Cookie: Chocolate-hazelnut-filled chocolate cookie rolled in sprinkles with a chocolate sash (New)
  • Pretzel Lightsabers: Pretzel sticks dipped in white chocolate with colored sanding sugar (New)

 

Downtown Disney District

Marceline’s Confectionery (available on Mobile Order)

  • Grogu Apple: Granny Smith apple dipped in caramel with marshmallow ears and enrobed in colored white chocolate and gold sanding sugar (available while supplies last)

 

Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog


Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes (available through May 31)

  • Light Classic Shake: Electric blue vanilla shake, silver and blue galaxy sprinkles, whipped cream, and chocolate drizzle (New)
  • Dark Classic Shake: Wild cherry shake, red and black sprinkles, whipped cream, chocolate drizzle, and a cherry (New)

 

Splitsville Luxury Lanes (available through May 31)

  • Galaxy Roll: Fresh salmon, cucumber, and avocado rolled in soy paper topped with steamed shrimp and ahi tuna drizzled with spicy kimchi ponzu sauce

 

Kayla’s Cake (available through May 31)

  • Galaxy Caramel Macaron: Satisfy two cravings at once with sea salt caramel with white chocolate ganache

 

Naples Ristorante e Bar (available through May 31)

  • Red Galaxy Cocktail: Light rum, peach schnapps, pineapple juice, squeezed lime, squeezed honey, and a splash of grenadine served on the rocks and topped with mint (New)

 

  • Green Moon Cocktail: Served with either tequila or mezcal, Anchor Reyes, canton ginger, lemon juice, a squeeze of honey syrup, and topped with soda water served in a hurricane glass garnished with green pepper and lime (New)

 

Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen (available through May 31)

Dueling Fates (New)

  • Empire cocktail with Cruzan citrus rum, blue Curacao, lime juice, and Sprite 
    • Rebel cocktail with Effen cucumber Vodka, watermelon Torani, and Sprite

 

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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.

 

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Star Wars Stuff on Star Wars Day

 by Ray Keating

News/Analysis

DisneyBizJournal.com

May 4, 2021

 

May the 4th! Happy Star Wars Day! Here’s an opportunity to take stock regarding what you’re most excited about in the Star Wars universe. As it turns out, there’s a heck of a lot on the way.

 

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

 

First, what’s the deal with the “real” lightsaber, created by Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development? Well, we might not find out the full story until Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser starts embarking on two-night journeys in 2022. 



And with or without that new lightsaber, I’m exceedingly interested in finding out how guests’ personal adventures will play out on the starcruiser, given the various descriptions that Disney has served up – including this latest one at the Disney Parks Blog – about this immersive experience. 

 

Over at StarWars.com,  there’s even more info. Ann Morrow Johnson, an architect and artist at the Disney Parks, reported, “This is the Coruscant, Canto Bight, Dryden’s yacht, Orient Express of space. The food, the dining, the overall experience is an upscale, refined version of Star Wars that guests haven’t gotten a chance to step into yet.” Orient Express of space? Yes, please. I look forward to dining at the Halcyon’s (the name of the starcruiser) Crown of Corellia dining room.



Merch from a Galaxy Far, Far Away

 

Star Wars merch always grabs my attention, and starting today at the Star Wars Galactic Outpost at Disney Springs, as well as at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, new stuff from a galaxy far, far away was made available, including apparel featuring the new Disney+ series “The Bad Batch” (more on that in a moment).

 

Oh, yes, new Star Wars desserts, including the Grogu Mini Dome Cake at Amorette’s Patisserie at Disney Springs, sound inviting.



Star Wars Lounge at Sea

 

For good measure, might a Disney Cruise be on the agenda? Hmmm. Well, perhaps your decision will be helped by the Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge that will be on board the new Disney Wish cruise ship when it ventures onto the high seas in the summer of 2022. This lounge is being billed as “a high-end, immersive Star Wars bar for adults.”

 

From an interview at StarWars.com, Imagineer Danny Handke provides some intriguing details. Here’s a taste for what people will enjoy: “Some of the galactic destinations that fans can look forward to include Tatooine (set during The Mandalorian), Batuu (‘almost a day in the life of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge,’ featuring the Star Destroyer from Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Hondo Ohnaka’s ship), and Mustafar (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story era). And Handke reveals one more locale exclusively to StarWars.com: the home of the Ewoks, Endor.”



What’s Coming Regarding Stars Wars on Screen?

 

Finally, let’s serve up a reminder of what’s coming to Disney+ and/or in theaters to enhance the Star Wars joy…

 

“The Mandalorian” – Season 3 has been approved without a release date set on Disney+.

 

“The Bad Batch” – a 16-episode series arriving on Disney+ on May 4 (today!).

 

“The Book of Boba Fett” – a spinoff from “The Mandalorian” that will debut on Disney+ in December 2021.

 

“Star Wars: Visions” – a 10-part anime series on Disney+ due to land in 2021.

 

“Andor” – a 12-episode prequel series to Rogue One due on Disney+ in 2022.

 

“Obi-Wan Kenobi” – a six-part limited series with Ewan McGregor back as Obi-Wan. It’s due on Disney+ in 2022, and takes place ten years after Revenge of the Sith.

 

“Rogue Squadron” – a movie about X-wing pilots is scheduled to hit movie theaters in December 2023.

 

“Ahsoka” – another spinoff from “The Mandalorian” will star Rosario Dawson on Disney+, but it has no release date as yet.

 

“Rangers of the New Republic” – another spinoff from “The Mandalorian” is supposed to bring a group of New Republic soldiers to Disney+. (No release date.)

 

“The Acolyte” – a mystery/thriller series on Disney+ dealing with the Dark Side a century prior to The Phantom Menace. (No release date.)

 

“Lando” – a series about Lando Calrissian, which also is expected to come to Disney+. (No release date.)

 

“A Droid Story” – a Disney+ movie featuring C3PO and R2D2. (No release date.)

 

In addition, Taika Waititi is supposed to direct his own Star Wars film, and Marvel’s Kevin Feige is developing a Star Wars film. No specifics or release dates have been announced.

 

If that’s not enough Star Wars for you on Star Wars Day, no doubt, more projects will come along (with a few, by the way, likely never becoming a reality).

 

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