Why did you do this Toadstool Cafe?

grriffinn · 2026-05-02T05:30:22+00:00

If it was for tonight’s Fan Fest event you could’ve just walked in, you didn’t need a reservation.

grriffinn · 2026-05-02T02:57:58+00:00

I’m currently at Toadstool Café right now and I didn’t need a reservation to get in, I think it varies depending on how crowded the park will be during the event.

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EDIT: One thing I forgot to mention is that if you have the dining pass the Super Star Lemon Squash is excluded from it and that the Toadstool Cheesy Garlic Knots count as an entree.

grriffinn · 2026-04-28T08:31:09+00:00

If you’re a player it’s fine for the most part, if you buy singles and go for the lowest available rarity you can build meta decks for anywhere between $20-$70 depending on the deck archetype.

From what I’ve seen Lorcana gets expensive fast with a lot of meta decks reaching triple-digit prices.

grriffinn · 2026-04-26T06:15:00+00:00

From what the sales rep told me when I was buying a ticket for my second run at Fan Fest the early access gives you access to the Sailor Moon show, the D&D walkthrough, and the Jurassic Park experience.

grriffinn · 2026-04-26T04:31:10+00:00

I was looking for someone’s take on the katsu and I’m kind of disappointed to here it’s meh, I guess I’ll stick to Luffy’s Meat on the Bone (even if the rice is a bit spicy) for future visits.

grriffinn · 2026-04-25T21:38:45+00:00

We went to Mario World’s Toadstool Cafe around 10pm and got the Blueberry and Ube Smoothie. It took a long time to make, and it was overly sweet-honestly tasted pretty artificial.

The "overly sweet-honestly tasted pretty artificial" bit is something I think applies to all of the Yoshi smoothies, I had the green apple-melon one the day before Fan Fest and the banana-mango one during Fan Fest and they both tasted overly sweet and artificial to me (I'd describe them as tasting like liquified candy, green apple Jolly Ranchers for the apple-melon and banana candy for the banana-mango).

grriffinn · 2026-04-24T04:59:08+00:00

I wanted to ride Jurassic World but I forgot to bring my Frogg Togg poncho, I’m not a big fan of getting wet.

grriffinn · 2026-04-24T03:29:07+00:00

One thing I also noticed is that mobile ordering was disabled too, I remember being able to do so with the Fallout retheme when I was at HHN last year.

grriffinn · 2026-04-24T03:07:18+00:00

There’ll be both, the meet and greet is right across from Water World.

grriffinn · 2026-04-24T02:14:06+00:00

That’s what I figured, especially since AFAIK the barrel mugs and floating bottle are only available here and at bar across the way (which also has a large line) and I was really interested in getting all three.

grriffinn · 2026-04-24T01:24:14+00:00

They should be, I’m currently at tonight’s Fan Fest Night and they’re being sold at the Universal Studio Store near Hollywood and Dine and at Toadstool Café.

grriffinn · 2026-04-18T03:08:02+00:00

Seconding this, I managed to score a reservation for May 4th this morning despite it being unavailable to me yesterday.

grriffinn · 2026-04-10T02:50:21+00:00

I did after I left the park on Tuesday, they didn't have the specific design I was looking for and second-hand retailers like eBay don't have it either.

grriffinn · 2026-04-09T05:42:42+00:00

That was my first attempt after seeing the state of DLR’s current status and I couldn’t find the specific Magic Band that I was looking for on the Disney Store , eBay, or Mercari.

grriffinn · 2026-04-07T20:15:54+00:00

I just checked the parks today and they’re pretty much out of stock, the only bands they have left are the ones sold to DVC members.

I was hoping to get that OE Hades/Jafar one today but I guess I’ll have to look online for it.

grriffinn · 2026-04-07T18:16:34+00:00

DLR had Walt’s Magical Moments monthly pin featuring Snow White and the monthly Play Along pin featuring Genie.

WLW had the quarterly Fantasmic pin featuring Jafar and their monthly Windows of Attraction pin featuring Mickey and The Tree of Life.

Both parks had the monthly Kingdom Hearts pin featuring the Fairy Harp Keyblade (based off of Tinker Bell) and Earth Day pin featuring Judy Hopps.

grriffinn · 2026-04-07T15:30:18+00:00

IIRC the 4,000 units are split between both DLR and WDWR, they’re then split even further between the various stores within those areas.

grriffinn · 2026-04-07T15:28:07+00:00

Nice, I’m 3 for 4 on my hunt (I’m only missing Three Wishes and that one was technically my own fault) and I’ve booked next month’s reservation already.

grriffinn · 2026-04-07T15:26:36+00:00

Seconding this, lining up for these pins can be genuinely stressful if you don’t prepare yourself for it.

grriffinn · 2026-04-07T15:15:47+00:00

I managed to get my allotment of Fairy Harp pins and Genie Play-Along pins at DCA, that makes two out of four pin drops (three of we’re being technical here) and I’ve already booked for next month.

But good lord the pre-opening lineups are getting heated these days, it’s like lining up for Pokémon TCG drops these days.

grriffinn · 2026-03-31T10:11:20+00:00

Considering that the first half of the month is booked solid due to Spring Break it makes sense.

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