<p>Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World have increased prices across the board, Frozen Ever After at EPCOT is getting new animatronics, and so many new food items to review — all this and more in today&#8217;s daily recap for Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom EPCOT Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom &#8230; <a title="Price Increases Hit Across the Parks: Daily Recap (10/8/25)" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/price-increases-hit-across-the-parks-daily-recap-10-8-25/" aria-label="Read more about Price Increases Hit Across the Parks: Daily Recap (10/8/25)">Read more</a></p>

<p>In addition to a wave of 13 new sauced chicken tenders across Walt Disney World, the resort has also debuted several variations on the classic Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bar. These new, hand-dipped treats have extra toppings over the usual chocolate Mickey exterior. In case you might have missed one, or several, we have compiled &#8230; <a title="We Tried Every Hand-Dipped Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bar at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/reviewed-every-hand-dipped-mickey-ice-cream-wdw/" aria-label="Read more about We Tried Every Hand-Dipped Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bar at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>Walt Disney World dropped 13 different sauced chicken strip dishes all on October 8, and we reviewed every single one. Worried you might have missed a few? Check out our full list, with links to the reviews and locations for each item, below. Classic Buffalo Chicken Strips Available in Magic Kingdom, these strips bring some &#8230; <a title="We Reviewed 13 Different Saucy Chicken Strips at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/recap-we-reviewed-13-different-saucy-chicken-strips-at-disney-world/" aria-label="Read more about We Reviewed 13 Different Saucy Chicken Strips at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>Disney&#8217;s All-Star Sports Resort has their own new Hand-Dipped Mickey&#8217;s Premium Ice Cream Bar topped with M&amp;M&#8217;s. This treat is available at End Zone Food Court. Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with M&amp;M’S Milk Chocolate Minis &#8211; $7.99 The dip at the top of the ice cream bar has some kind of funfetti or &#8230; <a title="Embrace the Sweetness: Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar with M&amp;M&#8217;s at Disney&#8217;s All-Star Sports" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/hand-dipped-mickey-ice-cream-bar-mms-review/" aria-label="Read more about Embrace the Sweetness: Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar with M&amp;M&#8217;s at Disney&#8217;s All-Star Sports">Read more</a></p>

<p>We review one of the more unique chicken strip offerings that debuted today across Walt Disney World: the Citrus-glazed Chicken Strips at Disney&#8217;s Riviera Resort. Citrus-glazed Chicken Strips &#8211; $12.99 Chicken tenders served with citrus glaze, mandarin orange slices, and a sprinkle of parsley and chives. Served with choice of side. The chicken is well &#8230; <a title="Glow Up with Citrus-Glazed Chicken Strips at Disney&#8217;s Riviera Resort" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/citrus-glazed-chicken-strips-review/" aria-label="Read more about Glow Up with Citrus-Glazed Chicken Strips at Disney&#8217;s Riviera Resort">Read more</a></p>

<p>Spicy Aïoli Chicken Strips are one of thirteen new saucy chicken strip flavors available across Walt Disney World Resort (and we&#8217;re trying them all). Check out our review below. Spicy Aïoli Chicken Strips &#8211; $10.99 The chicken strips came out hot, crispy, and fresh (as has most of the chicken we&#8217;ve reviewed today). The spicy &#8230; <a title="Zing with Some Zip: Spicy Aïoli Chicken Strips at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/spicy-aioli-chicken-strips-disneys-hollywood-studios-review/" aria-label="Read more about Zing with Some Zip: Spicy Aïoli Chicken Strips at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios">Read more</a></p>

<p>Spicy Ranch Chicken Strips are one of 13 new chicken strips launching across Walt Disney World today — here&#8217;s our review! Spicy Ranch Chicken Strips &#8211; $12.99 Served with French fries. This is the most basic of all of the strips we&#8217;ve tried today. The spicy ranch is solid, with Disney&#8217;s expected spice level that &#8230; <a title="Spicy Ranch Chicken Strips Light Up the Menu at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/spicy-ranch-chicken-strips-wdw/" aria-label="Read more about Spicy Ranch Chicken Strips Light Up the Menu at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>We try the Honey Buffalo Chicken Strips at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios, which is one of thirteen new saucy chicken strip dishes that debuted across Walt Disney World today. Honey Buffalo Chicken Strips with Ranch &#8211; $12.99 Served with french fries. If you can’t handle a lot of heat, the honey buffalo sauce provides a nice &#8230; <a title="A Little Heat, A Lot of Sweet: Honey Buffalo Chicken Strips at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/honey-buffalo-chicken-strips-hollywood-studios-review/" aria-label="Read more about A Little Heat, A Lot of Sweet: Honey Buffalo Chicken Strips at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios">Read more</a></p>

<p>One of thirteen new saucy chicken strip dishes that debuted across Walt Disney World today is the Jerk BBQ Chicken Strips with Pineapple Salsa — can they compete with Buffalo Wild Wings? Jerk BBQ Chicken Strips with Pineapple Salsa &#8211; $12.99 Served with choice of side. If there’s one good thing about Buffalo Wild Wings, &#8230; <a title="Jerk BBQ Chicken Strips Serve Up Caribbean Flavors at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/jerk-bbq-chicken-strips-wdw/" aria-label="Read more about Jerk BBQ Chicken Strips Serve Up Caribbean Flavors at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>One of the many new treats at Walt Disney World includes the Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar with Salted Caramel Pearls. This treat is available from Everything POP Shopping &amp; Dining at Disney&#8217;s Pop Century Resort and Riverside Mill Food Court at Disney&#8217;s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside. Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with Salted &#8230; <a title="Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar with Salted Caramel Pearls is a Surprise at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/hand-dipped-mickey-ice-cream-salted-caramel-pearls/" aria-label="Read more about Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar with Salted Caramel Pearls is a Surprise at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>Of the 13 new chicken strips launching across Walt Disney World today, three feature buffalo sauce — here&#8217;s our review of the Buffalo Ranch Chicken Strips. Buffalo Ranch Chicken Strips &#8211; $12.99 Served with choice of side. Not to be confused with the Buffalo Chicken Strips at Magic Kingdom or the Honey Buffalo Strips with &#8230; <a title="Buffalo Ranch Chicken Strips at Disney World: Too Much Sauce or Not Enough" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/buffalo-ranch-chicken-strips-wdw-review/" aria-label="Read more about Buffalo Ranch Chicken Strips at Disney World: Too Much Sauce or Not Enough">Read more</a></p>

<p>Do the Gochujang-glazed Chicken Strips stand out with flavor among the baker&#8217;s dozen of chicken strips we&#8217;ve tried today at Walt Disney World? Let&#8217;s find out. Gochujang-Glazed Chicken Strips &#8211; $12.99 Served with choice of side. The review wasn&#8217;t off to a great start when we only received two pieces of chicken in our order &#8230; <a title="Gochujang-Glazed Chicken Strips: Bold New Flavor or a Step Too Far at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/gochujang-glazed-chicken-strips-are-all-spice-and-no-nuance/" aria-label="Read more about Gochujang-Glazed Chicken Strips: Bold New Flavor or a Step Too Far at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>One of the new Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar offerings at Walt Disney World is topped with peanut butter-chocolate bar pieces. This treat is available from Intermission Food Court at Disney&#8217;s All-Star Music Resort. Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with Crunchy Peanut Butter-Chocolate Bar Pieces &#8211; $7.99 The crushed candy bar pieces are &#8230; <a title="This Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar is Topped With Butterfingers" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/hand-dipped-mickey-ice-cream-butterfingers-review/" aria-label="Read more about This Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar is Topped With Butterfingers">Read more</a></p>

<p>Sweet Chili Aïoli Chicken Strips are one of the 13 new chicken strip flavors available across Walt Disney World Resort — do they pack the sweet and spicy punch we&#8217;re hoping for? Check out our review below. Sweet Chili Aïoli Chicken Strips &#8211; $12.99 These were the most forgettable chicken strips of the day for &#8230; <a title="Sweet Chili Aïoli Chicken Strips Now Serving at Walt Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/sweet-chili-aioli-chicken-strips-fall-flat-on-flavor/" aria-label="Read more about Sweet Chili Aïoli Chicken Strips Now Serving at Walt Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>Disneyland has a filed a permit for the site of the upcoming parking structure and transportation hub on the east side of the resort, making this permit the first signs of construction of the new DisneylandForward expansion project. Permit Filed for DisneylandForward Construction Fence The new construction permit, named BLD2025-05043, lists the address of 1509 S &#8230; <a title="Disneyland Files First Construction Permit for Upcoming Expansion" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/disneyland-files-first-construction-permit-expansion/" aria-label="Read more about Disneyland Files First Construction Permit for Upcoming Expansion">Read more</a></p>

<p>With 13 new chicken strips to try at Walt Disney World, one was bound to surprise us — these are the Waffle Cone Chicken Strips! Waffle Cone Chicken Strips &#8211; $12.99 Served with choice of chips or French fries. These are essentially a chicken-strip take on the classic chicken and waffles, with crushed waffle cones &#8230; <a title="Sweet Meets Savory with the Waffle Cone Chicken Strips at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/waffle-cone-chicken-strips-wdw/" aria-label="Read more about Sweet Meets Savory with the Waffle Cone Chicken Strips at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>A new Hand-Dipped Mickey&#8217;s Premium Ice Cream Bar available at Walt Disney World features freeze dried Skittles. This ice cream bar is available from Gasparilla Island Grill at Disney&#8217;s Grand Floridian Resort &amp; Spa, Landscape of Flavors at Disney&#8217;s Art of Animation Resort, Happy Landings Ice Cream at Disney&#8217;s Typhoon Lagoon water park, and Anandapur &#8230; <a title="Do Skittles Make a Good Mickey Ice Cream Bar Topping at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/skittles-mickey-ice-cream-bar-review/" aria-label="Read more about Do Skittles Make a Good Mickey Ice Cream Bar Topping at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>Walt Disney World has released a huge wave of new food items today, and you have to grab dessert after your sauced chicken tenders and cold brew. Here&#8217;s our review of the hand-dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with sprinkles, found at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios. Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with Sprinkles &#8211; $7.79 &#8230; <a title="Try a Hand-dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with Sprinkles at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/hand-dipped-mickeys-premium-ice-cream-bar-sprinkles/" aria-label="Read more about Try a Hand-dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with Sprinkles at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios">Read more</a></p>

<p>Trail&#8217;s End Restaurant is honoring the classic combination of chocolate and peanut butter with a new Hand-Dipped Mickey&#8217;s Premium Ice Cream Bar featuring Chopped Peanut Butter Cups. Trail’s End Restaurant is located at The Campsites at Disney&#8217;s Fort Wilderness Resort. Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with Chopped Peanut Butter Cups &#8211; $7.99 This was &#8230; <a title="Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar with Peanut Butter Cups Might Be an Instant Classic" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/hand-dipped-mickey-ice-cream-bar-peanut-butter-cups-review/" aria-label="Read more about Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar with Peanut Butter Cups Might Be an Instant Classic">Read more</a></p>

<p>New FuelRod kiosks have arrived at some Walt Disney World Resort hotels and select theme park locations, offering a new mobile charger option — and a price increase. New FuelRod Kiosks We spotted new kiosks at Disney&#8217;s Contemporary Resort, Disney&#8217;s Grand Floridian Resort &amp; Spa, Disney&#8217;s Polynesian Village Resort, Magic Kingdom, and EPCOT. According to Cast &#8230; <a title="New FuelRod Kiosks Across Walt Disney World, $86 MAX10 Option Introduced With Price Increases" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/new-fuelrod-kiosks-max10-price-increases-disney-world/" aria-label="Read more about New FuelRod Kiosks Across Walt Disney World, $86 MAX10 Option Introduced With Price Increases">Read more</a></p>

<p>Magic Kingdom is now serving up Seaside Chicken Strips, as one of a dozen new varieties of the classic entree that have debuted across Walt Disney World. Seaside Chicken Strips &#8211; $12.99 with Seasonal Aioli, Crushed Pretzels, and Crispy Garlic; served with choice of Side The Seaside Chicken is a decent option in terms of &#8230; <a title="Experience the Pretzel-Textured Seaside Chicken Strips at Disney World" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/strange-texture-seaside-chicken-strips-disney-world/" aria-label="Read more about Experience the Pretzel-Textured Seaside Chicken Strips at Disney World">Read more</a></p>

<p>Disney&#8217;s Fort Wilderness Resort is now serving up Roasted Jalapeño Chicken Strips amid an inundation of new saucy chicken varieties across Walt Disney World. Roasted Jalapeño Chicken Strips &#8211; $12.99 served with choice of Side This entree, which includes four chicken strips and your choice of side, was not very impressive. The Roasted Jalapeño Chicken &#8230; <a title="Roasted Jalapeño Cheddar Chicken Strips at Disney World: Spicy Idea, Poorly Executed" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/roasted-jalapeno-cheddar-chicken-strips-wdw/" aria-label="Read more about Roasted Jalapeño Cheddar Chicken Strips at Disney World: Spicy Idea, Poorly Executed">Read more</a></p>

<p>The Honey-Lavender Cold Brew is a brand new coffee beverage at Walt Disney World, which arrived this week alongside several other new snacks and treats. Honey-Lavender Cold Brew &#8211; $6.29 If you’re headed west, make your way to Frontierland with a stop at the Golden Oak Outpost. Go ahead and rustle up the Honey-Lavender Cold &#8230; <a title="Honey-Lavender Cold Brew Tastes Like a Garden in a Cup at Magic Kingdom" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/honey-lavender-cold-brew-magic-kingdom/" aria-label="Read more about Honey-Lavender Cold Brew Tastes Like a Garden in a Cup at Magic Kingdom">Read more</a></p>

<p>The Honey-Lavender Cold Brew is a brand new coffee beverage at Walt Disney World, which arrived this week alongside several other new snacks and treats. Honey-Lavender Cold Brew &#8211; $6.29 If you’re headed west, make your way to Frontierland with a stop at the Golden Oak Outpost. Go ahead and rustle up the Honey-Lavender Cold &#8230; <a title="Honey-Lavender Cold Brew Tastes Like a Garden in a Cup at Magic Kingdom" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/honey-lavender-cold-brew-magic-kingdom/" aria-label="Read more about Honey-Lavender Cold Brew Tastes Like a Garden in a Cup at Magic Kingdom">Read more</a></p>

<p>Among the new Hand-dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bars at Walt Disney World is a relatively simple option featuring Mickey sprinkles. This bar is available from Centertown Market at Disney&#8217;s Caribbean Beach Resort. Hand-Dipped Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar with Mickey-shaped Sprinkles &#8211; $7.79 There&#8217;s a lot of Mickey here, between the Mickey-shaped bar and &#8230; <a title="Experience Mickey Overload with New Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar Covered in Mickey Sprinkles" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/hand-dipped-mickeys-premium-ice-cream-bar-mickey-sprinkles/" aria-label="Read more about Experience Mickey Overload with New Hand-Dipped Mickey Ice Cream Bar Covered in Mickey Sprinkles">Read more</a></p>