More new Disney attractions

Pandora is Disney’s big draw this summer, but there are a lot of footnotes beyond giant blue people happening around Walt Disney World worth checking out if you’re heading the Mouse’s way.

First up is the new nighttime fireworks show at Magic Kingdom, “Happily Ever After,” which debuted in May and replaced “Wishes” after a 13-year run. The new show is longer and features an impressive set of castle projections pulling from at least 25 Disney films set to new music and oodles of fireworks.

Over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, a 40-minute homage to Pixar films called “The Music of Pixar Live! A Symphony of Characters” also debuted in May and runs for a limited time.

The show features a full orchestra playing Pixar tunes while film characters make appearances. The show will take place three times nightly in the Theater of the Stars following daily performances of “Beauty and the Beast.”

While at Hollywood Studios, you can check out a couple of new animatronic attractions. Star Wars’ BB-8 has now joined Chewbacca and Kylo Ren at Star Wars Launch Bay. Meanwhile, for what is sure to also be a limited time, you can meet Baby Groot from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” along with human … well halfhuman at least … Star-Lord, aka Peter Quill. The two are part of a meet-and-greet at the back of the “One Man’s Dream” attraction.

Animal Kingdom is reveling in the long-awaited debut of its “Rivers of Light” show that expanded Animal Kingdom’s nighttime offerings officially in February. That show combined with Pandora and other features that debuted last summer are part of Disney’s efforts to make the park an all-day affair like its other three parks.

At the water parks, Typhoon Lagoon has a new ride called Miss Adventure Falls, a familystyle raft attraction that is the longest at more than two minutes of any water park ride at Disney. Over at Blizzard Beach, the water park will welcome the return of the “Frozen” Summer Games through-Aug. 13 that includes character meet-and-greets with Kristoff and Olaf alongside games such as ice-pail relays and a snowball toss.