Home Magic Kingdom Magic Kingdom News Welcome, Foolish Gourds: Disney's Pumpkin Pals Tour a Not-So-Scary Party Night — Disney Parks has released a new short film starring pumpkin pals Gourdo, Lil Jack and Slushie, who decide that more friends means more candy and set out to pro…Big Top Souvenirs reopens at Magic Kingdom on August 21 — Big Top Souvenirs, the circus tent shop in Storybook Circus at Magic Kingdom, reopens Friday, August 21 after closing for refurbishment on February 20. Disney…Nearly 80 cast members install Walt Disney World's Halloween decor overnight — Disney's Holiday Services put nearly 80 cast members on overnight shifts to turn Magic Kingdom and Disney Springs over to Halloween, including the second year…Disney puts names on four Walt Disney World expansions and a 2027 date on Monstropolis — D23 turned into the biggest Walt Disney World information dump in two years: Villains Land is the confirmed name at Magic Kingdom, Piston Peak National Park re…Thomas Mazloum on his first D23 as chairman: the Yeti, Figment and Villains Land drew the loudest cheers — After his first D23 as Disney Experiences Chairman, Thomas Mazloum told the Disney Parks Blog which announcements hit hardest in the room: the reanimated Yeti…Jamie Lee Curtis and Bryan Cranston will voice Mom and Dad in the new Carousel of Progress — Disney revealed at D23 that Bryan Cranston and Jamie Lee Curtis will voice the father and mother in Magic Kingdom's updated Carousel of Progress. Both actors s…Villains Land is official: Magic Kingdom expansion gets its name, story, and ride details at D23 — Walt Disney Imagineering confirmed at D23 2026 that Magic Kingdom's villains expansion will be called Villains Land, with an original story about a corrupted W…Neil Patrick Harris opens D23 showcase with an ode to Disney Audio-Animatronics — Neil Patrick Harris kicked off the Horizons: A Carousel of Progress showcase at D23 with an original song about wanting to become a Disney Parks Audio-Animatro…Packed in crates and bound for Anaheim: a Piston Peak model tease has Magic Kingdom fans buzzing before D23 — Walt Disney Imagineering shared an Instagram video showing what appears to be a scale model of Piston Peak National Park being packed into crates ahead of D23,…Walt Returns to His Favorite Show: New Carousel of Progress Costumes, Maquettes, and Poster Have Magic Kingdom Fans Buzzing at D23 — Walt Disney Imagineering unveiled the first physical pieces of the reimagined Carousel of Progress at D23, including costumes from the new 1969 and future scen…A Demolition Derby Queen Rolls Into Frontierland: Miss Fritter Ride Revealed for Magic Kingdom's Piston Peak — A model unveiled in the Walt Disney Imagineering pavilion at D23 has revealed the second attraction for Piston Peak National Park at Magic Kingdom: a family sp…Not a Bar, Not a Queue: The Piston Peak Model Reveals What Is Rising Behind the Haunted Mansion — A scale model of Piston Peak National Park shown at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event reveals what Disney is building behind the Haunted Mansion at Magic King…Rover Stays: D23 Models and Costumes Give Magic Kingdom Fans Their First Real Look at the New Carousel of Progress — Walt Disney Imagineering used D23 2026 to show costumes, scene models, and concept art for the Carousel of Progress reimagining now underway at Magic Kingdom.…Monster Trees and Grasping Branches: First Villains Land Models Have Magic Kingdom Fans Buzzing — Two sculpted tree maquettes displayed in the Walt Disney Imagineering pavilion at D23 offer the first physical look at the villains themed land coming to Magic…From Skeptics to Believers: The Piston Peak Model That Has Magic Kingdom Fans Buzzing — A massive scale model of Piston Peak National Park at the 2026 D23 Expo is winning over fans skeptical of the Cars land replacing the Rivers of America at Magi…Six seats, no doors: Magic Kingdom's Piston Peak rally racer shown at full scale for the first time — Walt Disney Imagineering unveiled a full-scale model of the Piston Peak National Park rally race ride vehicle at the 2026 D23 Expo, along with new concept art…Disney Calls It an Updated Look at Piston Peak, and the D23 Model Shows the Second Attraction — Disney Parks posted an 18-second video billed as an updated look at Piston Peak National Park the night before D23 opened in Anaheim. Disney Parks Blog then co…A Crated Model and a Rascal Flatts Instrumental Have Fans Convinced Piston Peak Is Headed to D23 — Walt Disney Imagineering posted a time lapse of a large scale model being crated for the 2026 D23 Expo without saying what it is. The music, the rally circuit…A Lawsuit Over an ECV Injury in the Under the Sea Queue Puts Magic Kingdom Accessibility Back in Focus — A couple is suing Walt Disney World for $50,000 after a guest using a rented Electric Conveyance Vehicle allegedly caught her foot in a crevice in the queue wa…Collectors Are Trading Country Bear Relics, Including Animatronic Costumes Disney Sold Without Knowing It — A new video episode digs through more than 55 years of Country Bear Jamboree props, costumes and merchandise, including the claim that costumes made for the sh…Pumpkin Wreaths Are Up on Main Street as Disney World Starts Its Earliest Halloween Season Yet — Crews hung the light-up Mickey pumpkin wreaths from Town Square to Cinderella Castle overnight at Magic Kingdom, two days before Mickey's Not-So-Scary Hallowee…The First Five Nights of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Are Gone, and September Is Going Fast — August 21 has sold out, which means the first three weeks of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 2026, five nights in total, are unavailable. September 8 sol…Hatbox Ghost and Headless Horseman popcorn buckets land at Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party — Disney Parks revealed two Halloween popcorn buckets for Magic Kingdom on August 7: a Haunted Mansion Hatbox Ghost design and a Headless Horseman design. Both a…Vampire Mickey and a Hunny Bee Pooh: Disney World's Halloween Sipper Lineup Draws a Crowd — Walt Disney World's 2026 Halloween novelty lineup includes a new Vampire Mickey popcorn bucket and a light-up Winnie the Pooh Hunny Bee sipper, alongside the r…Hitchhiking Ghosts on the Cover: A First Look at the 2026 Halloween Party Map — The 2026 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party map is out, and it is Haunted Mansion from cover to fold. Inside are the full showtimes for the parade, firework…Halloween Food You Do Not Need a Party Ticket For at Magic Kingdom — Magic Kingdom's 2026 Halloween menu includes eight items available during regular park hours, from a $27 Skull Meatloaf at The Plaza Restaurant to a $5.79 Quee…A Popcorn Bucket That Vanishes: The Hatbox Ghost Novelty Has Halloween Party Guests Buzzing — A $28 Hatbox Ghost popcorn bucket debuted at Magic Kingdom on the opening night of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 2026. A lever at the base rotates a do…Burgundy, Orange and Green: The Dapper Dans Change Into Fall Costumes on Main Street — The Dapper Dans have swapped their familiar red and white striped vests for an autumn set at Magic Kingdom. The quartet was spotted outside the Emporium on Mai…Eleven Pins and a $110 Box Set: The Full 2026 Halloween Party Merchandise List — Disney has the complete Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 2026 merchandise collection on shelves at the Emporium in Magic Kingdom. The lineup runs to 11 tr…Party Guests Zero In on a New $24 Light-Up Halloween Balloon at Magic Kingdom — A new light-up balloon designed for Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 2026 went on sale along Main Street, U.S.A. for $24. One side shows Mickey and friend…Scarecrows in retired cast costumes take over Town Square as Magic Kingdom turns for fall — Magic Kingdom has installed large jack-o'-lanterns at the park gates and a set of seven themed scarecrows in Town Square, each with a carved pumpkin head and e…Magic Kingdom's fall PhotoPass lineup is out, from Autumn Tinker Bell to a Halloween Super Zoom — Disney PhotoPass has revealed the fall photo ops and Magic Shots for Magic Kingdom, running August 7 through October 31 for all day guests. Six character add-o…A Limited-Time Food and Drink Pop-Up Is Coming to The Diamond Horseshoe at Magic Kingdom — Disney has previewed a limited-time pop-up of food and drinks arriving at The Diamond Horseshoe in Magic Kingdom this fall, starting with a savory charcuterie…Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 2026 Merchandise Revealed, Plus a New Stitch Dance Party — Disney has revealed the 2026 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party merchandise, from double-sided crewnecks and tees to glow in the dark ears with a detachable…Be Our Guest Trims Its Halloween Party Menu, and Magic Kingdom Diners Have Noticed — Be Our Guest Restaurant brings back its Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party menu on August 7, but the 2026 list is down to four items after three dishes from…The Quietest Mornings of the Year Are Back: Magic Kingdom Adds 7:30 a.m. Early Entry for Party Season — Walt Disney World has moved Magic Kingdom to an 8 a.m. opening on eight August dates, pulling Early Entry back to 7:30 a.m. on every Mickey's Not-So-Scary Hall…The Crystal Palace Undercuts Both Castle Meals, and Magic Kingdom Breakfast Plans Are Shifting — Breakfast at The Crystal Palace costs $54 per adult against $72 at Be Our Guest and $76 at Cinderella's Royal Table, and it is the only one of the three that c…Two Shadows on a Stone Wall Have Halloween Party Fans Guessing at a New PhotoPass Magic Shot — Disney PhotoPass has teased a new Magic Shot for Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, posting two silhouettes cast on a stone wall and asking guests to ident…Green Walls Go Up Beside Crystal Palace, and Magic Kingdom Guests Want to Know Why — Walt Disney World has cleared trees and bushes from a patch of ground next to The Crystal Palace at Magic Kingdom and screened it behind green construction wal…A Crane Rises Over Frontierland: Piston Peak's Foundation Pour Has Magic Kingdom Fans Watching — Crews have poured the concrete foundation for the tower crane at Magic Kingdom's Piston Peak National Park construction site, and the crane's blue steel base i…The Earliest Halloween Party Yet: 38 Not-So-Scary Nights Have Magic Kingdom Fans Buzzing — Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party opens August 7 at Magic Kingdom, the earliest start in the event's history, and runs 38 select nights through October 31.…Meet the Bayou Musicians of Tiana's Bayou Adventure — The critters guests meet inside Tiana's Bayou Adventure are a band, and each one plays a different corner of Louisiana and Caribbean music: Zydeco, Afro-Cuban…Why the Haunted Mansion Caretaker Costumes Have Their Own Fandom — The dark green costumes worn at the Haunted Mansion were designed to disappear into the background, modeled on the household staff of 1800s estates. They did t…The Walls Reach Big Al's: Frontierland Fans Are Watching Piston Peak Take Over More of Magic Kingdom — Construction walls for Piston Peak National Park have closed in on the western edge of Frontierland, leaving guests a narrow temporary walkway past Big Al's an…Capture Your Moment: What Magic Kingdom's $99 Private PhotoPass Session Includes — Capture Your Moment gives a party of up to 8 guests a private Disney PhotoPass photographer for 20 minutes at Magic Kingdom, with a choice of Main Street, U.S.…Fans Rework Their Fall Plans as Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Sets Its Earliest Start Ever — Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party opens Aug. 7 at Magic Kingdom and runs through a Saturday Halloween on Oct. 31, the earliest start in the event's history…Every Halloween treat at Mickey's Not-So-Scary this year, land by land — Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party runs select nights from August 9 through October 31 at Magic Kingdom, and nearly every restaurant in the park picks up a…Imagineers Launch Disney .YNSD, a New Lifestyle Brand Debuting at D23 2026 — Walt Disney Imagineering is introducing Disney .YNSD, a design-first apparel and accessories brand created by a collective of Imagineers, at D23: The Ultimate…Imagineers launch Disney .YNSD, a lifestyle brand debuting at D23 — Walt Disney Imagineering has created its own clothing label, Disney .YNSD, pronounced "yen-sid" after the sorcerer from Fantasia. The brand debuts at Mickey's…Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 2026: All 38 Dates and a New Stitch Dance Party — Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party runs 38 nights at Magic Kingdom in 2026, from August 7 through Halloween. Stitch hosts a new theme-swapping dance party i…1 2 Next
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