Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise Line News
- Disney's Food and Wine guessing game confirms five 2026 EPCOT dishes and the booths serving them — Disney Parks has posted a first look at the 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival menu as a Disney Eats Name It episode, with Brook Lopez, Robin Lope…
- EPCOT lists every Food & Wine Global Marketplace, with three opening waves to know — Disney has published the full Global Marketplace lineup for the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival: 28 booths spanning World Showcase, the Creations Shop…
- Emile's Fromage Montage returns with 14 cheese dishes, and only six open August 27 — EPCOT's cheese stroll is back for the 2026 Food & Wine Festival, running August 27 through November 21. Buy five qualifying dishes, collect five Festival Passp…
- 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…
- Hollywood Studios Takes Over Extended Evening Hours This Fall, Starting September 16 — Extended Evening Theme Park Hours move from Magic Kingdom to Disney's Hollywood Studios this fall, with five dates published so far: September 16, 23 and 30 an…
- Disney names Villains Land and confirms Expedition Everest's Yeti will move again — At the D23 Experiences panel, Disney confirmed the official name of Magic Kingdom's Villains Land, named both Piston Peak attractions, revealed Harrison Ford w…
- Heat advisory covers Walt Disney World as afternoon storms pack 55 mph gusts — A heat advisory is in effect across East Central Florida, including Walt Disney World, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with mid-90s highs and dangerous heat…
- 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…
- Airport Luggage Transfer reaches its first Moderate resort as Caribbean Beach joins the list — Walt Disney World's free Airport Luggage Transfer service added Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort effective August 18, 2026, making it the first Moderate resort…
- Animal Kingdom's solar-powered trash cans reach Asia and the Discovery Island Trails — Two more sets of solar-powered trash cans and recycling bins have been installed in Asia at Disney's Animal Kingdom, carrying a red triangle with a tiger, alon…
- The Muppet Show 50th anniversary collection lands at Hollywood Studios with a plush-trimmed cardigan — Three pieces marking the 50th anniversary of The Muppet Show are now available at Rock Around the Shop at Disney's Hollywood Studios: a $99.99 sage green satin…
- Waterview Park reopens at Disney Springs with shade canopies over its stage and seating — Construction walls have come down at Waterview Park in The Landing at Disney Springs, revealing permanent shade canopies over the arched wood pillars that fram…
- EPCOT's Food and Wine booth signs reveal which marketplaces get the 30th anniversary treatment — Global Marketplace signage is up across EPCOT ahead of the 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, confirming booth names and positions. A teal Cheers…
- EPCOT's Harvest Hollow playground gets its fall theming back ahead of Food and Wine — The EPCOT playground behind Refreshment Port has been re-dressed for the 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, with pillars wrapped as tree trunks,…
- EPCOT's 2026 Food and Wine Festival menus bring back 30 items from past festivals, including a 1996 Poland pierogi — The 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival runs August 27 to November 21 and marks the event's 30th year with 30 returning or reimagined items, some p…
- Walt Disney World brings a Disney Princess celebration to Give Kids The World for World Princess Week — Walt Disney World hosted a Disney Princess celebration for wish kids at Give Kids The World Village during World Princess Week, with lantern crafting led by Ra…
- 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…
- Disney's Airport Luggage Transfer sends your bags between Orlando International and your resort — Walt Disney World's Airport Luggage Transfer service moves checked bags between Orlando International Airport and participating Disney Resorts Collection hotel…
- D23 Showcase Puts Walt Disney World Front and Center: Yeti Revival, Monstropolis in 2027, and a New Journey Into Imagination — The Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase at D23 delivered a run of Walt Disney World announcements, including the return of a fully animated Yeti inside Exped…
- A hanging coaster and a Randy Newman original: Monstropolis details have Hollywood Studios fans buzzing — Walt Disney Imagineering's Michael Hundgen shared new details about Monstropolis, the Monsters, Inc. land opening at Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2027, includ…
- Every D23 2026 announcement that matters for Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise Line — Disney's Horizons: A Carousel of Progress showcase at D23 2026 delivered updates across every Walt Disney World park and the Disney Cruise Line fleet: new Caro…
- 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…
- Dreamfinder returns: a new Journey Into Imagination is coming to EPCOT — Disney closed its D23 Experiences showcase by confirming a new Journey Into Imagination for EPCOT's Imagination Pavilion, reuniting Figment with Dreamfinder. H…
- Spaceship Earth is getting a new chapter that reaches the present day — Disney announced at D23 that Spaceship Earth will receive an update built around a broadened vision of human connection, carrying EPCOT's icon into the present…
- Disney says it is bringing the Expedition Everest Yeti back to life — After nearly two decades frozen in place, the Yeti inside Expedition Everest is getting fixed. Disney confirmed the news at D23 with a comedy video in which pa…
- Monstropolis opens its doors in 2027: new show, restaurants, and shop detailed for Hollywood Studios — Disney used D23 to detail the Monsters Inc. land coming to Hollywood Studios: the rest of Monstropolis opens in 2027 with a new Globe Theatre show, Archie's Sc…
- 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…
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Now Connects to Fortnite at Disney's Hollywood Studios — Disney announced at D23 that Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at Disney's Hollywood Studios now links to Smugglers Gambit, a new Star Wars island in Fortnite,…
- Spaceship Earth reimagining announced at D23, its first update in nearly 20 years — Disney announced at D23 that Spaceship Earth at EPCOT will be reimagined for the first time in nearly two decades. Imagineer Ali Rubinstein, joined onstage by…
- Disney will bring the Expedition Everest Yeti back to life at Animal Kingdom — Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum announced at D23 that the Yeti audio-animatronic inside Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom will move agai…
- Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent: Animal Kingdom ride gets a name, story, and Harrison Ford animatronic — Disney revealed the name of Animal Kingdom's Indiana Jones attraction at D23: Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent. Harrison Ford is the model for th…
- Antonio's Fiesta de Encanto: Disney names the Encanto ride coming to Animal Kingdom — Disney confirmed at D23 that the Encanto attraction in Animal Kingdom's Tropical Americas land will be called Antonio's Fiesta de Encanto, with no height requi…
- Disney Cruise Line teases its next class of ships, sailing in 2029 — Disney Cruise Line used D23 to tease an all-new class of ships, sharing a blueprint-style animation that promises an optimized, more energy efficient hull and…
- Disney Cruise Line teases its first new ship class since the Wish, arriving 2029 — Disney Cruise Line revealed the first look at an all-new class of three ships debuting in 2029, sized between the Disney Wonder and the Disney Wish. The reveal…
- 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…
- Dreamfinder and Figment will return to EPCOT in a new journey into imagination — Disney closed its D23 Experiences showcase by announcing a new journey into imagination at EPCOT starring Figment and Dreamfinder, the inventor character absen…
- 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…
- An Animatronic Olaf Will Teach You to Draw: Hollywood Studios Fans Get Their Animation Class Back — Disney's Hollywood Studios is bringing back drawing classes with "Olaf Draws!," an Animation Academy experience hosted by an audio-animatronic Olaf with new di…
- Approved at Last? Reported Imagination Pavilion Redevelopment Has EPCOT Fans Watching D23 — Multiple sources indicate Disney has approved plans to redevelop EPCOT's Imagination pavilion, with a possible announcement at this weekend's D23 Fan Event in…
- 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…
- Goodbye, Sandwich Board: GEO-82's Permanent Sign Has EPCOT Fans Cheering — GEO-82, the adults-only lounge hidden inside Spaceship Earth's post-show building at EPCOT, finally has a permanent exterior sign at the west entrance to Proje…
- 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…
- Shade at Last: Waterview Park's First Canopy Rises After a Months-Long Wait at Disney Springs — The first beige shade canopy has been installed atop the arched wooden pillars at Waterview Park in The Landing at Disney Springs, with four more panels still…
- First Look at Casita: Encanto Ride Models and Chispi Animatronic Have Animal Kingdom Fans Buzzing — Walt Disney Imagineering displayed physical models of the Encanto ride coming to Tropical Americas at Disney's Animal Kingdom, including a Casita kitchen scene…