Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise Line News

Eeyore, Pua, and a Capybara: Animal Kingdom's Tropical Americas Carousel Lineup Has Fans Buzzing — Walt Disney Imagineering revealed four new animal figures for the Tropical Americas carousel at Disney's Animal Kingdom: Eeyore, Chispi the capybara from Encan…
Indy's Temple Gets Real: First Look Inside the DINOSAUR Reimagining Has Animal Kingdom Fans Buzzing — A detailed model of the Maya temple facade for the Indiana Jones attraction replacing DINOSAUR debuted at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, alongside constru…
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…
Signature Portrait Sessions Bring $399 Private Photo Shoots to the Grand Floridian and Polynesian — Walt Disney World is taking online bookings for Signature Portrait Sessions, private 40-minute shoots with Disney PhotoPass photographers at Disney's Grand Flo…
Walt the Dreamer Still Pulls a Crowd at EPCOT, and Dreamers Point Is Why — The Walt the Dreamer bronze sits on a bench at Dreamers Point behind Spaceship Earth, dedicated December 4, 2023 and opened to guests on Walt Disney's birthday…
Scaffolding Moves to the Contemporary's Bay Lake Side as the Refurbishment Stretches Toward 2027 — New scaffolding and green construction walls have appeared on the Bay Lake side of Disney's Contemporary Resort, near the southern end of the A-frame tower by…
Piston Peak's 19 Foot Model Headlines Four Walt Disney World Lands at Imagineering's D23 Pavilion — Walt Disney Imagineering built its largest D23 pavilion yet, and Walt Disney World takes up a big share of it. Imagineering: Horizons puts a 19 by 19 foot Pist…
Passholders Line Up for a Free Kermit Magnet as Disney World Stretches Its Perks Into Fall — Walt Disney World is giving Annual Passholders a free Kermit the Frog magnet, a free PhotoPass Magic Shot and a key lime milkshake at Disney's Hollywood Studio…
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…
Typhoon Lagoon Closes Temporarily September 9, Leaving Blizzard Beach as Disney World's Only Water Park — Disney's Typhoon Lagoon water park closes temporarily starting September 9, 2026, leaving Blizzard Beach as the only Walt Disney World water park open and no r…
Disney's D23 'Horizons' showcase streams live Saturday with four Walt Disney World Imagineers — Disney Parks confirmed that Horizons: A Carousel of Progress streams live on Disney+ on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. PT, 10 p.m. ET, hosted by Neil Patrick Harr…
Ten New Halloween Plates and Pours Land at Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar — Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar has returned to its 1940s Halloween dress at Disney Springs through November 9, and the seasonal menu is almost all new. Five plates…
Fall Arrives at Disney Springs With New Roving Acts, Six Merch Collections and Halloween Menus — Disney Springs has shifted into fall through November 9, with pumpkin decor across Town Center and three new roving acts in the Farmhand Drummers, Pumpkin Stil…
Cool KIDS' SUMMER Returns to Walt Disney World With a Free Water Park Day and Discounted Tickets — Walt Disney World is running Cool KIDS' SUMMER from May 26 through September 8, 2026, with attraction refreshes and limited-time family experiences. The offers…
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…
Pluto's Pumpkin Pursuit Returns to EPCOT, and Fans Finally Have the Dates and the Price — Walt Disney World has confirmed that Pluto's Pumpkin Pursuit returns to EPCOT from September 25 through November 2, 2026. Game boards cost $11.99 plus tax at s…
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…
A Quiet Permit Approval Points to More Parking at Disney's Grand Floridian — The South Florida Water Management District has approved Disney's plan to modify the parking lots at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. The permit covers a…
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…
Droid Depot Adds Interactive Batuu Adventure Buddies, With Hollywood Studios Next in Line — Disney is adding Batuu Adventure Buddies to Droid Depot, a line of three interactive Star Wars companions that starts with a motorized Ewok on August 13, 2026.…
Warrior Games Return to ESPN Wide World of Sports in August 2027 With Nearly 200 Competitors — The Warrior Games, the national adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured service members, will return to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at W…
Disney Reveals First 2026 EPCOT Food & Wine Merchandise: Chef Ears, a Pocket Tee, and a Churro Tote — Disney Parks shared four photos of the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival merchandise collection on X, and the linked Disney Parks Blog preview name…
Disney counts down five hidden details in the refurbished Treehouse Villas — Disney Vacation Club's Details We Dig series has posted an official walkthrough of the refurbished three-bedroom Treehouse Villas at Disney's Saratoga Springs…
Seven Things to Know About CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza at EPCOT — CommuniCore Hall, CommuniCore Plaza and the Mickey and Friends greeting location open in EPCOT's World Celebration on June 10, completing a park transformation…
Disney Says Disney World Had a Standout Quarter as Domestic Park Attendance Rises 3 Percent — Disney's third-quarter earnings report put domestic theme park attendance up 3 percent and singled out Walt Disney World as a standout, crediting domestic tour…
A fifth Disney World park is now allowed on paper: what the district actually approved — The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District approved the land development regulations behind its 2045 comprehensive plan on July 24, clearing the way for on…
Three restaurants and a fireworks lounge: the first look inside Disney's Lakeshore Lodge — New interior concept art for Disney's Lakeshore Lodge reveals a Pocahontas-inspired lobby with a fiber-optic river floor, three opening restaurants, and Dandel…
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…
Six Ravens settles in at Disney Springs, and the opening-day queue has already gone quiet — Six Ravens, the savoury hand-pie counter from the Gideon's Bakehouse team, has been soft open at Disney Springs since Monday, August 3. All six Coffyns are pri…
More than 50 dishes for one causeway: the Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic sets its 2026 menus — The 17th annual Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic returns Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21 with more than 50 dishes and ove…
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…
ESPN8: The Ocho Returns to Walt Disney World August 7 With 10 Live Events and Free Admission — ESPN8: The Ocho comes back to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Friday, August 7, with 10 live competitions running from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Donk Toss, Roofba…
Disney names Dandelion Terrace, the fireworks lounge coming to Lakeshore Lodge — Disney Parks named the Bay Lake room built for fireworks watching: Dandelion Terrace, a two-story lounge at Disney's Lakeshore Lodge. Despite the Magic Kingdom…
Halloween Food Hits Disney Springs August 11: The Full 2026 Menu Guide — Disney Springs turns over its menus for Halloween on August 11, with a returning overlay at Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar, a black velvet Candle Petit Cake at Amor…
Six Ravens Brings Medieval Hand Pies to Disney Springs From the Gideon's Bakehouse Team — Six Ravens is a new quick service restaurant at Disney Springs from the creators of Gideon's Bakehouse, built around Coffyns: savory fillings baked inside a ho…
Bakari takes over as silverback of the gorilla family troop at Disney's Animal Kingdom — Bakari, a 21-year-old western lowland gorilla, is settling in as the dominant silverback of the family troop on Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail at Disney's Ani…
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…