Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise Line News
- 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 touched every Walt Disney World park and the Disney Cruise Line fleet: a new Carousel of Progres…
- 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 fifth…
- 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…
- 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 five Walt Disney World projects have their own displays inside it. Imagineering: Horizons puts…
- 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…