Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise Line News

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…
2026 EPCOT Food and Wine merchandise: chef ears, a churro tote, and a Chip and Dale cake bag — Disney has shown the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival collection twice: a first look on X naming a chef-hat ear headband, a pocket tee, a sweatshi…
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 results put domestic theme park attendance up 3 percent and singled out Walt Disney World as a standout, crediting domestic tourists, an…
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…
Disney's Lakeshore Lodge opens July 1, 2027, and booking starts October 6 — Disney's Lakeshore Lodge on Bay Lake now has an opening date of July 1, 2027, with cash reservations opening to Disney Vacation Club Members October 6, Annual…
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 to All 26 Locations — Disney Springs turns over its menus for Halloween on August 11 across 26 restaurants, bars and bakeries, with a returning overlay at Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar,…
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: a round Loungefly bag carrying the Headless Horseman on a rearing horse with a…
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…
Six More Resorts Join Disney World's Construction Calendar, and Guests Are Rechecking Their Plans — Animal Kingdom Lodge, Beach Club, Coronado Springs, Fort Wilderness, Old Key West and Yacht Club have all been added to Walt Disney World's hotel refurbishment…
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…
Meet Joe Schott, the Jungle Cruise Skipper Now Running Walt Disney World — Joe Schott is president of Walt Disney World Resort, the largest single site employer in the United States, with roughly 80,000 cast members across four theme…
Extended Evening Theme Park Hours Will Run Through 2027: Every Eligible Hotel and Attraction — Walt Disney World has confirmed that extended evening theme park hours, the after-hours benefit for guests staying at Disney Deluxe and Deluxe Villa resorts, w…
The Muppets Coaster Kiosk Is Serving Two Drinks in a Novelty Cup, While Supplies Last — Disney Parks says Pink Le-moi-nade and Pond Water Limeade are now both served in an exclusive Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets novelty cup at FØØD…
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.…
A $150 Sushi Dinner for Luminous: EPCOT Fans Are Split on the New Shiki-Sai Package — EPCOT's third fireworks dining package is bookable now at Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya in the Japan pavilion, with a fixed menu of appetizer, sashimi, sushi and a…
Test Track's Sliding Doors Are Working Again, and EPCOT Riders Have Notes — The breakaway foam doors leading to Test Track's outdoor high speed loop are operating again at EPCOT, more than a year after a vehicle struck them during cast…
Stitch Has Vanished from World of Disney, and Disney Springs Regulars Noticed Fast — The Stitch statue that sat above a World of Disney entrance at Disney Springs has been removed with no announcement from Walt Disney World. The store went thro…
Behind the Attraction Season 3 Takes On Disney Cruise Line in a Two Episode Event — Season 3 of Behind the Attraction is streaming on Disney+ with two episodes devoted to Disney Cruise Line. The first traces how Disney became the first major e…
Bakari, a 21-Year-Old Silverback, Is Taking Over the Gorilla Troop at Disney's Animal Kingdom — Bakari, a 21-year-old male western lowland gorilla, is being introduced to the family troop on Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail at Disney's Animal Kingdom. He s…
Cool KIDS' SUMMER Makes Check-In Day Worth Arriving Early For at Walt Disney World — Four Walt Disney World resorts are running Cool KIDS' SUMMER through September 8, 2026, with hosted pool parties, a lobby library, pajama story time and kids-o…
Zootopia: Better Zoogether! adds a new pre-show starring Mayor Winddancer — Walt Disney Imagineering has added a new pre-show sequence to Zootopia: Better Zoogether! at Disney's Animal Kingdom, introducing Mayor Brian Winddancer from Z…
Booking Opens March 21 for The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness, With the First Loop Opening July 1 — Reservations for the new one-bedroom cabin villas at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort open to all guests on March 21, following a two-day head start for Disney…
First Look at the 2024 Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend Merchandise — runDisney has revealed the official merchandise for the 2024 Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend, returning to Walt Disney World Resort February 22 through 2…
Five Things to Know Before Your First runDisney Race Weekend — A planDisney podcast episode walks first-timers through what a runDisney weekend actually involves, from free Jeff Galloway training programs to the Health & F…