Walt Disney World Annual Passholders finally have their first Good to Go Day of October, and it gives locals and frequent visitors a chance to head into the parks without making a reservation first. Disney has added Tuesday, October 6, 2026, to the Good to Go calendar, making it the first October date to receive the designation. The addition comes ...

Walt Disney World guests planning a 2027 vacation have another resort closure to put on their radar. Construction and refurbishment projects have become a familiar sight across Disney property. Right now, work stretches well beyond the theme parks, with several hotels receiving updates of their own. In most cases, that means guests can still stay at the resort while certain ...

If you’ve ever tried to plan a Disney dinner for just you and one other person, you may already know the feeling. The calendar looks wide open for a big family, then you drop your party size down to two and the green dots vanish. That’s exactly what’s happening right now with reservations for the reopened Diamond Horseshoe in Magic ...

When EPCOT’s World Celebration Gardens opened in late 2023, the embedded pavement lighting was promoted as the park’s ultimate futuristic centerpiece. Designed to echo the classic EPCOT logo around the central planter, hundreds of feet of custom LED strips were built to pulse and change colors in sync with Spaceship Earth. Credit: Disney Instead, the high-tech feature quickly turned into ...

If you have ridden Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT recently, you know the exact preshow moment that became an inescapable park meme. Credit: D23 As guests gather inside the Galaxarium briefing room, actor Terry Crews appears on screen as Centurion Tal Marik of the Nova Corps. Welcoming Earth visitors, he hesitates while pondering what citizens call themselves: ...

Magic Kingdom’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened to parkgoers on May 3, 2026, following a massive 16-month refurbishment. While the coaster returned with smoother trackwork and a freshly painted Tumbleweed, eagle-eyed Disney fans noticed one glaring omission: the spinning possums that traditionally hung over the tracks were completely missing. Credit: Disney Now, just five months after the coaster welcomed back ...

Disney park guests can no longer access all of Cinderella Castle, more than 40 years after the castle debuted. Cinderella Castle has stood at the center of Magic Kingdom since Walt Disney World opened in 1971. At 189 feet tall, it was built as a grander take on Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle and has changed plenty over the years, including ...

The Disney Visa Card occupies a strange spot in the Disney planning world. It is not a premium travel card. The rewards structure will not impress anyone who optimizes points for a living. And yet it remains one of the more genuinely useful things a frequent Disney visitor can carry, because the perks are not really about rewards at all. ...

A Disney park has come under fire after telling a visually impaired guest that they couldn’t use their cane in the park. Disney’s theme parks welcome millions of guests each year, including visitors who rely on mobility and accessibility aids to navigate crowded spaces. That makes clear and consistent rules around equipment such as white canes especially important, particularly when ...

Most Walt Disney World guests probably aren’t thinking about who knows where they are while walking through Magic Kingdom. They’re thinking about their next ride, checking wait times, or grabbing food. Behind the scenes, though, guests can leave a surprisingly detailed digital trail. Many tools visitors use throughout their vacation can provide information about where they’ve been, often without them ...