Walt Disney World is heading into one of its busiest summers in years, but this time, guests are getting something they have not had consistently in a long while: both Disney water parks operating at the exact same time. Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon officially reopened on May 12 following its seasonal refurbishment, joining Blizzard Beach just ahead of the massive summer ...

Disney fans barely had time to log into the queue this morning before the biggest date of the season disappeared. Just hours after tickets officially went on sale to the general public on May 12, Disney had already sold out Halloween night for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom. And honestly? This probably should not surprise anyone anymore. Mickey’s ...

Disney World fans barely have time to catch their breath right now. Across the resort, construction walls are going up, attractions are disappearing, and entire lands are transforming before guests’ eyes. May has been one of the busiest months Disney has had in years for operational changes. From permanent closures at Magic Kingdom to ride reimaginings and refreshed experiences across ...

There is a specific kind of anticipation that comes with the Walt Disney World holiday season that does not exist at any other time of year. It builds slowly, usually somewhere around mid-summer, when the first casting calls go out and the first hints of the season’s entertainment lineup start surfacing through the channels that Disney Parks fans pay close ...

There is a moment every summer when the Walt Disney World calendar shifts. The heat is still fully in place, the summer crowds are still doing their thing across the parks, and yet something in the planning conversation changes. The Halloween season, which feels impossibly far away in the middle of July, suddenly feels like something that requires immediate attention. ...

Overnight, Walt Disney World Resort phased out mandatory costumes for cast members at one merchandise location on Main Street, U.S.A., at Magic Kingdom Park. Here’s what changed at the original Central Florida Disney park. Disney World Cast Members No Longer Wearing Themed Costumes? The change doesn’t apply to most Walt Disney World Resort cast members. However, on May 11, WDWNT reported ...

There’s no way around it now. Frontierland at Disney World is changing faster than many fans expected, and one more longtime location has officially disappeared as construction for Piston Peak starts taking over Magic Kingdom. Big Al’s, the small merchandise stand sitting beside Country Bear Musical Jamboree for decades, has permanently closed. Guests arriving in Frontierland this week quickly noticed ...

Waiting for Disney transportation is just part of the vacation experience at Walt Disney World. Sometimes the buses arrive quickly, guests hop right on, and everything moves smoothly. Other times? You can end up standing outside in the Florida heat watching packed buses roll by while the wait keeps getting longer and longer. Credit: Ed Aguila, Inside the Magic Apparently, ...

There was a time when the line for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT felt exciting in the best possible way. Guests would laugh through the preshow, quote the dialogue, and anxiously wait for their chance to board one of Disney’s most ambitious roller coasters ever built. Even with the attraction’s massive popularity, the experience still carried that ...

If you’ve spent any time in the “Chess Room” of the Millennium Falcon over the last seven years, you know the script by heart: Hondo Ohnaka needs your help to steal Coaxium for the Resistance to fund the fight against the First Order. It’s been the mission briefing since the land opened in 2019. But if you visited Star Wars: ...