Planning a Walt Disney World vacation usually comes with one big question before guests even start thinking about Lightning Lanes, dining reservations, or park tickets: Where are you going to stay? There are plenty of choices around Walt Disney World, but hotel prices can quickly become one of the largest expenses of the entire trip. Staying close to the theme ...

Planning a Christmas trip to Walt Disney World? A subtle schedule update on Disney’s official calendar might change how you plan your evenings at EPCOT. For the 2026 holiday season, Disney has quietly capped EPCOT’s operating hours at 9:00 p.m., cutting back on a long-standing seasonal tradition of staying open late. Credit: Disney Historically, Disney extended EPCOT’s closing time from ...

Walt Disney World is embarking on the largest growth period in its 50-plus-year history and launching a massive recruitment effort to power the expansion. As part of a multi-billion-dollar resort overhaul, Disney revealed plans to add more than 5,000 new cast member jobs in Central Florida over the next five years. Credit: Disney Currently employing roughly 80,000 workers, Walt Disney ...

Over one year after a serious accident caused an entire bridge to go down for Disney World guests, things finally appear to be getting fixed. Credit: Martin Lewison, Flickr Disney World Hotel Bridge Still out as Truck Accident Still Impacting Area Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside is in the middle of work along the Sassagoula River, but one conspicuous ...

Walt Disney World is reshuffling plans for one of EPCOT’s longest-running dining experiences. EPCOT’s restaurant lineup has changed repeatedly in recent years, but Coral Reef Restaurant remains one of Disney World’s most iconic eateries. The seafood-focused venue sits beside The Seas with Nemo & Friends, with its dining room looking directly into the pavilion’s enormous aquarium. Coral Reef opened with ...

When Disney announced that Magic Kingdom’s Tiana’s Bayou Adventure would close for a scheduled refurbishment on November 2, parkgoers assumed help was finally on the way. Ever since taking over the iconic Frontierland location formerly occupied by Splash Mountain, the new attraction has struggled with persistent technical glitches, midday shutdowns, and complaints about show quality. A planned maintenance closure felt ...

Disney’s Hollywood Studios has never been an easy park for young kids, and that is not a new complaint. The headliners are thrill rides. Rise of the Resistance, Slinky Dog Dash, Tower of Terror, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, Smugglers Run. Most of them carry height requirements, and the ones that do not still skew older in tone. So when Disney ...

For years, the political brawl between Walt Disney World and Florida state leadership felt like an endless legal war. Between retaliatory legislation, stripped tax privileges, and fierce federal lawsuits, the historic bond between Mickey Mouse and Sunshine State politicians seemed permanently broken. Credit: Inside the Magic Now, that bitter feud is officially ancient history. In a move that signals total ...

Almost every time I write about the Disability Access Service at Disney, the story is a bad one. Guests are denied after years of qualifying. Families rearranging entire trips around an interview outcome they cannot predict. People are being told, in one way or another, that what they need is no longer available to them. I have covered that repeatedly, ...

For over fifty years, the Walt Disney World Monorail System has represented the ultimate ideal of theme park travel. Sweeping past Cinderella Castle, gliding across Seven Seas Lagoon, and passing through the grand concourse of Disney’s Contemporary Resort, the “Highway in the Sky” is a beloved attraction in its own right. Credit: Heather Maguire, Unsplash However, behind the nostalgic charm ...