A Tuesday afternoon stolen vehicle report brought law enforcement into the backstage areas of Magic Kingdom Park — a part of Walt Disney World Resort that guests never see. What the Scanner Logged at 1:54 p.m. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at 1:54 p.m. on August 18 reporting a stolen vehicle in a backstage service area ...

After multiple shutdowns throughout the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney has finally announced the opening of an area that will expand on the guest vacation experience beginning today, August 18, 2026. Walt Disney World Opens New Area Set to Enhance the Overall Guest Experience Waterview Park at Disney Springs is welcoming guests again, restoring one of the district’s small but ...

Disney’s Hollywood Studios has always had a certain nostalgic charm around Echo Lake, from the reflective water views to the quirky, boat shaped Dockside Diner floating along its edge. That familiar scene looks noticeably different right now, since the lake itself has been drained for refurbishment work, leaving an empty lake bed and construction scaffolding in place of the usual ...

Getting from Orlando International Airport to Walt Disney World has never been the magical part of a Disney trip. The bags come off the carousel. Someone watches the kids while someone else wrestles suitcases. You sort out the transportation situation, load everything up, and eventually everyone and everything lands at the resort. It works. It is not exactly seamless, and ...

Disney has confirmed that Monstropolis will open its doors to guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2027, bringing the world of Monsters, Inc. (2001) to Walt Disney World in a much bigger way. Construction still has plenty of ground to cover before guests can explore the finished land. Crews continue working throughout the former Muppets area as Disney transforms the ...

Disney World’s Moderate Resort is getting a facelift, but guest access will be limited for a while. A refurbishment project is underway at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside, with construction currently focused on the wooden walkway surrounding the Riverside Mill Food Court. The boardwalk is a familiar feature of the resort, winding around the exterior of Riverside Mill and ...

Amid reports of Disney World’s Space Mountain attraction at Magic Kingdom getting totally overhauled, Disney Experiences has confirmed that a second Space Mountain attraction will be getting the retheme treatment. Credit: daryl_mitchell, Flickr There is something rather fitting about Space Mountain returning to the Moon at Disneyland Paris. After a decade spent blasting guests into a galaxy far, far away ...

Cast members carry more than most guests realize, and the past few weeks have made that unusually visible. The situation involving a Disneyland Peter Pan performer brought to light a conversation that people in theme park entertainment have been having quietly for years. Character performers work in costume and in character, often without the ability to break the illusion when ...

Picking a Walt Disney World hotel can sometimes feel almost as important as choosing which parks to visit. After spending thousands of dollars on a vacation, most guests want somewhere they can come back to after a long park day, relax, grab dinner, and enjoy the atmosphere. Construction walls, unavailable areas, and the possibility of daytime noise probably aren’t part ...

Walt Disney World guests have less than a month left to use a park feature that has been around for more than eight years. Disney is officially retiring the Play Disney Parks app on September 16, 2026, bringing an end to a service that launched alongside Toy Story Land and eventually became a much bigger part of the experience inside ...