Fifteen months is a long time to lose an attraction. That is roughly how long Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull has been sitting dark at Tokyo DisneySea. The closure began on August 18, 2025, and for most of the past year, guests have had very little to go on, other than the knowledge that a major refurbishment ...

The happy haunts are preparing to disappear from two Disney parks. Haunted Mansion has spent decades balancing humor with horror. Guests board Doom Buggies before passing a rattling coffin, Madame Leota’s séance, transparent ballroom dancers, and a graveyard occupied by some of Disney’s most enthusiastic ghosts. The attraction has several versions worldwide, but no two are identical. Disneyland’s original resembles ...

Disney has found another part of the park day to monetize. Paid upgrades have become increasingly common across Disney’s global theme parks. Free FastPass has disappeared from the U.S. resorts, replaced by Lightning Lane products that charge guests for shorter waits and, in some cases, greater flexibility. Entertainment has followed a similar path. Disney sells dessert parties with reserved fireworks ...

For decades, Disney park-goers around the globe enjoyed a rare theme park luxury: skipping standby lines without paying an extra dime. That golden era has officially come to a close. Credit: Tokyo Disney Tokyo Disney Resort—the absolute last holdout in the global Disney park network offering a free FastPass-style service—is retiring its complimentary system. Starting September 1, 2026, skipping lines ...

Tokyo DisneySea is not the kind of place that invites casual disrespect. The park, which sits alongside Tokyo Disneyland at the Oriental Land Company resort outside Tokyo, is widely considered the most beautifully designed theme park in the world by a significant number of people who have spent serious time evaluating that question. The attention to detail across its themed ...

Another Disney resort is spiking ticket prices in 2026. It’s clear that there is friction between Disney theme park resorts and guests over rising costs across all factors. From ticket admission to Lightning Lanes, hotel stays, and parking, the cost of visiting a Disney resort is increasingly high. This uptick in costs has seen attendance–notably at the Walt Disney World ...

Disney Resort guests are discussing the importance of remaining calm during an earthquake after a guest recorded an alert that went off during the morning hours of June 16, 2026, warning guests about a dangerous situation. Credit: Tokyo Disney Resort Tokyo Disney’s Earthquake Alert Revealed Something Many Guests Never Expected There are few sounds that can instantly change the atmosphere ...

Two Disney parks will cut their fireworks for the entire summer after tomorrow. Disney’s relationship with fireworks stretches back to the earliest days of Disneyland. The resort debuted its first nighttime fireworks show, Fantasy in the Sky, in the late 1950s, helping establish a tradition Walt Disney reportedly described as the perfect “kiss goodnight” to end a day in the ...

Disney has opened up an exclusive hotel guests-only entrance to the public, allowing thousands of families to enter the parks sooner. Disney Resort Opens Hotel Guests-Only Exclusive Entrance for First Time Ever Ever since the highly anticipated expansion opened at Tokyo DisneySea in 2024, the land has carried an almost mythical reputation among Disney fans. Its breathtaking environments, immersive attractions, ...

Two Disney parks are set to lose their nightly fireworks in nine days. Whether it’s Wondrous Journeys at Disneyland Park, Happily Ever After at Magic Kingdom, or ILLUMINATE! A Nighttime Celebration at Shanghai Disneyland, fireworks often mark the end of a magical Disney day. However, that experience is about to disappear at two Disney parks for months at a time. ...