Disney Springs has changed a lot over the years. What used to feel mostly like a place to grab dinner after a park day has slowly turned into a full-day destination on its own. Between the restaurants, entertainment, shopping, and seasonal events, plenty of guests now carve out entire afternoons or evenings just to explore the massive district. That’s especially ...

Disney Springs is a wonderful testing ground given the volume of visitors and locals. The shopping and dining complex at Walt Disney World operates without park admission requirements and attracts a steady flow of guests from across the resort, making it an ideal environment for Disney to experiment with limited-time food concepts, pop-up experiences, and new dining formats.   Some ...

Disney World has announced the 6th closure to impact the overall guest experience, leading many to wonder how these closures will stack up once the summer crowds arrive (which is sooner than you think). Disney Springs Transformation Confirms Another Closure For many Walt Disney World guests, Disney Springs is the place you visit when you are not quite ready for ...

What should have been a magical Wednesday at Walt Disney World Resort turned into a stressful one for at least two groups of guests after vehicle burglaries were reported at separate parking areas on the property just hours apart. The First Break-In Before Breakfast The morning got off to a troubling start when law enforcement received a call at 8:39 ...

Disney Springs has spent the last several years transforming itself into a much more polished dining and shopping destination. New restaurants keep arriving, lounges continue expanding, and Disney has clearly leaned harder into turning the area into a full-day experience instead of just a place guests visit after leaving the parks. But now, another longtime part of Disney Springs is ...

Summer at Walt Disney World is about to look a lot different. Beginning May 26, Disney will officially kick off its new “Cool Kid Summer” celebration across the resort, and while plenty of attention has gone toward the new entertainment inside the parks, Disney Springs is quietly becoming one of the biggest parts of the entire event. For families planning ...

A day at Disney Springs has now turned into a legal fight. Walt Disney World Resort faces no shortage of lawsuits every year, ranging from ride-related complaints to slip-and-fall cases across hotels, water parks, and walkways. Some are quietly dismissed. Others move further into Florida’s court system and reignite broader conversations around guest safety at one of the world’s busiest ...

Disney Springs has been going through a significant amount of retail and dining turnover in 2025, and the pattern continued last week with the sudden closure of one of the district’s most distinctive stores. Johnston & Murphy, the premium footwear and apparel brand located in the Town Center section of Disney Springs, officially closed its doors on Thursday, May 7th. ...

If you have spent any time at Disney Springs in the last few years, you already know what Gideon’s Bakehouse is. You have probably seen the line. You have probably stood in it. You have possibly made a trip to Disney Springs specifically because of it, skipping every major theme park in Orlando for an afternoon just to get your ...

Disney Springs has a way of turning a casual shopping afternoon into something genuinely memorable, and the combination of the open-air environment, the rotating roster of pop-up events, and the steady stream of limited-edition merchandise that passes through the district gives frequent visitors a reason to keep coming back even when they have already seen everything the permanent shops have ...