Disney’s Hollywood Studios has spent much of 2026 in transition, and even some of the park’s smaller experiences haven’t escaped the changes. One Mickey Mouse attraction has been unavailable for weeks, leaving guests without an experience that normally offers an easy break from the Florida heat and the park’s busier attractions. The closure wasn’t connected to a major refurbishment, though. ...

EPCOT has never really stopped changing since it first opened, and this fall is proving to be another genuinely active stretch for the park. One of its longtime dining destinations just closed its doors for a refurbishment, and it’s far from the only thing shifting around World Showcase and World Discovery right now. Between a beloved underwater dining room going ...

EPCOT guests have had plenty of reasons to take another look at Test Track over the past year, but the attraction itself isn’t the only place Disney and General Motors have been making updates. The refreshed ride brought a very different experience to World Discovery when it reopened. Now, another part of Test Track has received an update of its ...

Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party has changed plenty over the years, but longtime visitors have developed a familiar strategy for tackling the holiday event. Get inside early. Save the party hours for exclusive entertainment. Grab the complimentary cookies. Watch the parade and fireworks. Take advantage of shorter attraction waits. And avoid spending too much of the limited event window doing ...

Walt Disney World has overhauled morning opening procedures at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, shifting guest holding zones out of the narrow Oasis pathways and onto Discovery Island. While this resolves uncomfortable entrance bottlenecks, it quietly erodes the competitive advantage of Early Theme Park Entry for resort hotel guests while handing offsite visitors a massive win. How the Rope Drop Procedure Changed ...

A heart-stopping moment at Walt Disney World’s Polynesian Village Resort was narrowly averted thanks to the extraordinary reflexes of a fellow parkgoer. In a viral video shared on X by user @AKrause55, a male guest riding down the resort’s signature volcano water slide was forced to execute an emergency mid-slide rescue after spotting an unsupervised toddler climbing up the water ...

Magic Kingdom is going through one of the biggest periods of change in its history, but not every attraction needs to be replaced to deserve some attention. Sometimes, an attraction simply needs some care. That may be where “it’s a small world” currently finds itself. The longtime Fantasyland attraction remains one of the most recognizable experiences at Walt Disney World, ...

Law enforcement responded to an early morning emergency near Walt Disney World on Sunday after a police alert identified the incident as involving alleged “child neglect.” The call was reported along Flamingo Crossings Boulevard, an area immediately west of Walt Disney World that includes Disney College Program housing, hotels, restaurants, stores, and other businesses frequently used by Disney visitors and ...

Guests heading to Disney’s Contemporary Resort for a meal at Steakhouse 71 ran into an unexpected problem on September 6. The popular Walt Disney World restaurant suddenly closed for the day, and this wasn’t simply a situation where guests could no longer find new reservations. Some people who already had tables booked reportedly had their reservations canceled. Credit: Scott Smith, ...

More closure news out of Disney World. Credit: Joe Schlabotnik, Flickr Walt Disney World continues to push forward with an ambitious stretch of transformation across its four theme parks, and EPCOT–despite not featuring anything quite as extensive as Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, or Hollywood Studios–remains a key part of that evolution. Since Disney kicked off its multi-year overhaul of the ...