Coral Reef Restaurant at EPCOT is scheduled to reopen on November 4, 2026, after a temporary closure beginning September 8. Walt Disney World currently lists November 4 as the date when reservations resume. Disney's current restaurant page says Coral Reef will...
Walt Disney Imagineering has brought back Imagineer That!, a short-form educational video series originally produced for the Disney Channel. The revived version features the return of Tom Morrow 2.0, a character introduced in the early 2000s as a host and mascot at EPCOT’s Innoventions. The new series debuted on the official Walt Disney Imagineering YouTube channel on August 24, 2025.
Now, in a shift that has been years in the making, Disney appears to be phasing out MagicBands in favor of the company’s phone-centric MagicMobile system. The change hasn’t gone unnoticed, and for many longtime guests, it signals the end of a tangible era of convenience in exchange for one more digital screen added onto your Disney Day.
It’s looking increasingly likely that September 2025 will deliver the lightest Walt Disney World (WDW) crowds since the post-reopening doldrums of 2021. Several hard signals point the same way: multi-month wait-time trends, aggressive late-summer discounts, school calendars, hurricane-season risk, and new competition across town. Put together, they suggest a “Slowtember” that could rival any month since the pandemic period.
In Orlando the locals know the Halloween / Harvest Season begins the moment the kiddos return to school: the second week of August. The Spirit Halloween Shops open up, Universal Orlando prepares for Halloween Horror Nights, and over at Walt Disney World Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party has already begun.
At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure will become part of the Lightning Lane Multi Pass lineup starting September 11, 2025. Guests staying at Disney Resort hotels can select the show in the My Disney Experience app now.
The Muppets are taking over Rock’n Roller Coaster in Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. But if you were expecting the new Aerosmith-removing reskin to be something worth looking forward to, think again. Imagineers have screwed up another big assignment.
Epic Universe may have only opened a few months ago, but it’s already expanding, and some believe it could be adding a Wicked themed area. New permits reveal clear expansion plans for the park and aerial images have shown a 20+ acre plot of land cleared with construction materials behind the Stardust Racers roller coaster.
Walt Disney World removed native dining-reservation search from the My Disney Experience app today. Tapping “Check/Reserve Dining” now opens a web browser—mirroring how Park Pass once worked. BlogMickey first spotted the change, noting that other app functions (like...
Alcohol is coming to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in the most accessible way yet through the Beak and Barrel.
On August 29th, Disney will officially break a barrier that’s stood since Magic Kingdom’s opening day. The park’s first-ever standalone tavern, The Beak and Barrel, opens in Adventureland, just steps away from Pirates of the Caribbean. Advance reservations for the new location launch August 20th at 7:00 p.m. ET, and judging by the buzz, this pirate pub is expected to fill fast.
Disney has removed the iconic Adventureland sign in Magic Kingdom. Is this just a refurbishment or have “modern sensibilities” struck again?
Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World is changing—dramatically. Big Thunder Mountain remains under refurbishment, construction walls are up around Pirates of the Caribbean and Frontierland, and the only remaining nod to America’s frontier history seems to be the Country Bears, which now highlights modern Disney songs. The Rivers of America is nearly drained, leading some to wonder if current Disney leadership has little reverence for America’s frontier-era history.
Guests heading to the Haunted Mansion this summer are being met with something more frightening than any ghost or ghoul inside the ride itself: giant industrial fans lined up in the outdoor queue.
The following press release on the 2025 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival comes from the official Disney Parks Blog: Are your taste buds tingling? The best time of year is almost here, with the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival just around...