Disney will bring DuckTales World Showcase Adventure back to EPCOT in a modified format. The interactive experience remains under refurbishment, and Disney has not announced a reopening date. The update follows the September 16, 2026, retirement of the Play Disney...
Fans have begun to speculate when Magic Kingdom’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade will be filmed. The calendars show the normal daytime parade, Festival of Fantasy, is absent from its daily showing on November 8th and 9th. As in past years, these dates will likely feature filming of the Christmas-themed parade.
Late October will offer new flexibility to annual passholders at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida as an updated calendar has added several “Good-to-Go” days. The resort added four new dates: October 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th. On those dates, annual passholders may enter any of the theme parks without needing to secure a park-reservation ahead of time.
According to a new Forbes analysis by Caroline Reid, Walt Disney World theme parks have seen a staggering 26% drop in popularity over the last five years — a trend that raises serious questions about the health of Disney’s once-unbeatable parks division.
Disney has officially announced Soarin Across America, a brand-new version of its “Soarin” attraction, coming to both Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World in the summer of 2026. The new experience will replace the current Soarin Around the World film at Disney California Adventure and EPCOT’s The Land pavilion, marking a return to the skies with an all-new flight across the United States.
The animatronics of Frozen Ever After are getting an update, going from their current projection-face style to sculpted faces, like those on the Frozen animatronics at Hong Kong Disneyland.
On October 8, 2025, Walt Disney World announced a record-setting price increase for its “skip-the-line” service, Lightning Lane.
While price hikes are nothing new at Disney—especially at the start of the company’s fiscal year—this round of increases comes at a time when attendance across the Florida parks has dropped to some of the lowest levels in years.
The new pricing takes effect on October 29, 2025, raising costs by up to $6 per person per park for Lightning Lane Multi Passes, and between $1 and $3 per person for Single Pass selections. Notably, last year the New Lightning Lane system replaced “Genie+”, which in 2021 replaced the pre-lockdown FastPass+, a complimentary perk included with every ticket and annual pass.
Reservations for the “Behind the Seeds” tour at EPCOT are opening October 9th. The one-hour walking tour will run from November 28th through December 30, 2025 as a part of EPCOT’s 2025 International Festival of the Holidays. There will be three nightly sessions at 6 PM, 7 PM, and a new addition for this year, 8 PM.
Beginning in late September 2025, EPCOT has been observed testing new crowd management methods in the pre-show areas of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. The adjustments aim to improve guest flow between Lightning Lane (paid queue) and standby (regular queue) groups by reducing congestion and clarifying movement patterns.
Walt Disney World Resort has expanded its schedule of “Disney After Hours” events, a fuller calendar for 2026 at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Guest purchase windows for 2026 open October 9, 2025 for the Swan and Dolphin and Shades of Green...
Walt Disney World has confirmed that Spaceship Earth, one of EPCOT’s primary attractions, will reopen on Saturday, October 25, 2025. This information appeared in the park’s official operating calendar update, which now reflects the attraction’s scheduled hours starting that day, including availability during Early Entry beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Disney World is driving the cost of hotel reservations for normal family vacations down more than $1,000 through half of all of 2026! Although Disney frames a new, gigantic cost-cut for hotels as a generous “save up to” promotion, the magnitude and terms of the...
For 2026, Disney After Hours events are scheduled at Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and EPCOT.