If you’re planning a trip to Walt Disney World in 2027, you’ll need to stay sharp on a few major policy changes before booking your resort package or mapping out your daily park itinerary. Disney is cracking down on long-standing loopholes to streamline crowd flow, protect hotel transportation, and maintain park safety. Credit: Disney Whether you’re an Annual Passholder or ...
Read More »Universal Confirms Jurassic Park Closure at Islands of Adventure
Another part of Jurassic Park has officially gone behind walls at Universal Islands of Adventure, and this closure isn’t going to be a quick one. Universal Orlando Resort has now closed the Jurassic Park restrooms for a major refurbishment. While restroom closures normally wouldn’t generate much attention, this one could have a noticeable impact on guests moving through one of ...
Read More »Disney World Hits New Capacity as Guests Are Turned Away From Multiple Parks
Walt Disney World has spent much of September giving guests something they always hope to find on vacation: manageable crowds. This past weekend offered a very different picture. For the first time in quite some time, Walt Disney World Annual Passholders ran into reservation capacity restrictions, preventing some passholders without existing reservations from entering their preferred parks during the busy ...
Read More »Disney World Attraction Abruptly Misses Reopening Date, Returns 24 Hours Later
Guests visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios have another attraction available again, but its return did not happen exactly when Disney’s operating calendar originally suggested it would. Vacation Fun – An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie has officially reopened inside the Mickey Shorts Theater. The attraction welcomed guests back on September 28 after being unavailable for more than a month. ...
Read More »Disney World Guests Have Limited Time Before Popular Animal Kingdom Resident Leaves
For the last two years, guests visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom have had the chance to watch one of the park’s youngest residents grow up right before their eyes. Now, that chapter is coming to an end. Credit: Lee (myfrozenlife), Flickr Bakso, the Sumatran tiger who was born at Walt Disney World in September 2024, will soon leave Disney’s Animal Kingdom. ...
Read More »Mickey and Goofy Caught in Bizarre Moment During EPCOT Meet-and-Greet
There are plenty of places around Walt Disney World where guests expect to encounter mice. Usually, though, those mice are wearing costumes, posing for photos, signing autographs, or starring in attractions. One recent EPCOT encounter was very different. Credit: Jesse James, Flickr Guests visiting CommuniCore Hall suddenly found themselves watching a real mouse race through an area where Mickey Mouse ...
Read More »Disney World Cuts EPCOT Holiday Hours, Moves 2 Major Shows Earlier
EPCOT guests heading to Walt Disney World for the holiday season will need to adjust their evening plans this year. Disney has shifted the schedule for two of EPCOT’s biggest nighttime offerings during the 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. Both Candlelight Processional and Luminous The Symphony of Us will begin earlier than guests have become accustomed to seeing ...
Read More »Disney World’s Worst Theme Park Dead End Is Trapped in Hollywood Studios
Disney’s Hollywood Studios has undergone one of the most dramatic physical transformations in theme park history. Over the past decade, the park shed its legacy as an aging movie studio to become an immersive powerhouse anchored by Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Toy Story Land, and Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. Even Animation Courtyard received a major redevelopment into the Magic ...
Read More »Disney World Guest Gets Unexpected Item Through Magic Kingdom Security: “Never Had Anyone Ask”
People bring plenty of unusual things with them on a Walt Disney World vacation. Matching shirts, elaborate Mickey ears, character-inspired outfits and carefully planned photo props have all become part of the experience. But one Magic Kingdom guest recently arrived with something that even Disney Cast Members apparently weren’t prepared to see. Credit: Ian Carroll, Flickr A porch goose! Not ...
Read More »Walt Disney World Confirms Controversial Policy Return, in Effect Indefinitely
For years, Walt Disney World Annual Passholders could decide they wanted to visit a theme park, get in the car and simply go. That freedom has never completely returned. Although Disney has loosened its theme park reservation rules considerably since their introduction, the reservation system remains part of being an Annual Passholder in 2026. Many fans have wondered whether Disney ...
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