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Jun- 2026 -9 June
Disney World Restricts Character Meet and Greet to Just Sundays at EPCOT
A special character offering at EPCOT has gained an unexpected wrinkle, and Walt Disney World Annual Passholders may want to take note before planning their next visit. This year’s V.I.PASSHOLDER Summer Days event has given Passholders plenty of reasons to spend extra time at EPCOT. Alongside access to the exclusive Passholder Lounge inside Restaurant Marrakesh, guests can pick up limited-time mer
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8 June
4 Disney World Locations Close Permanently Simultaneously
They are not coming back. The food trucks at Exposition Park on the West Side of Disney Springs finished their final service on June 7, 2026, and have since been physically removed from the location. What was a casual dining destination for more than a decade is now additional seating. The Cilantro Urban Eatery truck went first, spotted missing during a June 2 visit to the property. 4 Rivers Canti
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8 June
Confirmed Earthquake Sparks Massive Disney World Inspection Effort
The largest earthquake ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico hit on Monday afternoon, and Florida felt every bit of it. A 6.1 magnitude quake struck 73 miles northwest of western Cuba at 2 p.m. on June 8, 2026, sending shockwaves hundreds of miles across the state. Miami felt it. So did Tampa, Sarasota, Orlando, and Tallahassee. At Walt Disney World specifically, the tremor was noticeable enough tha
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8 June
New Construction Walls Block Sleeping Beauty Castle Area at Disneyland
The construction footprint around Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris Resort expanded again over the weekend, and a new set of barriers has now reached a spot that European Disney Park guests have long used as a backdrop for some of their most memorable park photos. Sleeping Beauty Castle Stage Goes Behind Walls On Sunday, purple-and-blue construction walls appeared around the stage area in
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8 June
Tomorrowland Stripped: Why Disney Is Destroying Its Iconic 1994 Towers Right Now
Designing the future is a tricky business, especially when the real world keeps catching up to it. For decades, Walt Disney Imagineering has battled the “Tomorrowland Problem,” resulting in a constant tug-of-war between realistic space-age predictions and fantasy sci-fi. In 1994, Disney attempted to fix this by installing an elaborate, neon-drenched “intergalactic spaceport”
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8 June
Magic Kingdom’s $124 Add-On Returns August 7 as Disney Expands Premium Offerings
Walt Disney World continues to add more ways for guests to enhance their vacations—and spend more money while doing it. The latest example comes from Magic Kingdom, where one of Disney's most expensive seasonal add-ons is returning alongside Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. Starting August 7, guests attending the popular Halloween event will once again have the option to purchase Disney's Ha
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8 June
Disneyland Closes Theme Park Location After Popcorn Cart Catches Fire
A small fire in a Central Plaza snack kiosk has temporarily taken one of Disneyland Paris Resort's popcorn stands offline. The unfortunate timing adds yet another disruption to an area of Disneyland Park already deep in construction season. What Happened Near Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris X user @PixiedustDLP shared a photo on June 8 of a shuttered popcorn-and-snack kiosk in the Centr
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8 June
Disney Is Letting Certain Guests Watch Toy Story 5 Before Everyone Else
Opening weekend movie crowds can be intense, especially when a major Pixar sequel is involved. Disney Vacation Club members, however, may have the chance to skip the wait and see Toy Story 5 (2026) before the rest of the country. Disney recently announced a special advance screening event that will allow eligible DVC members to watch the highly anticipated film one day before its official theatric
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8 June
Fire Reported at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on June 8
A 911 call brought first responders to Magic Kingdom Park on Monday morning, adding another entry to what has been a busy stretch of emergency activity around Walt Disney World Resort. The Call That Came In at 9:34 a.m. At 9:34 a.m. on Monday, June 8, law enforcement received a report of a fire at Magic Kingdom Park. Scanner monitoring account @WDWActiveCrime logged the response on X (formerly kno
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8 June
Disney World Eliminates 5 Attractions as Policies Continue to Shift
A walk through Walt Disney World in 2026 feels noticeably different than it did just a few years ago. Entire lands are changing. Long-running attractions are disappearing. Familiar experiences are being replaced with new stories, new characters, and new priorities. Disney describes these moves as investments in the future. For many fans, however, they also represent the end of an era. Here are fiv
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