Walt Disney World
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Jul- 2026 -25 July
Disney Snuck a New Attraction Into Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom
Disney added something new to Magic Kingdom this week and did not say a word about it. No construction wall. No concept art. No two-year fan debate about whether it was going to be worth the wait. It just turned up in a Tomorrowland gift shop one morning, as it had always been there. We are talking about a pressed penny machine. Stay with us, because this one is actually good. The new machine is t
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25 July
Sol de Janeiro Pop-Up Takes Over Disney Springs for 4 Days
Disney Springs is doing that thing again, where you go in for a snack and leave with a shopping bag. Anybody who spends weekends at Disney Springs knows the drill by now. You never really know what you are walking into. One Saturday, there is a surprise merchandise drop. Next, it is a live band setup near the water, with a crowd three deep. The weekend after that, a food cart shows up in a spot th
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25 July
Frozen Ever After Crashes at Disney World’s EPCOT Park
Disney invested heavily in bringing Frozen Ever After up to modern standards earlier this year, introducing brand-new Audio-Animatronics at EPCOT. Now, visitors are reporting that several of those upgraded figures are already experiencing technical difficulties. Frozen Ever After has welcomed guests to Arendelle since 2016, when it replaced Maelstrom inside EPCOT's Norway Pavilion. The attraction
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25 July
Disney World Now Has Limits to Expansion Projects Thanks to Desantis’ Governing District
Walt Disney World’s long-term growth framework moved another step toward becoming enforceable development code on Friday, July 24. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Planning Board recommended approval of Resolution No. 686, according to a report from BlogMickey, which attended the meeting. The measure now advances to the District’s Board of Supervisors for final adoption. The resoluti
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25 July
Disney World Removes Annual Passholder Reservation Requirement for Limited Time
Walt Disney World Annual Passholders have three more opportunities to enter the theme parks without making an advance reservation. Disney has added July 26, 29, and 30 to its Good-to-Go calendar, bringing July’s total to 11 reservation-free dates. The update creates considerably more flexibility during the final week of the month—but it does not eliminate the reservation requirement across the boa
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24 July
Disney Quietly Removes Disturbing Haunted Mansion Scene
One of Haunted Mansion’s most familiar effects is missing. The Disney attraction has long combined ghostly imagery with dark humor. Guests pass stretching portraits, floating objects, Madame Leota’s séance, ballroom dancers, and a graveyard filled with “happy haunts” before the ride reaches its final scenes. One of its best-known moments takes place before guests board their Doom Buggies. Inside t
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24 July
Magic Kingdom’s Most Impossible Lightning Lane in 2026 Belongs to This Old Disney Attraction
Disney's Lightning Lane system has never been short on opinions, and most of them are not flattering. Guests have called it a cash grab, a FastPass replacement that charges for what used to be free, and a necessary evil that nobody loves but everybody uses because the alternative is standing in a two-hour standby line in the Florida heat. Love it or hate it, Lightning Lane is the game now, and the
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24 July
Replacing Figment? Disney Prepares Overhaul for Classic 43-Year-Old EPCOT Attraction
For decades, some Disney attractions have seemed almost untouchable. Their history and connection to generations of park guests made major changes difficult to imagine. Disney is now showing that even those classics can receive substantial updates. One major project at Magic Kingdom provides a particularly interesting example. And while Disney hasn't announced anything similar for EPCOT, the decis
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24 July
EPCOT After Hours Runs Out of July Dates as Four 2026 Events Remain
EPCOT After Hours has entered the final stretch of its 2026 season. Following the sold-out July 23 event, Walt Disney World has four separately ticketed nights remaining across August and September, with admission starting at $155 per person before tax. That does not mean the remaining dates are about to disappear. Disney does not publish live ticket counts or disclose the capacity assigned to eac
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24 July
Ableism Accusations Are Mounting Against Disney Parks, and Guests Have the Stories to Prove It
Disney has a problem, and it is getting louder by the day. Across social media, fan forums, and Annual Passholder communities, disabled guests are sharing experiences that paint a deeply uncomfortable picture of what it actually feels like to navigate Disney Parks with a disability right now. The stories involve denied accommodations, public mockery by cast members, judgment from fellow guests, an
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