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Disney World Cast Member Charged With Grand Theft After Stealing 100 Souvenirs, Walking Away

A former Walt Disney World Resort cast member is facing serious criminal charges after authorities say she filled a reusable bag with over $2,000 worth of merchandise at the World of Disney store at Disney Springs and walked out. She then allegedly tried to disappear into the crowd by changing her appearance at a nearby restaurant. The Incident at World of Disney The Orange County Sheriff's Office

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Disney Tests Massive New Mountains to Protect Classic Magic Kingdom Views

Magic Kingdom is getting a dramatic new landscape, but Disney doesn't want guests seeing every part of it from every corner of the park. Construction on Piston Peak National Park will bring towering rockwork, waterfalls, and attractions inspired by Cars(2006) to Frontierland. With structures of that size, Walt Disney Imagineering faces an important challenge: making the new area feel enormous with

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Disney World Guests, Get Ready for This New Tower of Terror

The Hollywood Tower Hotel is getting a new face, as the scaffolding that has been methodically working its way across the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror facade all summer has now arrived at the Walt Disney World Resort attraction's most iconic feature. The Front of the Building Is Next WDWNT reported last week that the construction equipment surrounding the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney's

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No Entry: 11 Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Dates Are Sold Out

Getting into Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party on certain nights is no longer an option. The 2026 event has only just begun at Magic Kingdom, yet Disney has already sold out 11 dates. That includes multiple August parties, two September nights, and several highly desirable October dates. Halloween night is long gone, and October 29 has now disappeared too. So, which nights can guests still att

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Magic Kingdom Guests Forced Out Early, Creating a Warning for 2 Disney World Parks

There’s a point during select Walt Disney World nights when a regular Magic Kingdom ticket is no longer enough to keep you inside the park. Once Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party takes over, guests who haven't purchased admission to the separately ticketed event have to leave. For visitors caught off guard by the schedule, that can mean changing plans in the middle of a Disney day. For everyon

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Violent Threat, Assault Reported at Magic Kingdom on August 10

A threats and assault call brought law enforcement to the Magic Kingdom Park and Disney's Contemporary Resort area on Monday morning. The Call at 10:04 a.m. At 10:04 a.m. on August 10, the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a report classifying the incident as “Threats/Assault” in the Magic Kingdom Park and Disney's Contemporary Resort area. Scanner monitoring account @WDWActiveCr

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Walt Disney World Restricts Guests at 3 Resorts, But There’s a Loophole

Walt Disney World guests who enjoy exploring the resorts around Magic Kingdom have probably become pretty comfortable with Mobile Order. Pick a restaurant, choose your food in the My Disney Experience app, and have everything ready around the time you arrive. At least, that’s how it normally works. Disney has a restriction affecting Mobile Order at three popular resorts, and it can create problems

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Notice: Disney World Closes EPCOT Theme Park Area, Effective Immediately

A building that has been part of EPCOT since opening day in 1982 has gone dark this week. The Odyssey Pavilion Closes on August 10 Guests arriving at EPCOT on August 10 discovered that The Odyssey Pavilion had been closed. The building, positioned between the World Showcase and World Discovery neighborhoods, serves a different purpose than most structures at EPCOT — it primarily operates as a home

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EPCOT Guests Blocked From Park Area as Disney Prepares Major August Event

EPCOT guests have another temporary closure to keep in mind as Disney gets ready for the park's next major event. A playground and picnic area near World Showcase has been blocked off ahead of the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. The space sits along the rose walk between the Imagination! pavilion and World Showcase. Guests who normally use the area for a break won't be able to acces

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Second Major Wilderness Lodge Failure in Two Months Forces Disney Guest Relocations

Disney's Wilderness Lodge is dealing with another major infrastructure problem, and this time some Walt Disney World guests are being moved to entirely different resorts. A water outage is affecting Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, leaving guests with extremely low water pressure and toilets that reportedly won't flush properly. The situation comes less than two months after anot

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