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Latest News Walt Disney World PhotoPass Pictures Can Now Sync Straight to Shutterfly — Shutterfly is now the official photo gift partner of Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland Resort and Aulani. Starting October 20, 2026, Walt Disne…Wine and Dine Half Marathon closes 16 Disney World roads until as late as 10:30 a.m. Sunday — The 2026 Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend closes eight roadways around EPCOT before dawn on Saturday, October 24, and 16 on Sunday, October 25. Here…First bricks go down at the Monstropolis entrance as door coaster track grows — Mid-October aerials of Monstropolis at Hollywood Studios show the first entrance bricks, an octagonal fountain forming across from the Glob Theater, and low wa…Tower of Terror's purple lightning scar is back to its 1994 color — Crews refreshing the Hollywood Tower Hotel at Hollywood Studios have repainted the purple lightning scar on its upper facade in the saturated violet seen in Im…Tower of Terror's Rod Serling voice says his Imagineering visit was not about the ride — Mark Silverman, who has voiced Rod Serling at Tower of Terror since 1994, now says his recent Walt Disney Imagineering visit was not for any updates to the Hol…Disney World's 55th anniversary collection goes online, led by a $129 dedication plaque replica — Walt Disney World's 55th anniversary merchandise is now sold online at Disney Store, so fans who are not visiting can buy it. The nine-piece lineup runs from a…Disney's Veterans Day Mickey collection lands at five Walt Disney World shops, with a Florida-only pin — Disney's Veterans Day merchandise collection is on sale now at one shop in each Walt Disney World theme park and at World of Disney in Disney Springs. The Mick…A homemade Hatbox Ghost costume copies the Haunted Mansion's vanishing head trick — A freelance special effects artist built a wearable version of the Hatbox Ghost from Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion, and its glowing face jumps from the mask…Walt Disney World survey asks guests exactly how they tapped into the park — A post-visit Walt Disney World survey asks guests whether they entered with a MagicBand, a card or a phone, and how easy mobile entry was. It lands days after…EPCOT's Gashapon capsule toy kiosk in the Japan pavilion is curtained off — All of the Gashapon capsule toy machines in EPCOT's Japan pavilion are closed, with brown curtains drawn over them. Disney has not given a reason, though a cha…Walt Disney World puts its name on a projection atrium at the Magic's Kia Center — Walt Disney World and the Orlando Magic announced the Walt Disney World Atrium at Kia Center, a space built around projection technology for game nights. The t…Banana Ball brings all six teams to ESPN Wide World of Sports April 15 to 18 — All six Banana Ball teams return to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World from April 15 to 18, 2027, with four playing the Banana Ball Open. T…The Banana Ball Open returns to ESPN Wide World of Sports April 15 to 18, 2027 — The Banana Ball Open is coming back to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World from April 15 to 18, 2027, the second straight year Banana Ball h…Vuori opens at Disney Springs as a slime shop, a free PhotoPass studio and Halloween acts arrive — Performance apparel brand Vuori opened in Town Center at Disney Springs on October 16, and Kawaii Slime Company is coming soon. Disney's Halloween-season round…Four Walt Disney World ride incidents make Florida's third-quarter injury report — Walt Disney World reported four guest injuries or illnesses on rides from July to September 2026, two of them after Magic Kingdom boat rides, in Florida's late…Rumored Walt Disney World entry overhaul would add Disneyland-style gates and Apple Wallet room keys — A rumor posted to a Disney fan forum says Walt Disney World will replace its park entry taps with the gates Disneyland uses, move toward facial recognition and…Disney Cruise Line adds boba drinks at Frozone Treats and Wheezy's Freezies — Disney Cruise Line is adding a lineup of boba drinks on four ships: at Frozone Treats on the Disney Fantasy and at Wheezy's Freezies on the Disney Wish, Disney…Gertie and the Dockside Diner ship are freshly painted at Hollywood Studios, but Echo Lake is still dry — Scaffolding is off the SS Down the Hatch at Min and Bill's Dockside Diner, and Gertie the Dinosaur has a fresh coat of paint, as the Echo Lake refurbishment at…Toy Story Land gets crayon-lettered solar trash cans at Hollywood Studios — Themed solar-powered trash cans now stand across most of Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios, in blue, green and yellow with handwritten-style WASTE a…How to save money on a Walt Disney World vacation: tickets, hotels and dining — Walt Disney World keeps getting more expensive, with a single day ticket up 56% from 2014 to 2024. Travel experts share how timing, value resorts, Disney Sprin…Nomad Lounge at Animal Kingdom starts taking reservations October 28 for seatings from November 8 — Disney's page for Nomad Lounge, the Discovery Island bar beside Tiffins Restaurant at Disney's Animal Kingdom, now says the lounge will begin accepting reserva…Nomad Lounge To Go puts $11 churros on Mobile Order at Animal Kingdom — Nomad Lounge To Go, a Mobile Order listing for the Discovery Island lounge at Disney's Animal Kingdom, began showing pickup windows on October 14. Churros at $…Wailulu Bar & Grill at the Polynesian now takes reservations, and its lagoon booths face Magic Kingdom's fireworks — Wailulu Bar & Grill, the poolside restaurant at the Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, now accepts Advance Dining Reservations, and a confirme…Rose & Crown Dining Room and Pub at EPCOT close January 11, 2027, with a permit running to June 29 — Walt Disney World says the Rose & Crown Dining Room and Rose & Crown Pub in EPCOT's United Kingdom pavilion will close for planned maintenance starting January…Disney's Grand Floridian opens a new entrance October 19, likely the return of its main gate — Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa will open a new entrance on October 19, very likely its rebuilt main entrance after a temporary one used since September.…La Signature reopens in EPCOT's France pavilion with oak shelves, crystal chandeliers and a Guerlain makeup vanity — La Signature, the Guerlain fragrance and cosmetics shop in EPCOT's France pavilion, reopened on October 14 after closing for refurbishment on June 29. The reno…Foundation work begins on Imagineering's new campus at the STOLport site beside Magic Kingdom's parking lot — Crews are laying reinforcing steel on the first building pad of Walt Disney Imagineering's new campus at the STOLport site, the former airstrip next to the Mag…Magic Kingdom's resort launches swap docks, with Grand Floridian and Polynesian boats now across from the entrance — The two resort launch docks at Magic Kingdom have traded places. Boats to the Grand Floridian and Polynesian now load at the dock across from the park entrance…Ring-tailed lemurs return to Discovery Island as Animal Kingdom's lemur habitat reopens — The ring-tailed lemur habitat on Discovery Island at Disney's Animal Kingdom has reopened after construction walls surrounded it since at least July while crew…Aged rockwork goes onto Tropical Americas' entrance arch at Animal Kingdom as the Casita steel rises — Crews have begun setting crumbling-style rockwork into the main entrance archway of Tropical Americas at Disney's Animal Kingdom, with spray-paint outlines mar…