Patch Notes // latest change 2025.12.22
The Landing · Disney Springs · Walt Disney World
Restaurant · tracked since 2016 · Disney Springs · 4 changes on record
Paddlefish closed unexpectedly on December 22, 2025, canceling holiday reservations after a sewage leak in the facility, with cast members hoping to reopen the following day.
Paddlefish reopened on May 29, 2020, after its COVID-19 closure, resuming service with reduced hours (noon–8 PM) and physical-distancing seating.
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Paddlefish opened on February 4, 2017, as a complete reconcept and exterior rebuild of the former Fulton's Crab House riverboat, restoring the smokestacks and paddlewheel (removed when the Empress Lilly became Fulton's) to reimagine the vessel as a modern yacht-style seafood restaurant.
Fulton's Crab House — the predecessor that had occupied the former Empress Lilly riverboat vessel since it opened in March 1996 — closed in April 2016 for a major reconcept into Paddlefish.
That's every change on the record at Paddlefish since 2016.
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Per the documented record, Paddlefish at Disney Springs opened on Feb 4, 2017.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Paddlefish is dated Dec 22, 2025: Paddlefish closed unexpectedly on December 22, 2025, canceling holiday reservations after a sewage leak in the facility, with cast members hoping to reopen the following day.
The latest documented change (documented Dec 22, 2025): Paddlefish closed unexpectedly on December 22, 2025, canceling holiday reservations after a sewage leak in the facility, with cast members hoping to reopen the following day.
4 documented changes, dating back to 2016 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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