Patch Notes // latest change 2026.07.20
Grand Floridian · Walt Disney World Resort Hotels · Walt Disney World
Restaurant · opened 1988 · Walt Disney World Resort Hotels · 2 changes on record
Biggest recent change: Grand Floridian Cafe closed on July 20, 2026 (final service July 19) for an approximately three-month refurbishment, with its brunch menu temporarily relocated upstairs to Citricos and reopening targeted for fall 2026. (Jul 20, 2026)
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Grand Floridian Cafe closed on July 20, 2026 (final service July 19) for an approximately three-month refurbishment, with its brunch menu temporarily relocated upstairs to Citricos and reopening targeted for fall 2026.
Grand Floridian Cafe opened on June 28, 1988 as one of the original table-service restaurants of Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort, the first new Walt Disney World hotel to open since 1971.
That's every change on the record at Grand Floridian Cafe since 1988.
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Per the documented record, Grand Floridian Cafe at Walt Disney World Resort Hotels opened on Jun 28, 1988.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Grand Floridian Cafe is dated Jul 20, 2026: Grand Floridian Cafe closed on July 20, 2026 (final service July 19) for an approximately three-month refurbishment, with its brunch menu temporarily relocated upstairs to Citricos and reopening targeted for fall 2026.
The latest documented change (documented Jul 20, 2026): Grand Floridian Cafe closed on July 20, 2026 (final service July 19) for an approximately three-month refurbishment, with its brunch menu temporarily relocated upstairs to Citricos and reopening targeted for fall 2026.
2 documented changes, dating back to 1988 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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