Patch Notes // latest change 2026.08.28
Saratoga Springs · Walt Disney World Resort Hotels · Walt Disney World
Restaurant · tracked since 2000 · Walt Disney World Resort Hotels · 4 changes on record
Biggest recent change: The Turf Club Lounge closed for a months-long refurbishment, listed as unavailable from early April through early August 2026 as part of an overall Turf Club phased renovation running mid-March to mid-September 2026. (Apr 2026)
The Turf Club Lounge closed for a months-long refurbishment, listed as unavailable from early April through early August 2026 as part of an overall Turf Club phased renovation running mid-March to mid-September 2026.
Turf Club Lounge at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa reopening date announced for August 31, 2026.
◆ Latest milestone
The Turf Club (bar & grill and its adjacent cocktail lounge) opened as the resort's table-service dining venue in 2004, when Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa debuted (resort opened May 17, 2004).
The Turf Club space was previously Seasons, the Disney Institute's restaurant themed to summer/winter/spring/fall across four dining rooms (opened with the Institute in 1995); Seasons closed in 2000 and was later gutted and rebuilt into the Turf Club Bar & Grill and the Artist's Palette.
That's every change on the record at The Turf Club Lounge since 2000.
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Per the documented record, The Turf Club Lounge at Walt Disney World Resort Hotels opened in 2004.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for The Turf Club Lounge is dated Apr 2026: The Turf Club Lounge closed for a months-long refurbishment, listed as unavailable from early April through early August 2026 as part of an overall Turf Club phased renovation running mid-March to mid-September 2026.
The latest documented change (documented Aug 28, 2026): Turf Club Lounge at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa reopening date announced for August 31, 2026.
4 documented changes, dating back to 2000 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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