Disney shared a behind-the-scenes video of The American Adventure, likely celebrating America's 250th anniversary. — The American Adventure
Debuted Soarin' Across America, a limited-time overlay for the United States' 250th anniversary that replaced the Soarin' Around the World film with a new U.S.-spanning film opening on an Artemis rocket launch from Florida's Space Coast, a rearranged score by Bruce Broughton built on Jerry Goldsmith's original Soarin' themes, updated scents, and a new National Geographic queue experience; it soft-opened to all EPCOT guests four days early on May 22. — Soarin' Over America
Reopened on May 9, 2026, a day ahead of its scheduled May 10 date, after a roughly two-and-a-half-month closure (from Feb 22, 2026) for a Palais du Cinema refurbishment that installed new seats, reupholstery, and fresh carpet; the film returned unchanged on its split morning/evening schedule. — Impressions de France
Frozen Ever After reopened from refurbishment with rebuilt Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff figures — new A-1000 Audio-Animatronics with physical sculpted faces replacing the original rear-projected faces — plus an updated show-control system and refreshed show lighting. — Frozen Ever After
Reopened after a brief Nov 10-13, 2025 refurbishment converting the ride's projection from 3D to high-resolution 2D, eliminating the required 3D glasses while keeping the layout and story unchanged; new props and lighting in the queue and ride were rolled out in phases. — Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
Reopened after a roughly two-month refurbishment (closed Aug 25, 2025) that restored audio-animatronic fluidity in several scenes (notably the Egypt and Phoenician boat figures), brightened the woolly-mammoth projection, refreshed the geosphere's lower exterior panels and entrance paint, and relit a long-dark oval entrance sign; narration and scenes were unchanged. — Spaceship Earth
Reopened as Test Track presented by General Motors (3.0), a World of Motion-inspired retheme; added new scenes including a House of the Future, a forest drive, and a futuristic projection dome with an all-new musical score, while the SimCar design-your-own-vehicle concept was removed. The building and outdoor high-speed loop were retained. — Test Track
Retired its virtual-queue requirement and opened a conventional standby line for the first time, ending the longest-running virtual queue in Walt Disney World history (~1,005 days); Lightning Lane Single Pass remained available. — Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Updated the film's finale with new World Celebration ('New EPCOT') imagery and a new musical arrangement, and re-shot the Paris segment with a more-distant flight path that corrected the famously distorted 'curved Eiffel Tower' shot. — Soarin' Around the World
Updated the Soarin' Around the World film: corrected the long-mocked distorted, curved Eiffel Tower scene (re-shot from farther away on a downward approach) and refreshed the finale to show the renovated World Celebration area and Spaceship Earth in its Beacons of Magic lighting, with a new musical arrangement. — Soarin' Over America
Closed for an extended roughly 13-month reimagining (announced at D23 in September 2023), retiring the Chevrolet-sponsored 2.0 design-studio version after more than eleven years. — Test Track
Luminous The Symphony of Us premiered on EPCOT's World Showcase Lagoon, succeeding Harmonious with synchronized pyrotechnics, choreographed water fountains, lasers, searchlights, and fire torches set to original music by Pinar Toprak (including the EPCOT Anthem), two new original songs, and new arrangements of classic Disney songs. — Luminous The Symphony of Us
Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana opened in EPCOT's World Nature neighborhood as a self-guided outdoor walkthrough water-trail attraction inspired by the 2016 film Moana; its debut coincided with The Walt Disney Company's 100th anniversary. — Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
Reopened after an extended, repeatedly delayed maintenance refurbishment of the theater and its Audio-Animatronic show; no new show scenes were added. — The American Adventure
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind opened at EPCOT as EPCOT's first roller coaster and Disney's first reverse-launch coaster, anchoring the Wonders of Xandar pavilion in the former Universe of Energy building. — Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Opened in EPCOT's expanded France pavilion in World Showcase as a trackless 3D dark ride on the opening day of Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary; a clone of the 2014 Walt Disney Studios Park (Disneyland Paris) original. — Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
Awesome Planet opened in the Harvest Theater at The Land pavilion, a film narrated by Ty Burrell with a score by Steven Price and space imagery by Industrial Light & Magic; it replaced Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable. — Awesome Planet
Retheme: "O Canada!" closed August 1, 2019 and the Canada Pavilion attraction reopened January 17, 2020 as "Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360," an all-new Circle-Vision film narrated by Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara with a score by Canadian composer Andrew Lockington. — Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360
Reduced to evening-only showings when the new Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along began sharing the Palais du Cinema; the sing-along took the daytime slots while Impressions de France moved to the evenings. — Impressions de France
Returned from refurbishment with the film portion converted to digital HD projection, a re-cut Golden Dream finale montage adding contemporary figures, and a re-recorded Golden Dream anthem. — The American Adventure
Reopened from refurbishment with the Green mission re-themed from Mars to a new Earth-orbit film, the Orange mission's Mars film updated to HD, and a new pre-show in which Gina Torres replaced Gary Sinise as CAPCOM; the Green side's minimum height was lowered to 40 inches via booster seats. — Mission: SPACE
Frozen Ever After opened in EPCOT's Norway pavilion, retheming the former Maelstrom into a Frozen boat ride and debuting Disney's first all-electric Audio-Animatronics, while reusing Maelstrom's water flume track and boats. — Frozen Ever After
Reimagined as Soarin' Around the World: a new film spanning six continents replaced the Soarin' Over California film, and the attraction added a third theater (about 50% more capacity), a reimagined interactive queue, and a new digital projection system. — Soarin' Over America
Reimagined as 'Soarin' Around the World': retired the 'Soarin' Over California' film for a new globe-spanning film across six continents, upgraded the theaters to new digital projection, and added a third theater concourse. — Soarin' Around the World
Added audio-animatronic figures of Donald Duck, Jose Carioca, and Panchito to the finale, replacing the projected images of the characters; the figures were repurposed from the retired Mickey Mouse Revue. — Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
Reopened as Test Track 2.0 presented by Chevrolet after an April 2012 closure; the retheme added a Chevrolet Design Center pre-show where guests design a virtual SimCar, replaced the show scenes with a neon TRON-style 'SimTrack' and a new score, and restructured the experience around four tests (capability, efficiency, responsiveness, power). The track layout and ride vehicles were retained. — Test Track
Reopened after a major refurbishment (closed July 9, 2007) with Dame Judi Dench as narrator, a new Bruce Broughton score, reworked descent scenes, and interactive ride-vehicle touchscreens ('Project Tomorrow') that build a personalized vision of the future. — Spaceship Earth
Reopened September 1, 2007 (closed August 6) with a revamped film: new and reordered footage, a new orchestral score by Bruce Broughton with the theme song re-recorded by Eva Avila, runtime trimmed to about 14 minutes, and Martin Short added as a comedic on-screen narrator. — Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360
Reopened as Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros, a retheme keeping the same boat layout and most scenery but adding a new storyline with Donald Duck, Jose Carioca, and Panchito; the first World Showcase attraction to feature Disney characters from an existing property. — Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
The Living Seas was reimagined and rededicated as The Seas with Nemo & Friends, adding a Finding Nemo dark ride on clamshell 'Clamobile' vehicles and 'living characters' projection that composites the animated cast into the real aquarium tank. — The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Added a non-spinning, less-intense 'Green Team' option alongside the original spinning 'Orange Team,' giving guests two selectable intensity levels of the same Mars mission. — Mission: SPACE
Soarin' opened in EPCOT's The Land pavilion as a hang-glider flight simulator showing the Soarin' Over California film (an East Coast counterpart to Disney California Adventure's Soarin' Over California); it took over the space formerly occupied by Food Rocks, which had closed in January 2004. — Soarin' Over America
Opened in The Land pavilion as 'Soarin'', a hang-glider motion simulator that lifts riders before an 80-foot concave projection dome, debuting with the 'Soarin' Over California' film carried over from Disney's California Adventure. — Soarin' Around the World
Turtle Talk with Crush opened at EPCOT in The Living Seas pavilion, an improvised real-time interactive show letting guests converse with Crush from Finding Nemo via a backstage-puppeteered digital character. — Turtle Talk With Crush
Opened at EPCOT in the former Horizons pavilion, debuting a centrifuge-based motion simulator themed to a crewed launch to Mars, with a pre-show hosted by Gary Sinise as CAPCOM. — Mission: SPACE
Retheme: "Wonders of China" closed March 25, 2003 and was replaced by an updated Circle-Vision 360° film, "Reflections of China," which reused some original footage and added newly shot scenes including Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Macau. — Reflections of China
Reopened as the current 'Journey Into Imagination With Figment,' restoring Figment to a lead role across the Imagination Institute's sensory labs and bringing back 'One Little Spark' with new verses; Dr. Nigel Channing was retained as co-host. — Journey Into Imagination With Figment
The original Seacabs ride-through of the 5.7-million-gallon aquarium was retired and walled off amid post-9/11 attendance declines; the pavilion continued as the Sea Base Alpha walkthrough until the Nemo overlay. — The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Reopened as 'Journey Into Your Imagination,' a full retheme that dropped the Dreamfinder, sidelined Figment to a brief cameo, and added new host Dr. Nigel Channing (Eric Idle) leading a shortened tour of the 'Imagination Institute.' — Journey Into Imagination With Figment
Opened as Test Track presented by General Motors, replacing the retired World of Motion (closed January 1996); the GM-themed dark ride simulated automotive proving-ground tests and ended on a high-speed outdoor loop reaching about 65 mph, the fastest Disney ride of its time. — Test Track
The original attraction closed for a major renovation, permanently retiring the Dreamfinder character and shuttering the upstairs ImageWorks interactive gallery. — Journey Into Imagination With Figment
Reopened after a major reimagining with Jeremy Irons as narrator and a new orchestral score (based on Bach's Sinfonia No. 2); the near-future finale scenes including the network operations center, paperless office, and boy's bedroom were removed and replaced with a single Internet video-call scene. — Spaceship Earth
Reworked and renamed 'Living with the Land'; the whimsical 'Symphony of the Seed' opening was replaced by a thunderstorm scene with a new musical score and revised ending. — Living with the Land
The Living Seas pavilion opened at EPCOT, anchored by a 5.7-million-gallon saltwater aquarium, with guests descending via 'Hydrolator' elevators and touring the tank aboard the 'Seacabs' ride to the Sea Base Alpha research-base walkthrough. — The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Journey Into Imagination opened with audio-animatronic hosts the Dreamfinder and Figment, a slow-moving dark ride set to the Sherman Brothers' song 'One Little Spark,' alongside the hands-on upstairs ImageWorks gallery. — Journey Into Imagination With Figment
Opened as the opening-day centerpiece of EPCOT Center, a Bell System-sponsored dark ride climbing through the history of communication inside the geosphere, originally narrated by Vic Perrin. — Spaceship Earth
Opened on EPCOT Center's opening day as "O Canada!", a roughly 18-minute Circle-Vision 360 film surrounding guests on nine screens in the Canada Pavilion. — Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360
Opened as "Wonders of China," a 19-minute Circle-Vision 360° film in the EPCOT Center China pavilion, on the park's opening day. — Reflections of China
Opened on EPCOT Center's first day as the centerpiece show of the U.S. pavilion, a roughly 29-minute Audio-Animatronic stage show narrated by figures of Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain. — The American Adventure
Opened with EPCOT Center as an original World Showcase attraction: an 18-minute film of French scenery projected across five screens for 200-degree coverage in the France pavilion's Palais du Cinema, scored with French classical music. — Impressions de France
Opened with EPCOT Center as 'Listen to the Land,' a slow-moving boat ride through dark-ride biome scenes and the pavilion's working greenhouses. — Living with the Land
Opened as El Rio del Tiempo (The River of Time), a slow-moving boat ride through Mexico's history and culture, on EPCOT Center's opening day in the Mexico Pavilion. — Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros