Cast Members near Rock 'n' Roller Coaster hand out Animal stickers depicting the Muppet bursting from a drum. — Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
Cast Members give children below height requirement a 'Future Rock Star' card promising future access to the attraction. — Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
Reopened as Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets, a full retheme fronted by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem with a new G-Force Records queue, new storyline and soundtrack, a first-ever Scooter Audio-Animatronic, and Statler, Waldorf and penguin figures repurposed from the former Muppet*Vision 3D. — Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
Launched a major story and ride-media overhaul: a new Mandalorian and Grogu mission for Hondo Ohnaka that opens on Tatooine and then branches to a crew-chosen destination (Cloud City on Bespin, Coruscant, or the second Death Star wreckage near Endor), reworked crew roles (engineer tractor-beam cargo control and Grogu calls to the Razor Crest, auto/manual gunner targeting), and an all-new ride film rebuilt with Unreal Engine. — Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Updated Hondo Ohnaka's pre-show to an era-neutral script, removing First Order and Resistance references so the same briefing works with both the original ride and the incoming Mandalorian mission. — Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Closed permanently as Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith after its final day of operation, retiring the Aerosmith theme and soundtrack ahead of the Muppets retheme. — Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
Ceased operations permanently at Disney's Animal Kingdom when Conservation Station in Rafiki's Planet Watch closed for redevelopment into Bluey's Wild World, which opened on May 26, 2026. — The Animation Experience
Removed the signature runaway-boulder element after the 400-pound prop dislodged from its track and injured a cast member during the 4 p.m. performance; the idol scene was altered to omit the boulder pending a safety review. — Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After grand-opened at the Sunset Showcase theater in Disney's Hollywood Studios, a live stage show hosted by the Magic Mirror featuring Maleficent, Captain Hook, and Cruella de Vil, with an original song, 'Magic Mirror.' — Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After
The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure debuted as a fully reimagined replacement show in the Animation Courtyard theater, adding all-new puppets and cutting-edge digital motion-capture projection imagery for King Triton, Ursula, and Ariel's sisters, and restoring the song 'Daughters of Triton,' which the prior show had omitted. — The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure
Added a new destination, the planet Seatos with purrgil space whales, plus transmissions from Ahsoka Tano, Cassian Andor, and Din Djarin & Grogu drawn from the Disney+ series, expanding the ride's randomized storyline to 250-plus variations. — Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Fantasmic! returned in a reimagined form, adding an all-new Disney Heroes sequence (Aladdin, Elsa, Pocahontas, Moana, and Mulan) with upgraded lasers, lighting and sound, extending the runtime to about 29 minutes. — Fantasmic!
Permanently dropped the long-running audience-participation segment (guests chosen as on-stage 'extras' for the Cairo street scene) when the show returned from the COVID-19 closure. — Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Returned after an extended closure that began with the March 2020 COVID-19 shutdown; the show did not reopen with the park in July 2020 and stayed dark 644 days until this date. — Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Disney Movie Magic returned for Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary, running alongside Wonderful World of Animation and adding a new roughly two-minute live-action Mulan sequence. — Disney Movie Magic
Opened a traditional standby queue for the first time, ending launch-era virtual-queue-only (boarding group) access; standby has remained the default, with the virtual queue returning only occasionally. — Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
The show returned after its extended COVID-19 closure (dark since March 12, 2020), reopening with distancing-modified staging and choreography that later reverted to the full pre-pandemic format. — Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage
Returned to the Chinese Theatre on August 1, 2021, after going dark in the March 2020 pandemic park closure, brought back for Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary celebration. — Wonderful World of Animation
Returned to the Hyperion Theater after an extended COVID-19 closure, becoming the first major Actors' Equity stage show to come back at Disney's Hollywood Studios. — For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
Voyage of The Little Mermaid gave its final performance and closed in the March 2020 park shutdown; the long-running blacklight show never reopened and was confirmed permanently retired. — The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure
Mickey Shorts Theater opened, debuting the roughly 10-minute compilation short 'Vacation Fun – An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie' in the former Star Wars: Path of the Jedi space; it premiered the same day as Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway. — Vacation Fun – An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios — the first Disney ride-through attraction to star Mickey Mouse — running a trackless ride system inside the park's Chinese Theatre and replacing The Great Movie Ride, which had closed August 13, 2017. — Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
Added new segments to the ocean moon Kef Bir (with Death Star wreckage) and the Sith world Exegol from The Rise of Skywalker, debuting on the film's release date. — Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, a multi-system trackless dark ride with a walk-through queue, pre-shows, a transport-shuttle scene and trackless ride vehicles. — Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Opened with Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios; a six-guest interactive flight simulator (pilot, gunner, engineer roles) running a smuggling run for Hondo Ohnaka and R5-P8, set between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. — Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Opened as The Animation Experience at Conservation Station in Rafiki's Planet Watch, Disney's Animal Kingdom — a roughly 20-minute instructor-led (Disney Character Artist) drawing class debuting with a rotating Lion King character slate (Simba, Zazu, Timon, Pumbaa, and more). — The Animation Experience
Debuted as a nighttime projection-mapping spectacular on the Chinese Theatre celebrating 90+ years of Disney and Pixar animation, launching with Disney's Hollywood Studios' 30th anniversary and replacing the Disney Movie Magic projection show. — Wonderful World of Animation
The show gave its final performance of its original run and was retired, replaced by the new projection show Wonderful World of Animation for the park's 30th anniversary. — Disney Movie Magic
Slinky Dog Dash opened with Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios, a Mack Rides launched family coaster (two LSM launches) themed to Andy's 'Dash & Dodge Mega Coaster Kit.' — Slinky Dog Dash
Alien Swirling Saucers opened with Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios, a Toy Story-themed spinning flat ride where the Little Green Men pilot guests' flying-saucer rockets beneath The Claw. — Alien Swirling Saucers
The attraction's entrance and standby queue were relocated and rebuilt for the opening of Toy Story Land, giving the ride a new carnival game-box marquee, a toy-scaled themed queue, and a Mr. Potato Head Audio-Animatronic 'Boardwalk Barker'. — Toy Story Mania!
Added new segments to the mineral planet Crait from The Last Jedi and a preview flight to Batuu, the planet later realized as Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. — Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Reimagined and renamed 'Walt Disney Presents,' converting part of the gallery into a preview center with models and concept art for upcoming projects including Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Toy Story Land, and Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway. — Walt Disney Presents
Disney Movie Magic debuted unannounced at Disney's Hollywood Studios, a roughly 10-minute nighttime projection-mapping show on the Chinese Theatre facade celebrating Walt Disney Studios' live-action films. — Disney Movie Magic
A third ride track opened alongside a new queue and load area, expanding the attraction's hourly capacity by roughly 50%. — Toy Story Mania!
Added a new destination segment set on Jakku from The Force Awakens, featuring a wrecked Star Destroyer field, the Millennium Falcon pursued by TIE fighters, and a crash-landing escape sequence. — Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Relocated to its permanent home in the Hyperion Theater in Echo Lake, taking over the space vacated by The American Idol Experience. — For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
Debuted at the Premiere Theater in the Streets of America as part of the 'Frozen Summer Fun' event, hosted by two Royal Historians of Arendelle with appearances by Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff. — For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
Reopened as Star Tours – The Adventures Continue after the original closed September 7, 2010 — a full reimagining to a 3D high-definition motion-simulator system with a randomized, branching storyline visiting multiple destinations aboard the Starspeeder 1000. — Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Reopened after refurbishment that added a 'The Legacy Continues' section and an Imagineering Workshop display featuring the 1964 New York World's Fair President Lincoln Audio-Animatronic, with a repainted interior. — Walt Disney Presents
Toy Story Mania! opened in the Pixar Place area of Disney's Hollywood Studios as an interactive 3D midway-style shooting dark ride from Walt Disney Imagineering, debuting with two ride tracks. — Toy Story Mania!
Opened as 'Walt Disney: One Man's Dream,' a walk-through memorabilia gallery and theater on Mickey Avenue, debuting with Walt Disney World's 30th-anniversary '100 Years of Magic' celebration. — Walt Disney Presents
Reopened after a roughly six-month refurbishment that rebuilt and enlarged scenes and added new state-of-the-art lighting and sound, also readying the show for FastPass. — Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Opened at Disney-MGM Studios as Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, an enclosed launched roller coaster accelerating riders from 0 to 57 mph in under 3 seconds. — Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
Fantasmic! opened at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) in the purpose-built Hollywood Hills Amphitheater off Sunset Boulevard, debuting the nighttime water-screen, pyrotechnic and live-performer spectacular. — Fantasmic!
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror opened on Sunset Boulevard at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios), a 199-foot Hollywood Tower Hotel-themed drop attraction whose elevator vehicle travels horizontally into a Fifth Dimension show scene before locking into a high-speed drop shaft. It launched with a single drop finale. — The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
The show reopened in the newly rebuilt, now-roofed Theater of the Stars on the new Sunset Boulevard — its permanent home — after running since September 1993 at the Premiere Theater on New York Street during the boulevard's construction. — Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage
Voyage of The Little Mermaid opened in the Animation Courtyard Theater, a roughly 17-minute blacklight stage show blending live actors, puppets, laser projections, and a light-rain effect; it replaced 'Here Come The Muppets.' — The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure
Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage premiered at the open-air Theater of the Stars (then near Hollywood Boulevard), debuting the same day the animated film reached theaters — the first time a Disney feature and its stage adaptation opened simultaneously. — Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage
Original Star Tours opened at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios), a Starspeeder 3000 motion simulator on a single fixed flight to the Forest Moon of Endor piloted by the rookie droid RX-24 (Rex). — Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Opened at Disney-MGM Studios as the park's marquee live stunt show, restaging scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark with on-stage pyrotechnics and the runaway-boulder set piece. — Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!