Haunted Mansion cupola refinished with darker metal finish and patina green tint during exterior refurbishment. — Haunted Mansion
Building extension near Haunted Mansion with new steel framework, possibly related to Piston Peak National Park construction. — Haunted Mansion
Scrim and scaffolding being removed from Haunted Mansion facade after covering since mid-March. — Haunted Mansion
New character posters added to Team Green post-show room for TRON Lightcycle / Run. — TRON Lightcycle / Run
Solar powered trash cans have arrived in the queue and exit! — Tiana's Bayou Adventure
Disney revealed a July 6, 2026 closing date and the scene plan for the attraction's biggest reimagining since 1994: a 2027 reopening with re-themed acts (1969 moon landing, Halloween 1985, New Year's Eve 1999, and a new future finale) plus a new opening scene featuring a Walt Disney Audio-Animatronic. — Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
A reimagined Rainbow Caverns scene debuted with more than 2,000 bats, phosphorescent pools, and shimmering iridescent stalactites and stalagmites that shift from glowing color to an ominous red. — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Refreshed Audio-Animatronics, refurbished figures (a revamped Tumbleweed Town), and new gold props were added across the mountain, capped by a new 'Mother Lode' gold finale. — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
The minimum height requirement was lowered to 38 inches following the refurbishment. — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened after a roughly 16-month refurbishment with an all-new track and refreshed trains. — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Added a new opening training scene with 'Buddy,' a support-bot animatronic that preps riders before launch, replacing the prior 'Astro-Accelerator' load-area scene (rangers firing at a spinning disco ball). — Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Installed interactive targets that light up and change color when hit, and equipped each Star Cruiser with a video monitor displaying real-time scoring. — Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Replaced the fixed, vehicle-mounted laser cannons with handheld, removable blasters featuring an always-on aiming laser plus added lighting, sound, and vibration effects. — Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Officially reopened after roughly eight months, with redesigned Buzz Lightyear / Star Command 'Star Cruiser' vehicles, refreshed scenes, and an overhauled interactive shooting game. — Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
The second Mama Odie projection above the final lift hill was restored after roughly a year dark, again showing her and her snake Juju as leaves spiral out of the way. — Tiana's Bayou Adventure
Closed for an extensive multi-month refurbishment — the attraction's first major overhaul since opening in 1998. — Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away debuted at Magic Kingdom — the park's first daily nighttime parade since the Main Street Electrical Parade's final run in October 2016; led by the Blue Fairy and featuring units for Pinocchio, Wish, Encanto, Frozen, Coco, Moana and Peter Pan, closing with a Mickey-and-Minnie train finale. Preview performances ran July 18-19 ahead of the July 20 official debut. — Disney Starlight
Debuted a previously unreleased third verse of the song in the finale — the last lyrics Richard M. Sherman wrote for Disney — on the same day as the Disneyland version. — "it's a small world"
Reopened with Donald Trump's figure returned to center stage reciting the oath at the show's finale in place of Biden, reusing the 2017 Trump oath recording; Biden's figure was repositioned and stands silently. — The Hall of Presidents
Reopened after a roughly five-month rebuild in which the attraction was completely dismantled and reconstructed off-site; the central elevator shaft was repainted from orange to silver-gray. — Astro Orbiter
The extended refurbishment was completed and all scaffolding removed; railings were repainted and canopy netting replaced, with the water wheel spinning and carrying water up the tree again. — Swiss Family Treehouse
Closed for a lengthy refurbishment during which the entire ride structure was dismantled and removed from Tomorrowland for off-site work. — Astro Orbiter
The attraction closed for a roughly 16-month 'mountaintop-to-cavern' refurbishment that included a full track replacement and scene work. — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Closed for an extended, roughly 5-week cosmetic refurbishment (primarily repainting); the attraction stayed behind scaffolding and scrim well past its planned December reopening. — Swiss Family Treehouse
A traditional standby queue opened to day guests for the first time; the ride had previously run virtual-queue-only (with paid Lightning Lane the only non-VQ option for regular hours). — TRON Lightcycle / Run
The Never Land Tribe scene was reimagined after a roughly six-week refurbishment (closed July 8): the headdressed chief and caricatured figures were removed for redesigned, more dignified figures, with Tiger Lily and her grandmother performing a Fancy Shawl Butterfly Dance by the fire. — Peter Pan's Flight
The attraction's Torre del Cielo clock tower exterior was refurbished and repainted from weathered off-white to brown with maroon roof shingles to better match Castillo del Morro, ahead of the adjacent Beak and Barrel tavern build-out. — Pirates of the Caribbean
Reopened as the Country Bear Musical Jamboree, a full retheme: the bears now perform reinterpreted classic Disney songs in country styles (bluegrass, Americana, rockabilly) with a new score arranged and produced by Mac McAnally, a new Nashville voice cast, and new film and sets; the existing A-100 figures were rebuilt from the ground up with new components and 'compliance' for more natural motion. Soft openings began July 10. — Country Bear Musical Jamboree
Tiana's Bayou Adventure opened as a full retheme of Splash Mountain, reusing the existing flume and drop while reworking the queue, scenes, audio-animatronics, music, and story around The Princess and the Frog. — Tiana's Bayou Adventure
The original Country Bear Jamboree closed after 52 years to be reimagined; its final operating day was January 26, 2024, with closure taking effect January 27. — Country Bear Musical Jamboree
On its final operating day the Henry and Liver Lips McGrowl animatronics broke down mid-show; the attraction could not be restarted and closed for the night without a true final performance. — Country Bear Musical Jamboree
The Hatbox Ghost was added beside the Endless Hallway as part of Disney's 100th anniversary; as Doom Buggies pass, his head vanishes from his shoulders and reappears in the hatbox in his hand. — Haunted Mansion
TRON Lightcycle / Run opened to the public in Tomorrowland as a launched, semi-enclosed steel coaster — a clone of Shanghai Disneyland's TRON Lightcycle Power Run. — TRON Lightcycle / Run
Happily Ever After returned to Magic Kingdom for the Disney100 celebration, replacing Disney Enchantment; the revived version added projection mapping on the facades of Main Street, U.S.A. plus the hub and Main Street ambient sound effects first introduced in Enchantment. — Happily Ever After
New character projections joined the stained-glass finale — Miguel (Coco), Mirabel and Bruno (Encanto), Elena of Avalor, Mei (Turning Red), Raya, and Luca — first seen during the 2023 return previews. — Happily Ever After
Added a doll seated in a wheelchair to the opening scene as part of an inclusion initiative, following matching additions at the Disneyland version. — "it's a small world"
Reopened after roughly three years dark, returning to its original guest-acted interactive format essentially unchanged. — Enchanted Tales with Belle
Splash Mountain took its final plunge and closed permanently at Magic Kingdom to be rebuilt as Tiana's Bayou Adventure. — Tiana's Bayou Adventure
The finale-scene audio-animatronics received new outfits packed with Disney Easter eggs (a Progress Tech sweater, a Mineral King ski top, a Food Rocks reference, and parade-reindeer slippers); costumes only, no script or animatronic changes. — Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
A new ORAC-5 narration voiced by Stephen Stanton debuted, restoring 1994-era destination chimes and Blue Line references, adding TRON Lightcycle/Run and Tomorrowland Speedway callouts, and introducing 'presented by Enterprise' branding. — Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
The parade returned after a roughly two-year COVID-era suspension, running in a slimmed-down, modified form with fewer floats and performers. — Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
Returned reimagined as Mickey's Magical Friendship Faire for Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary, adding a new opening and finale, the original anthem 'Where the Magic Feels Like Home,' and EARidescent costumes while reprising the Frozen, Tangled and Princess and the Frog numbers. — Mickey's Magical Friendship Faire
Added a new scene from Disney and Pixar's Coco set to 'Un Poco Loco,' with an original orchestration by film composer Germaine Franco; it supplemented rather than replaced the existing musical numbers. — Mickey's PhilharMagic
Reopened from a month-long refurbishment with an upgraded digital projection system in the Fantasyland Concert Hall, replacing the prior projection setup for a higher-quality image. — Mickey's PhilharMagic
Happily Ever After played its final original-run performance and went dark, retired to make way for Disney Enchantment ahead of Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary; it stayed off the schedule for about 18 months. — Happily Ever After
Reopened after roughly 17 months dark, returning August 5 — a few days ahead of its announced August 8 date — with the live joke-line audience interaction back in operation. — Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor
Joe Biden was added with a new front-and-center figure reciting his oath of office (no follow-up speech), accompanied by personal display props. — The Hall of Presidents
The original 'Trader Sam' (Chief Nah-mee) shrunken-head merchant animatronic and tableau were removed, beginning the reimagining's phased removal of dated depictions of Indigenous peoples. — Jungle Cruise
Closed March 12 for a brief cosmetic refurbishment and reopened March 25, 2021. — Swiss Family Treehouse
Gave its final performance as the original Royal Friendship Faire when Walt Disney World closed for the COVID-19 pandemic; that version of the show did not return when the park reopened in July 2020. — Mickey's Magical Friendship Faire
Reopened after a roughly four-month closure during which the track was rerouted and shortened to clear space for the under-construction TRON Lightcycle / Run. — Tomorrowland Speedway
An on-ride PhotoPass effect was added: a hidden camera behind the final portrait-gallery wall captures riders during a lightning-flash, delivered automatically to My Disney Experience via MagicBand. — Haunted Mansion
The rebuilt Maleficent dragon float returned with refreshed coloring and non-flammable materials, restoring the fire-breathing finale roughly eight months after the 2018 fire. — Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
The fire-breathing Maleficent dragon float caught fire mid-parade in Liberty Square, destroying its head; no injuries were reported and the float was pulled from the lineup afterward. — Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
The bride/wench auction was rethemed: the redheaded woman was recast as a pistol-toting pirate named Redd helping auction off goods plundered from the town, replacing the 'We wants the redhead!' wife auction. The ride closed Feb 26 and reopened March 19. — Pirates of the Caribbean
Reopened after an extended refurbishment with a new film, 'The Idea of a President,' and a Donald Trump figure that recites the oath of office followed by a short speech. — The Hall of Presidents
Happily Ever After debuted at Magic Kingdom, replacing Wishes after nearly 14 years; it added full Cinderella Castle projection mapping, lasers, and dozens of choreographed searchlights atop the pyrotechnics. — Happily Ever After
The coaster closed for an extended track and ride-system refurbishment, reopening November 19, 2016. — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Exterior repaint replaced the gears-and-cogs scheme with bold futuristic color "strikes" (orange/blue/magenta); the building also gained a new entrance sign and logo. — Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
Opened as Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire, the Cinderella Castle Forecourt stage show replacing the long-running Dream Along with Mickey, with segments from Frozen, Tangled and The Princess and the Frog. — Mickey's Magical Friendship Faire
Reopened from a month-long refurbishment with the centerpiece 'Under the Sea' scene re-lit using blacklight, numerous new static fish figures added along the previously sparse rockwork, and Ariel's and Eric's sculpted hair remade with softer, more realistic material in the on-land scenes. — Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid
Embers from the Magic Kingdom fireworks ignited the faux grass atop the coaster's mine bridge, prompting an evacuation and brief closure; Reedy Creek crews contained it within minutes with no injuries or structural damage, and the ride reopened the same night. — Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train opened as the headline E-ticket of the New Fantasyland expansion, a steel coaster with first-of-its-kind swaying/tilting mine-car vehicles, an interactive queue, and an Audio-Animatronic finale of the dwarfs in their cottage. — Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade debuted at Magic Kingdom — nine floats across seven units celebrating New Fantasyland stories, set to an original score by Mark Hammond. — Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
Enchanted Tales with Belle opened in Fantasyland's Enchanted Forest as part of the New Fantasyland grand opening; previews had begun November 19, 2012. — Enchanted Tales with Belle
Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid opened in Fantasyland as the anchor dark ride of the New Fantasyland expansion, using a clamshell Omnimover system to retell the 1989 film inside a replica of Prince Eric's castle. — Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid
Reopened from a roughly two-month refurbishment (closed Aug. 21, 2012): every bear received new skin, fur, and costumes, the songs 'Pretty Little Devilish Mary' and 'Fractured Folk Song' were cut, and other numbers and dialogue were trimmed, shortening the show by about 4-5 minutes. — Country Bear Musical Jamboree
A second carousel began soft openings, creating the only double Dumbo: two counter-rotating carousels (one clockwise, one counterclockwise) that doubled the ride's capacity. — Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Reopened in soft openings in its relocated Storybook Circus home with a new color scheme, new soundtrack, film-scene base panels, and an air-conditioned big-top interactive queue with ticket pagers. — Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Reopened as The Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini in the new Storybook Circus area, recasting Goofy as a circus stunt pilot with a new circus-poster queue and theming; the same Vekoma coaster track was retained but the barn-crash finale and its ex-World of Motion Audio-Animatronic chickens were removed. — The Barnstormer
The original Fantasyland carousel closed for relocation into the new Storybook Circus area, built on the former Mickey's Toontown Fair site. — Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Reopened as Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, retiring the Under New Management overlay and restoring a slightly edited, trimmed version of the original Disneyland-style show. — Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
A small fire broke out in the attraction's attic, severely damaging the Iago audio-animatronic and shutting the show down. — Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
The word 'PeopleMover' was reinstated into the official attraction name, making it the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover. — Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Renamed from Cinderella's Golden Carrousel to Prince Charming Regal Carrousel, with a new backstory recasting it as a jousting-practice device built by Prince Charming, to support the New Fantasyland expansion. — Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Reopened after the $12.3M refurbishment with a roofed-over load area, a new dome ceiling, updated control systems, interactive queue games, an on-ride photo camera, and repainted blue-and-gray trains. — Space Mountain
A new narration debuted, voiced by Mike Brassell, with safety announcements by B.J. Ward (longtime narrator of Disneyland's PeopleMover, 1982-1995). — Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Reopened after a roughly five-month closure (concurrent with the Space Mountain refurbishment) with new multicolored LED beamway lighting synced to the Tomorrowland music, a repainted trackway and infrastructure, and new ride-audio speakers. — Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Reopened as 'The Hall of Presidents: A Celebration of Liberty's Leaders' after a major makeover: film and slides gave way to high-definition digital projection, a new Joel McNeely score and Morgan Freeman narration were added, Barack Obama was added with a speaking role, and George Washington was given a speaking role. — The Hall of Presidents
Closed for its most extensive refurbishment in a decade, an estimated $12.3 million overhaul covering track work, the queue, control systems, and the load area. — Space Mountain
Reopened from the 'Re-Haunting' refurbishment (closed June 8): added the Endless Staircase, attic bride Constance Hatchaway, a clearer floating Madame Leota, and enhanced Stretching Room audio, bringing WDW in line with Disneyland's mid-2000s updates. — Haunted Mansion
Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor opened in Tomorrowland as a real-time interactive animated comedy show — on-screen monsters hosted by Mike Wazowski reacted live to the audience via digital puppetry — taking over the theater vacated by The Timekeeper. — Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor
A 'Dead Man's Chest' film tie-in overlay debuted alongside the movie's release: Captain Jack Sparrow Audio-Animatronics were added across three scenes, Captain Barbossa was added captaining the ship in the fort battle scene, and a Davy Jones mist-screen projection was added near the grotto. — Pirates of the Caribbean
Mickey's PhilharMagic opened in the Fantasyland theater — a roughly 12-minute 3D film concert with in-theater effects (scents, water, wind) — taking over the building that last housed Legend of the Lion King (closed February 23, 2002). — Mickey's PhilharMagic
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin opened in Adventureland as a 16-vehicle Dumbo-style spinner themed to the 1992 film Aladdin, with riders piloting carpets up and down around a giant Genie's-lamp centerpiece. — The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
Disney partnered with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to add Indy-themed dressing, including a Yard of Bricks, a scoring pylon, Gasoline Alley signage and the wheel-and-wing logo. — Tomorrowland Speedway
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh opened in Fantasyland, a honey-pot dark ride that took over the show building vacated by Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. — The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Officially opened as an interactive Toy Story shooting dark ride, built into the former If You Had Wings / Take Flight building and reusing its 1972 Arrow ride system; original blasters were vehicle-mounted and fixed. — Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Reopened as The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management), an overlay adding Iago (Aladdin) and Zazu (The Lion King) to the classic bird show; the original Tropical Serenade had closed September 1, 1997. — Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
Opened as The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacre Farm in Mickey's Toontown Fair, a Vekoma junior steel coaster themed to a runaway flight in Goofy's homemade biplane that crashed through a barn. — The Barnstormer
Reopened as "Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress" with a new voice cast (Jean Shepherd as the father/narrator), re-recorded scenes, a redesigned "House of 2000" Christmas finale, and a return to the original theme song "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow." — Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
Rethemed from Star Jets to Astro Orbiter as part of the New Tomorrowland; the central Saturn rocket was replaced with a stylized iron-work tower ringed by orbiting planets. — Astro Orbiter
Closed for a major refurbishment as part of the "New Tomorrowland" overhaul. — Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
General Electric's sponsorship contract expired and was not renewed; the attraction subsequently closed to strip out GE product and branding references. — Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opened in Frontierland, a runaway mine-train roller coaster themed to the Monument Valley-inspired peaks of the Big Thunder gold rush. — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Opened as the WEDway PeopleMover, a continuous-loop Grand Circle tour of Tomorrowland powered by linear induction motors, with narration by Jack Wagner (the 'voice of Disneyland') and sponsorship by the Edison Electric Institute. — Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Opened in Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland (relocated from Disneyland) in a new rotating-theater pavilion, debuting the new theme song "The Best Time of Your Life" under a 10-year General Electric sponsorship. — Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
Space Mountain opened in Tomorrowland as the first Space Mountain at any Disney park and an early computer-controlled roller coaster, sponsored by RCA. — Space Mountain
Opened as Star Jets during the major Tomorrowland expansion, with twelve guest-controlled rocket vehicles spinning atop the PeopleMover platform around a central Saturn rocket. — Astro Orbiter
Pirates of the Caribbean opened in Adventureland as an abridged version of the Disneyland original, debuting alongside the surrounding Caribbean Plaza. — Pirates of the Caribbean
Peter Pan's Flight opened in Fantasyland, two days after Magic Kingdom's debut, flying guests over Never Land in suspended pirate-galleon vehicles past Audio-Animatronic scenes of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. — Peter Pan's Flight
Jungle Cruise opened in Adventureland as a Magic Kingdom opening-day attraction, adapting Disneyland's 1955 boat ride with a punnier, sight-gag-heavy script. — Jungle Cruise
Opened with Magic Kingdom on opening day as an original Fantasyland attraction with a single carousel of 10 flying elephants. — Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Opened as Tropical Serenade with the Magic Kingdom's grand opening, a near-identical copy of Disneyland's 1963 audio-animatronic Enchanted Tiki Room. — Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
Country Bear Jamboree opened as an opening-day Magic Kingdom attraction, an original Audio-Animatronic musical revue staged in Frontierland's Grizzly Hall. — Country Bear Musical Jamboree
The Hall of Presidents opened on Magic Kingdom's first day, a Liberty Square theater show pairing a widescreen film with Audio-Animatronic figures of every U.S. president. — The Hall of Presidents
Opened on Magic Kingdom's opening day as Cinderella's Golden Carrousel, a restored antique Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel rebuilt to 90 white-and-gilt horses with hand-painted scenes from Disney's Cinderella. — Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Opened with Magic Kingdom on opening day as the Grand Prix Raceway, sponsored by Goodyear; gas-powered cars steered along a center guide rail. — Tomorrowland Speedway
The Haunted Mansion opened with Magic Kingdom on opening day in Liberty Square — a Doom Buggy (Omnimover) dark ride and the second Haunted Mansion after Disneyland's 1969 original, housed in a Dutch Gothic-style Hudson River Valley manor. — Haunted Mansion
Opened on Magic Kingdom's opening day as an open-air Fantasyland spinning-teacup ride based on the 'unbirthday' tea party from Alice in Wonderland. — Mad Tea Party
Swiss Family Treehouse opened with Magic Kingdom as an original Adventureland walk-through attraction, based on Disney's 1960 film Swiss Family Robinson. — Swiss Family Treehouse
Opened with Magic Kingdom on opening day as an indoor Fantasyland boat ride — a Florida recreation of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair attraction, with over 600 costumed figures. — "it's a small world"