Big Top Souvenirs closed for a lengthy structural refurbishment of its circus tent, with Disney saying it is expected to reopen later in 2026.
Everything that changed here
across the land, newest first- 2026
Refurbishmentat Big Top Souvenirs
During the refurbishment the entire Big Top tent was removed, leaving crews working on the bare steel frame of the structure.
- 2026
- 2025
Menu prices increased on October 23, 2025, with the turkey leg rising from $15.49 to $16.99, the frozen slush from $5.49 to $6.29, and the jumbo pretzel with cheese sauce from $12.99 to $13.49.
- 2025
The signature Warm Cinnamon Roll jumped on the menu from $6.79 to $7.99.
- 2025
On October 8, 2025 the boutique cut its transformation lineup to three packages (Fairy Tale $119.99, Kingdom $229.99, Adventure $59.99) and added a Fairy Godmother meet inside the shop for makeover guests.
- 2025
The associated Royal Portrait Studio (PhotoPass photo experience) across from the boutique in Sir Mickey's was curtained off and closed on September 24, 2025 ahead of a boutique refresh.
- 2025
Refurbishmentat Sir Mickey's
The Royal Portrait Studio inside Sir Mickey's closed for refurbishment, with no announced reopening timeline.
- 2025
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.
- 2025
Be Our Guest rolled out a major menu overhaul, adding new dishes like Pan-Roasted Arctic Char and the Blooming Rose dessert while reworking staples such as Steak Frites and the French Onion Soup, with the prix fixe menu at $72 per adult.
- 2025
The Ham and Gruyère Tart was reformulated and renamed on the menu to the Ham and Gruyère Sandwich (description changed from 'topped with' to 'filled with'), with the price rising from $9.49 to $10.79.
- 2024
LeFou's Brew in a souvenir stein increased again on the menu from $13.99 to $14.29.
- 2024
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.
headdressed chief & caricatured 'Indian' figures→Tiger Lily & grandmother performing Fancy Shawl Butterfly Dance - 2024
A specialty 'Seaside Serenade' drink was added to the menu on March 16, 2024, then cycled off (removed July 21, 2024) and back on the menu (re-added October 23, 2025).
- 2023
The souvenir-stein version of signature drink LeFou's Brew rose on the menu from $12.99 to $13.99.
- 2023
Newat Storybook Treats
In July 2023 Storybook Treats added princess-themed DOLE Whip menu items, debuting the Aurora Cone ($6.29) and the Rapunzel Sundae ($7.79).
- 2023
Added a doll seated in a wheelchair to the opening scene as part of an inclusion initiative, following matching additions at the Disneyland version.
- 2023
Full princess character dining returned, with Disney Princesses once again circulating table-to-table during meals for the first time since the 2020 reopening.
- 2023
Reopened after roughly three years dark, returning to its original guest-acted interactive format essentially unchanged.
- 2023
The Scuttle Audio-Animatronic and his interactive in-queue show returned after a lengthy absence, restoring the queue bit where guests help Scuttle and the crabs sort human 'thingamabobs.'
- 2022
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique reopened at Magic Kingdom on August 25, 2022 after its lengthy pandemic closure (the Disney Springs and Grand Floridian locations never returned).
- 2022
Back Onlineat Sir Mickey's
The Royal Portrait Studio inside Sir Mickey's reopened after a closure, as Disney prepared for the nearby return of the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.
- 2021
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.
- 2021
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.
- 2021
A Little Mermaid-themed 'Mermaid Slushy' was added to the menu on August 20, 2021, and was later removed on August 4, 2022.
- 2021
Big Top Souvenirs reopened for the first time since the March 2020 pandemic shutdown, debuting a new air-conditioned, circus-themed indoor seating area ('Treats and Seats') while trimming back its merchandise footprint.
- 2021
The shop reopened on March 22, 2021, temporarily hosting The Art of Disney fine-art merchandise relocated from the closed Main Street Cinema.
- 2021
Zone Updateat Bonjour! Village Gifts
During an early-2021 refurbishment the shop closed and its exterior received a fresh, more-saturated green repaint.
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Changedat The Friar's Nook
By 2021, The Friar's Nook menu added Creamy Bacon Macaroni & Cheese Tots ($17.99 served in a Mickey souvenir hat bowl) and a Loaded Bacon Macaroni & Cheese Hot Dog ($11.49).
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Zone Updateat "it's a small world"
Repainted the interior queue/loading-area facade in bright, vibrant colors for Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary, replacing the white-and-gold scheme.
white-and-gold facade→bright multicolor - 2020
Cinderella's Royal Table reopened after its COVID-19 closure without table-to-table princess dining and with a reduced prix-fixe price, the adult cost dropping from $75 to $62 (child from $45 to $37) alongside a trimmed menu.
- 2020
Reopening with Magic Kingdom after the COVID-19 closure, Be Our Guest dropped its quick-service breakfast and lunch and became a table-service-only restaurant serving a three-course prix fixe selection at both lunch and dinner.
- 2020
Refurbishmentat Enchanted Tales with Belle
Closed when Walt Disney World shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic, and stayed dark even after Magic Kingdom reopened in July 2020 due to its hands-on interactive format, beginning a roughly three-year closure.
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Refurbishmentat Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
The boutique closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 park shutdown and remained shut for more than two years.
- 2019
Big Top Souvenirs and its Big Top Treats counter reopened after an unexplained closure that had begun the prior week.
- 2019
Newat Sir Mickey's
A Disney PhotoPass Royal Portrait Studio opened inside Sir Mickey's, adding a complimentary themed portrait-photo offering to the shop.
- 2019
Castle Couture ceased operating as a public retail shop and was converted into a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique check-in and changing-room location, with its Disney Princess merchandise removed and the space no longer accessible to guests without a BBB reservation.
- 2018
Nerfat Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
The hands-on gem-sorting/jewel-washing station in the queue was retired and replaced with an overlay of static, immovable gems, removing one of the queue's original touch-based games.
movable gem-sorting game→fixed static gems - 2018
Dinner was reconcepted from a la carte into a three-course prix fixe signature experience at $55 per adult and $35 per child, doubling it from one to two Disney Dining Plan table-service credits (the adult price rose to $60 by October 2018).
- 2018
Around February 1, 2018, The Friar's Nook overhauled its menu, dropping its specialty barbecued-chicken mac & cheese for a new lineup of Loaded Tater Tots (Buffalo Chicken, Fiesta, and Greek) plus deep-fried Twinkies for dessert.
- 2017
Quality of Lifeat Pinocchio Village Haus
Disney added Mobile Order service at Pinocchio Village Haus in July 2017, letting guests order and pay via the app.
- 2015
Be Our Guest added quick-service breakfast, initially a limited test extended through October 3, 2015 and later made permanent, at $19.99 per adult, expanding the restaurant to all three meals.
- 2015
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.
flat sculpted hair→realistic hair; standard lighting - 2015
Newat Peter Pan's Flight
An indoor interactive queue debuted, theming the standby wait as the Darling family nursery with shadow-play effects, ringable bells, and Tinker Bell-triggered pixie dust.
- 2014
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.
- 2014
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.
- 2013
Prince Eric's Village Market opened September 5, 2013 as part of the New Fantasyland expansion, a Little Mermaid-themed snack stand across from Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid that originally sold healthier snacks like fresh fruit, hummus, vegetable sticks, and Greek yogurt.
- 2013
Changedat Be Our Guest Restaurant
The off-menu "Grey Stuff" dessert was added to the regular lunch and dinner menu as The Master's Cupcake, a chocolate cupcake topped and filled with the cookies-and-cream grey stuff.
- 2012
Enchanted Tales with Belle opened in Fantasyland's Enchanted Forest as part of the New Fantasyland grand opening; previews had begun November 19, 2012.
- 2012
Be Our Guest Restaurant opened as the headline table-service venue of Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland expansion, a Beauty and the Beast-themed restaurant set inside the Beast's castle, following a soft opening on November 19, 2012.
- 2012
Gaston's Tavern opened as a counter-service snack spot in the Beauty and the Beast section of New Fantasyland, debuting its signature LeFou's Brew (frozen apple juice with toasted marshmallow and passion fruit-mango foam) alongside warm cinnamon rolls after an October 2012 soft opening.
- 2012
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.
- 2012
Bonjour! Village Gifts opened in Fantasyland as part of the New Fantasyland grand opening, a Beauty and the Beast-themed shop styled after Belle's village bookshop.
- 2012
Big Top Souvenirs opened in the new Storybook Circus area of New Fantasyland, replacing County Bounty at the former Mickey's Toontown Fair.
- 2012
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.
one carousel→two carousels - 2012
Changedat Pinocchio Village Haus
Around June 2012 the menu was revamped to add flatbreads (Pepperoni, Barbecue Chicken, Caprese, Cheese) replacing the previous standard pizzas.
- 2012
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.
original Fantasyland location→Storybook Circus - 2012
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.
Goofy's Wiseacre Farm→The Great Goofini (Storybook Circus) - 2012
The original Fantasyland carousel closed for relocation into the new Storybook Circus area, built on the former Mickey's Toontown Fair site.
- 2011
Changedat Cheshire Café
Enchanted Grove was reconcepted and renamed Cheshire Café with Alice in Wonderland / Cheshire Cat theming near the Mad Tea Party — new Cheshire Cat signage held on by vines, an aqua-to-purple-blue accent color, and removal of the roof's light-blue shingles and ivy — while the menu carried over with only pricing changes.
- 2011
Refurbishmentat The Barnstormer
Closed for the Fantasyland expansion as Mickey's Toontown Fair shut permanently, beginning a roughly 13-month closure to be rethemed; the Barnstormer was the only Toontown Fair ride retained rather than demolished.
- 2010
Mrs. Potts' Cupboard was renamed Storybook Treats around December 13, 2010, dropping the Beauty and the Beast name for a general fairy-tale soft-serve identity, with the new name first appearing on Magic Kingdom guidemaps in November 2010.
- 2010
Pooh's Thotful Shop was reconcepted and renamed Hundred Acre Goods, keeping its role as the Winnie the Pooh ride exit shop selling Pooh-and-friends plush, apparel, and toys.
- 2010
A new interactive queue replaced the standby line, theming the wait as the Hundred Acre Wood with touch-sensitive 'honey walls,' pop-up gopher holes, and garden play elements so guests could play while holding their place in line.
- 2010
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.
Cinderella's Golden Carrousel→Prince Charming Regal Carrousel - 2009
The Friar's Nook opened on March 26, 2009 in Fantasyland as a quick-service eatery themed to Friar Tuck from Disney's Robin Hood, taking over the space vacated by the McDonald's-branded Village Fry Shoppe.
- 2008
Castle Couture opened in Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom as a Disney Princess merchandise shop (costumes, dresses, tiaras) across the courtyard from Cinderella Castle, replacing part of the former Tinker Bell's Treasures.
- 2007
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique opened at Magic Kingdom inside Cinderella Castle, offering royal hair, makeup, and costume makeovers for children.
- 2006
The location's immediate predecessor, the Village Fry Shoppe, opened May 1, 2006 selling McDonald's French fries and closed in early 2009 after Disney's promotional partnership with McDonald's ended, clearing the way for The Friar's Nook.
- 2005
Changedat Pinocchio Village Haus
In September 2005 the restaurant changed its menu from a burger-and-fries lineup to an Italian-based menu.
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Back Onlineat "it's a small world"
Reopened from the major refurbishment with a new enclosed, Disneyland-style entrance/loading area, a new state-of-the-art sound system, a refurbished exterior, and new lighting.
- 2004
Refurbishmentat "it's a small world"
Closed for a roughly ten-month major refurbishment.
- 2003
Changedat Fantasy Faire
After the adjacent Legend of the Lion King show closed, the shop was remodeled to match the theme of Mickey's PhilharMagic and became that attraction's exit gift shop when PhilharMagic opened in October 2003.
- 2003
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).
Legend of the Lion King→Mickey's PhilharMagic - 1999
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.
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride→The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - 1999
The shop's Fantasyland space debuted as Pooh's Thotful Shop, the exit gift shop that opened with The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (replacing Mr. Toad's Wild Ride).
- 1997
King Stefan's Banquet Hall was renamed Cinderella's Royal Table, finally giving the in-castle restaurant a name that matched its Cinderella theme after nearly 26 years.
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A restored original three-seat chariot, lost during Disney's refurbishment, was rediscovered in a California warehouse and reinstalled, replacing three horses while keeping the 90-rider capacity.
- 1996
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.
Grandma Duck's Petting Farm→The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacre Farm - 1996
Newat Sir Mickey's
Sir Mickey's opened in Fantasyland behind Cinderella Castle, replacing the AristoCats and Mickey's Christmas Carol shops and themed to the Mickey cartoons 'Brave Little Tailor' and 'Mickey and the Beanstalk,' with Willie the Giant lifting the roof to peek inside.
- 1995
Fantasy Faire opened as a Fantasyland shop, taking over the space of the former Mad Hatter store near the Fantasyland Theater and initially selling Lion King merchandise.
- 1994
Newat Storybook Treats
The Fantasyland ice cream and drinks stand that is now Storybook Treats opened in March 1994 as Mrs. Potts' Cupboard, named for the Beauty and the Beast character, in the former The Round Table location.
- 1993
The same counter-service building — opened as Lancer's Inn in 1973 and renamed Gurgi's Munchies and Crunchies in 1986 after The Black Cauldron — was rethemed to Lumiere's Kitchen (Beauty and the Beast) on February 13, 1993 before later becoming the Village Fry Shoppe.
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Buffat Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Rebuilt with a new ride mechanism and expanded from 10 to 16 elephants; Timothy's whip became a Magic Feather and his disco-ball perch became a hot-air balloon.
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Changedat Mad Tea Party
Received an aesthetic refresh with a new color scheme, a new musical score, and hanging Japanese-style lanterns.
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Changedat Cheshire Café
In 1983 the stand was repurposed into Enchanted Grove, a quick-service snack and beverage kiosk that operated for nearly three decades before becoming Cheshire Café.
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Buffat Mad Tea Party
A permanent canopy was added over the ride to shield it from Florida weather, along with the central teapot housing the pop-up Dormouse.
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Newat Cheshire Café
The building opened in 1973 as the Fantasyland Art Festival, a caricature and portrait merchandise stand — the predecessor structure later reconcepted into Cheshire Café.
- 1971
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.
- 1971
Opened with Magic Kingdom on opening day as an original Fantasyland attraction with a single carousel of 10 flying elephants.
- 1971
The table-service restaurant inside Cinderella Castle opened with the Magic Kingdom on opening day as King Stefan's Banquet Hall, oddly named for Sleeping Beauty's father since Cinderella's own father was unnamed.
- 1971
Pinocchio Village Haus opened as a counter-service restaurant in Fantasyland with the rest of Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
- 1971
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.
- 1971
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.
- 1971
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.