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.
Everything that changed here
across the land, newest first- 2026
Mobile Order launched at AstroFizz via the My Disney Experience app, with the earliest arrival-window slot opening at 9:05am.
- 2026
- 2026
Officially reopened after roughly eight months, with redesigned Buzz Lightyear / Star Command 'Star Cruiser' vehicles, refreshed scenes, and an overhauled interactive shooting game.
- 2026
Replaced the fixed, vehicle-mounted laser cannons with handheld, removable blasters featuring an always-on aiming laser plus added lighting, sound, and vibration effects.
Fixed vehicle-mounted cannons→handheld removable blasters - 2026
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).
Astro-Accelerator scene→Buddy training scene - 2026
Installed interactive targets that light up and change color when hit, and equipped each Star Cruiser with a video monitor displaying real-time scoring.
- 2025
AstroFizz snack kiosk officially opened in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom, replacing the former Cool Ship Coca-Cola beverage stand after a soft opening the prior evening.
- 2025
Opening menu debuted with the signature Cherry Cola Churro at $7.49 and frozen slushies (Coca-Cola, Fanta Blue Raspberry, Fanta Orange) at $6.49.
- 2025
Disney revealed AstroFizz would replace Cool Ship, giving a first look at the menu including its signature Cherry Cola Churro rolled in cherry sugar with Coca-Cola Cherry icing and cherry popping candies.
- 2025
Closed for an extensive multi-month refurbishment — the attraction's first major overhaul since opening in 1998.
- 2025
Refurbishmentat Tomorrowland Terrace
As of August 2025 Tomorrowland Terrace had not operated as a regular quick-service restaurant for a couple of years, its upper level open only for morning and early-afternoon overflow seating before being blocked off for the nighttime fireworks dessert party.
- 2025
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.
- 2025
Changedat Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café
A summer 2025 menu refresh added new entrees including a Truffle-French Onion Burger ($14.99, replacing the Triple-B Burger) and a Hand-dipped Fried Chicken Sandwich, and brought back the Patty Melt.
- 2025
Zone Updateat Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café
Sonny Eclipse was temporarily removed from the stage in mid-March 2025 (missing by March 19), prompting fan concern, then returned by March 21, 2025.
- 2025
Closed for a lengthy refurbishment during which the entire ride structure was dismantled and removed from Tomorrowland for off-site work.
- 2025
Zone Updateat Mickey's Star Traders
The vintage Coppertone Sun Care Center sponsorship sign, which had remained on the store's exterior for decades after the sponsorship ended, was removed from outside Star Traders.
- 2024
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).
virtual-queue only→standby line added - 2023
Energy Bytes removed its signature Digital Dumplings (Beef & Broccoli $8.79 and Buffalo Chicken $8.49) from its menu, shifting toward frozen drinks and desserts.
- 2023
Tomorrowland Launch Depot opened April 4, 2023 as a reconcept of the former Tomorrowland Light & Power Co., serving as the primary TRON Lightcycle / Run merchandise gift shop.
- 2023
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.
- 2023
Changedat Tomorrowland Launch Depot
By mid-April 2023 Space Mountain riders again exited through the shop, making Tomorrowland Launch Depot the gift shop for both Space Mountain and TRON Lightcycle / Run.
- 2023
Newat The Lunching Pad
The Lunching Pad added breakfast items to its menu, timed to the April 2023 debut of TRON Lightcycle / Run in Tomorrowland.
- 2023
Energy Bytes, a futuristic quick-service snack kiosk, opened in Tomorrowland near the TRON Lightcycle / Run entrance as the coaster began soft openings.
- 2023
Changedat Tomorrowland Launch Depot
New 'Tomorrowland Launch Depot' signage was installed in March 2023, officially renaming the former Tomorrowland Light & Power Co. gift shop.
- 2022
Refurbishmentat Tomorrowland Launch Depot
The predecessor shop Tomorrowland Light & Power Co., Space Mountain's exit gift shop, closed for construction in August 2022 to be transformed into TRON Lightcycle / Run's retail space.
- 2022
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.
- 2022
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.
Mike Brassell→ORAC-5 (Stephen Stanton) - 2021
Changedat The Lunching Pad
For Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary, The Lunching Pad ran a special ~18-month World's Most Magical Celebration menu beginning October 2021, since retired.
- 2021
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.
- 2020
Refurbishmentat Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor
Went dark in mid-March 2020 with the rest of Walt Disney World for the COVID-19 closure and, unlike most attractions, stayed shuttered after Magic Kingdom reopened in July 2020; its live-voice cast was laid off that fall and the attraction was pulled from park maps in November 2020.
- 2019
After a September–November refurbishment, the shop was renamed from 'Mickey's Star Traders' to simply 'Star Traders,' dropping its steampunk Mickey-head logo and Stitch City mural in favor of new teal-and-white exterior signage and interior.
- 2019
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.
- 2016
The café raised prices roughly $1–$2 per meal (e.g. half rotisserie chicken to $14.49) and added a space-themed Fab Five souvenir cup to kids' meals.
- 2016
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.
gears-and-cogs facade→futuristic color "strikes" -
Updateat Tomorrowland Speedway
Track was shortened by about 400 feet so Dumbo the Flying Elephant could be relocated during the New Fantasyland expansion.
- 2011
Changedat Tomorrowland Terrace
In November 2011 the venue dropped its Asian noodle concept for an American quick-service menu of burgers, sandwiches, and salads and was renamed the Tomorrowland Terrace Restaurant.
- 2010
The word 'PeopleMover' was reinstated into the official attraction name, making it the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.
Tomorrowland Transit Authority→Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover - 2010
Buffat Space Mountain
A new track-side musical score, marketed as 'Starry-O-Phonic Sound,' was added through roughly 60 speakers lining the track and synced to riders' movement through the ride.
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Changedat The Lunching Pad
Around 2010-2011 the menu shifted to gourmet hot dogs, with the BLT, Coney Island, and Philly Cheesesteak dogs becoming its longtime signature menu items.
- 2009
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.
- 2009
A new narration debuted, voiced by Mike Brassell, with safety announcements by B.J. Ward (longtime narrator of Disneyland's PeopleMover, 1982-1995).
Pete Renaday→Mike Brassell - 2009
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.
- 2009
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.
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Newat Tomorrowland Terrace
In 2009 Disney began hosting an up-charge Wishes fireworks dessert party at Tomorrowland Terrace, adding a reserved evening dessert offering.
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Changedat Tomorrowland Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway sponsorship ended and 'Indy' was dropped from the name, giving the attraction its present name, Tomorrowland Speedway.
Tomorrowland Indy Speedway→Tomorrowland Speedway - 2007
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.
The Timekeeper→Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor -
Changedat Tomorrowland Terrace
The current Tomorrowland Terrace opened in 2004 as the Tomorrowland Terrace Noodle Station, a counter-service eatery serving an Asian-inspired noodle menu, replacing the former Plaza Pavilion building.
- 2001
Refurbishmentat Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
Following the post-9/11 attendance drop, the show closed in October 2001 and shifted to seasonal operation, returning to a near-daily Magic Kingdom schedule by 2003.
- 1999
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.
- 1998
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.
Take Flight (Delta Dreamflight)→Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin -
The audio-animatronic lounge singer Sonny Eclipse — an alien from the planet Zork voiced by Kal David — debuted at the café in 1995 and became its signature entertainment.
- 1994
Tomorrowland Terrace closed in September 1994 and reopened December 9, 1994 (per D23), reconcepted and renamed as Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café for the New Tomorrowland expansion.
- 1994
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."
"The Best Time of Your Life"→"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" - 1994
Rethemed with the New Tomorrowland renovation: renamed Tomorrowland Transit Authority, the white Googie trackway rebuilt as boldly colored metallic structures, and a new spiel narrated by Pete Renaday debuted.
WEDway PeopleMover→Tomorrowland Transit Authority - 1994
Changedat The Lunching Pad
As part of Tomorrowland's 1994 reconcept, the original Lunching Pad closed January 9, 1994 (its space becoming Auntie Gravity's Galactic Goodies) and reopened in June 1994 beneath Rockettower Plaza Station in the former Space Bar location.
- 1994
Auntie Gravity's Galactic Goodies opened in Tomorrowland in June 1994 as part of Magic Kingdom's "New Tomorrowland" reimagining, serving soft-serve ice cream and other galactic treats.
- 1994
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.
Star Jets→Astro Orbiter - 1994
The stand reconcepted the site of The Lunching Pad, a Tomorrowland eatery open since the park's 1971 debut that closed January 9, 1994 to become Auntie Gravity's (the Lunching Pad name later returned in a new spot under Rockettower Plaza Station).
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Changedat Ursa's Major Minor Mart
Ursa's Major Minor Mart originated as the successor to the Skyway Station Shop, which sold Disney souvenirs near Tomorrowland's Skyway station until May 1994 before the location was reconcepted under its current name.
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Changedat Space Mountain
As part of the New Tomorrowland overhaul, sponsorship shifted to FedEx with an intergalactic-shipping storyline.
RCA sponsorship→FedEx sponsorship - 1993
Closed for a major refurbishment as part of the "New Tomorrowland" overhaul.
- 1991
Mickey's Star Traders opened in Tomorrowland as a Coppertone-sponsored souvenir and sun-care shop, reconcepting the earlier Mickey's Mart that had occupied the site since the 1970s.
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Changedat Space Mountain
New ride vehicles replaced the original trains, reconfigured to three single-file rows of one rider each with lap-bar restraints.
8 riders per train→6 riders per train - 1985
Jack Wagner's original narration was replaced by the ORAC One 'Commuter Computer' character, voiced by Ronnie Schell.
Jack Wagner→ORAC One - 1985
General Electric's sponsorship contract expired and was not renewed; the attraction subsequently closed to strip out GE product and branding references.
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Changedat Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
The final act was reworked into a "New Year's Eve in the Home of the 1980s" scene, updating the show's future segment; the attraction closed briefly to install it.
- 1975
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.
- 1975
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.
- 1975
Space Mountain opened in Tomorrowland as the first Space Mountain at any Disney park and an early computer-controlled roller coaster, sponsored by RCA.
- 1974
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.
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Updateat Tomorrowland Speedway
Track was shortened for the first time during construction of the neighboring Space Mountain.
- 1971
Opened with Magic Kingdom on opening day as the Grand Prix Raceway, sponsored by Goodyear; gas-powered cars steered along a center guide rail.
- 1971
The site opened on Magic Kingdom's first day, October 1, 1971, as the Coca-Cola-sponsored Tomorrowland Terrace — the largest fast-food operation at Walt Disney World at the time and the predecessor Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café would later replace.
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Changedat Tomorrowland Terrace
The Tomorrowland Terrace name debuted at Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971 on a different Tomorrowland building, which closed in September 1994 and reopened that December as Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe before the name was later revived for the current corner venue.
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Newat The Lunching Pad
The Lunching Pad opened with Magic Kingdom in 1971 as a Tomorrowland quick-service snack stand, at an original location different from its current spot beneath Rockettower Plaza Station.