Construction Updates Archive
We’re back at EPCOT for the first construction update since Walt Disney World’s reopening. This follows our Beautiful & Bizarre Epcot Reopening Report and Review of Taste of 2020 Epcot Food & Wine Festival. Let’s take a stroll around Future World to see the current state of projects at EPCOT, which is currently short for
Hotel refurbishments, resort construction, and room renovations are ongoing at Walt Disney World in 2020 and beyond! This updated resource will help you determine what to avoid, where to book, room requests, and what to expect in terms of hotel construction at Walt Disney World. (Updated July 26, 2020.) Our latest update comes following the
At the beginning of May, CEO Bob Chapek said that although Disney believes in the concepts Imagineers have developed, upcoming Walt Disney World and Disneyland projects would be reviewed with a “fine-tooth comb” to save money. We’re now starting to see the first wave of this “combing,” and cover the resulting closures, cutbacks, and cancellations
We’re back with another Walt Disney World news & rumor roundup! In this post, we’ll share tidbits we’ve gleaned from reopening, new permits being filed for Star Wars & Toy Story Land projects, the Grand Floridian to Magic Kingdom walkway, NBA bubble life, and more! Let’s start with the NBA. The topic many of you
All construction has stopped at Disney World according to the head of the region’s top construction trade organization (via Orlando Business Journal). In this post, we’ll cover details of the shutdown, plus speculation about how specific projects will be impacted. In our past posts about Walt Disney World closing, many readers have wondered whether the
Walt Disney World recently announced a Royal Makeover for Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom that will be punctuated by gold and richer blue hues ahead of its 50th Anniversary. The announcement raised more questions than it answered, and in this post, we’ll cover the construction impact, how the icon will look during the transformation, and
We return to Magic Kingdom for another Walt Disney World progress report. We’ll cover the Super Bowl parade and crowds, TRON Lightcycle Run construction, more on the aesthetic overhaul of Tomorrowland, plus other recent and upcoming changes. Let’s start by looking forward. Villains After Hours returns to Magic Kingdom this Friday, February 7, 2020. We’re
We’re back at EPCOT for the first Walt Disney World construction update of 2020. Now that the Christmas season is over, work picks up pace here as the park enters its off-season (even with Festival of the Arts beginning very soon). Let’s take a stroll around Future World and World Showcase to see the current
Saratoga Springs Resort is in the midst of a massive 2-year refurbishment project. In this post, we’ll share construction photos, a tentative timeline, and thoughts on how this will impact stays at Walt Disney World’s largest DVC resort. (Updated January 9, 2020.) We first published this early last fall, and have returned to update our
In the photo above, you can see over $3 billion worth of new Beauty and the Beast, Big Hero 6, Frozen, Tangled, and Peter Pan attractions, plus two hotels under construction at Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. In an era of unprecedented development around the world, these are among Imagineering’s most ambitious projects. We’ll take a
You’ve no doubt heard the urban legend that the spires on Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World are removable in heavy winds. Every time a hurricane is heading towards Florida, fake photos of the icon with its top removed go viral on social media. Well, now this urban legend has come true…at least in a
