Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from May 25-31, 2020 . Walt Disney World Walt Disney World Reopening Announcement Updates Walt Disney … Read more
While all of Walt Disney World remains closed (for now), Spaceship Earth at EPCOT has now joined the ranks of the Walt Disney World Railroad, as its status has been updated to “Closed for Refurbishment” on the Walt Disney World website and on My Disney Experience. As times have changed, the Spaceship Earth attraction at … Read more
Welcome to our WDWNT Weekly Recap! Last week marked the reopening of Shanghai Disneyland, the first of all the parks to do so following COVID-19 closures. Keep reading on to see a full summary of the latest breaking news this week: May 18-24, 2020. Walt Disney World The Mayor of Orange County has said that … Read more
With the announcement of a new Lululemon store coming to Disney Springs, and the shopping district’s reopening this week, the future retail location is one of the few construction projects still featuring an active work site on Disney property. Today, just a day after guests were treated to their first view of the future Lululemon … Read more
Disney Springs has reopened its gates to the public today, and we have been enjoying getting a good look at all the developments which have been progressing since the district’s closure over these past few weeks. One exciting new addition to the drinking and dining scene at Disney Springs which we came across is this … Read more
Helicopter-pilot-turned-YouTuber Micah Muzio is back at it again with another flyover across Disneyland Resort, this time focusing on Disney California Adventure, granting us incredible sweeping views of a burgeoning Avengers Campus, the Radiator Springs and its incredible Cadillac Range, as well as Pixar Pier and even some hotels. Gaining approval to fly over Disneyland is nearly … Read more
Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from May 11-17, 2020 . Last week, Shanghai Disneyland became the first Disney resort in the … Read more
The Tokyo Disney Resort has been closed since February 29th, and it looks like they’ll be closed through at least part of June, judging by the latest extension announcement. With all this time off from guests, the Oriental Land Company has undertaken some fairly significant repaving projects at both parks. Previously, the parade route was … Read more
It’s been a minute since we took a real in-depth look at the construction at Fantasy Springs. If you’re not familiar, Fantasy Springs is the massive expansion scheduled to open at Tokyo DisneySea in FY2023. And unlike other Disney resorts, construction has raged on even through the closure. So let’s see what’s up and coming … Read more
As construction was halted across all of Walt Disney World due to the unprecedented COVID-19 closures, work at various construction sites has come to a standstill. However, Walt Disney Imagineering continues to work behind-the-scenes to ensure that progress continues––at least on projects that are already underway. Over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, progress has stalled on … Read more
Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from May 4 – 10, 2020 . If you’ve been following our news coverage throughout the … Read more
While most construction at Walt Disney World has been paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work on a new hotel extension called “The Cove,” has not. If you aren’t familiar this project is the newest addition to the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin. The Cove will be an additional tower at the Swan and … Read more
While a vast majority of construction at the Walt Disney World Resort has halted because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, sites operated by third parties have continued operation, so we recently took a drive by the site of Flamingo Crossings to see how things have progressed. Our first stop was along Flagler Avenue, where many of … Read more
While construction ceased briefly during the initial closure of the Disneyland Resort, new developments indicate that essential workers are slowly returning to work on key projects such as Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway and the MARVEL-themed Avengers Campus. According to Brady MacDonald of The OC Register, the work taking place is being done by limited crews … Read more
As Walt Disney World remains closed for the longest period in the resort’s history, aerial photographers have been able to capture just what the Most Magical Place on Earth looks like without guests. Thanks to pilot Jonathan Michael Salazar on Facebook (also @ColombianPilot on Instagram), we’re able to show these photos of the Magic Kingdom … Read more
During today’s Walt Disney Company Q2 earnings call, it was revealed that there will be a $900M decrease in CAPEX spending anticipated for FY20, mostly due to postponed construction and refurbishment projects during the closure of the Disney Parks around the world. This is obviously related to the ongoing construction delays and how much longer … Read more