An end date for the Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe refurbishment is now listed on the Disneyland Resort calendar. Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe Reopening According to the calendar, the last day the restaurant will be closed is March 21. It will reopen on March 22. Of course, the operating calendar is always subject to change. Jolly … Read more
Disney has filed another new commencement of construction permit, this time for the address of The Haunted Mansion in Magic Kingdom Park. Haunted Mansion Construction Permit Filed The new permit is a commencement of construction permit, which is used to provide information about an upcoming construction project. In the permit, the location of the construction … Read more
After several weeks of work, all of the carpets inside Walt Disney Presents at Disney’s Hollywood Studios have now been replaced. Carpet Work Complete Starting in the beginning of February, Disney has been working on replacing all of the carpets throughout the main Walt Disney Presents building. While the floor in the theater area was … Read more
According to a new update from Disney, the bat exhibit located in the Maharajah Jungle Trek in Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be closing for a short refurbishment. Bat Exhibit Refurbishment The new update can be found on the official Bats page on the Walt Disney World website. Text below the area’s main image says the … Read more
Crews have replaced some of the plain beige scrims on the facade of The Plaza Restaurant at Magic Kingdom with themed scrim. The Plaza Restaurant Scrims Construction walls and scrims went up around the Main Street restaurant in early February. Beige scrims are still around the back half of the building facing Tomorrowland and backstage … Read more
Crew members present at the on-going refurbishment of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Magic Kingdom were smiling and waving at guests voyaging on the Liberty Square Riverboat as it passed new construction. In today’s Big Thunder Mountain update, crews appear to be hard at work on the structural supports of the mountain near its base. … Read more
Work continues on the refurbishment of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and the latest construction has expanded to include queue buildings on the front of the mountain. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Refurbishment Usually, our tour of the latest Big Thunder Mountain Railroad construction starts on the Liberty Square Riverboat. Today, however, our first photos are taken … Read more
The Tokyo Disney Resort will temporarily close three attractions in August according to the online refurbishment calendar.
New construction walls have been erected both outside and inside Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond in Disneyland Park. Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond As we reported earlier this week, Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond has been slated to receive some repair work. Now, construction walls have already been installed around a large section of the store. The new … Read more
We spotted some new scaffolding added to the side of the Mexico Pavilion in EPCOT as construction crew members work on repainting the side of the building. Mexico Pavilion Repainted As we were walking around World Showcase, we noticed some new scaffolding added to the side of the main Mexico Pavilion building, to the left … Read more
In a new report from Disneyland Park, Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond will be undergoing some construction near the outside of the building starting in February. Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond is a store located near the exit of Disneyland Park’s Haunted Mansion attraction. The outside of the building was designed to resemble … Read more
As a part of their ongoing refurbishment, new themed scrims have been added at both Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe in Disneyland Park and Elias & Co. in Disney California Adventure. Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe As we previously reported earlier this month, Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe has closed for a refurbishment. The entire building was wrapped … Read more
The indoor playground at Dumbo the Flying Elephant in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort will now close in February for refurbishment, rather than its previously-scheduled January date. Dumbo the Flying Elephant Playground Refurbishment Earlier this month, we reported that the playground was set to close for refurbishment beginning January 27, 2025, and was … Read more
After nearly a year of being absent from the attraction, the missing African elephant animatronic has returned to Magic Kingdom’s Jungle Cruise. Jungle Cruise Elephant After traveling through the ancient temple ruins, guests aboard their boat will enter an area filled with bathing elephants. Elephant animatronics are situated on either side of the boat, including … Read more
The Disneyland attraction “it’s a small world” is now closed for a long refurbishment and is not expected to open until sometime in the spring of 2025. “it’s a small world” New walls have been erected around the entire “it’s a small world” building facade, as the attraction is now closed for what is anticipated … Read more
In our last report, we noted that the majority of planets and the rocket ship vehicles had been removed from Astro Orbiter amid its months-long refurbishment. Additional pieces of the ride’s structure have now been removed. The top portion of the ride’s structure is now missing. This includes the antenna-like spire and centered yellow planet … Read more
