Walt Disney World News

Our most recent Walt Disney World news. Mickey From The UK brings you the latest British-perspective Walt Disney World news featuring the most important Walt Disney World updates and British USA travel news.

News - WDW   Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 2024 Start Date Revealed The much anticipated Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween party for the 2024 season will soon be upon us. The first details of the popular separately ticketed event have been revealed. The parties wil...   Read more >

News - WDW   Savi's Workshop Experience Now Requires Full Pre-Payment Disney has updated the payment policy on the Savi's Workshop build-a-lightsaber experience located in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Guests are now required to pay the $2...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Announces The 2024 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival Disney has announced that the 2024 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival will begin on August 29th, 2024, through November 23rd, 2024. If you've not yet booked your summer/autumn Walt Dis...   Read more >

News - WDW   Smellephants on Parade Comes To Magic Kingdom Park Disney has announced that Magic Kingdom Park is about to get even more colourful as the installation of "Smellephants on Parade" (presented by Scentsy) has begun at Storybook Circus. Guests visit...   Read more >

News - WDW   Victoria & Albert's Awarded Michelin Star Victoria & Albert's at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa has been awarded a Michelin Star in an event in Tampa this week. This is the first time a Disney-operated restaurant has received suc...   Read more >

News - WDW   Walt Disney World To Make Changes To DAS (Disability Access Service) Disney has announced changes to DAS - Disability Access Service. The free service allows guests who suffer from certain disabilities which makes it difficult for them to wait in line to get a ret...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Releases New Test Track Reimagining Concept Art Disney announced last year that Test Track at EPCOT will be getting a much-needed reimagining. The new Test Track will be inspired by the previous "World of Motion" attraction that came before i...   Read more >

News - WDW   Free Disney Dining Plan Offer Is Back For 2025 Stays Disney has officially announced the return of the free Disney Dining Plan offer for 2025. Since the shutdowns, the early booker offer for British guests has been "Free Dining Credit" - which was ...   Read more >

News - WDW   New Drone Show Coming To Disney Springs This Summer Disney has announced a new drone show is coming to Disney Springs this summer called "Disney Dreams That Soar". It takes place over the Disney Springs lake and will showcase Disney stories celebr...   Read more >

News - WDW   Cast-To-Guest Pin Trading To Return April 7th, 2024 Disney has announced that cast-to-guest pin trading will return to Walt Disney World on April 7th, 2024. Since the pandemic shutdowns, the only way guests can pin trade is through pinboards scatt...   Read more >

News - WDW   Updated: New Walt Disney World Buses Debut With More Mobility Scooter Friendly Features Walt Disney World has begun to debut new Disney buses with an updated design with new accessibility equipment and foldable seats. The new equipment is designed to speed up the time it takes to lo...   Read more >

News - WDW   New Free Water Park Ticket Walt Disney World Resort Hotel Benefit Disney has announced a new perk when staying at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel. On your check-in day, guests can go to a Walt Disney World water park - Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park or ...   Read more >

News - WDW   Soarin' Around the World To Return At EPCOT Disney has announced the return of Soarin' Around the World at EPCOT. Soarin' Over California returned and ran for a limited time as part of the Disney 100 celebrations, but sadly now is going a...   Read more >

News - WDW   2025 Walt Disney World Tickets Now On Sale Following the news that bookings are now open for 2025 Walt Disney World holidays comes the news that ticket-only sales for Walt Disney World 2025 are now on sale as well. You can now purchase 7 ...   Read more >

News - WDW   Bookings Now Open For Walt Disney World 2025 Stays The Walt Disney Travel Company (AKA Disney Holidays) has released 2025 dates for Walt Disney World. You can now book your 2025 Walt Disney World holiday directly with Disney. Disney is offering l...   Read more >

News - WDW   1900 Park Fare To Reopen This Spring At Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Disney has announced that 1900 Park Fare at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort will reopen to guests on April 10th, 2024. This character restaurant has been closed since the lockdowns. The Disney ch...   Read more >

News - WDW   Typhoon Lagoon To Open And Blizzard Beach To Close March 17th, 2024 Disney has announced that Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park will reopen on March 17th, 2024. That means that Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park will be closing and having its last day of operati...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney CEO Bob Iger Dodges Question About Fifth Theme Park At Walt Disney World On the most recent Walt Disney Company earnings call, during the Q&A session, an analyst asked CEO Bob Iger about a potential fifth park at Walt Disney World. The rumours of a fifth park or "fift...   Read more >

News - WDW   $60 Billion Disney Parks Investment Primarily For Expanding Theme Park Capacity Disney CEO Bob Iger announced last year that the company plans to increase park capacity by adding new lands. He also announced that over the next 10 years, Disney Parks will receive $60 billion ...   Read more >

News - WDW   New "The Little Mermaid - A Musical Adventure" Concept Art Revealed "Voyage of the Little Mermaid" - the show at Disney's Hollywood Studios - never reopened. However, at the end of 2023 Disney announced the show will be replaced with a new show called "The Litt...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney After Hours Tickets Through August 2024 Now Available More dates have been added to Disney's After Hours event through summer 2024. Tickets are now online and can be purchased from the UK. If you don't know, during Disney After Hours events - which ...   Read more >

News - WDW   Tiana's Bayou Adventure Height Requirement Revealed Tiana's Bayou Adventure - the currently under construction attraction replacing Splash Mountain - has a new page on the Walt Disney World website. You won't be shocked to find out that the hei...   Read more >

News - WDW   2025 Walt Disney World Tickets Go On Sale While Disney has not yet publicly released their 2025 Walt Disney World tickets yet, the popular UK ticket vendors have. They have confirmed they have had the rates and tickets from Disney and ca...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Announces The 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival The 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival has been announced! This year's festival will last for 90 days and begin on February 28th and will run through May 27th. For the first time,...   Read more >

News - WDW   Automated Emails From Disney Still Saying You Need Park Reservations, But You Do Not On January 9th, 2024, 3 major changes came to Walt Disney World, one of which was the scrapping of the park reservation that was introduced when the parks reopened after the pandemic. If you have...   Read more >