In 2025, we’re seeing a LOT of changes to Disney World. New shows, new lounges, and saying goodbye to some of our favorite things as well.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Disney’s Hollywood Studios is right there in the mix of the change as this summer two shows will be opening, Villains: Unfairly Ever After and The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure. We are also seeing the closure of Muppet’s Courtyard as we make way for the new Monsters Inc area that is coming. But, there’s a change that will happen in the upcoming months that will impact Fantasmic!
Specifically, we will see changes to the the Fantasmic! Dining Package. This offers a meal at a participating restaurant in Disney’s Hollywood Studios AND reserved seating for a showing of the popular Fantasmic! Nighttime Spectacular. Guest’s choice of 50s Prime Time Cafe, Sci-Fi Dine In Theater Restaurant, Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano, Hollywood & Vine, and The Hollywood Brown Derby
Fantasmic!
However, the last day you’ll be able to dine at Mama Melrose’s will be on May 10th. This is because the Monster’s Inc. area will begin construction. With one less restaurant to go to for the dining package, it will become even more difficult to grab this reservation.
Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano
60 days in advance of your Disney World vacation, you can make dining reservations and this is where you can reserve the Fantasmic! Dining Package as well. It is labeled separately from a dining reservation at one of the participating restaurants. In addition to dinner, you will get reserved seating for the show so that you don’t have to wait in a long line to grab a seat. It’s kind of a win-win, especially if you were going to dine at one of these locations anyway.
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theatre Restaurant
When Monsters Inc area does open in the years to come, it appears HarryHausen’s, a restaurant featured in the film, will take over the area of Mama Melrose’s. Could this restaurant become part of the Fantasmic! Dining Package? Possibly, although it hasn’t been confirmed by Disney that this will be an actual restaurant. We’re really hoping it will be though!
Close-Up Look at the New Restaurants Coming to Disney World’s Monsters, Inc. Land
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