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Summer 2025 is shaping up to be an interesting one at Disney World!
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While the resort is in a state of transformation overall, with major construction projects in various stages at all four of Disney World’s theme parks, there are still some big changes coming to Disney World this summer.
Are you ready for BLAST OFF on Disney World’s busiest ride?
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is dominating Disney World. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)-based E-Ticket roller coaster attraction first opened at EPCOT in 2022 and was immediately one of the most popular attractions in Disney World. However, the ride’s renown went into another stratosphere in early 2025 when the line shifted from a virtual queue to a standby line, meaning that it was available to any guest willing to wait. And wait, they did, as the ride has often had the highest average wait of any attraction at the resort’s four theme parks, with times often over an hour.
Is it really cheaper to go to Disney World this summer?
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
It’s no secret that a trip to Disney World is expensive, and in actuality, prices haven’t gone “down” in 2025. Not technically, anyway. However, Disney IS doing something different this year. Specifically, they are offering discounts at levels we haven’t seen since prior to the pandemic!
Universal’s new theme park is (mostly) living up to its almost unprecedented hype.
Celestial Park in Epic Universe
The park is also chock-full of secrets, from construction changes to deceptive architecture that masks the length of queues to easter eggs within the park’s portals; there’s plenty below the surface.
If you’re heading to EPCOT anytime soon, there are rules you need to be cognizant of.
Grand Marnier Orange Slush
Some are official, while others are “unspoken” but just as important to ensuring a good day at Disney World’s original second gate.
Summer 2025 may be a game changer for Walt Disney World pricing, as the company has unleashed a slew of discounts on tickets, hotels, and dining for the upcoming season.
TRON Lightcycle / Run
These discounts, especially when combined, can be game-changing for a trip to Disney World, as they can arguably make a trip to “The Most Magical Place on Earth” arguably “cheaper” for the first time in a long time.
Disney is refurbishing one of their most iconic hotels.
Construction in the Grand Floridian began in April 2025
The Grand Floridian Resort & Spa has been Disney World’s premier resort for over three decades. The hotel, which opened in 1988, is described by Disney as a “timeless Victorian-style marvel (that) evokes Palm Beach’s golden era,” and that theme has long extended to the hotel’s lobby. However, now that grand lobby is being refurbished.
If you’ve ever wanted to adventure with Indiana Jones, this is your chance.
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular has been entertaining guests at Hollywood Studios since (almost) the very beginning. The show features the titular character and Marion Ravenwood “dodg(ing) deadly traps, battl(ing) bad guys, leap(ing) from tall buildings and mak(ing) thrilling escapes straight out of Raiders of the Lost Ark” while at the same time living up to the park’s original working studios theme by giving audiences “an inside look at how stunts are done with demonstrations that reveal how to safely throw and take punches, fall from tall buildings, and even wield whips in the midst of complex action sequences.” The show debuted within months of Hollywood Studios’ (then known as Disney-MGM Studios) opening in August of 1989, and is currently the oldest operating attraction in the park.
Walt Disney World hasn’t opened a new theme park in nearly 30 years, and an argument could be made that they really should have.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Over the first 30 years of its existence, the Walt Disney World Resort added theme parks with relative regularity. After the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, EPCOT Center came along in 1982, the Disney-MGM Studios in 1989, and Animal Kingdom in 1998. However, for the last 27 years, the company has taken another approach. Instead of opening a new park, Disney has instead added to their preexisting parks, for better or worse.
Every week, we report the average Disney World wait times in every park so that you can be prepared for your next trip to Orlando!
Magic Kingdom
With Easter in the rearview mirror, knowing what the weekly average wait times are for those popular rides can make or break your upcoming trip. If you’re heading to the parks soon, we’ve got all the info you need to know! This week, wait times continued to trend downward at Disney World across the board, including last week’s busiest ride: Avatar: Flight of Passage, which fell behind TRON Lightcycle/Run! Let’s dive in!
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