food IS a theme park
Our Hollywood Studios evenings are usually filled with rides on Slinky Dog Dash, eating fun ice cream by the Tower of Terror, and rounding off the night with a showing of Fantasmic!. This summer, there’s a day when our evening adventures will be cut short!
Slinky Dog Dash
We keep an eye on all the park hours at Disney World so you can best plan your vacation, and we noticed on a random night this summer, the Hollywood Studios hours are drastically different.
Well, it’s really happening, and maybe we have been in denial, but we can’t deny it anymore: Muppets Courtyard is officially going away to make way for the new Monsters, Inc. land.
Muppets Courtyard in Hollywood Studios
In fact, we’ve already had to say goodbye to a few Muppets Courtyard institutions, like Mama Melrose’s. We’ll also soon be saying goodbye to the rest of Muppets Courtyard including PizzeRizzo (okay, so we haven ‘t been kind to PizzeRizzo in the past, but we’ll still miss it). However, the hardest thing for us is going to be bidding farewell to Muppet*Vision 3D, but we’ve got some good news: Disney is giving us an extra hour to do so on its final day.
We have an important EPCOT update for you! The park will be closing early one day in May for a private event, and we don’t want you to be caught by surprise.
EPCOT
The parks sometimes have adjusted hours for special events or buy-outs, so it is always important to check the Disney World website or the My Disney Experience app for the most up-to-date information for your trip.
We’re only a few months away from the grand opening of Universal Orlando’s NEW theme park, Epic Universe.
©Universal | Epic Universe Concept Art
Epic Universe is going to be, well, EPIC, and will have five NEW themed lands that we can’t wait to wander around in. You’ll get to visit an original location, Celestial Park, which will have portals to the other four lands: How to Train Your Dragon — Isle of Berk, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Ministry of Magic, Dark Universe, and Super Nintendo World. But if you’ll be visiting Epic Universe, you’re going to have to know something very important: what times things will close.
runDisney events always bring a certain kind of magic to the parks. From people showing off their medals and posting pictures of their achievements, runDisney welcomes a new crowd of guests to the parks.
EPCOT
While we love the fun energy, the race courses going right through the parks can also cause park closures and traffic!
While open-to-close Disney World days are TOUGH on the body (and sometimes the mind, let’s be honest), you at least know you’ve 100% gotten your money’s worth.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
However, some people choose to have split days, where they spend the morning and early afternoon at their hotel or relaxing, and then head into a park later in the day to enjoy the evening. This is significantly easier when the parks are open later, and if that’s what you were looking for over the next two months, we have great news — Disney has extended their park hours in three parks on certain days in February and March!
If you are heading to Disney World in April, we have an important update about EPCOT that you will want to be aware of!
EPCOT
EPCOT will have adjusted operating hours due to the runDisney Springtime Surprise Race, and we don’t want you to be caught by surprise.
Okay, can you believe that we are already so close to the end of the year? We’ll be saying goodbye to 2024 in like NO TIME and hello to 2025.
Magic Kingdom
Now, 2025 is going to be an exciting year for Disney World, with ALL kinds of new stuff coming to the parks like a new Villains show in Hollywood Studios, a Zootopia attraction in Animal Kingdom, a new version of Test Track in EPCOT, a new nighttime parade in Magic Kingdom, and more. However, if you’ll be visiting Disney World in January, we’ve got to warn you about one particular date: January 30th.
Cold weather has finally hit Orlando! Okay, well, cold by Florida’s standards, anyway.
Snow in Florida!
The temperature is dropping and that means no more sweating as you schlep your way from ride to ride around Disney World. But, cold weather isn’t always good news for Disney World parks. In fact, this cold snap has actually forced the closure of one park, in particular, and we’ve got all the details.
It can be an extreme challenge to “wing it” when it comes to a Disney World vacation.
Spaceship Earth
With things like Lightning Lanes and virtual queues, scheduled ride refurbishments, dining reservations, and Disney Park Passes, it’s hard to just “go with the flow” during a Disney World vacation or even plan one super last minute. There’s just so much information to know before you travel! And if you’re visiting EPCOT soon, there’s an update you need to know about.
Our handy (and portable!) ebook guides make sure you get the best deals and can plan a vacation of a lifetime.
