Overview
- Crews applied visible gray paint to an upper section of the castle on January 28, launching a months-long return to a classic gray-and-blue palette.
- The Let the Magic Begin welcome show is temporarily running without character appearances, though the opening fanfare and music still play.
- Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire now performs only in the afternoon at approximately 1:00 p.m., 2:05 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 5:15 p.m.
- Happily Ever After continues nightly with minor adjustments to projections and effects, and observers reported lasers were missing in early performances.
- High-reach cranes and other equipment are used in the mornings and retracted by midday, moat work has seen reported delays, and Disney targets completion in late 2026.