Overview

• Disney’s “Happily Ever After” show at Magic Kingdom now features replacement shells that lack the signature multicolored flower burst.
• President Trump’s renewed tariffs on Chinese explosives and pyrotechnic materials have sharply increased import costs for Disney’s specialty fireworks.
• Walt Disney World, the second-largest U.S. purchaser of explosives, relies entirely on outside suppliers and does not manufacture its own fireworks.
• The company has made no official comment on the change in its supply chain or the impact on nightly shows.
• Insiders warn continued tariff pressures could lead to fewer or simplified fireworks displays, greater use of drones and projections, and possible ticket price increases.