Overview
- Walt Disney World closed Coral Reef Restaurant for planned maintenance on September 8, 2026 and its reservation system now shows the venue reopening on September 29, 2026.
- The reservation calendar briefly showed November 4 earlier this month before being updated to September 29, a change reported by multiple outlets.
- Operating hours listed for the reopening are primarily dinner service only, with Coral Reef having ended lunch service in January 2026.
- Disney’s public notice on the restaurant page still describes the site as 'expected to reopen later in 2026,' leaving a mismatch between the calendar and the posted message.
- Reporters say the short closure and accelerated reopening point to routine maintenance rather than a major redesign, and restoring dinner service will add capacity for guests during EPCOT’s busy festival season.