Overview
- Photographs published Aug. 26 show crews have cut and set multiple timber pilings and installed wooden joists that link the new supports to an existing walkway at the Magic Kingdom ferry entrance.
- Walt Disney World filed the construction permit in February and Florida’s South Florida Water Management District approved the project in March, clearing regulatory hurdles for work in the lagoon and shoreline.
- The new dock is designed to increase loading and unloading capacity between the Transportation & Ticket Center and Magic Kingdom to handle more guests riding the ferry service.
- Disney has named the fourth ferry the Meg Gilbert Crofton and expects the vessel to join the Seven Seas Lagoon fleet in 2027, but the company has not announced an official opening date for the dock.
- Observers note a large barge that carried an excavator is no longer onsite and parallel Bay Lake marina filings point to coordinated water‑operations work, leaving the scale and timing of remaining heavy construction unclear and worth watching for impacts on guest flow.