Disney World Closures and Refurbishments Disrupt Spring Bookings

Overview

• Disney is warning that overlapping hotel renovations and experience shutdowns are tightening reservations, with a major golf course also pausing bookings for a months-long rebuild before an early fall return.
• At Disney's Hollywood Studios, Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster is closed for a full Muppets retheme, and Muppet*Vision 3D has permanently closed as crews prepare space for a future Monsters, Inc. land.
• Magic Kingdom’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad remains down for a major overhaul, while construction continues on a Cars-themed expansion where Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island once stood.
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, which reopened Tuesday, April 7, now features sharper projection effects and upgraded blasters, showing how Disney is refreshing select rides as others go offline.
• Guests face limited options beyond the parks as Typhoon Lagoon stays closed until its May reopening, Soarin’ plans a short May pause for an update at EPCOT, and Pop Century’s kiddie pool deck closes later in April even as the main pool stays open.