Overview
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin remains closed for a refit through spring 2026, adding a new show scene, updated ride vehicles, reactive targets and handheld blasters.
- The Rivers of America, Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island are permanently closed to clear space for the Cars‑themed Piston Peak National Park, with an opening date not yet announced.
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is in a yearlong refurbishment through spring 2026 that introduces an underground caverns effect with phosphorescent pools.
- At Animal Kingdom, Harambe Market is shut for refurbishment until early 2026, and multiple DinoLand U.S.A. elements have closed as work advances on the Tropical Americas land, Pueblo Esperanza.
- Hollywood Studios retains several closures, with Animation Courtyard shut for a new Walt Disney Studios area opening summer 2026, the Muppets area closed for a planned Monsters, Inc. land, and Vacation Fun slated to return December 27.