Overview

• Disney’s Hollywood Studios sealed off Animation Courtyard on September 25, removing Star Wars Launch Bay and Disney Junior Play & Dance ahead of a 2026 Walt Disney Studios Lot retheme.
• Fantasmic! now runs a single nightly performance at 9:30 p.m., with select 6:30 p.m. showings on Jollywood Nights dates and occasional 8:00 p.m. performances in November.
• EPCOT’s CommuniCore Hall has been cleared after summer use and will host a Santa meet-and-greet starting November 28 during Festival of the Holidays, while Spaceship Earth remains in refurbishment for a late‑2025 reopening.
• At Animal Kingdom, the Boneyard closed on September 2 and Zootopia: Better Zoogether debuts at the Tree of Life Theater on November 7, with Kali River Rapids pausing for its annual refurbishment from October 6 until December.
• Blizzard Beach has begun its seasonal closure for refurbishment, leaving Typhoon Lagoon as the only operating water park for the fall.