Overview

• Kali River Rapids will shut for its annual refurbishment on October 6 with a planned return in December 2025, the report says.
• Spaceship Earth remains closed for its long-planned overhaul, with Disney announcing a late-2025 reopening featuring updated storytelling and technology.
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Magic Kingdom are closed for extensive updates with reopenings not expected until 2026, according to the outlet.
• At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Star Wars Launch Bay and Disney Junior Play & Dance! have been permanently closed, the report notes.
• Animal Kingdom changes continue as Zootopia: Better Zoogather is scheduled to open on November 7, 2025, while DINOSAUR is slated to close permanently on February 2, 2026, per the report.