food IS a theme park
A popular Disney World restaurant is currently closed for a brief refurbishment.
Sebastian’s Bistro Closed
Sebastian’s Bistro, the popular all-you-can-enjoy restaurant located at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, is currently down for approximately a week. According to a cast member we spoke with, the restaurant’s floors are being updated.
According to The Orange County Resgister, a police chase ended in the Pixar Pals parking structure last night around 8 PM. The police were chasing the suspect or suspects in a stolen vehicle when they pulled into the parking structure on March 24th.
Disneyland
According to CBS News, the stolen vehicle was found on the ground floor of the parking structure, which resulted in police temporarily closing the Pixar Pals parking structure while they searched for the suspect or suspects.
Disney World just keeps changing, but that’s kinda the whole point — the parks and resorts are meant to grow and evolve. However, 2025 has been bringing more changes than EVER! In Disney’s Animal Kingdom, DinoLand, U.S.A. has started a phased closure so it can become Pueblo Esperanza. Even Disney World hotels are changing!
Swan and Dolphin Hotel
Magic Kingdom is getting both a Cars expansion AND a Villains Land. Disney’s Hollywood Studios is closing Muppets Courtyard to make way for a Monsters, Inc. land, while the Muppets will take over Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. Well, now, we’ve got another big change to tell you about: a restaurant in Disney World has permanently closed and will soon become a new gaming experience.
It’s always sad when a Disneyland ride closes, even if it’s not a super popular ride.
Red Car Trolley
For example, in Disney California Adventure, we were very sad to see Tower of Terror close, although we LOVE the ride that replaced it, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout. Well, another ride has closed in that park, and let’s just say we were shocked at how popular this ride suddenly became a day before its permanent closure. Yes, the Red Car Trolley is officially gone forever, but we managed to get one last ride on it before it closed.
Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk in California will remain closed today, January 9th, 2025.
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk were also closed yesterday and will remain closed today due to extreme winds and fire conditions.
It’s January — and you know what that means. We’re getting ready for one of our all-time favorite EPCOT festivals, the EPCOT Festival of the Arts.
EPCOT
We are so ready to enter our artsy era of the year and see all the amazing artists the festival brings, as well as eat ALL the food at the food booths (and, honestly, this festival brings SO many unique food offerings). We’re also excited about the Disney on Broadway concert series, which will be coming to the America Gardens Theatre. But there’s also something NEW coming to the EPCOT Festival of the Arts — and the park is already preparing for it.
If you are heading to Magic Kingdom in the next few days, we have some important news about one of its iconic attractions!
Magic Kingdom
One of Magic Kingdom’s attractions is suddenly closed down and we have the details for you about when it will be reopening.
We’ve seen a LOT of changes happening in Disney Springs over the past few years.
Disney Springs
First, we got a brand new restaurant, Summer House on the Lake, and we’re still revisiting the Cookie Bar there. We also feel like the new eet by Maneet Chauhan restaurant is COMPLETELY UNDERRATED (seriously, go there). We’ve also seen several shops close, while new shops have opened. Well, we recently did a quick walkthrough through Disney Springs and noticed another shop seems to have closed its doors.
Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall in Florida later this evening, and we’ve been following updates as the storm progresses.
We’ve got cancellations at Universal Orlando
As the Hurricane continues to grow and get closer, Disney World recently announced the closure of Typhoon Lagoon on Thursday (today), as well as the cancellation of tonight’s Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. It seems Universal Orlando is following suit and has also announced a cancellation and closure of its own ahead of the hurricane making landfall.
Well, let’s just say that a WHOLE lot of EVERYTHING is going on in Magic Kingdom right now.
Jungle Cruise
A new ride, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, just opened. Country Bear Jamboree just reopened with a brand new show. Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of America are about to get replaced with a new Cars land. A new Villains land will be coming soon behind Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. A new Pirates of the Caribbean tavern is on the way! Whew! Like we said, it’s a lot! Well, something else is happening in Magic Kingdom soon, too: a classic attraction will be temporarily closing.
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