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The news we’ve been waiting AGES for has finally arrived!
The View of TRON from the Walt Disney World Railroad Train!!
TRON Lightcycle Run will open in Magic Kingdom on April 4th, 2023! Disney recently shared the news and we are SO excited to eventually be able to experience this attraction. But, a select group of people will get to experience it first — could it be YOU?
You can plan and plan and plan a Disney trip, but there’s bound to be something that throws a wrench in your agenda!
Cinderella Castle
A big thunderstorm? You may want to take shelter instead of riding Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at exactly 2:52PM. Ride closes down for technical difficulties? You may have to rethink your game plan for the day. Things are constantly changing in the Disney parks so prepare to be flexible, especially starting today, January 9th!
Let’s face it — sometimes things in Disney World aren’t always so magical. Sometimes, things go wrong.
Sometimes rides go down
Bad weather can shut down rides. Sometimes rides just don’t work right. Sometimes rides are temporarily closed due to technical issues. Whatever the case, if you’ve paid to ride an attraction that closes before you have a chance to ride it, what happens then?Â
As Disney fans, it doesn’t surprise us that Disney attractions and hotels are some of the best in the world.
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Disney Imagineers are generally WAY above the competition when it comes to theming AND technology. It seems that the industry, in general, understands this, too, because Disney just recently won BIG in the Theme Park Insider awards.
Disney theme park attractions are CONSTANTLY changing these days!
Disneyland Park
Over the past few years, we’ve seen multiple attractions in the theme parks get refreshed and updated. First, Jungle Cruise got a new storyline on both coasts, and then Disneyland closed down Mickey’s Toontown to give it a full-scale makeover. And soon, Splash Mountain will be transformed into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. But before that happens, it looks like another updated attraction will be reopening!
From time to time, the unexpected happens in Disney World!
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
We’ve seen rides close due to lightning strikes or rogue wildlife, parade floats catch on fire, and our fair share of wild guest antics in the parks. And if you were standing in line for Rise of the Resistance this afternoon, you might have experienced something unprecedented.
UPDATE: Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure has reopened. The ride was down for about an hour due to technical difficulties, according to a Cast Member.
Disney World is BUSY right now, but that’s to be expected. It’s still the holiday season, after all!
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
There’s also something weird going on at Disney World today, too — while Magic Kingdom had some surprisingly low wait times this morning, EPCOT had some shockingly HIGH wait times. Those wait times might just get a little longer, too, because one popular ride there is currently closed.
So it’s probably no secret that the holiday season brings serious crowds to Disney World. That also means some seriously high wait times.
Cinderella Castle with holiday crowds
Granted, we haven’t seen as many crowds as we expected recently, but we have seen high wait times. And today, the EPCOT crowds are HEFTY!! On the flip side of that, things are a little…different in Magic Kingdom. The park that generally has the HIGHEST wait times has some relatively low wait times today!
One thing that’s inevitable in Disney World is change.
Change is inevitable in Disney World
New attractions open, while old ones close. There’s always some kind of construction going on. That’s all part of Walt Disney’s original vision, after all — parks that change and expand and grow with the times. So one thing we can be sure of in 2023 is that there’s going to be even MORE change from 2022.
Some of the BEST parts about being in the Disney parks around the holidays are the special overlays some attractions get!
Haunted Mansion Holiday
In EPCOT, we’ve got the Holiday Remix of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and Living with the Land. And in Disneyland, few overlays are as iconic as Haunted Mansion Holiday. We’ve got some good news if you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet — Haunted Mansion Holiday has been extended in Disneyland!
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