A Ride CLOSURE and 4 More BIG Updates That Will Impact Your Next Disney Trip

Disney World is going through a LOT of changes this week! From fireworks show changes to a new ride opening, there are a lot of things happening in the next couple of days.

Happily Ever After

If you’re going to the parks soon, you’ll need to know about a few closures that could affect your vacation. Here’s a complete list of the temporary closures in Disney World from April 2nd through the 8th

Magic Kingdom Closures

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Splash Mountain closed on January 23rd, and it’ll remain closed until late 2024.

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Disney is re-theming the ride to give it a Princess and the Frog theme. When it reopens, it’ll be called Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

Learn more about Tiana’s Bayou Adventure here.

Don’t forget that the Disney Enchantment fireworks show is ending this week!

Disney Enchantment

Its last day will be April 2nd, and starting on April 3rd, Happily Ever After will return.

Click here to watch the “new” Happily Ever After fireworks show!

Tomorrowland Light & Power Co.

Most of the attention in Tomorrowland is on the upcoming TRON: Lightcycle Run roller coaster (opening April 4th!), but a nearby gift shop is also getting some work done.

Tomorrowland Launch Depot

Tomorrowland Light & Power Co., which for years has served as the exit gift shop for Space Mountain, has been closed for quite some time as it undergoes refurbishment and now we’ve got a BIG update on it! First up, the store has officially been renamed Tomorrowland Launch Depot.

The back entrance

Tomorrowland Launch Depot will be home to the new TRON experience where you’ll be able to customize a “Program” action figure that looks and sounds like you, along with an identity chip that can interact with some other merchandise.

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For more TRON merchandise, you’ll want to visit a pop-up shop directly across from the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor entrance. It’s unclear if the shop will be outside or inside what used to be Stitch’s Great Escape, but that seems to be the general area Disney is talking about. We’re expecting both of these stores to open on April 4th along with the coaster.

Can you be LATE to your TRON Lightcycle / Run boarding group? We investigate.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios Closures

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster closed a while ago for the start of a long refurbishment.

Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster

This coaster will likely be closed for at least a few weeks, possibly a few months. Disney announced that it should reopen in the summer of 2023, although they did not provide a specific reopening date.

Voyage of the Little Mermaid

This stage show about The Little Mermaid has been closed for a long time in Hollywood Studios.

Voyage of the Little Mermaid

Disney hasn’t announced when or if the show will reopen.

Check out the updates to the new Hollywood Studios park map.

EPCOT Closures

Cool Wash

This little snack kiosk near Test Track has been through a few different renovations. We saw a new sign installed that said “Refreshment Station.”

New Refreshment Station

Disney may be working on a new plan for the space, so we’ll keep watching for any more updates.

The Harmonious fireworks show is going away this week as well. The last day will be April 2nd, and EPCOT Forever will return on April 3rd.

Harmonious

Later this year, a new fireworks show is coming to EPCOT to celebrate Disney’s 100th anniversary. Disney has said that this show “will unite us through commonalities of the heart in a dazzling display of fireworks, lasers, music, and light.”

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The show will have an original composition with “select songs from the Disney songbook.”

See the latest updates at the Moana attraction in EPCOT.

Disney Water Park Refurbishments

Disney’s Blizzard Beach

Disney World’s Blizzard Beach Water Park has closed for refurbishments. Disney hasn’t announced how long this closure will last.

Blizzard Beach

Typhoon Lagoon — Disney World’s other water park — has reopened.

What a View

So if you want to visit a water park during your upcoming vacation, head to Typhoon Lagoon!

Learn more about Typhoon Lagoon here.

Those are all of the closures for Disney World this week! But before you head out the door — are you all packed for your trip? Check out these spring park must-haves to make sure you’re ready for the season!