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Disney World WDW News Today reported Sunday evening that Randy Morris, the original ragtime pianist at what is now Casey's Corner on Main Street, U.S.A., died on October 25, 2026. He played for Magic Kingdom's opening-day crowds in 1971 and came back 50 years later to play the same song, "Maple Leaf Rag," at the same spot.
SeaWorld Orlando Aquatica's February press release said its Illuminate lantern festival would return in 2026 with expanded displays. As of October 25 the event page still says to check back for dates, and Aquatica's events page lists only 2027 events. Last year it was announced October 16 and opened November 8.
Disney World WDWMagic reports the Singing Spirits Pool Bar at Disney's All-Star Music Resort closes for refurbishment November 2 and is expected to stay closed into early 2027, with a temporary pool bar nearby. WDW News Today says November 11. We found no closure notice on Disney's website.
SeaWorld Orlando First responders nationwide can claim one free ticket to SeaWorld Orlando, Aquatica Orlando or Busch Gardens Tampa Bay through ID.me, but registration closes October 31 and the visit must happen by December 31. Adventure Island, part of last year's offer, is not on this year's list.
Disney World Part of the main lobby at Disney's Port Orleans Resort - Riverside is closed for refurbishment. Check-in still works from the far end of the room, the lobby restrooms are closed (use the ones at River Roost), and the guest mailbox is now inside Fulton's General Store.
Universal Orlando Aerial photographer bioreconstruct posted video of the track switch serving Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift's 170-foot spike shifting between its two positions on October 24, paired with separately recorded audio of the air hiss as it locks. New aerials also show the brake run, the station and new paving on the CityWalk waterfront path.
Disney World With November 25, November 27 and December 18 now gone, 13 of the 25 party nights are sold out and no Thanksgiving week night is left. Twelve nights remain, from $194 on November 15 and 19 up to $229 on December 17.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando has posted the food and drink menu for its 2026 Christmas Celebration, with new Lotus Biscoff and S'mores beignets, a three cheese ravioli, Ropa Vieja Festiva, Holiday Wings and seven new drinks. Prices and sampler lanyards are not listed yet.
Disney World Disney has named Jordan Fisher as the Candlelight Processional narrator for November 27 and 28, the two opening nights that had read To Be Announced since Auli'i Cravalho came off the list on October 6. Every night from November 27 to December 30 now has a narrator.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando's November Pass Member perks include a free one-time Quick Queue from November 1 to 9, a free sea lion, stingray or shark feeding, $10 in SeaWorld Bucks and 30% off the Sharks Up-Close Tour and the Trainer for a Day Experience. There is no free guest ticket on the SeaWorld list so far, while Aquatica's November list is just one perk, and it is one.
Disney World Magic Kingdom's Columbia Harbour House starts serving a Beer-battered Fish Platter, a Hand-breaded Shrimp Platter, a plant-based Crab Cake Sandwich and a reimagined Boston Cream Pie on Wednesday, October 28. Disney has not released prices yet.
Legoland Florida Legoland Florida has pushed the booking deadline for its hotel packages with kids tickets from $39 a day to November 17, 2026, up from November 1. Stays still run through January 9, 2027, and the starting prices of $162 and $152 per person per night have not changed.
SeaWorld Orlando A federal judge in New York signed a scheduling order on October 19 in Sesame Workshop's lawsuit against SeaWorld over the Sesame Street license. The order says the case is to be tried to a jury, keeps discovery open until July 12, 2027, and sets no trial date. SeaWorld's partial motion to dismiss was still pending as of that order.
Disney World Expedition Everest's frozen Yeti now has a constant floodlight on top of its famous strobe, making its fur and fangs far easier to see, and one fan site says the machinery behind it now shows too. It still does not move, and Disney has not said whether the new light has anything to do with the planned fix.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld updated the Journey to Atlantis page on Friday morning with a red notice: the water coaster is closed Monday through Thursday, and runs 11am to 7pm on Fridays and Saturdays. The notice does not mention Sundays or say how long the schedule lasts.
Universal Orlando A Universal patent application published October 22 describes ride vehicles with their own AI characters that use park cameras, wearable tags and, with permission, phone and app data to tailor the ride to whoever is sitting in it, from greeting you by name to projecting the spiders you fear. It is a filing, not an announced ride.
Disney World Engine No. 71, the red and gold fire engine from the Main Street firehouse, is carrying guests down Main Street, U.S.A. again. It picks up outside the firehouse in Town Square and drops off in front of Cinderella Castle, usually in the mornings.
Disney World Animal Kingdom's nighttime Tree of Life projections come back on Sunday, November 1, the day Daylight Saving Time ends. Disney's calendar shows 6:10pm starts on every listed night, with windows to 8pm on November 1 and 7, to 7pm on November 2, 5 and 6, and no shows at all on November 3 and 4.
Universal Orlando For National Chocolate Day on October 28, The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen at Universal CityWalk is serving six limited dishes from October 25 to 31, including a chocolate crusted blackened halibut, a beef bourguignon with chocolate-mushroom velouté and a white chocolate and coconut lobster. Universal has not posted prices.
Universal Orlando Most ride locker banks at Universal Islands of Adventure have switched from ticket scans to photo validation, the face-matching system Universal Orlando first used at Epic Universe. It is live at Hagrid's, Forbidden Journey, Ripsaw Falls and Hulk, but not yet at VelociCoaster. Guests who would rather not can ask a team member about using their ticket instead.
Disney World Guests at EPCOT's Spaceship Earth are being sent to a side entrance because, Cast Members say, water dripping from the sphere, mainly when it rains, makes the walkway under it too slippery. The ride is open, but the closure has lasted at least a week and Disney has not given a reopening timeline.
Legoland Florida Legoland Florida's rewritten Christmas Bricktacular page, last updated October 22, names nine new additions including the (W)rap Masters Show, Reindeer Refuel and a Yeti meet-and-greet. Festival of Flurries and the Holly Hype Dance Party no longer appear. The event runs on select dates November 21 to January 3.
Universal Orlando On Comcast's third quarter call, co-CEO Mike Cavanagh named two more causes of Universal's Orlando slump: competitors who adapted their marketing faster, and capacity and ride throughput at Epic Universe. Theme Parks adjusted EBITDA fell 17.1% to $780 million, and he sees Orlando soft into the first half of 2027.
Disney World Foundation concrete is going in for Cars Ridge Run Rally at Piston Peak National Park, even with this week's rain leaving standing water across the site. New aerials show a fresh pour inside a curved retaining wall, beneath the crane's jib.
Disney World Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade is scheduled at 2pm on Tuesday, November 10 and Wednesday, November 11, during regular Magic Kingdom hours, in place of Festival of Fantasy. The timing matches past tapings of ABC's Disney Parks holiday special.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando has a new five-month-old Pacific walrus calf, Annautaq, rescued on a remote northern Alaska beach and rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center. He is getting up to six bottle feedings a day during a 30-day quarantine before meeting the park's walrus herd. No public viewing date yet.
Disney World Disney World has posted park hours for December 21 to 31. Magic Kingdom currently opens at 9am every day, an hour later than last Christmas week, and closes at 10pm most nights and midnight on December 30 and New Year's Eve. These are early listings, and hours often grow closer to the date.
Legoland Florida Legoland Florida's opening hours calendar shows LEGOLAND Water Park open only on October 24, 25 and 31 and November 1 for the rest of 2026. After that it shows no water park dates until Saturday, February 13, 2027, when limited, mostly weekend operation starts, with daily operation returning March 5.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica Orlando have added another round of free bonus guest tickets: two per Pass Member and one per Fun Card holder, claimable October 19 to 31 and good through October 31. SeaWorld Pass Members and Fun Card holders also get an extra $10 in SeaWorld Bucks from October 19 to 25.
Disney World The Room Requests screen in My Disney Experience now shows a longer, more resort-specific list of choices, like Near Skyliner at Caribbean Beach or Rock Inn Section at All-Star Music. You get two request slots, plus a Prioritize Room Readiness box that puts an early room ahead of both. Requests are still not guaranteed.
