Disney World A general construction permit filed September 21 at the address of Magic Kingdom's Adventureland Popcorn Cart names MLC Theming and does not expire until August 31, 2028. Most permits run about a year, and Disney has not announced any work there.
SeaWorld Orlando Lalo was pulled out of Hunter Spring Run in Kings Bay in February 2025, severely emaciated and carrying spinal fractures from a boat strike. A CT scan found multiple bone fragments, surgeons took them out over a series of operations, and SeaWorld Orlando says she made a full recovery and has been released.
Disney World New aerial photos show steel framing several stories tall and a tall precast concrete column going up backstage at Magic Kingdom, beside the canal where the Electrical Water Pageant barges are moored. Disney has not announced what it is. Blog Mickey reports the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District's records label it the MK Park 3 Support Building, and Park 3 covers the same general area where work on Piston Peak National Park and Villains Land is under way.
Disney World A new American bar and grill is opening at Flamingo Crossings Town Center on Walt Disney World's western edge, created by former Patina Restaurant Group CEO Nick Valenti with an executive chef who cooked at Cítricos and Topolino's Terrace. The restaurant's own homepage dates the grand opening 9-21-2026, while WDW News Today, which attended a media preview, says the public opening is Tuesday, September 22.
Disney World New aerials over Disney's Hollywood Studios show corrugated metal decking across big parts of a show building Blog Mickey expects to end up among the largest at Walt Disney World, plus concrete shafts the outlet reads as elevator access for crews and riders.
SeaWorld Orlando The 2027 season of Discovery Cove's evening dinner show runs April 30 through August 7, against June 5 to August 8 this year. Adults start at $122 and children at $58, both up $5. The sloth encounter went from $59 to $69, but nightly capacity doubled from 10 guests to 20. The Serenity Bay happy hour is also gone from the published itinerary.
Legoland Florida Legoland Florida retired its Silver, Gold and Elite annual passes for Standard, Preferred and Premium on August 31. Peppa Pig Theme Park Florida's monthly pay page never got the memo: it still sells a tier called Gold at $19 a month. The pass card printed right underneath that heading reads PREMIUM ANNUAL PASS, and the comparison table further down the same page calls the identical $19 product Premium.
Disney World Disney walked press through Walt Disney World Costuming, and the details are more practical than magical. The Jungle Cruise skipper shirt's back vents were turned vertical after the old horizontal ones could catch on the steering wheel. The Magic Kingdom entrance shirt uses a color the team calls Cinderella Blue. And the Beauty and the Beast ball gowns lost their hoops.
Universal Orlando Joey Fatone's hot dog and Italian ice counter opened Saturday in the old Hot Dog Hall of Fame space, and here is what everything costs. The namesake Fat One is $15.99, a scoop of Italian ice is $6.79, and $13.79 buys a larger serving in a plastic cup with a shot of vodka, bourbon or rum delivered in a pipette. There are also three beers brewed just for the place.
SeaWorld Orlando A new block on SeaWorld Orlando's Pass Member Picnic page offers a Drink All Year Cup for $25 with free refills through December 31, 2026, available exclusively during the picnic on Sunday, September 20 from noon to 4pm at Ports of Call. Getting to it means buying a picnic ticket first, and the $10 online price is gone after Saturday.
Legoland Florida A Legoland Florida blog post updated Friday tells families the new Halloween walkthrough runs continuously from 11am to 8pm. Attractions Magazine went on a hosted media visit and found no standby line at all: a 2pm opening, entry by scanning a QR code into the Legoland app, a 40 minute virtual wait and another 45 minutes in a physical line after being called.
Disney World Hours are live for November 22 through 28, 2026. Magic Kingdom shuts to regular admission at 6pm on three of those seven days, including the Friday after Thanksgiving, because Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party takes the park at 7pm. Animal Kingdom runs a flat 8am to 6pm every single day, Thanksgiving Day included.
Universal Orlando Aerial and ground photos published Saturday show a black ride vehicle built to look like Dominic Toretto's 1970 Dodge Charger sitting in Hollywood Drift's first launch, with a rope on its nose and arched metal frames attached to its sides. A second winch sits at the top of the return hill above Universal Music Plaza, and appears set up to pull a car through that section against the normal ride direction.
Universal Orlando Team members at Skull Island: Reign of Kong told WDW News Today the single rider queue is indefinitely closed. Instead, the outlet's reporter was handed a printed Single Attraction Pass for the Express entrance, and its fine print names three rides where it will not work.
Disney World The EPCOT seafood restaurant inside The Seas with Nemo & Friends is taking reservations for dates starting Tuesday, September 29, WDWMAGIC reports, well ahead of the November 4 date the booking system showed before it closed. Disney's own page still says only later in 2026.
SeaWorld Orlando The state's Department of Environmental Protection says it is investigating the sewage spill at a wastewater facility next to Aquatica's parking lot. About a dozen manholes overflowed in the nearby Williamsburg neighborhood during repairs, and Orange County apologized to residents impacted. SeaWorld says Aquatica was not impacted.
Universal Orlando Universal's official blog says the CityWalk Five Guys will serve a breakfast sandwich for guests heading into the parks, will sit on the upper level across from Bread Box, and will take the Premier and Preferred Passholder discount. It is still listed as coming soon.
Legoland Florida Legoland's help center now lists flat upgrade prices for turning a Legoland Florida ticket into an annual pass within 30 days of your visit: $99 for Standard, $139 for Preferred and $189 for Premium, no matter what you paid for the ticket. An archived 2025 copy of the same article offered a $100 credit instead. Upgrades are in person only.
Universal Orlando The Islands of Adventure dark ride came back Friday morning after a closure Universal blamed on damage to its King Kong animatronic. WDW News Today reports that riders are seeing a black curtain where the figure should be, and that the animatronic appears to have been removed. Universal has not given a repair timeline.
Disney World Sunday, September 20 is the last day to use Single Rider at Expedition Everest. Disney says a new loading process tested earlier this year lowered average waits, and that the solo line no longer delivered the experience guests expect. The signs come down Monday.
Disney World Instagram creator Gem Hubbard says she was told Typhoon Lagoon no longer has beach wheelchairs at all, and that Blizzard Beach might still have one but will not rent it out for the whole day anymore. Disney's own wheelchair rental page does not mention beach chairs either way.
Legoland Florida Last year's version of the page promised deals and named nothing. The 2026 page, rebuilt Wednesday morning, lists Annual Passes, Vacation Packages and Tickets. That is awkward timing: the current pass offer expires October 7, more than seven weeks before Black Friday.
SeaWorld Orlando The overflows happened at 3705 Sea Splash Way on September 6 and 10, and Orlando Weekly learned of them Thursday morning. The county first put the total at 195,000 gallons, then revised it up 75 percent to 342,000. It says no surface water was contaminated and the pipe was back in service Wednesday.
Universal Orlando Universal Studios Hollywood officially opened its Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift on Wednesday, seven weeks after guests started riding it in technical rehearsals. The release lists 72 MPH, up to 3.6 Gs and four launches along 4,100 feet of track. Orlando is building its own version on the old Rip Ride Rockit site, and Universal has said the two will not be the same ride.
Disney World October 25 was the last date standing, and WDWMagic reports it went at 6:15pm Eastern on Thursday. That closes out a season of 38 party nights that started August 7, which WDWMagic notes is seven days earlier than any previous season. One night, August 30, never did sell out.
Legoland Florida Brick or Treat's event page now lists September 19, 26 and 27. The new Sunday date runs on a 10am to 7pm theme park day, an hour shorter than the event's Saturdays, with no drone show. LEGOLAND's own blog posts still say the event runs on select dates September 5 through October 31.
Universal Orlando The Orlando Fire Department says an animatronic at Universal Orlando caught fire on August 27 while its attraction was closed, and Universal staff put it out. The report does not name the ride, but the date lines up with the day Skull Island: Reign of Kong's closure began, and the ride was still closed on September 17.
Disney World A Disney patent application published September 17 describes a ride boat that tips its rear end down below the loading platform, lets a wheelchair or scooter roll onto a platform, then levels out as the platform, which can move by gravity alone, rolls into the boat. Disney has not tied it to any attraction.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando has added an "ALL-NEW Magnets Miniseries" to its Howl-O-Scream page. Seven collectible magnets drop one a week from Friday, September 18 through Friday, October 30, in limited quantities, at Howl-O-Flix, Wild Arctic and Reef Treasures.
Legoland Florida PEPPA PIG Theme Park Florida's event page now lists nine Halloween party dates instead of 11, with Fridays October 9 and 16 gone. The page also now offers passholders a Peppa Pig plush from October 1 through 11 and lists two Halloween treats at Miss Rabbit's Diner.
