Original Reporting
Stories Parks Magic reported first — with the date we broke them and, where available, links to the downstream coverage that cited us. This ledger is maintained in public because authority is earned, not claimed. See our editorial standards for how we source stories.
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Both of Hollywood Studios' Central Energy Plants Are Being Rebuilt at Once, And That's Almost Never a Coincidence
A quiet CFTOD board vote on February 27 approved a $6.57M contract to replace the electrical guts of the Studios North Central Energy Plant at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Paired with the already-reported Studios South expansion, that's both of the park's central plants getting rebuilt simultaneously — a backstage tell that almost always precedes something big.
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Reedy Creek's Walt-Era Hot Water Loop to the Magic Kingdom Resorts Is About to Be Sealed Forever
A $1.54M contract quietly approved by CFTOD on February 27 authorizes the permanent abandonment of the remaining High Temperature Hot Water hotel loop — the last Walt-era piece of centralized heating infrastructure feeding the Magic Kingdom Resort Area. After 54 years in the ground, one of Reedy Creek's original utility marvels is being decommissioned for good.
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