A Guide to What’s Opening and What’s Closing at Disney World and Disneyland This Year

A “great big beautiful tomorrow” awaits at Walt Disney World and Disneyland in 2025. From coast to coast, mouse followers have lots to sit up for, together with new sights, reimagined rides, and thrilling nighttime leisure.

And there’s additionally just a few rides and sights that might be closing their doorways for good.

At Walt Disney World, the brand new yr brings a blinding model new night-time parade at Magic Kingdom, a brand new stage present impressed by the Disney animated traditional The Little Mermaid, and far more. Additionally, these visiting can benefit from plenty of reductions, together with 40 p.c off summer season lodge stays, free water park visits, and free Disney eating plans with summer season 2025 trip packages.

And at Disneyland, the stage is being set for its over year-long seventieth anniversary celebration which is able to kick off in May. Visitors can count on the return of fan favourite parade “Paint The Night,” a model new stage present that includes the primary ever audio-animatronic of Walt Disney, and extra. Park goers may benefit from restricted time provides, together with youngsters’ tickets beginning at simply $50 and particular seventieth anniversary lodge reductions.

Here’s what to anticipate at Disney World and Disneyland in 2025.

World Disney World

Magic Kingdom

Attractions closing:

• Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island might be closing completely this yr because the part of the park is remodeled right into a model new land impressed by Pixar Animation Studios’ Cars franchise.

Attractions beneath refurbishment:

• Tomorrowland’s Astro Orbiter might be closing Jan. 13 and stay closed by way of summer season.
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is closed for a prolonged refurbishment and can reopen in 2026.
• The Hall of Presidents will shut Jan. 20 for routine refurbishment surrounding Inauguration Day.

Attractions opening:

• “Disney Starlight: Dream The Night Away” nighttime parade begins this summer season. the parade will proceed the nighttime legacy that started with the “Main Street Electrical Parade” and have beloved characters from treasured Walt Disney Animation Studios movies, together with Frozen and Peter Pan.
• A brand-new “Pirates Of The Caribbean”-inspired tavern opening late 2025. The Adventureland haven will welcome aspiring pirates of all ages to the immersive lounge “with a sea-worthy selection of grogs and grub” and “there may be more than a few mysterious and magical surprises in store!”

Epcot

• A reimagined model of Test Track offered by General Motors opens late summer season 2025
• The Spaceship Earth Lounge is about to open spring 2025. Serving elevated eats and sips, the lounge will rejoice its namesake attraction and invite diners to calm down inside the enduring journey.

Hollywood Studios

• “The Little Mermaid — A Musical Adventure” is about to open summer season 2025. The new present will characteristic acquainted tunes alongside all new units and a colourful forged of reside performers and puppets.
• “Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After” is a brand-new stage manufacturing premiering summer season 2025. The present will characteristic dozens of essentially the most notorious Disney villains, together with Captain Hook and Cruella de Vil, and transport the viewers to the mysterious realm of the Magic Mirror.

Animal Kingdom

Attraction closing:

• Dinosaur will completely shut on the finish of 2025 together with the remainder of DINOLAND, U.S.A. The 11-acre land might be reimagined into Tropical Americas, which is able to characteristic extremely anticipated Encanto and Indiana Jones sights, anticipated to open in 2027.
• TriceraTop Spin will shut completely Jan. 13
• “A Bug’s Life”-themed 3D movie and reside present “It’s Tough To Be a Bug” might be closing completely to make manner for “Zootopia: Better Together.”

Attractions beneath refurbishment:

• Water-based attraction Kali River Rapids, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park, will shut for its annual routine upkeep from Jan. 6 by way of March.

Disneyland Resort

Disneyland Park

Attractions closing:

• Red Car Trolley might be closing completely Feb. 9 to make manner for the Avengers Campus enlargement. The vintage-style trolley first debuted in 2012 and is modeled after a late nineteenth century Pacific Electric Railway trolley. 

Attractions beneath refurbishment:

• Haunted Mansion might be closed Jan.7 by way of Jan. 17 to take away its vacation overlay.
• It’s A Small World may also shut for refurbishment this month.

Attractions opening:

• Main Street’s historic Opera House will welcome a model new stage present, “Walt Disney — A Magical Life” and can that includes the primary ever audio-animatronic determine of Walt Disney.
• Fan favourite “Paint the Night” will return as a part of the over year-long anniversary celebration. The parade options over a million twinkling LED lights, light-up floats, and beloved Disney characters all set to a fascinating musical soundtrack.
• Fireworks present “Wondrous Journeys” will return bringing dazzling fireworks set to the gorgeous backdrop of Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Disney California Adventure Park

Attraction closures:

• Red Car Trolley might be closing completely Feb. 9 to make manner for the Avengers Campus enlargement. The vintage-style trolley first debuted in 2012 and is modeled after a late nineteenth century Pacific Electric Railway trolley.

Attractions beneath refurbishment:

• “The Disneyland Story presenting Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” is at the moment closed because the theater will welcome the brand new present “Walt Disney — A Magical Life” for the resort’s seventieth anniversary. After its debut season, the brand new present will play interchangeably with its predecessor.
• Grizzly River Run will shut for refurbishment Jan. 6 by way of March 13,

Attraction openings:

• “World of Color Happiness!” is a model new nighttime present at Disney California Adventure Park that pulls inspiration from Walt Disney’s now well-known opening day park dedication: “To all who come to this happy place… welcome!”
• “Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration!” parade will as soon as once more fill the streets of Disney California Adventure Park.