Disney World Since September 10, drivers heading to Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa were looped past overflow and Cast Member parking. As of Monday, October 19, the southern roundabout on Floridian Way connects straight to the resort's main entrance road again.
Universal Orlando Universal Orlando's 2026 holiday details are out: the Green & Red Coconut Club becomes Haus Noel, the Holiday Parade runs daily at 5:30 p.m., Grinchmas shows run eight times a day, and passholders get a button, exclusive fudge and hotel savings of up to 40%.
Disney World Disney says its Veterans Day collection is on sale in all four Walt Disney World parks and at World of Disney. WDW News Today priced it at the Emporium: a $79.99 baseball jersey, a $39.99 T-shirt, a $32.99 cap and a $16.99 mug, plus a $21.99 Veterans Day pin on Disney's October pin lineup.
Legoland Florida Two new Legoland blog posts list the 2026 Black Friday lineup a month before the sale starts: the Standard Pass at $99 instead of $179, tickets with SEA LIFE Florida from $49 and Peppa Pig tickets from $27. The official sale page still shows no prices.
Disney World Animal Kingdom was posted at 8am-6pm for all of November 1 to 8. Five of those days now run later, two of them to 8pm. Magic Kingdom adds an hour on Saturday, November 7, and Hollywood Studios opens at 8:30am that morning.
Disney World Mark Silverman, who has voiced Rod Serling at Tower of Terror since 1994, posted about a trip back to Walt Disney Imagineering. Asked if fans would hear something new from him at Disney, he answered "well.... could be." Disney has announced nothing, but a painted lightning-strike scar is now taking shape on the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
Disney World Walt Disney Imagineering filed a Notice of Commencement on October 15 for Harryhausen's, the Monstropolis table-service restaurant taking over Mama Melrose's at Hollywood Studios, with a scenic fabrication firm as contractor. Elsewhere in the land, painters are hand-finishing the brick beneath cream trim shaped like rows of pointed teeth.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando's Ultimate VIP Tour now starts at $550 per person, down from $600 this summer, but its FAQ now says there are no discounts for Pass Members. Big groups get a second guide for free, and a new behind-the-scenes stop at Pacific Point Preserve has joined the sample itinerary.
Disney World Guests can now see Disney's Lakeshore Lodge laid out in miniature at Hollywood Studios. The model in Walt Disney Presents shows the lazy river, both pools, the A-frame Lake Houses and the Bay Lake pier, alongside a sparrow maquette, Bambi drawings and room artwork.
Universal Orlando For one night only, Brightline is running a late train from Orlando to South Florida for Halloween Horror Nights fans. It leaves at 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, October 25, after Saturday, October 24 (a week before Halloween, which falls on a Saturday this year), and a free one-way shuttle runs from Universal to the station.
Disney World Sunday, November 8, the first Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party of 2026, sold out on October 17. It is the ninth date gone, eight of them in October alone, and November 15 is now the earliest party you can still book.
Disney World The spot in the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure queue at EPCOT where guests used to collect 3D glasses is now a long, lit lattice window. Animated shadows of Remy, Emile and other rats move along it, rolling cheese and hauling food in the same direction guests walk.
Universal Orlando A Universal patent application published October 15 describes radar mounted on a ride vehicle that watches the space riders are not supposed to enter. If a guest stands up or reaches into a restricted zone, the system can change how the ride is operating, ideally before anyone gets out.
Disney World Magic Kingdom's Be Our Guest, The Plaza and Tony's Town Square have new dishes. Be Our Guest adds Beef Bourguignon en Croute, Truffle Pomme Frites and Lobster Macaroni au Gratin; The Plaza adds a $23 shrimp wedge salad; Tony's adds a $35 Lasagna alla Bolognese and a $32 plant-based Eggplant Parmigiana.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando's Veterans Weekend Celebration runs November 13 to 15, included with park admission. Navy Federal Credit Union fireworks light up Bayside Stadium Friday through Sunday, and this year's event page adds a National Anthem Ceremony, an Honor Wall photo spot, a Field of Honor around Orca Stadium and meet-and-greets with Sammie the Sea Otter.
Disney World In August, Sephora was one of the Disney Springs stores still taking Disney Gift Cards. Now it has stopped, and so has The LEGO Store, and both also turn away Disney Rewards redemption cards and resort room charges. Vuori, which opened October 16, will not take them either.
Disney World Disney's Hollywood Studios closes to regular guests at 5pm on Tuesday, October 20, four hours early, for a private event for Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo attendees. EPCOT also opens late, at 10am, on October 23 and 25 for Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend.
Universal Orlando Universal has published the Halloween drink lists for nine hotel bars, plus food at two of them, including a Prosecco served with a syringe at Royal Pacific's Universal Monsters Laguna Lounge, a shot in an ice glass at Portofino Bay, and a cocktail made with color-changing lemon vodka at Terra Luna. Universal did not list prices.
Disney World Disney says Vuori, the Encinitas, California performance apparel brand, opens Friday, October 16, in the Town Center space Shore vacated in May. It comes 17 days after Cole Haan opened in Town Center, and Disney says Kawaii Slime Company opens soon, with no date yet.
Disney World Blaze Pizza at Disney Springs has swapped out its old signature pies for a new lineup that starts at $13.50 and tops out at $16.58. Build-your-own pizzas and Cheesy Bread cost more too, and among the build-your-own options only the $7.95 Simple Pie is listed without an increase.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando has raised the online price of its All-Day Dining Deal from $59.99 to $64.99 for adults and from $29.99 to $34.99 for kids ages 3-9. Two adults and two kids now pay $199.96, up $20, but a single-day ticket bundle adds it for $40.
Disney World The Banana Ball Open will be played at ESPN Wide World of Sports April 15-18, 2027, with all six teams on hand and four competing. Tickets go through a lottery list at BananaBall.com that closes October 31 at 11:50 p.m. Eastern.
Legoland Florida Legoland Florida has added dates for its new Christmas drone show featuring LEGO Santa: December 5, 12 and every night from December 19 to 30. That is 14 of Christmas Bricktacular's 26 dates, with no show in November, on New Year's Eve or in January.
Disney World Walt Disney World has posted an official page for Basin on the BoardWalk, the 1920s apothecary-style shop with stations for blending bath tea, making your own soap and embossing a bar. There is still no opening date.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando sent six rescued manatee calves to Ohio on October 14 for the next stage of their rehab: Celine, Poplin and Gingham to the Columbus Zoo, and Smidge, Tuglet and Zimomo to the Cincinnati Zoo. Four manatees rescued earlier headed the other way, back to Florida ahead of releases anticipated this winter.
Disney World A Notice of Commencement recorded October 14 names Coastal Steel as contractor on general construction work at the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular's theater in Disney's Hollywood Studios, with an expiration date of October 5, 2027. Disney has not announced any closure.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando's picnic page promotes a Sunday, November 15 picnic at Ports of Call, now titled the Military & Pass Member Picnic and presented by Navy Federal. Tickets are $10 online or $15 on the day, and both ticket types are marked Available Soon.
Disney World Basic embroidery at Curtain Call Collectibles on Main Street, U.S.A. now costs $7.99 for one line, up from $4.99 in April. Premium and Deluxe each rose $2 a line, and the thread color choices have been trimmed.
Legoland Florida Legoland Florida has added October 4, 7, 8, 10 and 11 to its Guest Experience Promise list, the days Legoland says it activated the promise, so your ticket is good for one more visit within a year. Three of them were Brick or Treat days, and September 12 and 13 are on the list now too.
Disney World The Guerlain shop in EPCOT's France pavilion reopened Wednesday, October 14, after closing June 29 for a complete interior remodel. Out went the white cabinets and glass shelves; in came light wood, gold scrollwork and crystal chandeliers. In-store lipstick and perfume engraving is on hold for now.
