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.
Disney World Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT will play Earth, Wind and Fire's "September" all day on Monday, September 21. Disney is also pointing fans to a Star-Lord meet and to the Supernova Sip, a new drink sold at Connections Café and Eatery on September 21 only.
Universal Orlando New aerial photos of Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift at Universal Studios Florida show shipping container theming along the launch, where WDW News Today says cars will drive under the trailer of a jackknifed truck. Steel is also rising for a new facade beside the Ghostbusters firehouse, which Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit went through but the new coaster does not, and a new sidewalk under the track by the lagoon is getting supports likely meant for a net.
Disney World Starting Friday, September 25, Alien Swirling Saucers at Disney's Hollywood Studios becomes Alien Swirling Saucers: Lilypad's Jams, with a new soundtrack hosted by the frog-shaped tablet from Toy Story 5. Expect remixed Toy Story classics, new songs like Pizza Planet Promo, and a DJ show for guests whether or not they ride.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando has put its 2027 summer day camps on sale with $100 off every grade level: $395 for kindergarten through 5th grade camps (regularly $495), $445 for middle and high school camps (regularly $545) and $290 for the preschool adult and camper pair (regularly $390). Weekly sessions starting every Monday from May 31 to August 2, 2027 are already bookable.
Universal Orlando Concept art for Luke Combs' Category 10 now wraps the construction walls at Universal CityWalk Orlando, with at least two panels under a Coming to CityWalk Late 2027 banner. The pieces show at least two noticeably different versions of the three-story venue: the gold-capped design released in February and a flat-roofed look with a red-clad corner tower and a giant Luke Combs mural. Aerials show the riverfront land has been raised, with little vertical construction so far.
Disney World A Walt Disney World monorail headed to EPCOT on September 8 lost power after a lightning strike, and a passenger says riders were stuck for an hour and a half. She says the driver talked them through taking out a window, and that guest relations handed out water, $50 Disney gift cards and Lightning Lane passes once they were off the train.
Disney World The Disney Water Park Seasonal Pass is back at $89 plus tax for ages 10 and up and $83 for ages 3 to 9, the same prices as last season. The difference is the window: it is good through May 15, 2027, against May 9 for a pass that went on sale in December. With Typhoon Lagoon closed for refurbishment, Blizzard Beach is the only park it opens right now.
Universal Orlando Universal Celestial Goodnight played without fireworks at Epic Universe on Monday, September 14, and one aerial photographer says the fireworks had already been missing for weeks. Universal's X account says the fireworks portion is temporarily unavailable while it works to resolve a technical issue, and that a return date is not available yet. The fountains, lights and music still run.
Universal Orlando The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen hosts a 10th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, September 19, from 3 to 6 p.m., with a chocolate dipping station, a Chocolate Origins showcase and engraved chocolate coins. A five-dish anniversary menu plus a Cheers to 10 Years! shake runs through September 30. Universal has not posted prices.
Disney World A Guided Search BETA tab is rolling out in a limited beta to randomly selected guests in the US and Canada. Type something like "I want to stay at a resort with a nice pool" and it pulls up resorts and tickets, applies the best offer for each room type, and adds a pricing calendar and a resort map. It cannot book multiple rooms together yet.
Universal Orlando Universal Orlando named five dishes and six cocktails for Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month across three parks and CityWalk, including a return for Voodoo Doughnut's Margarita Doughnut.
SeaWorld Orlando Just One More Chapter, the romantasy-inspired scare zone at Howl-O-Scream, opened September 11 with masked, bare-chested performers in a gothic garden. Some of the first videos are gaining traction online, and the comments range from delighted to cringing to asking whether SeaWorld is still about sea life.
Universal Orlando Erica Sinclair's Pie at Halloween Horror Nights 35 originally came with a fondant speech bubble reading "I told you to eat your damn pie!!!" A social media video shows the topper has been swapped for a censored version. The $9 mini vanilla cream pie is still sold with the new topper.
Disney World Guests checking in at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground report receiving an updated rules handout with a Guest-Initiated Activities section, according to KennythePirate. It bans bartending or serving alcohol to other guests and events that impede resort operations, such as blocking roads or parking, requires written approval to sell or advertise goods or services, and lets Disney cancel guest activities without notice or refund.
Disney World WDW News Today found the twister set piece on Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway not spinning and the Daisy animatronic leaning to one side this week. In the queue, Disney has taped over peeling wallpaper seams, and at child height some of that tape has been removed.
Universal Orlando Fat One's Hot Dogs & Italian Ice finally has a date: a 10 a.m. grand opening on Saturday, September 19, in the old Hot Dog Hall of Fame spot. The first 100 guests each get a wristband good for a free hot dog, which Fatone serves himself, and the menu leads with a footlong topped with roasted pork, pepperoni and Pop Fries.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando's 2027 Fun Card, which includes the rest of 2026, is now $144.99 for SeaWorld alone and $184.99 with Aquatica Orlando. Both are $5 more than the $139.99 and $179.99 launch prices in August, and a banner on the Fun Card page now reads Hurry, Offer Ends Sunday.
Legoland Florida LEGOLAND Florida's Brick or Treat event page now lists select dates from September 5 to November 1, adding Sunday, November 1 and Friday, October 2. The digital event guide the page links to, and the resort's blog posts, including a fall preview updated Monday morning, still say the event ends October 31.
Disney World The Magic of Disney Animation is officially open at Hollywood Studios, and Disney marked it with a photo of 60 Disney Animation characters gathered for what it called a rare picture day. WDW News Today counts Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Bernard and Miss Bianca, Bolt and Merlin among the rare characters in the lineup. The park's new guide map also debuted, with Future Home of Monstropolis printed over the old Muppets Courtyard.
Universal Orlando Skull Island: Reign of Kong at Universal Islands of Adventure has been closed for the last few weeks, and until now Universal had not said why. Universal has now told Attractions Magazine the King Kong animatronic sustained damage during routine maintenance and is being repaired. There is still no reopening date, and Universal has not said how the damage happened or how serious it is.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando's ticket page now lists the Two Park Unlimited Scream Pass at $189.99 and the SeaWorld-only pass at $124.99, up from $104.99 and $99.99 in early September. The event page banner that read "Offer Ends Sept 7th" now says "Sept 20th," with tickets as low as $47.99.
Universal Orlando At the 2026 Golden Ticket Awards on September 12, Amusement Today gave Best Water Park to Splashin' Safari, a year after Volcano Bay ended Schlitterbahn's 26-year run. Epic Universe's Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment repeated as Best Dark Ride.
Legoland Florida Amusement Today handed LEGOLAND's Galacticoaster the Golden Ticket for Best New Theme Concept on September 12. The indoor space coaster, where riders design their own spacecraft, is credited to both LEGOLAND Florida and LEGOLAND California.
Disney World Two TikTok videos from September 12 show two men and their families clashing in the queue for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT, and one shows the fight turning physical. A security guard stepped between them, and WDW News Today says it does not know whether either guest was removed.
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando updated its Free Preschool Card page to say 2026 registration is closed and 2027 registration opens in January 2027, with limited places, and invites families to join a priority list. Florida kids 5 and under get free, unlimited SeaWorld and Aquatica Orlando visits with no blockout dates.
Disney World On September 1, 10 Not-So-Scary nights were still on sale. Now it is three: Thursday, September 24 ($174), Tuesday, September 29 ($184) and Sunday, October 25 ($224). Last year the whole season was gone by September 24.
Disney World WDW News Today reports that scaffolding now covers the entire front of the Hollywood Tower Hotel, the latest stage of an exterior refurbishment that started in the queue in May. The ride is still open, and crews left gaps in the scaffolding for its windows.
Disney World The miniature Dreamfinder that Walt Disney Imagineering showed off in EPCOT's Germany train village on August 21 has been removed, and nothing has taken his place. Dr. Grant Seeker from DINOSAUR is gone too, with a police officer figure now standing on the platform where he was. Disney has not said why.
