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Disney's Art of Animation Official Opening: Finding Nemo
Official Opening Date
05/31/2012
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Disney's Art of Animation Official Opening: Cars
Official Opening Date
06/18/2012
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Disney's Art of Animation Official Opening: Lion King
Official Opening Date
08/10/2012
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Disney's Art of Animation Official Opening: Little Mermaid
Official Opening Date
09/15/2012
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The Big Blue Pool Minor Refurbishment
Minor Refurbishment
01/12/2015 - 01/14/2015
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Flippin' Fins Pool Minor Refurbishment
Minor Refurbishment
01/15/2015 - 01/16/2015
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Disney Skyliner Cast Member Previews
Cast Member Preview
09/11/2019
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Disney Skyliner Temporary Closure
Temporary Closure
10/06/2019 - 10/13/2019
Disney Skyliner closed for an investigation following a collision on the evening of October 5, 2019 at the station for Disney's Riviera Resort.
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Walt Disney World Resort Temporary Closure
Temporary Closure
03/16/2020 - 07/14/2020
Closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
- Theme Parks had their last day of operation on March 15, 2020
- Disney Springs had its last day of operation on March 16, 2020 and began a phased reopening that began on May 20, 2020.
- All Resorts closed March 20, 2020 at 5 PM
- Disney Vacation Club Hotels re-opened to guests June 22, 2020
- Magic Kingdom and Disney's Animal Kingdom re-opened to all guests July 11, 2020. Both parks had Annual Passholder previews on July 9-10, 2020 and Cast Member previews on July 7-8, 2020. The monorail and water transportation also re-opened on July 11, 2020.
- EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios re-opened to all guests July 15, 2020. Both parks had Cast Member previews on July 13-14, 2020. The Disney Skyliner also re-opened to all guests July 15, 2020
- Several restaurants, resorts, attractions, shops and other offerings re-opened after the dates outlined in the preceding posts.
- Disney's Typhoon Lagoon and Disney's Blizzard Beach water parks opened at a later date.
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Disney's Art of Animation Resort Official Re-Opening
Official Re-Opening
11/01/2020
Following the closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic, select Disney World Resorts re-opened to guests on different dates:
- Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
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Disney Skyliner Minor Refurbishment
Minor Refurbishment
01/24/2021 - 01/28/2021
Refurbishment on specific lines as follows:
- January 24th, 2021: Closure of the line extending to Disney's Pop Century Resort and Disney's Art of Animation.
- January 26th, 2021: Closure of the line extending to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
- January 28th, 2021: Closure of the line extending to EPCOT.
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