Disney's Art of Animation Official Opening: Finding Nemo
Official Opening Date
05/31/2012
Disney's Art of Animation Official Opening: Cars
Official Opening Date
06/18/2012
Disney's Art of Animation Official Opening: Lion King
Official Opening Date
08/10/2012
Disney's Art of Animation Official Opening: Little Mermaid
Official Opening Date
09/15/2012
The Big Blue Pool Minor Refurbishment
Minor Refurbishment
01/12/2015 - 01/14/2015
Flippin' Fins Pool Minor Refurbishment
Minor Refurbishment
01/15/2015 - 01/16/2015
Disney Skyliner Cast Member Previews
Cast Member Preview
09/11/2019
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.
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.
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
The Big Blue Pool Minor Refurbishment
Minor Refurbishment
01/11/2021 - 04/15/2021
End date unconfirmed.
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.
