We are going to need everyone planning a Disneyland trip this spring to sit down for a second, because the refurbishment calendar just got a new entry and the timing is genuinely something.
Toy Story Midway Mania is closing April 6 at Disney California Adventure. No reopening date has been announced. And Toy Story 5 hits theaters June 19, 2026.
We will let that sink in.
Look, we know refurbishments are part of the deal. We have been covering Disneyland long enough to understand that Disney closing attractions for maintenance is how they stay in the condition that makes them worth visiting in the first place. We respect the process. We do not always love the timing. And this particular timing is giving us a lot of feelings.
Here is the full breakdown of what is closed, what is closing, and why the Toy Story situation specifically deserves its own conversation right now.
The Spring 2026 Closure List Is a Lot
Let’s just get all of it out on the table so you know what you are working with before you finalize any plans.
Already closed with no confirmed reopening date: Grizzly River Run has been down since January 5. Jungle Cruise closed February 17 and is still out. Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin and the Disneyland Monorail both went offline March 30, also with no end date in sight.
Closures that have already resolved: Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind was down February 27 through March 16 and is back. Golden Zephyr closed March 9 and reopened March 17. The Milk Stand has a brief closure scheduled March 23 through 27, which is fine, we can survive without the Milk Stand.
Coming up: Toy Story Midway Mania closes April 6. Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters closes April 13. Silly Symphony Swings closes April 27. None of those have confirmed return dates.
So if you are visiting in mid to late April, you are looking at Grizzly River Run, Jungle Cruise, Roger Rabbit, the Monorail, Toy Story Midway Mania, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, and Silly Symphony Swings all potentially unavailable at the same time. That is a significant chunk of both parks and we think you deserve to know that before you get there.
Okay But the Toy Story Midway Mania Timing Though
Here is why this one is getting more attention than your average maintenance closure.
The refurbishment is for routine work — a recently filed permit shows a mounted projector needs replacing and some electrical work needs to happen. That is not alarming. That is normal upkeep. The kind of thing that probably takes a few weeks and then the ride comes back fine.
What is not normal is closing it right now, of all moments, with Toy Story 5 arriving in theaters on June 19.
Disney and Pixar just dropped the first trailer for Toy Story 5 and the internet responded the way the internet always responds to Toy Story news: with immediate emotional chaos and approximately ten thousand fan theories. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are back. Greta Lee is voicing Lilypad, a frog-shaped smart tablet that is apparently the villain of the whole thing and disrupts how the toys interact with Bonnie. Conan O’Brien is voicing a new character named Smarty Pants, which is a sentence we are still processing. Andrew Stanton, who wrote or co-wrote every single previous Toy Story film and directed Finding Nemo and WALL-E, is writing and directing this one solo.
The trailer is doing what Toy Story trailers do — making people nostalgic and emotional and immediately invested — and it has also kicked off one very specific debate that nobody can stop talking about. Woody is back in Bonnie’s room. Which is a problem, because the entire emotional conclusion of Toy Story 4 was Woody choosing to leave that life behind and go live freely with Bo Peep. He was not a short drive away. He was gone. And now the trailer has him just… hanging out in Bonnie’s room like nothing happened.
Fans are split between thinking it is a flashback, a dream sequence, or Pixar genuinely reconsidering that ending. We do not know the answer yet. What we do know is that people care deeply about this question, which means they are going to be showing up to Disneyland this summer specifically wanting to experience the Toy Story attractions with that renewed excitement fresh in their heads.
And Toy Story Midway Mania will be closed. With no confirmed return date. As will Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, closing one week later on April 13. Both Toy Story shooting attractions, simultaneously unavailable, during the lead-up to one of the most anticipated Pixar releases in years.
We are not saying it is a disaster. We are saying it is not ideal.
One More Thing Worth Knowing
Toy Story Midway Mania has been running with special 70th anniversary content since May 2025 — holographic sticker targets and updated graphics tied to Disneyland’s anniversary celebration. That anniversary runs through August 9, 2026, after which the ride is expected to go back to its standard version. So if you wanted to catch the anniversary edition of the attraction, the closure is cutting into that window in a way that is worth factoring into your plans.
How to Actually Plan Around All of This
First: check the Disneyland app and website close to your travel dates. Refurbishment end dates that are not confirmed right now can get announced with relatively short notice, and what is down in early April may or may not still be down by the time you arrive.
Second: if Toy Story Midway Mania is a non-negotiable for your kids — especially kids who are absolutely going to be in full Toy Story 5 mode by June — verify its status before you go rather than counting on it being back by a specific date. No end date means no guarantees.
Third: build a flexible park day. This spring at Disneyland specifically, flexibility is not optional, it is survival. The list of closed attractions is long enough that anchoring your whole schedule to any single ride is going to cause problems.
We will update this as reopening dates get confirmed. And if you are heading to Disneyland this spring and you find something new on the closure list that we have not covered yet, drop it in the comments. We are all in this together.
