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Disney World Theme Park Closed Indefinitely as Big Changes Take Place, Reopening Uncertain

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A Guest-favorite theme park at Disney World is closed indefinitely as new photos spur concerns about the future of the Central Florida locale.

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There are 1,001 things to love about a getaway to the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. (Actually, there are far more than 1,001, but that number doesn’t roll off the tongue as well, and the number is so high that more than one or two lines of text would be wasted in attempting to be more accurate with that number.) From the Resort’s four theme parks–Magic Kingdom Park, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom–to its wide variety of more than two dozen Resort Hotels, golf courses, and the many dining, shopping, and entertainment offerings at Disney Springs, Disney World is the vacation destination of choice for millions of Guests each and every year.

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But wait. There’s more!

Disney World even offers Guests two amazing spots to cool off and just be lazy, especially during the warmer seasons of the year. Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park and Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park are Guest-favorite spots for thrilling water rides, lazy river experiences, and just taking it easy. Each of Disney World’s water parks is uniquely themed and offers Guests fun, family-friendly ways to take a break from the fast pace of the Disney World theme parks and still enjoy the excitement and magic in the parks.

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Disney World’s Typhoon Lagoon/Credit: Disney Parks

The best thing about Disney World’s water parks is that Guests can enjoy them year-round–even in months when it’s too cold to get in the water back home. The drawback is that due to regularly-scheduled maintenance during the year, the water parks are not open concurrently to Guests, as one is always in a state of undergoing repairs and refurbishments.

Blizzard Beach Water Park is closed and has been for some time. But the snow- and ski resort-themed water park is now closed indefinitely. And while Disney World’s website doesn’t give specifics about work being carried out at Blizzard Beach, the park’s official website states that “Disney’s Blizzard Beach water park is currently closed for refurbishment,” but no reopening date is given.

Aerial photos of Blizzard Beach taken over the weekend, however, show the state of repairs and refurbishments inside the park. In one photo, waterslide replacements can be seen lined up like soldiers awaiting their number to be called.

When Blizzard Beach reopened in late 2022, Guests were thrilled to see new Frozen-themed elements throughout the park. In the official announcement about the new elements at Blizzard Beach, Disney World said that “the new Frozen features [would] be part of the kid-sized thrills of Tike’s Peak popular among young Guests who will delight in the statuettes of Olaf and his Snowgie pals in the warm wading pool, as well as Anna and Elsa’s igloo castle.”

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For now, however, the little ones will have to wait and see if and when Blizzard Beach will reopen.

About Becky Burkett

Becky's from the Lone Star State and has been writing since she was 10 and encountered her first Disney Park when she was 11. It was love at first Main Street Electrical Parade. Joy is blank lined journals, 0.7 mm pens, and all things Walt, Woody and Buzz, PIXAR, Imagineering, Sleeping Beauty (make it blue!), Disney Parks history and EPCOT. At Disney World, you'll find her croonin' with the birdies at the Enchanted Tiki Room or hangin' with Woody and the gang at Toy Story Land. If you can dream, you really can do it!