This week at the Kingdom: Disney theme park headlines for the week of October 27, 2025

October 29, 2025 The Turnaround West Center Street

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This week’s Disney headlines highlight continued popularity for Magic Kingdom, character returns at classic attractions, reopening milestones, and behind-the-scenes operational news across Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts worldwide.

Magic Kingdom

The Magic Remains
Magic Kingdom retained its title as the most-visited theme park in the world for 2024, reaffirming Disney’s dominance in the global theme park market.
Source: ClickOrlando

The Goat Returns
The fan-favorite dynamite-hauling goat has returned to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Walt Disney World following refurbishment, restoring a quirky detail beloved by longtime park guests.
Source: WDWNT

EPCOT

Spaceship Earth Reopens
After an extensive refurbishment, EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth has reopened with refreshed lighting and show effects, signaling continued investment in the park’s transformation.
Source: WDW Magic

Gone Swimming
A park guest reportedly jumped a fence and entered the Canada pavilion’s pool at EPCOT’s World Showcase, prompting quick intervention from security and renewed discussion of guest behavior in the parks.
Source: Inside the Magic

More Disney News

Cyberattack Reported
Reports indicate a possible cyber incident affecting internal Disney World systems, though park operations continued largely unaffected while investigations proceed.
Source: Inside the Magic

Disneyland Layoffs
Disneyland Resort announced job reductions across several departments amid company-wide cost-cutting measures, underscoring ongoing restructuring within Disney Parks & Resorts.
Source: Deadline

Poor Paris Profits
Disneyland Paris reported a 45% drop in profits tied to legacy financial arrangements dating back to the resort’s 30-year-old development deal, adding pressure on Disney’s European operations.
Source: Forbes

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IBM Works with Walt Disney Imagineering to Create a New Smarter Planet Exhibit

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Edited from PRNewswire-FirstCall IBM has unveiled a new experiential exhibit at Innoventions at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort, which invites guests to discover the possibilities of building a smarter planet. The exhibit is powered by a new Smarter Data Center, providing a real-life demonstration of optimized computing that reduces energy costs by up to 25 percent. SmarterPlanet presented by IBM offers visitors to the park a “behind-the-scenes” glimpse of how technology is helping
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Disney’s Flower and Garden Show opens at Epcot

March 7, 2013 Todd DeFeo West Center Street
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – The 20th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival kicks off this week at Walt Disney World. This year’s festival, which is presented by HGTV, runs through May 19. The 75-day-long festival, held at the Epcot theme park, includes “sweeping garden landscapes” and more than 100 “topiary spectacles,” including one promoting the upcoming Disney movie “Monsters University.” The festival will also feature nighttime illuminated gardens in Future World and the World