{"id":149641,"date":"2026-02-10T02:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/149641\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T02:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:42:17","slug":"gay-days-puts-orlando-2026-event-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/149641\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Days Puts Orlando 2026 Event on Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gay Days has announced their scheduled June 2026 Orlando event, which usually includes <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/06\/bears-watching-bears-guests-celebrate-gay-days-at-magic-kingdom-with-country-bear-musical-jamboree-viewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">visits to Walt Disney World<\/a> and Universal Orlando Resort, has been \u201cpaused.\u201d This would have been their 35th anniversary event.<\/p>\n<p>Gay Days Orlando Paused<br \/>\n<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gay-days-paused.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"718\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1375126 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gay-days-paused.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"498\" data-eio-rheight=\"718\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gay-days-paused.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1375126\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaydays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Gay Days<\/a> shared a notice on social media and their website announcing the pause due to various factors.<\/p>\n<p>After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to pause the GayDays Orlando event scheduled for June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Changes to our host hotel agreement, the loss of key sponsorship support, and broader challenges currently impacting LGBTQIA+ events nationwide made it impossible to deliver the experience our community deserves.<\/p>\n<p>This is a pause \u2014 not an ending.<\/p>\n<p>For more than 30 years, GayDays has been built by and for our community. Our focus now is on reimagining the future and returning with a stronger, more sustainable event.<\/p>\n<p>We will share updates in the coming months as we shape the next chapter together.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your support, your patience, and for being part of the GayDays family.<\/p>\n<p>The event has not been officially canceled so it\u2019s possible it could go on later this year or return in 2027. It took place in June to coincide with Pride Month.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-10-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1415\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1375134 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-10-1.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"2560\" data-eio-rheight=\"1415\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1375134\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a Walt Disney World Cast Member, one of the GayDays traditions is <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/06\/bears-watching-bears-guests-celebrate-gay-days-at-magic-kingdom-with-country-bear-musical-jamboree-viewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">\u201cbears watching bears,\u201d<\/a> when a large group of gay men watch the Country Bear Jamboree together en masse, packing the theater.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaydaysanaheiminfo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Gay Days Anaheim<\/a> is still scheduled to visit Disneyland Resort in September.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gay Days has announced their scheduled June 2026 Orlando event, which usually includes visits to Walt Disney World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72114,72348,71646,139,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-149641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-gay-days","9":"tag-gay-days-orlando","10":"tag-gaydays","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}