{"id":170900,"date":"2026-02-27T02:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170900\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:22:18","slug":"first-look-at-whats-new-in-walt-disney-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170900\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at what&#8217;s new in Walt Disney World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-headline watch-truncate\" data-v-ea1137ca=\"\">Major updates are coming to all four Walt Disney World parks!<br \/>\nIn Animal Kingdom, Rafiki\u2019s Planet Watch is being transformed into a Bluey experience, set to open this summer. Over at Epcot, the patriotic Soarin\u2019 Across America debuts by Memorial Day for the nation\u2019s 250th birthday.<br \/>\nChanges are also hitting Hollywood Studios, where Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roller Coaster closes March 1 to make way for a Muppets takeover. Meanwhile, Magic Kingdom fans can look forward to the return of Big Thunder Mountain and Buzz Lightyear, both reopening this spring after major refurbishments.<\/p>\n<p>Posted\u00a0February 26, 2026 2:05pm EST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major updates are coming to all four Walt Disney World parks! In Animal Kingdom, Rafiki\u2019s Planet Watch is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-170900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170900","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=170900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}