{"id":198570,"date":"2026-03-20T01:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198570\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T01:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:21:12","slug":"river-wall-work-in-progress-at-disneys-saratoga-springs-resort-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198570\/","title":{"rendered":"River Wall Work in Progress at Disney&#8217;s Saratoga Springs Resort &#038; Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sassagoula River that runs beside Disney\u2019s Saratoga Springs Resort &amp; Spa is getting a new boundary wall\/levee installed. We spotted the work being done earlier today, March 19. <\/p>\n<p>Wall Work<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\/03\/saratoga-water-wall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/saratoga-water-wall.jpg\" alt=\"The river, which carries the Sassagoula River Ferry Boat, appears to be getting a new boundary wall along its river banks. Today, while visiting the property, we spotted boundary wall materials stacked beside the riverbank. \" class=\"wp-image-1397033\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The river, which carries the Sassagoula River Cruise, appears to be getting a new boundary wall along its river banks. Today, while visiting the property, we spotted boundary wall materials stacked beside the riverbank. <\/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\/03\/saratoga-water-wall-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/saratoga-water-wall-8.jpg\" alt=\"Parts of the river wall appear untouched as of yet. We suspect they will be changed as well as the project progresses. \" class=\"wp-image-1397029\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parts of the river wall appear untouched as of yet. We suspect they will be changed as well as the project progresses. <\/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\/03\/saratoga-water-wall-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/saratoga-water-wall-2.jpg\" alt=\"Other parts of the wall section have new yellow boundary markers placed alongside them. Pieces of construction equipment were placed near one section of the wall. \" class=\"wp-image-1397027\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other parts of the wall section have yellow floating turbidity barriers placed alongside them. Pieces of construction equipment were placed near one section of the wall.<\/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\/03\/saratoga-water-wall-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/saratoga-water-wall-5.jpg\" alt=\"These yellow boundary markers appear to be spacing out new sections of wall to be inserted along the riverbank. Stakes are in place behind the existing barriers. We can see that the top portion of the barriers has been removed from some of them, causing them to bow out or in as seen above. \" class=\"wp-image-1397032\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These yellow floating turbidity barriers minimize sediment transport and protect the bank from erosion, as well as reduce the likelihood that construction materials and debris will enter the waterway. Stakes are in place behind the existing metal barriers. We can see that the top portion of the barriers has been removed from some of them, causing them to bow out or in, as seen above.<\/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\/03\/saratoga-water-wall-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/saratoga-water-wall-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397028\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of now, we have not seen any announcements about an interruption to the Sassagoula River Cruise service from Saratoga Springs or any of the other locations along the river: Disney\u2019s Port Orleans Resorts (Riverside and French Quarter), Old Key West Resort, and Disney Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Do you enjoy taking the boat to these resorts or Disney Springs? Let us know on social media. <\/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":"The Sassagoula River that runs beside Disney\u2019s Saratoga Springs Resort &amp; Spa is getting a new boundary wall\/levee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[91941,88765,139,141,140,91942,91940],"class_list":["post-198570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-construction-work","tag-disneys-saratoga-springs-resort-spa","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-river-wall","tag-saratoga-springs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198570","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=198570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}