{"id":202815,"date":"2026-03-23T19:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/202815\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:15:09","slug":"metal-framing-added-to-piston-peak-national-park-retaining-wall-at-magic-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/202815\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Framing Added to Piston Peak National Park Retaining Wall at Magic Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crews are adding to the Piston Peak National Park retaining wall every day. The wall runs along the edge of the future Cars area near Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Piston Peak National Park Retaining Wall<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\/wdw-mk-piston-peak-construction-03.23.2026-2179-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wdw-mk-piston-peak-construction-03.23.2026-2179-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Metal Framing Added to Piston Peak National Park Retaining Wall at Magic Kingdom\" class=\"wp-image-1399256\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the ground, only the tallest section of the wall is visible. Since we first <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/piston-peak-national-park-goes-vertical-at-magic-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">noticed this peeking over construction walls<\/a>, crews have added more white paneling and temporary stairs. On the other side of the wall is <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/piston-peak-national-park-retaining-wall-grows-magic-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">black framework<\/a>.<\/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\/wdw-mk-piston-peak-construction-03.23.2026-2181-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wdw-mk-piston-peak-construction-03.23.2026-2181-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Metal Framing Added to Piston Peak National Park Retaining Wall at Magic Kingdom\" class=\"wp-image-1399259\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Tiana\u2019s Bayou Adventure, we could see more of the wall. As we saw in bioreconstruct\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/retaining-walls-being-installed-at-piston-peak-national-park-in-magic-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">aerial photos<\/a>, it runs along the walkway from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad towards Tiana\u2019s Bayou Adventure. <\/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\/piston-peak-wall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/piston-peak-wall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1399288\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333758872491446;width:779px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More black framing has been installed along the rest of the wall. There\u2019s also a section of standalone framing jutting away from the tallest 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\/WDW-MK-Frontierland-Piston-Peak-fun-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1312\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WDW-MK-Frontierland-Piston-Peak-fun-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1396317\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The retaining wall could ultimately separate two different levels of land or surround the new river expected along the Frontierland boardwalk.<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited for Piston Peak National Park? 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":"Crews are adding to the Piston Peak National Park retaining wall every day. 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