{"id":345028,"date":"2026-07-19T05:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345028\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:31:09","slug":"sassagoula-river-cruise-at-disneys-old-key-west-resort-service-closing-for-a-few-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345028\/","title":{"rendered":"Sassagoula River Cruise at Disney&#8217;s Old Key West Resort Service Closing For a Few Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guests staying at Disney\u2019s Old Key West Resort will not be able to access the Sassagoula River Cruise for transportation to Disney Springs for a few weeks during refurbishment. <\/p>\n<p>Boat Closure<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\/07\/wdw-old-key-west-dvc-ferry-4327.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wdw-old-key-west-dvc-ferry-4327.jpg\" alt=\"We first reported that the river cruise may be interrupted earlier in the month when we received a message about an upcoming reservation at Disney's Old Key West Resort. But refurbishment work will now officially halt the Sassagoula River Cruise from July 20 until early August. \" class=\"wp-image-1459902\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We first reported that the river cruise may be interrupted <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/07\/sassagoula-river-cruise-service-may-be-interrupted-at-disneys-old-key-west-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">earlier in the month<\/a> when we received a message about an upcoming reservation at Disney\u2019s Old Key West Resort. But refurbishment work will now officially halt the Sassagoula River Cruise from July 20 until early August. <\/p>\n<p>Guests will not be able to take the boat to Disney Springs; however, they can still take bus transportation. At the time of writing, no updates have been announced for closures at the other resorts along the Sassagoula River Cruise route: Disney\u2019s Port Orleans Resort \u2013 Riverside, Disney\u2019s Port Orleans Resort \u2013 French Quarter, or Disney\u2019s Saratoga Springs Resort &amp; Spa.<\/p>\n<p>The Sassagoula River had <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/river-wall-work-in-progress-disneys-saratoga-springs-resort-spa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">boundary wall work <\/a>beginning back in March. At the time, there wasn\u2019t an official announcement about service interruptions due to the construction.<\/p>\n<p>We also recently noticed <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/06\/sassagoula-boat-dock-on-disney-springs-west-side-refurbishment-work-dock-remains-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">refurbishment<\/a> at Disney Springs\u2019 West Side Sassagoula boat dock, including <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/06\/sassagoula-boat-dock-roof-replaced-at-disney-springs-west-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">the roof being replaced<\/a>, though the dock hasn\u2019t reopened since it closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, Disney Springs is <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/06\/signs-begin-alerting-guests-to-permanent-resort-access-changes-at-disney-springs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">no longer allowing boat and bus access<\/a> for non-resort guests. <\/p>\n<p>Will the interruption at Old Key West Resort affect your upcoming visit? 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":"Guests staying at Disney\u2019s Old Key West Resort will not be able to access the Sassagoula River Cruise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[141402,10305,75853,111933,75856,139,141,140,141405,141403,141404,102067,30128],"class_list":["post-345028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-boat-service","tag-disney-springs","tag-disneys-old-key-west-resort","tag-old-key-west","tag-old-key-west-resort","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-resort-boat-service","tag-sassagoula","tag-sassagoula-boat-service","tag-sassagoula-river-cruise","tag-walt-disney-world-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345028","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=345028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}