{"id":374172,"date":"2026-08-18T00:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374172\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T00:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:58:17","slug":"sassagoula-river-wall-replacement-moves-to-disneys-port-orleans-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374172\/","title":{"rendered":"Sassagoula River Wall Replacement Moves to Disney&#8217;s Port Orleans Resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Construction of a new boundary wall along the Sassagoula River at Walt Disney World has moved closer to Disney\u2019s Port Orleans Resorts. This <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/river-wall-work-in-progress-disneys-saratoga-springs-resort-spa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">work began in mid March<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sassagoula River Boundary Wall<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wdw-sassagoula-river-wall-work-0178-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sassagoula River Wall Replacement Moves to Disney's Port Orleans Resorts\" class=\"wp-image-1475255\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, the <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/04\/first-new-pieces-of-sassagoula-river-wall-installed-at-disneys-saratoga-springs-resort-spa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">first new pieces of the wall<\/a> were installed along the river where it nears Disney Springs. Now work is underway between Port Orleans Resort \u2013\u00a0Riverside and French Quarter. The old wall is being torn away as new pieces are installed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wdw-sassagoula-river-wall-work-0180-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"New metal pieces run from under the bridge between the two resorts into Riverside. The yellow barriers in the water help catch debris.\" class=\"wp-image-1475252\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New metal pieces run from under the bridge between the two resorts into Riverside. The yellow barriers in the water help catch debris.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wdw-sassagoula-river-wall-work-0173-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Two construction vehicles further along the river are being used to excavate the land and remove the old wall.\" class=\"wp-image-1475251\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two construction vehicles further along the river are being used to excavate the land and remove the old wall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wdw-sassagoula-river-wall-work-0183-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1475250\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire wall replacement project will take a few years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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\">Boat service was temporarily suspended<\/a> last month due to construction but has resumed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sassagoula River runs connects Disney\u2019s Saratoga Springs Resort &amp; Spa, Port Orleans Resorts, Old Key West Resort, and Disney Springs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has this construction affected your vacation? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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":"Construction of a new boundary wall along the Sassagoula River at Walt Disney World has moved closer to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128672,150930,139,141,140,150931,150932,150933],"class_list":["post-374172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-disneys-port-orleans-resort","tag-disneys-port-orleans-resort-riverside","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-port-orleans-resort","tag-port-orleans-resort-riverside","tag-sassagoula-river"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374172","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=374172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}