{"id":572089,"date":"2026-04-08T16:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572089\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:21:10","slug":"magic-kingdom-cast-members-participate-in-ribbon-cutting-for-buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572089\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Kingdom Cast Members Participate in Ribbon Cutting For Buzz Lightyear&#8217;s Space Ranger Spin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the reimagined Buzz Lightyear\u2019s Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom on Wednesday morning. After cast member previews and a <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/breaking-buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin-soft-opens-at-magic-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">soft opening<\/a>, the ride has <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/04\/buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin-officially-reopens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">officially relaunched<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buzz Lightyear\u2019s Space Ranger Spin Ribbon Cutting<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-buzz-cast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-buzz-cast.jpg\" alt=\"Disney held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the reimagined Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom on Wednesday morning.\" class=\"wp-image-1408651\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Tomorrowland cast members, Walt Disney World Ambassadors Serena and Shannon, and Magic Kingdom VP Sarah Riles gathered in front of the ride to celebrate its reopening.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-buzz-cast-ribbon-cutting-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-buzz-cast-ribbon-cutting-2.jpg\" alt=\"Disney held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the reimagined Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom on Wednesday morning.\" class=\"wp-image-1408652\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a giant pair of scissors, cast members cut a purple ribbon in front of the ride\u2019s new sign.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-buzz-cast-ribbon-cutting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-mk-buzz-cast-ribbon-cutting.jpg\" alt=\"Disney held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the reimagined Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom on Wednesday morning.\" class=\"wp-image-1408653\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buzz Lightyear\u2019s Space Ranger Spin has brand-new ride vehicles (replacing the original 1970s If You Had Wings cars), handheld blasters, interactive targets and a <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/updated-ride-scoring-system-explained-for-buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">revamped scoring system<\/a>, a new opening training scene with Buddy the robot, an updated finale including Buzz, a\u00a0new on-ride photo, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/disney-teases-toy-story-5-easter-eggs-queue-updates-at-refreshed-buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Toy Story 5\u00a0Easter eggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The attraction\u2019s gift shop also received several upgrades.\u00a0Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/photos-video-buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin-upgrades-magic-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">photos of the reopened ride and shop<\/a> and watch our POV video below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited about the reimagined Buzz Lightyear\u2019s Space Ranger Spin? Let us know your thoughts 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":"Disney held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the reimagined Buzz Lightyear\u2019s Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[234634,251999,88,252000,206,19855],"class_list":{"0":"post-572089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin","9":"tag-buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin-cast-members","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-magic-kingdom-cast-members","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-tomorrowland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}