Overview
- New aerial images show the drained Rivers of America with active silt removal and scaffolding rising for construction walls as Frontierland transforms for the Cars‑themed Piston Peak area.
- Sections of the Walt Disney World Railroad track have been taken out near Frontierland, and the train is running in limited shuttle service between Main Street, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland.
- Large‑scale clearing beyond Big Thunder Mountain has opened space for the future Disney Villains land, plus office trailers and equipment staging areas identified in recent flyovers.
- At Animal Kingdom, demolition of the Boneyard is nearly complete and the Encanto attraction site now has concrete footers and a tower‑crane base in place, with a 2027 debut still targeted for Tropical Americas.
- Disney has activated a TRON: Ares red overlay at Magic Kingdom and announced a selectable Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run storyline featuring the Mandalorian and Grogu for May 22, 2026, as opening dates for Piston Peak and the Villains land remain unannounced.