Major UPDATE Coming to a CLOSED Restaurant in EPCOT This Week

While several attractions around Disney World will remain closed this week, one closed restaurant is getting some much-needed attention.

Morocco Pavilion

An exclusive event begins this week, and it brings with it a reason for Restaurant Marrakesh to re-open (kind of). However, several other attractions will remain closed and another Hollywood Studios show will join the line-up. Let’s take a look at everything that’s closed in Disney World the week of April 28th through May 4th!

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EPCOT

Restaurant Marrakesh

Restaurant Marrakesh is kind of closed and kind of not. The restaurant will soon be used as an Annual Passholder lounge during the V.I.Passholder Days!

Restaurant Marrakesh

Passholders can visit the lounge from May 1st through June 18th, 2024 at Restaurant Marrakesh. However, we’re still waiting for the full dining experience to return!

Inside Restaurant Marrakesh

Other perks coming to V.I.Passholder Days include exclusive souvenirs, photo ops, and more. Check out the link below for more details!

ALERT! Limited-Time Annual Passholder Perks Are Coming to EPCOT Soon!

Magic Kingdom

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Splash Mountain closed on January 23rd, 2023, and the new ride taking its place will remain closed until the summer of 2024.

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Disney is re-theming the ride to give it a Princess and the Frog theme. When it reopens, it’ll be called Tiana’s Bayou Adventure! We recently noticed some major changes like Imagineers riding it for testing as well as some of the walls finally coming down. Disney has also shared a look at new characters coming to the ride!

Work being done on the queue

Most recently, two new stores were announced to open near the ride — Critter Co-Op and Tiana’s Bayou General Store!

Critter Co-Op

We don’t know about you, but we’re getting EXCITED!

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Country Bear Jamboree

Country Bear Jamboree is currently being reimagined in Magic Kingdom! The show closed on January 27th and should reopen with the new, updated show sometime this summer.

Country Bear Jamboree

Seems like some work is certainly going on over here! If you want to celebrate this attraction, check out this Collectible Plush Set on Amazon!

The set features three Country Bears: Teddi Barra, Big Al, and Henry.

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Tomorrowland Terrace

Tomorrowland Terrace in Magic Kingdom has only ever been open occasionally, usually during particularly busy seasons. However, it’s been a LONG time since we’ve seen this spot open.

Tomorrowland Terrace

Currently, it’s only used for Magic Kingdom dessert parties.

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Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster in Disney’s Hollywood Studios closed on January 8th and will remain closed for a pretty long time. The ride is expected to reopen in the summer of this year, which means the refurbishment will last at least a few more months.

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster when it was open

We don’t have an exact reopening date yet, but we’ll keep you updated when we learn more!

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Voyage of the Little Mermaid

The Voyage of the Little Mermaid as we know it will NOT return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It’s closed now, and Disney has confirmed that this show has permanently closed to make way for an updated version.

Voyage of the Little Mermaid

“The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure”, an all-new stage show, will replace the show in the Animation Courtyard theater in Fall 2024.

Vacation Fun

Vacation Fun – An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie will be temporarily closing from April 29th through May 25th.

Look out for this closure!

The show is at the Mickey Shorts Theater near Echo Lake and is a great place to catch some air conditioning and rest. We’ve noticed a couple of other shows temporarily close for refurbishments in Hollywood Studios, so we would guess that this theater could get some updates. We’ll be waiting to find out!

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Blizzard Beach

Typhoon Lagoon was closed for several months but finally opened on March 17th, 2024! Woo hoo!

Quincy at Typhoon Lagoon

However, on that same day (March 17th) Blizzard Beach closed for refurbishments. Since it just closed, we do not know when it will reopen again, but since 2020 we’ve noticed that the two water parks will flip-flop being open.

Blizzard Beach

That means that even though we’re getting closer to summer, we may only have one option of water parks to go to. We’ll be watching for news of Blizzard Beach reopening, but this summer head over to Typhoon Lagoon!