Peter Pan’s Flight at Disneyland will close for a refurbishment beginning June 5. According to the Disneyland Resort calendar, it will reopen on June 30.

Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Alice in Wonderland, and The Little Mermaid – Ariel’s Undersea Adventure are also closing for refurbishment on June 5 but will reopen earlier.

The Little Mermaid – Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, which is located in Paradise Gardens Park at Disney California Adventure, will reopen on Thursday, June 8.

Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and Alice in Wonderland will reopen on June 16. These two Fantasyland rides are in the same building as Peter Pan’s Flight, so the refurbishment may have to do with the entire structure rather than the individual rides.

Also at Disneyland, Splash Mountain will permanently close on May 31 to become Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is expected to open in late 2024. French Market Restaurant and Mint Julep Bar are now closed for the former to become Tiana’s Palace.

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We got some MASSIVE Disney World news yesterday.

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

Disney’s Star Wars hotel, the Galactic Starcruiser has offered guests a unique opportunity to LIVE for two days in a galaxy far, far, away for a little over a year now. The experience offered visitors unique dining, roleplaying experiences that put them in their own Star Wars story, lightsaber training, and excursions to Batuu. However, the Galactic Starcruiser will shut its doors forever on September 30th.

A Disney spokesperson released a statement about the hotel’s closure: “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is one of our most creative projects ever and has been praised by our guests and recognized for setting a new bar for innovation and immersive entertainment. This premium, boutique experience gave us the opportunity to try new things on a smaller scale of 100 rooms, and as we prepare for its final voyage, we will take what we’ve learned to create future experiences that can reach more of our guests and fans.”

Characters on the Starcruiser

That final voyage will be on September 28th-30th, 2023. However, bookings are temporarily being paused while Disney contacts those who had bookings after those dates through the end of the year. Bookings will reopen on May 26th. However, it’s unlikely that any discounts will be released for any voyages through the hotel’s closure.

UPDATE: When bookings resume on May 26, discounts are not expected to be offered for the remaining dates. Guests who were booked on voyages after Sept. 30 will have the opportunity to move to an earlier voyage at a discount up to 50% off. pic.twitter.com/1B6NFKdyEr

— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) May 19, 2023

However, anyone who had a booking AFTER September 30th will have the option to rebook their voyage to an earlier date before the hotel closes — and get 50% off in the process. So if you’ve booked a later voyage on the Galactic Starcruiser, you actually have a chance to save money on the experience.

The Galactic Starcruiser Atrium

Disney has not yet shared details about what might happen to the building inhabited by the Galactic Starcruiser in the future. But the company has stated that it wants to take the lessons it learned from the interactive experience to integrate into future experiences. 

Food on the Galactic Starcruiser

The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser opened in March 2022 and offered a two-day one-of-a-kind interactive Star Wars experience on the starship Halcyon. Each scenario onboard plays out differently depending on the decisions made by its visitors. It combined immersive theater elements that brought visitors in to become part of the story (if they chose to) and included special effects that included Disney’s first “real” working lightsaber.

Lightsaber battle

The Galactic Starcruiser also featured unique dining experiences, including food that truly was “out-of-this-world” (including blue shrimp).

Blue shrimp

If you’re wanting to book a voyage on the Halcyon before it closes, keep in mind that a trip on the Starcruiser is not cheap. Voyages start at around $1200 per guest per night for two guests in a cabin. We have previously seen discounts for Annual Passholders and Disney Visa Cardmembers, but don’t expect to see any discounts released for trips between now and the hotel’s closing.

Bridge training on the Halcyon

We’ll continue to keep an eye on ALL Disney World news, so be sure to stay tuned to DFB for more.

Did you get a chance to take a voyage on the Galactic Starcruiser? Let us know in the comments!

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The Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Tribute Store preview for Team Members and Annual Passholders will take place on Thursday, May 25, at Universal Studios Florida.

Jurassic Park Tribute Store

Team Members will have exclusive access to shop between 8:00 a.m. and noon. From noon to 7:00 p.m. (Universal Studios Florida park close), Team Members will have shared access with Universal Orlando Resort Annual Passholders.

The Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Tribute Store will open to all guests on Friday, May 26.

The store’s façade went up earlier this week. The entrance is set up at Studio Styles, and the store will likely use that space plus the Darkroom and Williams of Hollywood (as the Mardi Gras tribute store did). The Jurassic Park Tribute Store will feature a look inside the film’s sets rather than transport guests into the film itself.

Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Celebration at Universal Parks

Theme park celebrations, as well as exclusive film and new 90s-inspired nostalgia products, will be hitting retail throughout the year to celebrate a franchise 65 million years in the making. Highlights include specialty food and merchandise outlets as well as limited-edition anniversary branded merchandise.

As part of Universal’s marketing plan to get everyone excited for the event, a faux Jurassic Park training video set in the 1990s was recently released for the first generation of InGen scientists. The video featured Mr. DNA as the narrator.

Universal Orlando Resort

Jurassic June celebrations at Universal Orlando Resort include specialty food and beverages, exclusive merchandise and the takeover at the Tribute Store.

In addition, a new complimentary “Jurassic Park” Universal Orlando Resort Annual Passholder magnet is currently available as part of a month of UOAP benefits.

To find out details about how Universal plans to celebrate Jurassic June at other parks around the globe, take a look at our full write-up here.

Jurassic Park at Universal Parks Worldwide

There are of course so many ways to experience the world of Jurassic Park at Universal Orlando Resort and at other Universal Parks worldwide! Here at Universal Orlando, there’s an entire land dedicated to the franchise at Universal’s Islands of Adventure.

The three main attractions are Jurassic Park River Adventure, which sails you through the park to encounter various dinosaurs, Pteranodon Flyers, a kids-only journey above the skies of kiddie area Camp Jurassic, and the newest addition to the park — Jurassic World VelociCoaster! This exciting coaster takes you on a journey through the velociraptor paddock at Jurassic World and is the first ride at Universal Orlando to be based on the latest trilogy of “Jurassic” films, featuring appearances by Chris Pratt as Owen Grady and Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing.

Across the country at Universal Studios Hollywood, the Jurassic Park attraction got a heavy retheme at that park to become Jurassic World: The Ride. Featuring a combination of screen effects and audio-animatronics, the ride is still largely the same, taking guests on a tour through Jurassic World. But now at the ride’s exciting climax, you come face-to-face with the impressive Indominus Rex animatronic!

At Universal Studios Japan, a mirrored clone of Jurassic Park: The Ride opened with the park in 2001, and a flying coaster called The Flying Dinosaur lets guests experience the thrill of soaring above the skies with a pteranodon. It’s often described as one of the most intense coasters at any Universal park!

Universal Studios Singapore features a unique take on the Jurassic Park River Adventure attraction, with a circular raft system similar to Kali River Rapids at Disney’s Animal Kingdom rather than boats. There’s also a short Pteranodon Flyers-like attraction called Canopy Flyers which all ages can ride.

Finally, at Universal Studios Beijing, two completely original attractions were created for the park based on the newer trilogy. Jurassic World Adventure is an indoor dark ride that takes guests on a journey through Isla Nubar complete with an animatronic dinosaur chasing riders! And Jurassic Flyers takes guests on a soaring journey above the island, in a much more thrill ride sense than in Orlando or Singapore.

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