Disney World is going to be under a lot of construction over the next few years. Magic Kingdom will be getting rid of Tom Sawyer Island and Rivers of America to make way for a new Cars expansion in Frontierland. Magic Kingdom will also be adding a new Villains land PLUS Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is currently closed for a big refurbishment.

Animal Kingdom’s DinoLand, U.S.A. has started phased closings so Disney can build a new land, Pueblo Esperanza. Muppets Courtyard will close soon to make way for a Monsters, Inc. land. Well, the construction is coming to Disney World hotels soon, too, and a new permit suggests that Disney’s Pop Century Resort will go through a long refurbishment that could result in some hotel room updates.

We’d already learned that Disney’s Pop Century Resort had plans to refurbish its rooms, but three new permits that were recently filed suggest that the work at the hotel is going to go on longer than we initially thought. At the time, it was confirmed that the room updates would happen from late March 2025 through mid-February 2026. However, the permits we discovered were filed for construction through August 2026. Here’s a look at one of the permits for one of the buildings at Pop Century that has an expiration date of August 28th, 2026.

Two other permits for general construction, for buildings 2 and 3, at Disney’s Pop Century Resort also have the same expiration date. This would be the 1950s area of the resort.

So, what does this mean? Will the work at Pop Century go on longer than expected? Well, we don’t know. This could simply be a case of Disney giving itself a little extra time in case the project does go on longer than the company expected.

Disney has been hard at work on Everything Pop, the hotel’s shopping and dining spot since last year. We recently got a peek at some of the updates at the food court, and we really loved its bright, vibrant, retro feel.

Note that while construction will be going on, the hotel is still open — you just might hear some construction noise during the daytime hours.

We’ll be keeping an eye out for more details, so stay tuned to DFB for more.

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What do you think — what would you like to see in the updated Pop Century rooms? Let us know in the comments!

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