It can put a damper on your vacation if your favorite ride is closed for refurbishment while you are in Disney World. Luckily, you can prepare for this and find out before you leave with the refurbishment list. The list is always kept up-to-date on our website to help you better plan your magical vacation.
Here is the latest refurb schedule:
Refurbishment Schedule
Magic Kingdom
Splash Mountain: 1/10/2016 – 1/14/2016
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 1/18/2016 – 2/11/2016
Liberty Square Riverboat: 1/18/2016 – 1/18/2016
Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 1/25/2016 – 2/3/2016
Mad Tea Party: 2/22/2016 – 2/26/2016
Jungle Cruise: 3/1/2016 – 3/3/2016
Epcot
The re-imagination of Maelstrom now – 4/30/2016
Soarin’: 1/4/2016 – Summer 2016
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Pizza Planet: 1/19/2016 – Late 2016
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Maharajah Jungle Trek: 1/4/2016 – 1/21/2016
Kali River Rapids: 1/4/2016 – 2/11/2016
Flights of Wonder: 1/25/2016 – 3/17/2016
Boneyard: 2/22/2016 – 3/17/2016
Construction on Avatar Land started on 1/10/14. The new land will open in 2017.
Along with Avatar Land will come later hours for Animal Kingdom. This will allow for a nighttime show and a night viewing of the animals on Kilimanjaro Safaris®.
Waterparks
Typhoon Lagoon Annual Refurb: 1/4/16 – 3/12/16
Resorts
Bay Lake
Bay Cove Pool: 2/1/2016 – 3/18/2016
Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
Surfboard Pool: 1/25/2016
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
Jambo House Soft Good Rehab: 1/1/2016 – 5/20/2016
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Schoolyard Sprayground: 1/4/2016 – 3/11/2016
Disney’s Beach Club Villas
Soft Goods Rehab: 1/22/2016 – 8/17/2016
Disney’s Boardwalk Inn
Exterior Repair and Painting: 8/17/15 – 5/5/16
Flying Fish Refurb: 2/1/16 – 10/30/16
Disney’s Boardwalk Villas
Guest Villa Renovations: Through Spring 2016
Luna Park Pool: 2/1/2016 – 2/4/2016
Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
Old Port Royale – Construction: 11/30/15 – 12/20/15 and 1/3/16 – 2/28/16
Jamaica Pool: 1/6/16 – 1/8/16
Martinique Quiet Pool: 1/11/16 – 1/13/16
Fuentes del Morro Pool: 1/13/16 – 1/16/16
Trinidad North Quiet Pool: 1/27/16 – 1/29/16
Trinidad South Quiet Pool: 2/3/16 – 2/5/16
Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Courtyard Pool: 1/16/16 – 1/19/16
Polynesian Village Resort
General Construction: Now through Early 2016
East Pool: Now through Early 2016
Pop Century
Bowling Pool: 2/16/2016 – 3/1/2016
Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
Ol’ Man Island Pool: 1/11/2016 – 2/29/2016
Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Grandstand Pool: 1/20/16 – 1/22/16
Treehouse Villas Soft Goods Rehab: 2/7/2016 – 6/22/2016
Wilderness Lodge and Villas
There will be continuous construction until 2017. The Hidden Springs pool area, resort beach, playground, and the Recreation fire pit will be closed.
Cub’s Den (Children’s Activity Center): 1/3/2016 – Through 2017
Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
Stormalong Bay Slide: 1/11/2016 – 1/15/2016
Disney Springs
Planet Hollywood: 1/6/2016 – Summer 2016
The construction to turn Downtown Disney into Disney Springs is expected to go through March 2016
What does “soft goods” mean? We are staying at beach club villas at the end of May and I’m wondering what to expect and wondering if any rooms will be refurbished by then ?
Hi Jodi!
Soft goods usually refers to things like the bedding, the carpet, seating, curtains, etc. So it’s not a full room refurb.
You can request to be in a refurbed room. Either make a note online on your reservation or you can give Diney World a call. They are usually pretty good about granting the requests, as long as there is a room available.
Hope you have a magical vacation! The Beach Club is beautiful!
*Liz*
Oops typo, when is it actually suppose to reopen?
Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 1/25/2016 – 1/3/2016
Good catch, Sandy!
It’s all fixed. Magic Carpets of Aladdin is reopening on February 3, 2016. Sorry for the typo!
*Liz*
Hi Liz,
Extremely helpful article.
Does the Frozen ride definitely open on 4/30/2016 as I thought it was opening 5/1/2016!? Has this date been confirmed anywhere?
Our last day is on 4/30/2016, so if this is true this would make our holiday as my partner is a massive Frozen fan.
Thanks,
Nathanael
Hi Nathanael!
I’m glad you found this helpful 🙂
The re-imagination of Maelstrom goes until 4/30/2016. I misread and thought that was the opening date. It’s been fixed in the article and I apologize for the mistake. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you and your partner that they work ahead of schedule and open a little early. Sometimes they have soft openings (fingers crossed for that too) 🙂 I’ll keep everyone updated with any information that I hear about the new Frozen ride.
I hope you both have a very magical vacation 🙂
*Liz*