Construction Walls Up at Carousel of Progress as Major Overhaul Gets Underway

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Construction Walls Up at Carousel of Progress — July 6, 2026

Posted: Monday July 6, 2026 9:08am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Construction walls are now in place at Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress at Magic Kingdom, one day after the attraction closed at the end of operations on July 5.

Construction Walls Up at Carousel of Progress — July 6, 2026

A small section of walls currently blocks off the entrance and exit areas of the attraction. More walls are expected to be added in the coming days as work ramps up.

Construction Walls Up at Carousel of Progress — July 6, 2026

The closure marks the start of the biggest overhaul in the attraction's history. Disney has confirmed all four show scenes will be replaced and a new Walt Disney Audio-Animatronics opening scene added. The attraction is expected to reopen in 2027.

New Scene Concept Art (Act 4)

As previously reported, permit activity around the project points to work that goes well beyond new show scenes, with a structural steel contractor and specialist theming vendor both named in recent filings.

Disney has not given a more specific reopening date beyond 2027.

You can watch the last version of the Carousel of Progress in multi-angle 4K here.

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JD8023 minutes ago

Some of the ceilings were leaking on me this week. :D

Andsome1 hour ago

Even though they need the time to replace all the scenes, was the need to fix issues with the structure itself a catalyst for this refurb?

Disstevefan11 day ago

Although no one should ever do stuff like this, I am so thankful Hoot & Chief did their explorations!

Raineman1 day ago

Are these guys members of the Cult Of Hoot & Chief?

HMF1 day ago

I certainly can't fault you there and frankly there isn't much more to say about it anyway.

marni19711 day ago

We don’t spend as much time in the Orlando Disney parks as we used to; it’s unlikely I could justify a day to shoot an update (although with no LL - as it stands - it wouldn’t be as hard as other attractions to cover)

Tom P.1 day ago

We've had lots of discussion about what constitutes the original Carousel of Progress, what Walt wanted, etc. I thought it might be good to drop this in here: a video of Walt himself demonstrating and discussing the original Carousel of Progress.

Gringrinngghost1 day ago

Not to step over Martin's plans, but I did offer my footage to him recently. From his response that I had received, he currently does not have plans for an updated video.

HMF1 day ago

Are you planning on doing an updated version of the video to address the closure or would you consider that redundant?

Coaster Lover2 days ago

Can't say "dream"... it's insensitive to insomniacs... ;) (*joking*)

mergatroid2 days ago

An interesting perspective by some guys who try to be the only ones in the theatre and film it using selfie sticks

HMF2 days ago

That was actually very close to the idea I had only it would have kept the three original scenes and had the last scene on NYE 1999. Frankly, there are many different ways this could have been handled frankly, Again, I am just glad they are keeping the concept intact. If they had replaced sections of GMR with newer films for instance rather than outright replacing it with MMRR, I would have been overjoyed and that was also part of my internal park concepts as well.

TrainsOfDisney2 days ago

This would have been excellent. Keep 2 of the historic original scenes and tell the story of progress through 1 century. That would have been a great balance.