Walk Time: Talking about Disney's theme park future
In theme parks and entertainment, "walk time" is the name for the final paid minutes of your shift, when you gather your stuff and start heading home. At Theme Park Insider, "Walk Time" is our weekend look back at the past seven days in theme park news.
In the world of theme parks, August means Halloween. In case you missed it, I visited Disneyland and Disney California yesterday for the start of the Disneyland Resort's 2026 Halloween Time celebration. Here is my trip report, Halloween Time returns to Disneyland.
Across the country at Walt Disney World, Disney sets 2026 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival menus.
The Theme Park Insider Podcast now drops new episodes early Thursday morning, and I invite all Theme Park Insider readers to give us a listen, too. In this week's episode, Jake and I broke down what happened at D23 this year and looked ahead to new attractions opening around the U.S. Podcast: D23 recap, Knott's shades Disney.
In the spirit of looking ahead, please join us in these three discussions about Disney's future:
- What is the future for Disney's D23 showcase?
- Let's crowdsource a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrowland for Disney
- Some fans really do want Disneyland to build its Avatar ride
Beyond what Disney has announced, the company has revealed some of its future plans in a new patent application this week: Disney envisions new ways to modify attractions.
Returning to the Halloween beat, we have more details this week about haunt plans at the Six Flags theme parks:
Finally, two more announcements:
Have a great weekend, and thank you for reading!
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