Disney World's Entire Park Closure This September May Be a Bad Idea

Despite an already packed year, more changes are coming down the pipeline for the world’s most visited theme park resort.

July 20 marked a big occasion for the Walt Disney World Resort as the new nighttime parade officially debuted at Magic Kingdom Park. After two days of previews, Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away set course down Main Street, U.S.A. and beyond, enchanting guests with characters from franchises like Frozen and Peter Pan.

While Magic Kingdom was busy that day, it even blocked access to Annual Passholders thanks to a recent operational change, another Disney World park completely closed to new guests and directed them elsewhere.

At the weekend, Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park hit capacity, with guests being turned away and directed to the Central Florida resort’s other water theme park, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. While summer crowds have been up and down, one perk of visiting Disney World this summer is that guests can receive free entry into a water park on check-in day.

While it’s unclear why Disney barred guests from entering Blizzard Beach, this is likely a contributing factor to its capacity limit. But could this signal a bigger issue looking to the future?

After reopening Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach concurrently, marking that momentous occasion of all six Disney World theme parks being open simultaneously since 2019, Disney confirmed that the resort will once again move to a single water park operation in the fall.

On September 7, 2025, Blizzard Beach will welcome guests for the last time before it closes indefinitely, likely for seasonal maintenance. But with the water park hitting capacity in the summer, could the impending closure cause a negative ripple effect through the resort? There is obviously a demand for Blizzard Beach, and the park is seemingly more themed to the cooler months in the Sunshine State than Typhoon Lagoon.

Only time will tell if the shutdown will be an issue for guests and the wider attendance across the resort.

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