Overview
- On Thursday, June 4, 2026, crews completed refilling the moat at Magic Kingdom, a visible final step that shows the repainting work is now visually complete.
- Repainting began in January 2026 after Disney announced the return to the castle's traditional gray, cream and light-blue palette in summer 2025.
- Draining the moat earlier in the project gave crews ground-level access to repair and refinish the base rockwork, repaint the forecourt turrets and apply darker blue to the spires and turrets.
- Related fixes took advantage of the outage, including repainting the large rocks on the Tomorrowland bridge and restoring the castle's waterfall to full function.
- Some minor site elements such as tarps and equipment remain in places and Disney has not emphasized a formal final sign-off, so small touch-ups may still be completed in the coming days.