Overview
- At D23 on the weekend of August 14–16, Walt Disney Imagineering unveiled concept art, costumes and a prologue that places an Audio‑Animatronic Walt at the attraction’s entrance.
- The show’s narrative has been restructured into a prologue plus four acts set in summer 1969, Halloween 1985, New Year’s Eve 1999 and a futuristic finale, while keeping the rotating theater and the Sherman Brothers anthem.
- Disney confirmed Bryan Cranston and Jamie Lee Curtis as the new voice actors for the parents, moving casting and major creative details from rumor to fact.
- Recent permit filings name Solotech for electrical and audiovisual installation and list scenic and structural contractors such as Mecca Productions, indicating the project is in a deep systems‑integration and fabrication phase rather than a simple refresh.
- The attraction closed in early July 2026 and Disney has scheduled a late‑spring 2027 reopening, with remaining unknowns including final scripting, effects lists and exact opening‑day operations as installation and programming continue.