Overview
- Disney confirmed Friday that the live character version of Magic Kingdom’s “Let the Magic Begin” welcome will not return.
- Disney removed the “Let the Magic Begin” page from its official website this week, signaling the show’s retirement.
- The welcome was switched to audio-only in January during Cinderella Castle’s repaint, and it will stay that way even as the work wraps up.
- Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire adds an extra castle-stage show at 11:10 a.m. starting Sunday, May 10, offering another live option later in the morning.
- Rope drop procedures remain the same, with a recorded greeting before guests are released into lands, matching the approach already used at EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom.