Overview
- Park staff began quiet soft-opening tests that let small guided groups enter Jumping Junction for the first time, with initial runs reported on June 9 and expanded testing through June 10–11.
- Each walkthrough is led by animal-care Cast Members, groups are capped (reports say under 100 guests per hour or roughly 60 a day early on), and visits last about five to ten minutes.
- Guests must stay on the concrete path, put away food, and follow a strict no-petting rule while keepers pause or redirect groups when animals move onto the pathway.
- The enclosure houses about 15–20 Australian marsupials — Western Grey and Red kangaroos plus Red-necked/Bennett’s wallabies — including several joeys, and the animals are a new group separate from Discovery Island’s kangaroos.
- Disney updated official hours on its site on June 11 and says testing will continue until keepers confirm the animals are comfortable, after which the plan is to move to an unguided format and restore full accessibility for wheelchairs and ECVs.