Overview
- Photos published Wednesday show crews have cut and set multiple wooden pilings in the Seven Seas Lagoon and begun laying dock decking with lumber staged on the existing landing.
- Walt Disney World filed the construction permit for the dock in February 2026 and the South Florida Water Management District approved the project in March 2026, clearing regulatory hurdles for shoreline and dock work.
- The expansion is explicitly designed to expand boarding and unloading space between the Transportation & Ticket Center and Magic Kingdom to handle higher guest flows.
- Disney is assembling a fourth ferry, the Meg Gilbert Crofton, at a service marina near the Contemporary Resort and the company and local reporting expect the vessel to enter service in 2027.
- Disney has not given a public completion date for the dock project; site photos show a large excavator barge that was previously present has left the area and permit filings indicate related shoreline hardscape and floodplain compensation work is planned.