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Walt Disney World Website Gets a Cleaned-Up Homepage and Condensed Navigation

The visible update simplifies how guests find parks and book trips, signaling the start of a staged overhaul of the resort’s planning tools.

Overview

  • The Walt Disney World homepage received a redesigned look that went live on Thursday, August 20, 2026, with a simplified top navigation and a repositioned booking module.
  • The header now centers four main menus — Parks, Tickets & Passes, Places to Stay, Dining — plus My Plans, a cart icon, and a search icon, and the Parks dropdown is organized into columns for easier access to park pages and categories.
  • The booking widget called “Build Your Vacation” was moved from an overlay on the hero image to a standalone module below the photos so booking reads as a distinct step.
  • The rollout is partial: many interior pages still use the prior design, outlets disagree on whether the condensed nav is fully site-wide, and the June-announced features like flexible date-range search and AI resort summaries are not yet available.
  • Disneyland’s site had not been updated at reporting and the company has not given a public timetable for completing the broader planning-experience overhaul or updating other Disney properties and apps.