Magic Kingdom
Theme park at Walt Disney World
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| 2025 | Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is set to close temporarily. |
| 2025 | Planned launch of 'Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away' entertainment show in Summer |
| 2024 | Country Bear Jamboree is permanently closed after multiple runs and iterations since 1971. |
| 2024 | Frontierland Shootin' Arcade permanently closed. |
| January 11 2024 | Disney Enchantment fireworks show returns for after-hours events at Magic Kingdom |
| 2023 | Magic Kingdom continues its record-breaking attendance, being the most visited theme park in the world for the seventeenth consecutive year and the most visited theme park in North America for at least twenty-three years. |
| 2023 | Splash Mountain attraction closed for transformation. |
| April 3 2023 | 'Happily Ever After' fireworks show returns to Magic Kingdom |
| April 2 2023 | Disney Enchantment fireworks show's initial run ends |
| 2022 | Continued recovery with attendance rising to 17,133,000 visitors |
| 2022 | Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade recommences |
| 2022 | Festival of Fantasy Parade resumed at Magic Kingdom |
| 2022 | TRON Lightcycle/Run attraction added to Tomorrowland |
| 2022 | Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade is introduced at Magic Kingdom. |
| 2022 | Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover temporarily stopped operations again. |
| 2021 | The Magic Kingdom project was reimagined as a television series for Disney+, with Ronald D. Moore brought back to develop the series. The new concept proposes that the various lands in the Magic Kingdom are gateways to alternate worlds, establishing a potential shared universe with The Society of Explorers and Adventurers (SEA) as the first series. |
| 2021 | Park attendance began recovering, increasing to 12,691,000 visitors |
| 2021 | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade begins a new run |
| 2021 | Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover resumed operations. |
| October 1 2021 | Disney Enchantment fireworks show debuts at Magic Kingdom |
| September 29 2021 | Original run of 'Happily Ever After' fireworks show concludes |
| July 1 2021 | Happily Ever After fireworks show temporarily returns to Magic Kingdom |
| 2020 | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade concludes its run |
| 2020 | Original run of Festival of Fantasy Parade concluded |
| 2020 | Multiple new cavalcade-style parades are introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Mickey's Celebration Cavalcade and various character-themed cavalcades |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic impacts parade operations, leading to introduction of various cavalcade events. |
| 2020 | Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover temporarily ceased operations. |
| July 11 2020 | Walt Disney World, including Magic Kingdom, reopened after closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 15 2020 | Walt Disney World, including Magic Kingdom, closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 12 2020 | First run of Happily Ever After fireworks show ends |
| 2019 | Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade completes its long-running period |
| 2019 | Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular fireworks show debuts at Magic Kingdom |
| 2019 | Minnie's Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks show introduced at Magic Kingdom |
| 2019 | Two new fireworks shows debut at Magic Kingdom: Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular and Minnie's Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks. |
| 2018 | Magic Kingdom officially became the second Magic Kingdom-style park to serve alcohol at all table service restaurants. |
| 2018 | Happy HalloWishes and Holiday Wishes seasonal fireworks shows discontinued |
| 2018 | Stitch's Great Escape! was permanently closed. |
| 2017 | Park name transitions from The Magic Kingdom to its current branding. |
| May 18 2017 | Happily Ever After fireworks show debuts at Magic Kingdom |
| May 12 2017 | 'Happily Ever After' fireworks show premieres at Magic Kingdom |
| May 11 2017 | Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams fireworks show concluded its run |
| November 3 2016 | Celebrate the Magic fireworks show concluded |
| 2014 | Festival of Fantasy Parade debuts, running until 2020 and then returning in 2022. |
| December 2014 | Four additional restaurants began selling beer and wine, expanding alcohol service beyond Be Our Guest Restaurant. |
| 2012 | Jon Favreau announced plans for a film called Magic Kingdom, described as 'Night at the Museum at Disneyland', which would feature Disney characters coming to life at night. Marc Abraham and Eric Newman of Strike Entertainment were set to produce the film. |
| 2012 | Be Our Guest Restaurant opened, becoming the first location in Magic Kingdom to sell wine and beer. |
| 2012 | Original Country Bear Jamboree permanently closed. |
| 2012 | Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom interactive game launches |
| November 16 2012 | 'Celebrate the Magic' fireworks show debuted, which continued until November 3, 2016. |
| September 3 2012 | The Magic, the Memories and You fireworks show ended |
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