It Looks Like The Walt Disney World Railroad Will Remain Closed Into the New Year
It may be quite a while before you hear the conductor at a Magic Kingdom railway station shout “All Aboard!.” Refurbishments for Walt Disney World theme parks have been updated through Early January 2022 and the Walt Disney World Railroad is listed to closed throughout.
This brings us to January 5, 2022 with the closer not appearing on January 6, 2022. We aren’t sure as of yet whether the schedule still needs updating or whether Disney is anticipating that the railroad will be running at that time.
Let’s take a quick look at the schedule for Magic Kingdom on January 5th.
You can see above that all of the stations making up the railroad are listed as closed!
The reason for the lengthy Walt Disney World closure is construction on the TRON coaster currently being built in Tomorrowland. The construction site for TRON overlaps the track of the Walt Disney World Railroad and needed to be removed. Ultimately, a new track will have to be constructed that goes around the new Tomorrowland attraction.
However, as you can see from recent construction photos, the TRON coaster is still very much a work-in-progress and no opening date has yet been set.
The Railroad at the Magic Kingdom has been closed since December of 2018 meaning that the ride will have been down for three years by the time it reopens. This attraction is beloved by visitors and Disney’s historians alike for Walt’s love and fascination with trains. It also provided a convenient route around the outside of Magic Kingdom with stops in Frontierland, Storybook Circus and Main Street USA which was a relaxing change from having to walk from one end of the park to the other.
This is a story that we will continue to follow closely here at MickeyBlog. Readers are encouraged to keep checking back with us for further news and updates!
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