Audio (provided for hearing impaired) The Parks Something is happening to Indiana Jones Adventure, and Disney is being deliberately unclear about what. A cryptic clue is now making the rounds that could mean the Disneyland attraction is closing for a full reimagining, or that it’s about to reopen after a long closure. Those are opposite outcomes, and Disney seems content to let fans sit in that uncertainty. Compounding the mystery, one Disney resort has apparently confirmed its own Indiana Jones ride’s fate after a year out of service. Context matters here: Disney runs three Indiana Jones attractions worldwide, at Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, and Disneyland Paris, with a fourth in development at Animal Kingdom, where the ride will replace DINOSAUR in the park’s Tropical Americas overhaul. Whatever gets decided at the original Anaheim attraction will land against that bigger expansion story. Planning your Disney trip? Download Lightning Brain from the App Store or visit lightningbrain.app to optimize every minute of your park day. Halloween is already creeping into the parks, weeks ahead of schedule by feel if not by calendar. World of Disney in Downtown Disney has rolled out seasonal merchandise, and the wave is hitting Disneyland Resort too, alongside Walt Disney World. Magic Kingdom’s Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is getting a refresh for 2026, with new entertainment, character merchandise, and party-exclusive food. The Cast Member costume changes are apparently splitting opinion, which tracks. Halloween parties always draw strong feelings about what counts as tradition versus what counts as change for change’s sake. On the ride-closure front, Disneyland has four attractions down this month. Meanwhile, crowd behavior at Walt Disney World is running hotter than projected. On Monday, August 3, all four parks landed two to three crowd levels above forecast, with Magic Kingdom called a 5 and landing at 8, and Animal Kingdom seeing the same miss. Summer peak family travel is doing what it always does, and the forecasting models are underestimating it resort-wide. The Shows Disney+ is going behind the curtain with Disney Worldbuilders, a new documentary from Leslie Iwerks premiering August 20. The film sits down with Bob Iger, James Cameron, Jon Favreau, Kevin Feige, Jennifer Lee, Pete Docter, Dave Filoni, Jared Bush, and Josh D’Amaro to trace how stories move from screen to theme park. That lineup alone signals this is a significant production. Disney’s own storytellers explain, in their words, how the company’s biggest worlds get built, which matters for anyone trying to understand where the parks are headed next. On the theatrical side, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has swung into theaters with Tom Holland’s seventh outing as Peter Parker, and the numbers are hard to ignore. The film has grossed $942 million worldwide on a $225 million budget, making it one of the biggest hits of the year. Disney Consumer Products moved fast, rolling out a wide product lineup tied to the film, spanning toys, apparel, home goods, and Disney+ tie-ins. When a Marvel release performs like this, the merchandise machine follows immediately. The Business Disneyland guests are paying more for a drink. Cocktail prices have gone up across resort bars and lounges, following closely on the heels of other food and drink price increases at select restaurants across the park. Two price hikes in quick succession suggest a pattern, and it is worth watching whether this becomes the summer’s defining Disneyland story. Disney Cruise Line, by contrast, is discounting hard. There are 171 sail dates carrying special offers right now, stretching into early May 2027, departing from ports including Fort Lauderdale, Galveston, Port Canaveral, San Diego, Southampton, and Vancouver. The Disney Treasure and Disney Wish are leading the deals. That’s a lot of inventory to move at once, and it suggests the cruise side is managing demand very differently than the parks side is. Speaking of ships, Disney Cruise Line has set October 7 as the reveal date for the Disney Believe, the fourth Wish-class ship, via a dedicated livestream. We know the ship exists and we know its name. Everything else, including theming, signature spaces, and dining lineup, is still a guessing game for DCL fans, and that gap between confirmed name and unconfirmed details is exactly why the speculation has taken over. The Details Six Ravens, the new savory concept from the team behind Gideon’s Bakehouse, soft opened at Disney Springs. Early visitors waited in a two hour virtual queue to try the menu. Reviews are calling it either grim or great, and it is officially open daily now with operations ramping up, though a grand opening date hasn’t been announced. A soft opening with a two hour virtual queue tells you demand is not the problem here. D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event is closing in, and the merchandise previews are stacking up. Disney Parks Blog has shared a first look at ten new Fanniversary Frenzy collections debuting at the show, adding to the shopping tips already circulating for attendees. With the event less than two weeks out, expect the previews to keep coming right up until the doors open. Keep exploring Catch more Disney Deets coverage or get the Lightning Brain app for real-time wait times and routing. 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