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Disney Weekly Roundup For April 3–9, 2022

In this edition of the Weekly Disney Round-Up: we get an opening date for Guardians of the Galaxy, Animal Kingdom receives new entertainment offerings, plus a new housing project will soon be constructed on Disney property.

This is your Disney news round-up for the week of April 3, 2022.

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Photo credits (C) Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved

EPCOT

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Opens May 27: EPCOT’s newest attraction, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, will open Friday, May 27, 2022.  The US Memorial Day holiday is Monday, May 30.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Disney Expands Entertainment Offerings at DAK: Disney continues to expand entertainment offerings at Animal Kingdom, and announced a few updates, and confirmed some previous news.

Disney World affordable housing. Photo credits (C) Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Disney World affordable housing. Photo credits (C) Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Other Disney News

Disney Will Offer Affordable Housing on Property: Disney World has set aside 80 acres of its property to create a new affordable housing development.  The company expects the development, located on the southwest corner of Disney property near Flamingo Crossing, to include retail, dining, and 1,300 housing units that will be constructed by a third-party affordable housing developer.

Train Will Connect MCO to Disney and Universal: In late 2020, Disney announced that Brightline trains would build a station near Disney Springs.  The station would be part of a train line that connected Orlando to Miami, and eventually through to Tampa. There was a problem:  Universal and the Orlando Convention Center attractions didn’t want to be left out.

Biggest Disney news this week: Progress on the train from the airport to Disney Springs, or new affordable housing development on Disney property?