MK The Hall of Presidents closing for refurbishment on January 20, 2025 [Reopened June 29, 2025]

[TheMaxRebo]

Why?

Because it is very immersive. The door effect is great seeing my kids play roles and interact with a princess makes me smile and it takes me out of the real world which Hall of Presidents doesn't

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Well, by this logic, there’s a whole lot of attractions that have to go before it.

Bring it on!

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

seeing my kids play roles and interact with a princess makes me smile

Ahh! Say no more! You get to experience that attraction very differently than I do. That makes sense.

Which is the point of having attractions for a variety of visitors - with young kids of course you’d rather see enchanted tales or ride the mermaid ride.

For me, hall of presidents, steam train, and riverboat are what bring me joy.

 

[Dreamer19]

Ahh! Say no more! You get to experience that attraction very differently than I do. That makes sense.

Which is the point of having attractions for a variety of visitors - with young kids of course you’d rather see enchanted tales or ride the mermaid ride.

For me, hall of presidents, steam train, and riverboat are what bring me joy.

I’m sad my daughters may not get to enjoy some of those things (Splash, riverboat) At least not in Florida, where we live.

We’ll introduce them to the Asian parks next year, so that will at least give them an idea.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Ahh! Say no more! You get to experience that attraction very differently than I do. That makes sense.

Which is the point of having attractions for a variety of visitors - with young kids of course you’d rather see enchanted tales or ride the mermaid ride.

For me, hall of presidents, steam train, and riverboat are what bring me joy.

I enjoy other things too ... but been going to the parks regularly since 1984 so done a number of them a lot and look forward to the newer things.

And have done the parks as a kid, then an adult without kids, then and adult with kids, - so it evolves and enjoy watching the parks evolve too

 

[SplashJacket]

New animatronic looks fantastic. Third times the charm.

 

[Kamikaze]

New animatronic looks fantastic. Third times the charm.

Its definitely accurate.

 

[HMF]

If they would admit the wrongs Epcot isn’t beyond hope yet - we got Harmonious thrown in the trash - let’s get that planter and broken lights replaced with a fountain and fiber optics again and we may just have an Epcot worthy of the name.

I would add a competent SSE and Imagination! refurbishment, convert the Guardians ride system into something that fits EPCOT (If possible) and a worthy successor to RoE before I would consider it worthy.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I would add a competent SSE and Imagination! refurbishment, convert the Guardians ride system into something that fits EPCOT (If possible) and a worthy successor to RoE before I would consider it worthy.

guardians to universe of energy is an easy fix since it’s almost all screens to begin with. Maybe they can bring back the Dino’s and put them in wonders of life?

Yes… imagination pavilion needs love.

Luminous has really grown on me…. I’m pretty content with it.

 

[muddyrivers]

A better question is How is it possible to avoid politics altogether when we are talking about something literally called "The Hall Of Presidents"?

It’s very possible and in fact quite easy

I agree. The President of the United States, whomever that is, represents the United States for the length of their term. Whether you voted for that individual or not, they are a figurehead for our country and have been selected by a majority of Americans to be one of the few men (as of now) who have served in that position.

Whether you agree or disagree with the person selected, is an entirely different topic and does not have to overlap with the fact that these are the people that are members of a particular group.

 

[Jambo Dad]

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Ahh! Say no more! You get to experience that attraction very differently than I do. That makes sense.

Which is the point of having attractions for a variety of visitors - with young kids of course you’d rather see enchanted tales or ride the mermaid ride.

For me, hall of presidents, steam train, and riverboat are what bring me joy.

Grest comment! I would add that basing their park decisions solely on a popularity contest is not leadership. That’s how you get mind boggling decisions like ripping out Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer island. These things need to be viewed like the castle as part of the ambiance of the park.

 

[Dranth]

Well, by this logic, there’s a whole lot of attractions that have to go before it.

Except all but one of those attractions are already being replaced or are too small to do much with. Here are the other attractions rated the same or lower than HoP.

• Magic Carpets of Aladdin - I'd love for them to remove this just for guest flow, but it isn't a meaningful spot for Disney to do much with.
• TSI - Being replaced.
• Riverboat - Being replaced.
• Swiss Family Treehouse - Not enough room to do much.
• Astro Orbiter - What else are they going to put there?
• Tomorrowland Speedway - This is the other prime candidate for replacement.

Putting aside personal feelings for a moment, what reason does Disney have to keep it?

 

[SamusAranX]

I agree. The President of the United States, whomever that is, represents the United States for the length of their term. Whether you voted for that individual or not, they are a figurehead for our country and have been selected by a majority of Americans to be one of the few men (as of now) who have served in that position.

Whether you agree or disagree with the person selected, is an entirely different topic and does not have to overlap with the fact that these are the people that are members of a particular group.

This, and the fact that it’s an attraction at a theme park for families, that’s more about history (good and bad) and edutainment. It’s not my particular cup of tea because I loathe politics and am a non-participant, but i love learning about history and I respect what Walt was trying to do. He probably added a bit of nationalistic flair into this particular attraction, but regardless, this is to discuss the attraction itself not the stupid political garbage of this today that one is surrounded by day in and day out.

 

[doctornick]

Putting aside personal feelings for a moment, what reason does Disney have to keep it?

because there is no need to remove it? MK has plenty of space to add attractions with needing to close/replace HoP

 

[andre85]

because there is no need to remove it? MK has plenty of space to add attractions with needing to close/replace HoP

Same logic also applies to practically every attraction at WDW that's been closed/replaced/rethemed.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Putting aside personal feelings for a moment, what reason does Disney have to keep it?

Putting aside personal feelings for a moment, MK NEEDS as many attractions open as is possible for capacity.

Also, there is nothing better than a seated, air conditioned, dark attraction on a hot day in MK for obvious reasons..... Ahhhh....... Zzzzzzzzz.

 

[doctornick]

Same logic also applies to practically every attraction at WDW that's been closed/replaced/rethemed.

True. They shouldn’t be replacing attractions at WDW given the availability of land and should be doing predominantly additions.

 

[Dranth]

because there is no need to remove it? MK has plenty of space to add attractions with needing to close/replace HoP

Sure, but many of us our talking about what we believe Disney will do, not what we want them to do. From that point of view, it makes a ton of sense to replace it down the line.

 

[Dranth]

Putting aside personal feelings for a moment, MK NEEDS as many attractions open as is possible for capacity.

Also, there is nothing better than a seated, air conditioned, dark attraction on a hot day in MK for obvious reasons..... Ahhhh....... Zzzzzzzzz.

As I wouldn't expect an announcement until at the earliest D23 2026 and then at least another year or so of operation while they finalize the project, I don't see how this is an issue.

 

[owlsandcoffee]

Not to get toooooo off-topic... There's perhaps some chance they a) change the show to a less-politicky film/animatronic attraction or b) double this up like with Mr. Lincoln. I don't see them replacing this with much else. Certainly not a proper ride. But the Mouse being how it is they could always put in a playground or something who knows.