Four Magic Kingdom Restaurants Receiving Reimagined & New Menus

Magic Kingdom is the worst food park at Walt Disney World. This is despite being the crown jewel and the #1 theme park for global attendance. That’s the bad news. The good news is that WDW has revealed 4 reimagined or new menus coming to counter and table service restaurants in the castle park.

Some of these look like strong additions that will elevate their respective menus, whereas others seem like they won’t move the needle much. That’s unfortunate. We’ve been saying for a long time that Walt Disney World should overhaul or expand several menus at Magic Kingdom, including Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe, Pinocchio Village Haus, Friar’s Nook, Gaston’s Tavern, and Lunching Pad.

While they’re at it, they should bring back counter service breakfast and lunch to Be Our Guest Restaurant, and reopen Tortuga Tavern and Tomorrowland Terrace. Capacity is perhaps the biggest issue with Magic Kingdom dining, as anyone who has hunted for a table during the lunch rush at any of the large locations can tell you.

Reopening the shuttered venues around the park is the obvious answer, and would take pressure off other locations, allowing them to expand and improve their menus. Unfortunately, none of those things are happening.

Instead, Walt Disney World is adding four new and reimagined dishes to what’s already far and away the best counter service spot in the park (the rich get richer!). They’re also adding new dishes to a trio of table service restaurants that actually could use the help.

With that background out of the way, let’s dig into the menu updates at Magic Kingdom for October 2026…

Columbia Harbour House

According to Walt Disney World, these new and ‘reimagined’ dishes join the menu at Columbia Harbour House starting October 28, 2026. No word yet on what is getting removed to accommodate them, but we have some safe bets for each.

First up is the Beer-battered Fish Platter, which is already found on the menu for $14.99. That makes this one of the ‘reimagined’ items, as it’ll presumably replace the dish with exactly the same name. It’d be really odd to have two “Beer-battered Fish Platters” on the menu.

Next up is the NEW Hand-breaded Shrimp Platter. New according to Walt Disney World, I assume, because there’s already a Beer-battered Shrimp Platter on the current menu for $14.99. It’s safe to say that this will replace that.

One thing I can’t help but notice here is that both of these first two platters are served not with typical Walt Disney World French Fries, but with Steak Fries. I hesitate to read too much into this, as the dishes could just be staged with these superior fries for the sake of more photogenic images. But that would be an odd and deceiving thing to do.

If Steak Fries are in fact returning, Walt Disney World has really buried the lede with this menu update, as these little puppies would be the actual highlight, and might convince me to stray from my usual order to one of the platters (for the sake of Very Important Research). Now do ABC Commissary next, Disney!

The final entree addition is the NEW Crab Cake Sandwich (Plant-based). This will presumably replace the plant-based Hearts of Palm and Artichoke Roll; it’s hard to imagine a Magic Kingdom restaurant having two niche plant-based sandwiches.

My first thought here is that crab is not a plant. My second is that Columbia Harbour House did a plant-based imitation crab sandwich a few years ago with the Doom Burger. It had a black bun, but otherwise looked similar to this. It was far and away the worst option served at Magic Kingdom during the 50th Anniversary celebration. Out of all the things to bring back, I’m surprised they chose this, so hopefully it’s different.

If Walt Disney World really wanted to bring back a long lost sandwich to Columbia Harbour House, there are two very obvious options: Lighthouse Sandwich and Anchors Aweigh Sandwich. Both of those were actually good, and I’d order the former even as a non-vegetarian/vegan. That should be the goal with plant-based dishes–making them so good that even non-vegans are intrigued and willing to give them a try.

Finally, we have the reimagined Boston Cream Pie: Yellow cake, Boston cream, and chocolate ganache.

In the last decade, Columbia Harbour House has done two different variations on Boston Cream Pies. The most recent was a couple of years ago, and it was more a trifle in a cup than a pie, but it was delicious. Before that, there was one in 2017-2018 that was more like a cake; I honestly don’t recall whether that was good or bad, meaning it was probably forgettable. I’m looking forward to giving this a try–the stock photo looks promising!

The Plaza Restaurant

Back at the Plaza Restaurant on Main Street, the Steamboat Willie Milk Shake debuted recently. This consists of hand-dipped cookies ‘n cream ice cream topped with whipped cream, cookies and cream churros, sugar cookie, and a cherry.

I’m a big fan of milkshakes, and Walt Disney World recently added several to menus as part of updates for Fall 2026. Of those, the Steamboat Willie Milkshake seems more pedestrian, but I’m willing to give it a chance. For research, of course.

Plaza Restaurant also adds the Chilled Shrimp Wedge Salad with hard-boiled egg, avocado purée, tomatoes, cracked pepper, and Thousand Island dressing.

This looks good. I’m a big fan of wedge salads, and it’s always nice to see Walt Disney World getting more ambitious with salads. That’s been one of the underrated trends of the last decade or so. I also wonder if it’s available without shrimp for a vegetarian option.

It’s worth noting that the Plaza Restaurant currently has 4 menu options for Halloween, which will likely be swapped out for Christmas dishes in early November. That’s the real update we’re anxiously awaiting, as we love (some of) these seasonal menus at the Plaza.

Tony’s Town Square Restaurant

Historically regarded as one of the worst restaurants in all of Walt Disney World, we’ve actually had hit or miss success with Tony’s Town Square in the last several years. It’s still not a place we seek out, but it’s not bottom of the barrel anymore, either.

Tony’s has added a new salad, the Insalata della Casa, with greens, radicchio, tomatoes, cucumber, pepperoncini, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette. Looks like a ‘what you see is what you get’ dish.

The first new entree is the Lasagna alla Bolognese. This consists of meat sauce layered with mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan, and pecorino Romano.

No clue what to expect of this one. We’ve had lasagna at Tony’s that tasted like a TV dinner, and others that were fine. Always tough to get a read on dishes like this based on the carefully-plated stock photos released by Disney. Food photos from real guests will tell the tale here.

Finally, the Eggplant Parmigiana (Plant-based): Lightly breaded eggplant baked in Tony’s Marinara Sauce with plant-based mozzarella served with spaghetti.

Nope.

Be Our Guest Restaurant

The first addition at Be Our Guest Restaurant is the new entree on the prix fixe menu, the Beef Bourguignon en Croute. This is slow cooked in red wine, with potatoes, root vegetables, smoked bacon, and bone marrow.

Whereas filet mignon and pork chops are served at countless restaurants across Walt Disney World, this is unique to Be Our Guest. It strikes us as a way to distinguish the restaurant, and a dish befitting of an upscale French restaurant. We can’t wait to try this.

At the other end of the spectrum, the first new side is the Truffle Pomme Frites. These house-cut fries are topped with Parmesan cheese and served with black garlic-truffle aioli.

We love Truffle fries and these look like a good version of the dish, but they’re a dime a dozen at Walt Disney World. This enhancement is an extra $10 on top of the standard prix fixe menu. Given that and the ubiquity of these fries around Walt Disney World, we’ll probably pass on these.

Another new enhancement is the Lobster Macaroni au Gratin with Sauce Mornay.

This is another fantastic-looking dish. Lobster mac is not entirely novel, but this preparation appears to be. For $14, this side strikes us as fairly priced, although we wish it were available as an appetizer as opposed to an enhancement.

We leave every meal at Be Our Guest fairly full, and don’t really need any enhancements in the first place. Nevertheless, we’ll take one for the team and give this a try–for research, of course!

Finally, there’s a new novelty goblet for $24. This light-up souvenir is served with a specialty non-alcoholic beverage, and available while supplies last.

The goblet depicts a stained-glass style design of Belle and the Beast dancing in the iconic ballroom scene from the film, and room from the restaurant. The base features Beast’s enchanted rose under a glass dome, and has some other flourishes.

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Your Thoughts

What do you think of the new and reimagined menu items at Magic Kingdom? What improvements would you like to see made to the flagship castle park’s culinary scene? Any reopened restaurants, defunct menu items brought back, or restored meal services on your wish list? Do you agree or disagree with our assessment of Magic Kingdom being Walt Disney World’s worst food park? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!