Disney Wilderness Lodge Refurbishment Update October 2025

Refurbishment work continues at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge with no end date in sight. You may remember this work started a little over a year ago, in August of 2024. During a recent visit to the resort in late October, we found work taking place in multiple areas. We arrived by bus and noticed multiple crews painting the walkway that extends from the bus stop to the main lobby.

painting taking place at the Wilderness Lodge

Unfortunately, the Disney World website has not yet listed an end date for this construction and refurbishment work. Here is the official wording listed on the resort’s home page.

This Resort hotel is currently undergoing construction and refurbishment. Beginning August 5, 2024, Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and Copper Creek Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge will undergo exterior refurbishment work.

Walt Disney World website

The area that offers a window display before the lobby entrance appeared to have been freshly painted.

an area being painted with gift shop items displayed in a window

Crews were literally painting the logs as we passed through.

Inside, the lobby’s back windows are covered with a frosted window wrap featuring trees. It was apparently designed to hide the scaffolding that’s immediately outside.

two doors in the Wilderness Lodge lobby blocked off by signs

Unfortunately, the scenic route leading from the lobby down to Copper Creek Falls is currently closed. Signage indicates that guests should take the long sidewalk inside the lobby to reach the rest of the resort.

a sign indicating a sidewalk detour around Copper Creek Falls

Those windows have also been covered.

the windows of the Wilderness Lodge are frosted during the construction work

We could see the scaffolding along the Copper Creek Villas side of the resort once we got outside.

an exterior sign showing the sidewalk is closed with scaffolding surrounding the resort

Here’s a little better view.

extensive scaffolding on the building behind Copper Creek Falls at Disney's Wilderness Lodge

Again, Disney has not provided an end date for this work, and we have no insider knowledge of how much remains to be completed. You may remember that Whispering Canyon Cafe also underwent a brief refurbishment earlier this year. For more notices, see our timeline of Disney World Hotel Refurbishments.

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