'It’s as if they hopped off the screen' — Disney World’s Frozen Ever After reopens with more immersive Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff animatronics that ‘gave chills’

While it’s not the arrival of a certain walking, talking snowman – something Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland will receive later in 2026 – Disney World Epcot's flagship Frozen attraction is getting a major upgrade of its own after a brief refurbishment.

The doors reopen on February 12, 2026 – for the first time in what feels like forever for fans of the attraction – and when guests see Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff on Frozen Ever After, Ken Ricci, Executive Creative Development at Walt Disney Imagineering, told TechRadar, it will feel “as if they hopped off the screen themselves.”

“We wanted to enhance the look of Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff to be more true to their movie,” Ricci said. “So their movements are still the same, they’re still part of that same show, that same story, but now they have more expression and likeness in their face ...