Grand Floridian Café is now closed for a months-long refurbishment at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. The restaurant served its final guests on Sunday, July 19, and construction walls went up across the entrance after it closed on July 20.
The project is scheduled to continue through October 2026. Disney has described the work as a “refresh,” but has not announced what will change inside the restaurant or provided an exact reopening date.
Construction walls now cover the café entrance
The new walls extend across the Grand Floridian Café entrance and the adjacent restroom area. The neighboring 1900 Park Fare remains open and is not affected by the café closure.
Guests looking for a restroom in this part of the resort can use the additional facilities near the main lobby or on the second floor. Other public areas of the Grand Floridian remain open while the restaurant work continues.
Grand Floridian Café normally serves brunch and dinner in a dining room overlooking the resort's courtyard and rose gardens. The restaurant is known as a more relaxed table-service option than several of the Grand Floridian's signature dining locations, making the temporary closure a noticeable change to the resort's current restaurant lineup.
Brunch has moved to Cítricos
Disney has temporarily moved Grand Floridian Café's brunch service to Cítricos, another table-service restaurant at the resort. Brunch is available there from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the closure.
Cítricos ordinarily opens for dinner, so the temporary service adds morning and midday hours while Grand Floridian Café is unavailable. The relocation preserves a brunch option at the resort, but it does not move Grand Floridian Café's dinner service to the restaurant.
The confirmed hours are useful for guests who already had breakfast or lunch in mind. Anyone looking for dinner at Grand Floridian Café during the closure will need to select another restaurant.
Details of the refresh remain unannounced
Disney has not shared concept art, design details, menu changes, or a more specific reopening date for Grand Floridian Café. For now, the only announced description is that the restaurant is receiving a refresh.
That leaves the scope of the project open. There is no confirmed indication that the restaurant's theme, menu, or overall format will substantially change, so those details should remain unknown until Disney releases more information or the refreshed space reopens.
The October timeline is also broader than a single date. Guests visiting late in the month should still check the restaurant's operating status rather than assuming it will be available on a particular day.
Part of a larger Grand Floridian transformation
The café project joins an extended series of updates across Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Refurbishment work at the resort has been underway since 2021 and is expected to continue into early 2027.
Throughout that period, the resort has remained open, with projects moving through guest rooms, restaurants, and public spaces instead of closing the hotel as a whole.
That larger effort has already included updated standard hotel rooms and Disney Vacation Club accommodations, along with work at restaurants including Narcoossee's and 1900 Park Fare. The main lobby has also received new furniture and flooring, and The Perch lobby bar has opened.
The Garden View Lounge Tea Experience recently returned after a six-year closure with an updated space and menu. Grand Floridian Café is now the latest dining location to enter the resort's ongoing refurbishment cycle.
What guests should know during the closure
The practical change is straightforward: Grand Floridian Café is not available for brunch or dinner through the announced October window. Brunch continues at Cítricos from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 1900 Park Fare remains open, and alternate restrooms are available near the lobby and on the second floor.
Guests with an existing Grand Floridian Café dining plan should confirm another option rather than rely on an October reopening date that has not been announced. Beyond that reservation change, the resort and its other operating restaurants remain open.
The next significant update will be an exact reopening date or new details about what the refresh includes. Until then, the confirmed story is a temporary closure, relocated brunch service, and another active project in the Grand Floridian's multi-year transformation.