DuckTales World Showcase Adventure Will Return to EPCOT After Refurbishment

# What happened

# What the DuckTales experience was Guests used the Play Disney Parks app to join Scrooge McDuck, Donald, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Launchpad, and Webby on a scavenger-hunt style quest around World Showcase. The game sent players to several country pavilions—China, Mexico, Norway, Germany, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom—where each pavilion offered three missions plus a finale. Each country mission took roughly 25–30 minutes, and completing all countries unlocked a final playable mission.

# Why it needs changes Because the existing version relied on the Play Disney Parks app, the retirement of that app means the game no longer functions as designed. Disney confirmed the attraction will be modified before reopening. No definitive replacement platform or timeline has been released yet.

# How Disney could bring it back The reporting outlines plausible technical approaches Disney might use to restore the experience without the Play Disney Parks app:

• Use MagicBand+ as the interaction device, similar to how the Batuu Bounty Hunters minigame continues to operate without the app. MagicBand+ can handle haptics and colored light feedback and is already integrated into some park experiences.

• Simplify the game to a lighter scavenger-hunt format with in-park activations or statuary-based interactions, similar to the Fab 50 Quest approach. That would drop complex app-driven mechanics while keeping a walk-and-find element.

• Integrate the game into the My Disney Experience app. The reporting considers this less likely, given the app's existing complexity, but it remains a technical option.

• Use hybrid solutions such as printed guidebooks or other offline components to supplement simplified digital interactions.

Any solution that restores much of the prior gameplay will likely require new programming and testing.

This DuckTales version is the third incarnation of World Showcase Adventure games. Previous runs included a Kim Possible edition that lasted about four years and an Agent P edition that ran nearly eight years. DuckTales launched in 2022, though the game was likely developed earlier and delayed by pandemic-era timelines.

# Timeline and uncertainty

# What visitors should know now If you planned to play DuckTales World Showcase Adventure during an upcoming EPCOT visit, expect the experience to be unavailable until Disney finishes refurbishment and announces the new format. Keep an eye on official Walt Disney World communications for firm timing and instructions on how the updated game will work.