If you’ve ever spent a night watching fireworks over Cinderella Castle, you know how magical an empty sky can feel. No planes dragging advertising banners. No helicopters buzzing overhead. Just the castle, the music, and a sky full of color.Credit: C. E. Beavers, FlickrThat peaceful airspace has been protected for more than 20 years by a federal flight restriction that keeps most aircraft out of a three-nautical-mile circle around the parks, from the ground up to 3,000 feet. It’s one of the most unusual setups in American aviation, the kind of protection typically reserved for sensitive government sites.Earlier today, we reported that this restriction had vanished from the Federal Aviation Administration’s public list, leaving fans and pilots wondering whether Disney’s famous no-fly zone had quietly been lifted.Now there’s an update, and for anyone who loves those uninterrupted castle views, it’s a reassuring one.Back on the MapCredit: Inside the MagicThe Walt Disney World flight restriction is active again and showing up on the FAA’s map, this time under a new NOTAM number.Reporter Scott Gustin shared the update on X. “Update: The TFR is active again and back on the map, this time under a new NOTAM number. It appears the previous NOTAM was replaced, but the restrictions remain identical.”He followed it with a line that pretty much sums up the whole saga: “We now return you to your regularly scheduled flight patterns.”Update: The TFR is active again and back on the map, this time under a new NOTAM number. It appears the previous NOTAM was replaced, but the restrictions remain identical.We now return you to your regularly scheduled flight patterns. https://t.co/W7mpYLCxGv— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) November 10, 2026In other words, the restriction doesn’t appear to have gone anywhere. The FAA seems to have swapped the old notice for a new one, and the rules themselves are reportedly unchanged.We haven’t independently confirmed the new NOTAM number or whether Disneyland’s matching restriction in Anaheim has returned to the map as well. We also haven’t seen an official explanation from the FAA or Disney.How the Scare Started