Famous Bay Lake ‘Shoe Tree’ Stripped as Lakeshore Lodge Construction Continues at Walt Disney World

The legendary shoe tree, a longtime Bay Lake fixture, has been stripped of its soles as the construction of Lakeshore Lodge progresses. Bay Lake Cast Member Shoe Tree Stripped Photo from March 13, 2026 One of the most noticeable recent changes is on a much smaller scale. For decades, retiring Cast Members (primarily watercraft Cast Members who worked on Bay Lake and the Seven Seas Lagoon) would hang their shoes in this tree. Photo from April 17, 2026 However, within the past month, the shoe tree has become just a tree: all the accumulated shoes have been removed from its branches....