The concept art looks kind of like the Star War Launch Bay/Animation Courtyard area. Edit:Monster Inc Land
Concept art for the Monsters Inc ride looks insane. My wife and I are already talking about a trip in 2026 now. Haha
At this point, I think they didn’t feel confident in the number of announcements and amount of information they wanted to provide, so they added all these performances to pad for time and add entertainment value.
So what happens to stuff like when they announced the Mary Poppins ride in Epcot? The pandemic derailed it but it just disappears forever?
They're finally doing that Avengers ride at DCA. Avengers: Infinity Defense. Construction starting next year.
A 4th attraction coming to Avengers Campus at DCA. Stark Flight Lab. Looks like a Kuka Arm ride. RDJ will be reprising his role as Tony Stark for the ride. Avengers Campus at DCA size is doubling
Ok just to tally WDW announcements Villains Land at MK Cars mini land beyond big thunder at MK New night time parade at MK Pirates of the Caribbean themed lounge at MK Monsters Inc Land at DHS featuring Disney's first ever inverted roller coaster Mandolorian and Grogu themed overlay to Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run at Galaxy's Edge updated Test Track opening next year at Epcot New lounge at Spaceship Earth Tropical Americas land replacing Dinoland at DAK featuring Indiana Jones and Encanto rides New Zootopia show inside the Tree of Life replacing Tough To Be A Bug at DAK
The announcements tonight tell me that they realized too late they weren’t ready for Epic Universe. Most things with dates are 2026/2027 and starting construction very soon, three out of the four parks are getting brand new lands in the near future, and they are bringing in some of their biggest IPs with Cars, Monsters INC, Encanto, and Villains. Iger definitely saw what was on the horizon and said oh shit. While they’re behind the 8-ball, if these all actually come to fruition as planned or close to, they’ll be in good position to deal with Universal.
The first-ever Audio-Animatronic figure of Walt Disney himself will be a part of “Walt Disney – A Magical Life,” a new show debuting at Disneyland Park in 2025 Tiana opening at DL 11/15 Coco themed boat dark ride at DCA Avatar land at DCA. Will be completely different than DAK's. Based on the sequels. Will have an innovative new boat ride. Avengers: Infinity Defence E-Ticket coming to Marvel Land at DCA Stark Flight Lab Kuka Arm ride coming to Marvel Land at DCA
I like that with Tropical Americas they do seem like they're making an effort to still focus it on animals and nature. Also the mention of Latin American food got me excited.
Yeah I remember hearing rumours about Monsters Inc Land a DHS for years, and the rumors always said it was going to be Animation Courtyard extending into the backstage area behind Animation Courtyard. That they'd demolish one of the larger castmember office buildings to make way for it.