12/08/2024
So much exciting news came out of D23 this weekend!! Are you ready to have your mind blown? In case you missed it, here are the highlights:
💜 Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Disneyland is FINALLY opening on November 15, 2024!
💚 An all-new AVATAR land is coming to Disney California Adventure.
💛 A COCO themed ride will be coming to Disney California Adventure.
🖤 New nighttime spectaculars are opening around the world:
"Reach for the Stars" opens at Tokyo Disneyland on September 20, 2024.
In January 2025 Disneyland Paris will unveil its new show.
In summer 2025 Magic Kingdom will begin the new "Disney Starlight" nighttime parade.
❤ Disneyland Paris is getting some new updates, too! The 'World of Frozen' is opening in 2026 at Disney Adventure World, and a whole new Lion King area will be opening, complete with a water ride around Pride Rock.
💚 Both Shanghai Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland will be getting all-new Spider-Man themed attractions.
💜 Back here in the states, Disney California Adventure will be expanding Avengers Campus and getting 2 new attractions!
💙 Disneyland is getting the first audio-animatronics figure of Walt Disney in the new show "Walt Disney - A Magical Life" inside the Main Street Opera House.
💛 At Walt Disney World, Animal Kingdom is getting a massive update with the addition of a new space themed around the Tropical Americas: "Pueblo Esperanza." Along with a new carousel ride, there will be 2 new major attractions coming... a new INDIANA JONES ride and an ENCANTO ride. Construction begins this Fall and is set to open in 2027. Animal Kingdom is also opening a new show at the Tree of Life Theater, "Zootopia: Better Zoogether!" which is opening next winter.
❤ Walt Disney World is getting 2 new Lounge Areas. In EPCOT there will be a lounge inspired by Spaceship Earth; and in Magic Kingdom a tavern themed to Pirates of the Caribbean (which was first announced last year). Both will be opening in 2025.
💙 Test Track at EPCOT will be opening with a reimagined design in 2025.
💛 Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World will be getting an all-new MONSTER'S INC. themed land!! Along with the land will be a new attraction with the first suspended coaster ever at a Disney park.
❤ Magic Kingdom's Frontierland will be expanded to include a new CARS themed area, with 2 new attractions! Construction on this new space will begin in early 2025.
🖤 Magic Kingdom will also be adding a new VILLAINS LAND! It will include 2 major attractions, as well as shopping and dining. Preparation for this land has already begun.
💜 Disney Cruise Line announced that FOUR new ships will be joining the fleet. These new ships will be arriving between 2027-2031.
💚 The new 'Disney Destiny' which sets sail next year in 2025, will feature a signature production of "Disney, Hercules!" Also, guests aboard the 'Disney Treasure' - setting sail later this year - will get to see the new stage production of "Disney The Tale of Moana."
💙 Both Disneyland and Walt Disney's World's Galaxy's Edge will be getting a new mission on the Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run, featuring Mando and Grogu, when the movie featuring those iconic characters opens in 2026.
So... what are YOU most excited for?!