As Walt Disney as soon as predicted, Disneyland will “by no means be accomplished” so long as there may be creativeness on the earth. Each Disney theme parks within the US are persevering with to develop, with new rides, experiences and entertainment deliberate for 2025 and past.
The newest at Walt Disney World entails a ride overlay celebrating the discharge of Tron: Ares in theaters on Oct. 10. The overlay on Tron Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom turns the high-speed journey crimson and orange (changing its normal blue and orange), together with a 9 Inch Nails soundtrack.
Over at Disneyland, the unique park is presently celebrating its seventieth anniversary because it prepares so as to add new rides, experiences and lands beginning subsequent 12 months, together with a brand new entryway, a Coco journey for the beloved Pixar film and a brand new Avatar space.
Complete new lands are being constructed proper now at Disney World, too — to not point out the brand-new Disney theme park announced for Abu Dhabi.
We have got all the main points on the park expansions and the Disneyland seventieth anniversary celebration. Here is everything coming to the Disney Parks and Disney Cruise Line in 2025 and past.
Villains Land at Disney World
Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is getting a Villains Land.
Villains Land, which can rejoice all of the traditional baddies from Disney movies, is coming to the Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Florida, and will probably be “darkish and thorny,” in keeping with the Horizons Disney Experiences Showcase (a part of Disney’s D23 expo in 2024) and information that Disney has launched since.
Villains Land was first teased throughout D23 2022. It will be positioned on the opposite facet of Massive Thunder Mountain — aka, the highest left edge of the present Magic Kingdom map — and can stretch round to the place the Haunted Mansion is.
Two main sights will likely be inbuilt Villains Land, in addition to eating and purchasing “on an extremely twisted, grand scale.” The land is already being constructed, however no phrase but on when it’s going to open.
A chilling trailer for the chaotic land on Instagram hints at parts within the land representing Maleficent, Dr. Facilier, Ursula, Gaston, Yzma, Queen of Hearts, Hades, the Evil Queen, Girl Tremaine, Captain Hook, Jafar, Kaa, Madam Mim, Cruella, Scar, King Magnifico and Mom Gothel.
Throughout Vacation spot D23 in August 2025, Disney revealed that Imagineers have been drawing inspiration from architectural buildings in Paris and Barcelona — like Gaudí’s buildings within the latter metropolis — to design Villains Land.
“Paris is a metropolis filled with traditional Artwork Nouveau examples — the group highlighted the best way pure motifs and swirling designs there make nature seem like ‘cursed,’ like magic has frozen it into place,” Disney stated on its Parks Weblog. “Barcelona’s artwork model is Modernisme, which has much less pure patterns however provides the structure an otherworldly, unnerving look.”
Watch this: Disney Parks Bulletins at D23
Animal Kingdom’s new Tropical Americas land
Animal Kingdom is changing its DinoLand USA space with Tropical Americas land. Pueblo Esperanza will really feel such as you’re strolling by means of an actual village and could have an enormous quick-service eating location, a fountain and a carousel.
Tropical Americas can even have a brand new Indiana Jones journey by means of a Maya temple and an Encanto-themed attraction the place you will discover Antonio’s rainforest room contained in the Casita.
Building started within the fall of 2024, however DinoLand USA is closing down in phases. The Dinosaur journey (which can turn out to be the Indiana Jones journey — a comparatively straightforward overlay, since Disneyland’s Indiana Jones reportedly follows almost exactly the same ride track as Disney World’s Dinosaur) stays open till Feb. 1, 2026, however TriceraTop Spin and the halfway space closed down on Jan. 13.
Tropical Americas is deliberate to open in 2027.
The Tropical Americas space will exchange DinoLand USA and have an Encanto journey, an Indiana Jones journey and a carousel.
First have a look at Piston Peak, Disney World’s Vehicles Land
The Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom are being repurposed so as to add an space themed around Pixar’s Cars movies. This growth of Frontierland, which presently encompasses Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and Massive Thunder Mountain Railroad, will get a Route 66 companion, whose look is impressed by the Rocky Mountain space and the “American Frontier and its nationwide parks.”
“Think about an awe-inspiring wilderness full of towering timber, snowcapped mountains, breathtaking waterfalls, roaring rivers and spectacular geysers,” Disney Parks Blog wrote on June 3.
Disney says Imagineers are “utilizing a mode of structure known as ‘Parkitecture,’ which was developed by the Nationwide Park Service to create buildings that harmonize with the pure atmosphere.”
Piston Peak Nationwide Park: the setting for the brand new Vehicles-themed land at Magic Kingdom.
On the map, you may see a working river surrounding the Piston Peak space, with geysers spitting water. “Timber will present a pure barrier between the off-road rally and different elements of Frontierland and Liberty Sq.. Rugged mountains with dramatic peaks will likely be nestled alongside a relaxing waterway,” Disney Parks stated. You may see Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Massive Thunder Mountain Railroad on the high of the map (although these rides are farther east within the park, so this map of Vehicles Land appears to be rotated 90 levels).
There will likely be a customer’s lodge, a Ranger HQ and strolling trails within the Piston Peak space, so do not worry that every one exploration is being eliminated with the lack of Tom Sawyer Island.
Throughout SXSW in March, Pixar Chief Artistic Officer Pete Docter and Imagineer Michel Hundgen spoke concerning the new journey car for the Vehicles attraction. You may watch a TikTok video of Disney Imagineers testing out off-road automobiles within the Arizona desert to create what the journey will really feel like.
“These are all issues Lightning McQueen and Mater have not skilled earlier than, like racing over rocky terrain, ascending to mountain peaks, and dodging round geysers — how do you’re taking these real-world parts and put a Vehicles spin on it?” Disney Parks stated in one other blog post. Docter added that every rally automobile could have its personal persona, title and racing quantity.
Disney final 12 months stated there can be a second Vehicles-themed attraction, too.
Vehicles Land, which was added to Disney’s California Journey again in 2012, stays well-liked within the west, so it was solely a matter of time earlier than it was added to the japanese outpost.
Work is ready to start this 12 months, after the Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat closed on July 7.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios: Monsters, Inc. land
Disney’s first suspended curler coaster will take you on a journey by means of the Monsters, Inc. manufacturing unit.
If you are going to miss the Monsters, Inc. journey at Disneyland, you will be relieved to know {that a} new addition coming to Disney World’s Hollywood Studios theme park is a Monsters, Inc.-themed area, to replace the current Muppets area.
Revealed by the voice of Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), the land will allow you to stroll by means of Monstropolis from the Pixar motion pictures and shorts. A brand new journey can even take you thru the Monsters Inc. chortle manufacturing unit aboard one of many doorways to the human world — aka a suspended curler coaster.
“The primary time I noticed Monsters, Inc., all I needed to do was journey on a type of doorways like Mike and Sulley,” Disney Experiences Chair Josh D’Amaro stated at D23 final August. “You will go into the manufacturing unit and expertise the primary suspended coaster ever in a Disney park. Keep in mind within the film how these claws seize the doorways and hoist them up into the air to take them away? We’re doing that too. And you are going alongside for the journey.”
Docter and Hundgen had been additionally on-hand to speak concerning the new Monsters, Inc. ride throughout SXSW. Here is the TikTok displaying the design idea for the Monsters Inc. journey.
The final day of MuppetVision 3D was June 7, because it closed completely on June 8. Work on the Monsters, Inc. land is starting later in 2025.
Idea artwork displaying the preshow for the Muppets Rock ‘N’ Curler Coaster journey.
However the Muppets aren’t disappearing completely from the park — they will be changing the Aerosmith theming on the Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster. Whereas there isn’t any cut-off date but for the fun journey, “Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring The Muppets” will open in 2026.
“Because of new administration beneath legendary Muppets tycoon and proprietor of The Muppet Theatre, J. P. Grosse, groovy vibes will take over the Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Courtyard together with a brand new psychedelic wrap on the large guitar marquee,” Disney revealed on Aug. 21. Within the journey, you will have to assist get the band from the recording studio to the live performance on time. “With the assistance of Muppet Labs and a extremely quick limousine, friends will take a screamingly enjoyable journey throughout city whereas the sounds of Electrical Mayhem taking part in iconic hits to maintain the music and adrenaline pumping.”
Disneyland’s growth and ticket value hike
Idea artwork of the brand new pedestrian bridge that can cross Harbor Boulevard.
Disneyland, which is now celebrating Halloween, will likely be expanded within the subsequent couple of years. Disney Parks unveiled concept art and particulars in June of what its growth will appear to be.
The primary part of the mission is a brand new parking construction to the east of Disneyland, together with a pedestrian bridge over Harbor Boulevard. A brand new esplanade entry “expertise” will exchange the present walkway entry. Building is deliberate to start within the fall of 2026.
Disneyland this week additionally introduced it is rising the worth of most tickets once more, with some single-day tickets costing $224 throughout peak instances, and the 2 top-tier Magic Key annual passes rising by $150 for the Encourage Key (now $1,899 yearly) and $100 for the Imagine Key (now $1,474 yearly).
Disney did say it is bringing again California resident tickets for a restricted time for a extra inexpensive approach for locals to go to the park for $83 per day (on a three-day Park Hopper ticket). These resident tickets will go on sale on Dec. 3, and can be utilized between Jan. 1 and Could 21, 2026.
Disneyland’s seventieth anniversary
Disneyland’s Sleeping Magnificence fort through the seventieth anniversary.
Disneyland’s seventieth anniversary celebration kicked off on Could 16. You’ve gotten loads of time to get there, although — the celebration will proceed for greater than a 12 months, working by means of summer time 2026.
The anniversary celebration theme is “Rejoice Blissful,” and Disneyland has a wholly new theme track performed by the Jonas Brothers.
New occasions embody a Mickey and Buddies cavalcade, together with Duffy and ShellieMay, a projection present at It is a Small World known as Tapestry of Happiness, in addition to Miguel and Dante being added to the journey, a projection present at Carthay Circle, 70 new food and drink items and new outfits for Mickey and buddies. Presently, although, Mickey and his buddies will likely be making appearances of their Halloween costumes from Aug. 22 till Oct. 31 as Disneyland celebrates Halloween, and can doubtless be dressed of their outfits for the Holidays from Nov. 14 till the tip of the 12 months.
Disneyland’s World of Coloration seventieth anniversary present.
The brand new World of Coloration present is hosted by Pleasure from Inside Out. The opposite Feelings manifest film moments from Pixar and Disney movies, together with The Incredibles, Turning Crimson, A Goofy Film, Encanto and Tangled. It additionally has a brand new preshow starring The Muppets, and allows you to vote on-line for which Feelings you will see within the present.
The esplanade between Disneyland and California Journey now has a 50-foot sculpture of Sleeping Magnificence Fortress, with extra decorations sprinkled all through Downtown Disney and Important Avenue USA, in addition to inside Disney’s motels. There’s even seventieth anniversary decor contained in the Toy Story Halfway Mania journey.
The Paint the Night time parade, Pixar Buddies parade and the Wondrous Journeys fireworks present have additionally returned for the celebration.
On the official anniversary day of July 17, Disneyland debuted a new verse for It’s A Small World, in addition to a 3-minute movie known as The Final Verse within the Important Avenue Cinema. The film celebrates the Sherman Brothers, who wrote the music for the journey.
The primary-ever audio-animatronic figure of Walt Disney himself additionally debuted on July 17 as part of the Walt Disney: A Magical Life present contained in the Opera Home on Important Avenue USA. There’s additionally a brand new gallery exhibition within the Opera Home, that includes never-before-seen pictures, artwork and artifacts from the event, opening and evolution of Disneyland. These embody the unique rocking chair, lamp and desk from Walt Disney’s personal house above the Fireplace Station on Important Avenue, Walt’s 1955 Emmy award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom he acquired in 1964. There will likely be a second exhibit on the historical past of animatronics.
New Coco journey at California Journey
Idea artwork for the brand new Coco journey.
Disney’s California Journey can also be getting extra Pixar rides, with a Coco attraction being constructed within the space close to Pixar Pier and Parade Gardens, in what’s presently largely backstage areas for forged members. Building is ready to start this fall, Disney introduced in June.
We do not have many particulars but, but it surely sounds prefer it’ll be a darkish journey like Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, populated by audio-animatronics.
“The attraction will likely be full of the characters — and music! — you recognize and love from the beloved film, as you be part of Miguel on a visit to the land of the useless,” Disney says.
New Avatar space will exchange Monsters, Inc. journey
An aerial shot of the Avatar-themed space coming to Disneyland Resort.
The world of Pandora is expanding from Disney World’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando to California Journey in Anaheim. The world in California will take its design inspiration from the second Avatar film, The Way of Water, in addition to the upcoming Avatar sequels.
That is a part of the Disneyland expansion coming to the theme parks, which can push the boundaries previous Downtown Disney and into the close by parking heaps. Disney stated in June that it’s “remodeling a portion of the present Hollywood Backlot space into our Avatar vacation spot in Disney California Journey.”
This may embody eradicating the Monsters Inc. attraction, which can shut completely in early 2026.
Disney says the mission remains to be in early growth, so it is nonetheless quick on particulars and dates. Nevertheless, it has beforehand stated the Avatar expertise will likely be “dynamic, intense and emotional,” with a darkish boat journey very similar to Pirates of the Caribbean “taking friends all the best way to the wide-open seas of Pandora.”
California Journey will get two extra Avengers rides
The Avengers Infinity Protection journey.
Disney’s California Journey, which is already residence to the Spider-Man Internet Slingers and Guardians of the Galaxy sights within the Avengers Campus space of the park, will likely be getting two more Marvel attractions.
Throughout SXSW, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, Imagineering Chief Artistic Officer Bruce Vaughn and Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr., revealed extra particulars about these two new rides. Avengers Infinity Protection will see you assemble alongside the Avengers, battling King Thanos, that includes appearances by Black Panther, Ant-Man and Hulk. Stark Flight Lab, the second journey, will see you assist check Tony Stark’s newest tech.
“In Stark Flight Lab, friends will sit in ‘gyro-kinetic pods’ and roll alongside a monitor earlier than stopping in entrance of an enormous robotic arm,” Disney explains on its Parks Blog. “This robotic arm will hoist you into the air the place you will make a number of high-speed maneuvers impressed by Iron Man and another Avengers.”
Building started this 12 months on the Avengers Campus additions.
Buzz Lightyear’s Area Ranger Spin updates
Idea artwork of the overhauled model of Buzz Lightyear’s Area Ranger Spin, which could have two completely different coloured lasers in every journey car.
Over in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom park, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin will shut in August for a complete overhaul. Introduced on March 26, the Tomorrowland attraction will get new journey automobiles with video screens.
It is also getting a brand new scene at first starring a brand new character, Buddy the pleasant robotic. Every star cruiser could have two handheld blasters with always-on lasers that are available two completely different colours, so you may see which laser is yours. The static Z targets can even now “react and lightweight up when hit.”
Buzz Lightyear’s Area Ranger Spin will reopen someday in 2026.
Bluey meet and greets at Disney World and Disneyland
Meet and greets with Bluey and her household had been introduced on the finish of 2024 for Disneyland, Disney World and Disney cruises. They had been supposed to start out someday throughout 2025, however as of August, they nonetheless aren’t taking place, and there is been no additional particulars offered on after they may.
“Bluey has turn out to be a family title for households world wide, and we’re thrilled to convey her story to life in new methods,” D’Amaro stated in 2024. “We won’t wait to look at our youngest friends and their households make reminiscences with Bluey in our parks and on our cruises.”
The hugely popular Australian TV sequence a couple of household of canine is a worldwide hit, and Disney will launch a Bluey film in 2027. (Within the meantime, you may watch Bluey episodes and minisodes on Disney Plus.)
4 extra Disney Cruise Line ships
Along with the Disney Wish, which launched in July 2022, the Disney Treasure, which set sail in December 2024, and the Disney Destiny, which is ready to embark quickly, Disney is adding four more cruise ships to its ocean trip lineup.
The ship names and locations have but to be revealed, however the ships will set sail between 2027 and 2031.
What else is new at Disneyland and Disney World?
Disney unveiled this photograph on Aug. 22 of the Beak and Barrel lounge.
Here is what else is new and coming quickly to the theme parks:
- Magic Kingdom and Epcot have two new lounges: a Pirates Lounge and a Spaceship Earth lounge, respectively. The Beak and Barrel opened on Aug. 29, whereas GEO-82 opened in time for the summer time, on June 4.
- Magic Kingdom’s new present, Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After, debuted on May 27. Magic Kingdom additionally acquired a brand new nighttime parade known as Disney Starlight, which debuted on July 20.
- Epcot opened a reimagined Test Track (sponsored by GM), designed to rejoice “the previous, current and way forward for automation.” The attraction reopened in July.
- Animal Kingdom is changing the present It is Powerful to Be a Bug contained in the Tree of Life with a Zootopia-themed present. Zootopia: Higher Zoogether will characteristic Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde and new character Heidi Howler taking you thru a number of completely different areas of town as they rejoice a vacation. It will open on Nov. 7.
- Disneyland and Hollywood Studios will add Mandalorian and Grogu missions to the Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run journey in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in 2026, tying in with the discharge of The Mandalorian and Grogu in cinemas.
- Massive Thunder Mountain Railroad will reopen in 2026 at Magic Kingdom after a prolonged refurbishment. It would embody “a journey by means of the spectacular pure phenomena of the Rainbow Caverns.”
- Following the discharge of the Walt Disney animatronic at Disneyland, Disney introduced a similar animatronic will be added to Disney World’s Carousel of Progress at Magic Kingdom in a brand new introductory scene to the journey.
- Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom will likely be repainted in its unique theming, in grey, cream, blue and gold.
