Disney announces new 'Indiana Jones' and 'Avengers' rides, along with plans for villains-themed land

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The aboriginal of Disney Parks and Experiences took halfway signifier connected Saturday astatine the D23 instrumentality event, arsenic Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro announced a fig of forthcoming projects, including a caller "Frozen" onshore successful Disneyland Paris and some an "Avatar" acquisition and a "Coco" thrust that are coming to Disney California Adventure Park.

"We are taking our guests to a full caller determination connected Pandora," Ali Rubinstein, the vice president of Creative Development of Walt Disney Imagineering, told the audience.

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Rubinstein said "Avatar" volition see the hunt for "new and majestic wonders that could lone beryllium recovered connected Pandora ... Dense forests. Wide unfastened seas." Calling it a "dynamic, aggravated and affectional experience," helium said it volition besides grant the precocious "Avatar" producer, Jon Landau.

The announcements were conscionable a fewer of the caller rides, lands and integer experiences rolled retired astatine the Disney Experiences showcase successful Anaheim, California, connected Saturday night.

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An wholly caller attraction is coming to Disney California Adventure, with the "Coco" thrust expected to interruption crushed successful 2026, the executives said. The inspiration for the thrust drew from classical rides, including Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, D'Amaro told the crowd.

Also taking spot successful 2026, a caller "Frozen" Land volition unfastened successful Disneyland Paris, D'Amaro announced.

Beginning adjacent month, "Reach for the Stars" debuts astatine Tokyo Disneyland, sparking a caller epoch of Disney spectaculars astir the world. In January, Disneyland Paris volition person a caller nighttime spectacular with projections connected castle.

And, adjacent twelvemonth astatine Disneyland, a caller amusement called "Walt Disney: A Magical Life" volition debut astatine the Main Street Opera House and diagnostic for the archetypal clip an audio animatronic of Walt Disney. It volition play successful rotation with "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln."

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Executives walked Disney fans done a spate of different upcoming attractions and parkland upgrades, including a caller "Indiana Jones" ride, which volition beryllium portion of a caller Tropical Americas country coming successful 2027 to Disney's Animal Kingdom successful Orlando. The different attraction successful Tropical Americas volition beryllium "Encanto"-themed, executives said.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure astatine Disneyland opens Nov. 15, followed by a "Zootopia" amusement astatine Animal Kingdom, "Zootopia Better Zoogether," which is expected to bow successful wintertime 2025.

A "Monsters Inc." onshore is planned for Disney Hollywood Studios. There volition besides beryllium a caller Spaceship Earth lounge astatine Epcot, on with a pirate-themed edifice astatine the Magic Kingdom, some of which are scheduled to unfastened successful 2025, executives said. Epcot's Test Track refurbishment is besides expected to reopen that year.

"We had to hold for innovation to drawback up with our dreams. And present we're yet ready," D'Amaro told the crowd.

Scott Trowbridge, of Walt Disney Imagineering, added that Disney plans to adhd 2 attractions to the Avengers Campus, doubling its size. Stark Flight Lab, which volition bring visitors wrong Iron Man's workshop, volition diagnostic Robert Downey Jr.'s dependable arsenic Tony Stark, Trowbridge said. And successful Avengers Infinity Defense, the heroes volition instrumentality connected Thanos, helium said.

Changes to Avengers Campus successful Disney's California Adventures were announced astatine D23 successful Anaheim, Calif. connected Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.

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And a caller onshore based connected Disney villains is planned for the Magic Kingdom successful Orlando. Not galore details were released connected Saturday, but the onshore volition person each the Disney villains whom you "know and that you loathe," D'Amaro said.

In an interrogation with "Good Morning America," D'Amaro said Disney Experiences has "the astir unthinkable future."

"We admit that radical take Disney arsenic a spot to travel and marque peculiar memories with their families, and we cognize that they are going to emotion each of these jaw-dropping caller lands, caller ships -- we're gathering a integer beingness -- and there's truthful overmuch more," helium said.

"We conscionable made an unprecedented fig of announcements and we cognize our guests astir the satellite are going to emotion them," helium said. "Whether it's 'Avatar' oregon Marvel oregon 'Monsters [Inc.]' -- and truthful overmuch much than that -- we're bringing the world's champion stories to beingness successful a mode that lone Disney can. People are going to beryllium perfectly amazed."

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