All the big Disney parks news out of this year’s D23
Sunday, the last day of the 2022 D23 Expo, saw a major deluge of parks and experiences news. At the park-specific panel, Disney announced some exciting things coming to theme parks around the world. While the Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World in Florida will get revamps in the next few years, there’s a lot going on beyond the U.S., where the parks have grown nearly as big as land allows. This includes three separate Frozen-themed lands.
Now to be fair, a lot of the news out of this panel isn’t super new. But as previously announced opening dates have shifted (thanks pandemic!), some plans have been swapped out and others rejiggered.
Here’s a roundup of all the new opening dates and freshly announced attractions coming to Disney parks worldwide over the next few years.
California Adventure’s Avengers Campus will be getting a third brand-new ride, which will take place in the middle of a multiverse-spanning battle. This is in addition to the still-to-open Wakanda-themed attraction. The yet-unnamed multiverse ride will feature King Thanos for the very first time in the MCU. There is no date for when this will open, and considering the second Avengers Campus attraction is still in progress, it likely won’t be for some time.
The Orlando version of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway replaced Hollywood Studios’ The Great Movie Ride in early 2020. The Disneyland version was supposed to open this year in Toontown, but it was delayed to early 2023.
The San Francisco-themed area of California Adventure will be rethemed as San Fransokyo, the futuristic city as seen in Big Hero 6. This area will include a meet-and-greet with health care companion Baymax and teenage genius Hiro. There is no set date for when
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