Updated August 13, 2024
This is a working post and will be updated as new information regarding what’s ahead for Disney parks and entertainment is shared at the 2024 event.
Check back for updates!
Disney Movies Announced
Night one included a big gathering at the Honda Center where the following dates were shared:
- Moana 2 – 11.27.2024
- Zootopia 2 – November 2025
- Frozen 3 – 2027
- Avatar: Fire and Ash – 12.19.2025
- Elio – 6.13.2025
- Hoppers – 2026
- Toy Story 5 – 6.19.2026
- Incredibles 3 – in development
- Captain America: Brave New World – 2.14.2025
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps – 7.25.2025
- Mufasa: The Lion King – 12.20.2024
- Disney’s Snow White (live action) – 3.21.2025
- Lilo and Stitch (live action) – summer 2025
- TRON: Ares – 10.10.2025
- Freakier Friday – 2025
Per Disney, also: “Dwayne Johnson and Alan Bergman revealed that a new movie is in the works about monster trucks, leaning into the popularity of monster jam truck rallies and celebrating the biggest motorsport event in the world. Johnson will produce via his Seven Bucks Productions.”
Here’s more from Disney from night one of the D23 Expo.
Disney Parks Updates Announced
My goodness!
Here’s what I have gathered so far for our domestic parks and the Disney Cruise Line:
Disneyland Resort
- Disneyland will celebrate its 70th Anniversary – 2025
- Coco themed attraction coming to DCA – construction begins in 2026
- Avatar themed attraction coming to DCA – 2026
- Avengers Campus will double in size with TWO brand new attractions – Avengers Infinity Defense and Stark Flight Lab!
- First ever Walt Disney Audio-Animatronic will debut at Disneyland – 2025
- Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and Bayou Country at Disneyland – opens November 15, 2024
- Critter Country to be renamed Bayou Country
- Mandalorian & Grogu story coming to Millennium Falcon
Walt Disney World
- Tropical Americas land will replace DinoLand in phases – starting in 2025
- New nighttime parade, Disney Starlight, coming to Magic Kingdom at WDW – summer 2025
- Indiana Jones themed attraction coming to Tropical Americas land in WDW – 2027
- Encanto themed attraction coming to Tropical Americas land in WDW – 2027
- Monsters Inc Land coming to Disney Hollywood Studios with first ever Disney suspended roller coaster
- A Spaceship Earth themed lounge at EPCOT and a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed tavern at Magic Kingdom – will debut in 2025
- Two new Cars themed rides coming to Frontierland at WDW
- Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island will be demolished to make room for the two new Cars rides (here’s the scoop from Disney)
- Zootopia: Better Zoogether, a new show in the Tree of Life at Animal Kingdom – opens next winter
- Reimagined Test Track – coming in 2025
- Villains Land coming to Magic Kingdom with 2 new rides and dining
- Mandalorian & Grogu story coming to Millennium Falcon
Disney Cruise Line
4 new ships coming between 2027 and 2031!
This will bring the fleet’s total to 13.
Here’s more from Disney from night two at the D23 Expo.
Notes
- For more info on the D23 Expo, including the first ever D23 Day at Disneyland, check out this post.
- Looking for general planning info for Disneyland? Start here.
- Here’s the official D23 “The Ultimate Disney Fan Event” site.
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