News From D23 2024: The Future for Disney Parks, Cruise Ships, and Beyond

If you can believe it, we just wrapped up almost 50 announcements during the Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase at the Honda Center during D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event for 2024. And these arenโ€™t just blue sky announcements for some timesomewhere down the road. No, these are things weโ€™re building right now, and for many, youโ€™ll start to see them come to life over the next five years. The skyโ€™s the limit, and weโ€™re only just getting started. And Disney Experiences Chairman Josh Dโ€™Amaro said it best:

โ€œAt Disney Experiences, Imagineers dream, create, design and build these stories into real places. And we have Imagineers in place right now all around the world because everything weโ€™re going to share with you is in active development. Plans are drawn. Dirt is moving. I just want to be clear about this: We are doing everything youโ€™ve heard here tonight.โ€

Want to catch up on all the action? Hereโ€™s everything revealed during D23 Event 2024 with links to the Disney Parks Blog for even more details!

DISNEY CRUISE LINE TO LAUNCH FOUR NEW SHIPS

SETTING SAIL FROM 2027 โ€“ 2031

The Disney Cruise Line fleet is expanding, bringing the total number of ships docked around the world to 13. Plus, new details about the Disney Treasure and Disney Destiny revealed.

MONSTERS, INC. LAND JOKES AROUND AT HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS 2319 2025

Itโ€™s laughter theyโ€™re after when Sulley, Mike, and the rest of the crew from Pixar Animation Studiosโ€™ โ€œMonsters, Inc.โ€ move into Disneyโ€™s Hollywood Studios, and let humans inside the factory for the first time.

KA-CHOW! CARS AT MAGIC KINGDOM

ZOOMING TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025 

Start your engines, fan favorite stories and characters from Pixarโ€™s โ€œCarsโ€ race into Magic Kingdom Park with two new attractions and fun for the whole family. 

VILLAINS LAND AT MAGIC KINGDOM

SOMETHING WICKED BEGINS CONSTRUCTION SOON 

This is no happily ever after. Get ready to see a darker side of your favorite fairytales when the Villains cast a spell over Magic Kingdom.

TROPICAL AMERICAS AT ANIMAL KINGDOM

SPROUTING TO LIFE IN 2027 

Lions, and tigers, and Indiana Jones, and the Madrigal family โ€“ oh my! Tropical Americas will come to Disneyโ€™s Animal Kingdom featuring everyoneโ€™s favorite archeologist and the magical casita from Walt Disney Animation Studiosโ€™ Oscar-winning film โ€œEncanto.โ€

AVATAR-THEMED DESTINATION AT CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE

EXPLORE MORE OF PANDORA

Sivako! Announced for Disney California Adventure, travel to a whole new corner of Pandora, inspired by โ€œAvatar: The Way of Waterโ€ and future Avatar films.

FIRST EVER WALT DISNEY AUDIO-ANIMATRONICS FIGURE

DEBUTING IN 2025 

Stop by for a visit when โ€œWalt Disney: A Magical Lifeโ€ begins playing at the Main Street Opera House at Disneyland. After its initial debut, the show will then play in rotation with โ€œGreat Moments with Mr. Lincoln.โ€

AVENGERS EXPERIENCES AROUND THE GLOBE

ASSEMBLING SOON

Ready to save the world and galaxy? Well, suit up, because new Avengers experiences are coming to Disney California Adventure, Avengers Campus will double in size with the addition of two new attractions โ€“ Avengers Infinity Defense and Stark Flight Lab.

COCO ATTRACTION AT DISNEY CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE 

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS 2026 

Seize your moment! Travel to the Land of the Dead with Miguel and his skeletal family from Pixarโ€™s โ€œCocoโ€ in this all-new attraction coming to Disney California Adventure. 

TIANAโ€™S BAYOU ADVENTURE AT DISNEYLAND 

OPENING NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Blue skies and sunshine up ahead! Tianaโ€™s Bayou Adventure inspired by Disney Animationโ€™s โ€œThe Princess and the Frog,โ€ at Disneyland opens at the start of this holiday season. 

TWO NEW LOUNGES COMING DISNEY WORLD 

COMING 2025

Relax with friends and family at two themed lounges coming to Disney World inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean and Spaceship Earth. Cheers! 

TEST TRACK REIMAGINED AT EPCOT 

RACING INTO 2025

Explore the past, present, and future of automation with a newly-rethemed Test Track presented by Chevrolet. Buckle up, it might get bumpy! 

NEW ADVENTURES IN STAR WARS: GALAXYโ€™S EDGE 

JUMP TO LIGHTSPEED IN 2026

Mando and Grogu have a new adventure on the horizon coming to Star Wars: Galaxyโ€™s Edge. Join the Mandalorian and his youngling on brand-new adventures coming to Millenium Falcon: Smugglers Run in celebration of the new Star Wars film โ€œThe Mandalorian and Groguโ€ coming to theaters in 2026. 

NEW NIGHTTIME PARADE TO DEBUT AT MAGIC KINGDOM

ARRIVING ON MAIN STREET, U.S.A. IN 2025

When the sun sets in the Magic Kingdom, a new parade will waltz down Main Street! Get ready to witness โ€œDisney Starlight.โ€ Disney parks around the world also have new spectaculars on the horizon.