Disney World’s 5-Year Plan: Construction, Closing & Opening Dates for New Lands & Rides
There’s a ton on the horizon in the next 5 years at Walt Disney World with new lands and attractions themed to Villains, Cars, Monsters, Indiana Jones, Encanto & more. There are also reimagined rides, new entertainment, dining, and more. This shares construction and opening timelines for all of the major projects coming to Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom.
The good news is that future Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro emphasized this in his opening remarks to the Parks Panel at the last D23 Expo: “Everything we’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 you’re going to hear tonight. This isn’t Blue Sky—we’re going to do all of this.” Phew.
D’Amaro and head Imagineer Bruce Vaughn were very clear about this, and showed off nearer term projects that’ll come online sooner. They also shared construction timelines for almost every single project, so we have fairly concrete ideas of when work will start for each of these new lands, attractions, etc. However, there’s still some confusion…
Josh D’Amaro said during D23 that the time horizon is not remote–everything discussed will “start to come to life over the next five years.” At first blush, this suggests opening dates no later than 2029. In addition, media was separately advised the announced projects would all open within the next 5 years, which would mean by 2029. Given that, it seems like an open and closed case, right?
There’s probably more wiggle room than that. For one, it’s not clear if the clock on that 5 years started ticking from the moment of announcement, or once construction commences. Moreover, projects that start to come to life in the next 5 years is not the same as construction that will finish by 2029. The lack of a definitive public-facing statement that these projects will all open by 2029 suggests that perhaps they won’t.
Note that this 5-year plan is part of a bigger picture development cycle that will invest $17 billion into Walt Disney World and $60 billion into Parks & Resorts (including Disney Cruise Line) as a whole. The company has already indicated that more of this investment will be backloaded, meaning that even bigger projects will debut in the first half of the 2030s!
From my perspective, there are also two distinct questions: whether all of these projects can open by 2029 and whether Walt Disney World wants to open everything by 2029? I’ve seen a lot of fans focus on the first while ignoring the second. The second question is the far bigger one.
The reason there’s so much skepticism is because Walt Disney World’s recent track record isn’t exactly sterling. The Giant EPCOT Dirt Pit became a punchline on this blog, and it took the company longer to build CommuniCore Hall than the original EPCOT Center (the entire park). It’s a similar story with TRON Lightcycle Run, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Moana’s Journey of Water, or–insert any project from the last few years that isn’t Disney Vacation Club.
The good news is that when work begins in earnest on all of these projects at Walt Disney World, there will be a lot of non-factors that caused delays during the last development cycle. Epic Universe has opened, pandemic-era delays and disruptions have largely been resolved, as have labor shortages. All of that has freed up resources, on both the creative and construction side.
This isn’t to say all work at Universal Orlando and other projects around Central Florida will end, but they won’t consume resources to nearly the same degree. It’s also entirely possible that labor issues will reemerge or the cost of supplies could skyrocket based on new real world factors…but that’s all beyond the scope of this post.
For now, it appears that the dynamic during this development cycle will be more like normal years pre-2019. Walt Disney World construction was arguably too slow then (at least for us impatient fans), but still nothing like the last few years. What exactly does that mean? Here are a few projects for mileposting:
- Pandora – World of Avatar: Announced 2011, Construction 2013, Opened 2017
- Toy Story Land: Announced 2015, Construction 2016, Opened 2018
- Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: Announced 2015, Construction 2016, Opened 2019
- Disney Skyliner: Announced 2017, Construction 2017, Opened 2019
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway: Announced 2017, Construction 2017, Opened 2020
How we long for those halcyon days when construction began a couple of months after D23 announcements and projects–even major ones–opened 2-3 years later. I remember grumbling about ‘work being purposefully spread out over multiple fiscal years’ at the time, but I would happily return to that era.
And maybe we will! In light of the above timelines, there’s no reason to believe all of the projects on this list can’t be finished by 2029 if Walt Disney World so desires. Most began last year, meaning 4 years to finish them. That’s a lot of time, even in an era where delays are increasingly common.
This is why the better question is whether Walt Disney World will want to open all of these additions by 2029?
We think the answer is yes. During the post-reopening era, Walt Disney World purposefully staggering new attractions and experiences for maximum impact. Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure could’ve opened a full year before it did. Cosmic Rewind and TRON were likewise deliberately slow-rolled.
The difference between then and now is the real world backdrop. Travel was ground to a halt during COVID in 2020-2021, and then business was booming for Walt Disney World in 2022-2024. It was arguably a mistake to open Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure so early, when travel was still limited, and it wasn’t nearly as “necessary” to debut marketable new additions during revenge travel. Business was booming regardless.
The difference now is that travel dynamics have normalized, and Walt Disney World is experiencing an attendance slowdown. Not a major one, all things considered, more like a plateau. The type of thing that could be remedied by opening a blockbuster new land or attraction.
In fact, our biggest concern is that the earliest new land to open will be Tropical Americas in 2027. And that’s likely coming in late 2027 for the reasons discussed below. That’s not soon enough. Walt Disney World needs more in the next couple of years. Fortunately, smaller scale help is on the horizon via the following additions:
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Reopens (TBD Date in Spring 2026)
- Bluey & Bingo at Rafiki’s Planet Watch (TBD Date in Summer 2026)
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin Reopens (TBD Date in Spring 2026)
- Carousel of Progress Enhancements (TBD Dates in 2026 and/or 2027)
- Frozen Ever After Adds New Audio Animatronics (February 12, 2026)
- Soarin’ Across America Debuts (TBD Date by Memorial Day 2026)
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Adds Baby Yoda & Mandalorian (May 22, 2026)
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith Closes (March 2, 2026)
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring the Muppets Debuts (TBD Date in Summer 2026)
- The Walt Disney Studios Lot Opens (TBD Date in Summer 2026)
- The Magic of Disney Animation Debuts (TBD Date in Late Summer 2026)
Anyway, here are the construction and opening timelines for everything on the horizon at Walt Disney World…
TROPICAL AMERICAS AT ANIMAL KINGDOM
Tropical Americas will come to Disney’s Animal Kingdom featuring Indiana Jones and the magical casita from Encanto. (We have separate posts for the Encanto Magical Madrigal Casita Dark Ride and Indiana Jones Adventure.)
- Construction Began: January 17, 2025
- Opening: Late 2027 (Probably?)
Walt Disney Imagineering held the groundbreaking for Tropical Americas last year on January 17th, but the multi-phase project actually began earlier backstage where work started the previous fall.
If this land is opening all at once instead of in phases, there’s more work to be done on Encanto–a brand new build–than there is on Indiana Jones Adventure, which will reuse the existing ride system from Dinosaur. This is why Dino-Rama closed in early last year, but Dinosaur didn’t close until February 2026.
That makes for a really tight timeframe, and our expectation is now that Tropical Americas will open in late 2027 as opposed to earlier in the year. Walt Disney World hasn’t announced a season or anything else beyond that.
Honestly, Tropical Americas slipping into 2028 and flip-flopping with the next project also wouldn’t completely surprise us. Although the show building for the Encanto dark ride is now vertical and moving fast, there’s still a lot of work that remains to be completed. That’s an elaborate attraction that won’t be quick to construct.
On top of that, the conversion of DINOSAUR into Indiana Jones Adventure will take time–probably at least 18 months–even though the two share the same ride system and track layout. Even though Imagineering is moving quickly, having Tropical Americas ready by 2027 is going to require a really aggressive construction plan.
Our expectation is that Tropical Americas opens on October 1, 2027 at the earliest. It’s possible the critter carousel debuts earlier; this is the one project where we would not bet against a phased opening just because Animal Kingdom needs ride capacity so badly. More likely, Tropical Americas debuts around December 4, 2027, pulling a page from the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance playbook.
MONSTROPOLIS AT HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
It’s laughter they’re after when Sulley, Mike, and the rest of the crew from Pixar Animation Studios’ “Monsters, Inc.” move into Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and let humans inside the factory for the first time.
- Construction Began: Summer 2025
- Opening: 2028 (Probably)
Monstropolis will replace Muppets Courtyard. Work started last summer, beginning backstage with the closure of the Cast Member parking lot with preparation for construction of the gravity building for the Monsters, Inc. Doors Coaster. Muppets Courtyard closed shortly thereafter last summer.
That was much earlier than we expected for the closure of Muppets Courtyard, by roughly a full year (contrast the closing of Dinosaur with MuppetVision). In all likelihood, Disney closed Muppets Courtyard to cut costs at a time when Disney’s Hollywood Studios was not that busy (and opened two new stage shows). But what’s done is done.
The good news is that Monstropolis is the simplest project of the major new lands, and the Monsters, Inc. Doors Coaster (largely a roller coaster in the dark) will be much simpler to construct than an elaborate dark ride. Our expectation is that Monstropolis opens by Summer 2028.
One possibility is that Monstropolis ends up opening in late 2027 if Tropical Americas slips into 2028. That would maintain Walt Disney World’s annual opening cadence. Regardless of the order, these will almost assuredly be the first two lands to debut and they will open less than a full year apart.
PISTON PEAK CARS LAND AT MAGIC KINGDOM
Start your engines, fan favorite stories and characters from Pixar’s “Cars” race into Magic Kingdom with two new attractions and fun for the whole family.
- Construction Began: Spring 2025
- Opening: 2029 (Probably?)
The Cars area, officially known as Piston Peak National Park, is replacing the Rivers of America. Consequently, Tom Sawyer Island and the Liberty Square Riverboat have permanently closed. Imagineering finally got approval for the project from the South Florida Water Management District early last year, and put pedal to the metal in accelerating the project.
It’s incredibly difficult to say when Piston Peak will open since we’re now talking over 2 years into the future. Walt Disney World kicked this project into high gear, and the demolition phase was accomplished fast. Groundwork is now being laid, but the project is unlikely to go vertical until late 2026 or early 2027.
Fans will bemoan the lengthy timeline, but this debuting in 2029 actually seems fairly aggressive given the scale and scope of work. A late 2028 opening is also within the realm of possibility if Walt Disney World wants to increase the project cadence, but honestly, there are probably smaller scale additions that have yet to be announced that would be easier to accomplish in a couple years.
VILLAINS LAND AT MAGIC KINGDOM
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. Villains Land will be home to two major attractions, dining, and shopping on an incredibly twisted grand scale.
- Construction Began: Spring 2025
- Opening: 2030 (Maybe?)
The safe bet is that Villains Land will debut in 2030 or 2031, and that this is actually not part of the 5-year plan, but rather, the bigger slice of the $17 billion investment over the next decade.
Not because it’ll necessarily take that long to build, but because it appears to be phase 2 of the Magic Kingdom expansion, coming online after the Piston Peak Cars land. And that land could be delayed into 2030 given how things go with the staging sites and construction on the land itself.
Then there’s the issue of phase 2s, which infamously do not happen. Regardless of how you feel about the current economy, there are decent odds of a recession between now and 2030. The silver lining here, though, is that all of the site prep and groundwork is occurring simultaneously for Piston Peak and Villains Land, so both of the lands are already well underway (see aerial photo below via bioreconstruct). That alone makes it atypical among ambitious phase 2 projects.
Personally, I think that Villains Land is a fantastic idea and one that will be huge for Magic Kingdom. If I were in charge, I’d absolutely be fast-tracking this addition and try to open it simultaneous with Cars land for a truly blockbuster expansion of Magic Kingdom and relaunch of the park on par with Disney California Adventure 2.0, which debuted with both Cars Land and Buena Vista Street.
Apples to oranges comparison, but there’s nothing stopping Walt Disney World from opening both in 2029 except appetite to do so. It’s entirely possible that could happen, as both Piston Peak and Villains Land are currently at roughly the same point in construction as of 2026. Still, we think roughly one year after Piston Peak in 2030 is the safer bet.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Do you expect all of these upcoming Walt Disney World projects to open by 2029? Think any of them will slip into 2030-2031, or possibly be cancelled completely? What has you most and least excited? Anything you’re hoping does not end up coming to fruition? Do you agree or disagree with our assessments? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
I think that if MK encounters significant issues related to the former ROA footprint or a potential restructuring or expansion of their utilidors system that will undoubtedly need to be touched up following the river’s removal, it will increase the chance of an opening date to be pushed back to at least 2035.
Remember that the removing of the ROA, a staple of the park from its beginning, will undoubtedly be accompanied by structural considerations to the utilidors system and repair and fortification work to that second floor of the Magic Kingdom, which will significantly expand the time allotted to a Magic Kingdom Cars Land and Villains Land expansion respectively.
This undoubtedly will eat up the majority of that 17 billion that Disney has said will be allocated to the Orlando parks over the next decade as well. The reason that number was so large in the first place seems to have been because the imagineers knew that the stress of the weight of that river over the course of the last 40 plus years had caused structural integrity issues to that utilidors system and first floor of the park in the first place, necessitating the removal of the river in its entirety due to structural safety concerns, in my opinion.
While the river theoretically could have been replaced after any potential structural issues were addressed, current Disney leadership most likely felt additional actual attractions within its footprint would better address capacity concerns and a significant emphasis on IP integration by the company within recent years. This is most likely why Cars Land and a portion of Villains land were announced in its place, not to mention the company was surely feeling obligated to announce something to serve as an answer to Epic Universe’s opening this Spring, if for nothing else to satisfying stock holders.
I hate to see Rivers of America and the riverboat closing! It was one of Disneys main features that he wanted besides the railroad! Wish the Cars attraction could have been put somewhere else. Doesn’t DisneyWorld still have a lot of land?
Villains’ Land is the only one I’m really excited about, as it’s the only one that’s kind of “new” for them. However, considering how weird they’ve been getting recently about death at the Haunted Mansion, I’m wondering if they’re really not “all in” on it. Especially with no start date announced, no clear placement and no additional art released.
Per the comments it looks like this article was first posted on August 23 (2024), and the update today (Feb 4, 2025), nearly 6 months later, is not all that significant (my issue is with Disney, not with Tom). The pace of progress is just glacial, and I have to believe that’s intentional vs. just complete incompetence from a planning perspective…though there may be some incompetence in the mix.
Think of our August 2024 selves, if we we’d been given the magical ability to look 6 months into the future and see all the progress and fleshed out details on everything announced at D23. Pardon my French, but we’d have been pretty damn disappointed. The only thing that feels like it’s being fast-tracked is the closure of MuppetVision 3D!
Finally, I understand why Disney would want to stagger its cadence for debuting major lands/attractions but it’s sort of depressing to think about the domino effect there….for every delay on a 2026/2027 plan, that may push back the 2028-2030 plan, which then leaves little incentive for any work on post-2030 projects (the attractions above just slide into those slots in the 2030s).
TL;DR: My kids are gonna be grown-ups before any of the major stuff sees the light of day. Frown.
I agree with you, but I think the real problem is this development cycle had been teased for ~2 years before D23. We knew this was going to be a big Expo, or at least hoped that it would. So it’s not ~6 months of waiting, it’s more like 2 years and 6 months of waiting.
From my perspective, the 6 months is not a problem at all. Disney has filed a ton of permits, and has gotten to work on Dino-Rama in earnest. I honestly didn’t expect as much news as we’ve gotten already post-D23. If the Muppets closure does turn out to be a fast-tracking of Monstropolis, that’ll be a huge win. If it’s a cost-savings, a huge loss.
Even when it comes to the RoA stuff that many fans don’t want to happen, I think the buffer was built in for this back and forth. The biggest disappointment for me is DINOSAUR not closing until 2026. That ride should be permanently closing after Easter.
But the biggest issue of all is the waiting that occurred before D23. That makes the last 6 months seem worse than they’ve actually been. At least, IMO.
Yes, you’re right, in a vacuum 6 months isn’t a long time, but in addition to setting us up for 2 years you also have major declarative statements like “Plans are drawn. Dirt is moving.” Yes, plans can be conceptual. And dirt was moving all over Epcot (though mainly to different sides of the same pit) for years. But “we’re charging ahead, right now, with exciting stuff” was the implication.
I know they couldn’t have kept permit filings secret, so there was always going to be some waiting period, but the rah-rah “raise your expectations” language leaves a bad taste in my mouth. We’ll see if the next 6 months can start to redeem things and put me at ease. Meanwhile it’ll be a miracle if the economy doesn’t take a dip in the next 3 or 4 years (not necessarily a political jab, we’re just overdue for a real recession).
I feel sure they will drag this out to a yearly opening of something new. The problem is all parks need something bold and new right now. if they had any sense all projects would be starting now to open all at the same time in 2 to 3 years. imagine the hype for all this opening at once together. The resort would solidly sell out and would compete more directly with Universal’s brand new theme park.
For those that want a 5th park instead I think they are so wrong. Disney desperately needs to increase capacity and attraction density at all it’s park. A 5th Disney Theme Park light on attractions whilst MK, HS and DAK is in the state it is in would be awful.
Not sure with all they want to build and open why they would not just go with a 5th gate. Universal Epic did it right with there new park disney adding stuff from 10-20 years ago just does not seem to appalling quiet honestly. lately alot of disneys old rides keep closing and breaking down and let’s face it they need new things to do there.
Thank you for your helpful article Tom.
I wish Spaceship Earth was being updated and the Imagination Pavilion overhauled – including something unique shown at the Magic Eye Theatre. I would prioritise this over expanding Magic Kingdom, especially given MK’s attraction list is already the largest of the 4 parks.
The short answer is too little too late.
I hope they cancel Cars in Frontierland.
Absolutely. They have plenty of land. Build it outside the current park’s boundaries and give guests more to do. That means shorter lines and better experiences. No need to destroy something that’s perfectly good.
I agree, it’s short-sighted—a foolish waste of a beautiful and unique space. Beyond that, just from a guest experience perspective, who wants to spend THAT MUCH MONEY to look at more construction walls, not to mention dealing with the noise and pollution?
Despite all their postering and denials, I think Disney is very afraid of the threat that Epic Universe poses. I think a lot of this was reactionary, especially considering that they’re promising it’s not blue sky, even Villains’ Land. It’s a little unusual for that volume of huge new projects announced at one D23, especially that they’re guaranteeing them as definite. That Villains’ art isn’t really fleshed out either. I love the idea of Villains’ Land, if it’s done right, but it doesn’t seem as solid as a lot of the other projects…which is discouraging, but not surprising. They should have already been working on something big, with it being ready to debut within a few months of Epic Universe’s opening…now they’re just going to be playing catch-up.
They’ve not yet said WHERE Villains Land is going. With all the talk of Beyond Big Thunder Mountain, I find it interesting that the concept art for what they are calling a Cars MINI-land really doesn’t show much if any of the northern area of the Rivers of America or the northern island. The Cars artwork is all heavily concentrated on the area between the current riverboat boarding building and Big Thunder.
All we know about Villains Land is that it’s a “Land” not a “mini-land” and that it will have 2 major attractions (which does not preclude other attractions). The Rivers of America is a huge area, so big that when they talked about taking it away for Cars, I was thinking, “That area’s so big, why are they calling it a ‘mini land’? ”
An answer might be that they might not have decided exactly where VL is going to be located. It could be within the berm, stretching from Big Thunder, through the northern RoA , continuing north of Fantasyland to link up with it at some point, even multiple points, depending on how ambitious they go. They could do this within the existing berm… or they could reroute the WDW RR further north expanding the berm. Or they could go beyond the RR out to Floridian Way, or, with Floridian Place to Center Drive to World Drive taking Floridian Way’s role, go past Floridian Way.
They may be waiting to see Universal Epic’s impact as to how ambitious they go. The amount of land WDW has to play with around the MK is immense. You could put a 5th park between the WDW RR and Floridian Place, not including the facilities west of Center Drive. But we’re talking about a land not a park, and the other lands of the MK give rough ballparks to judge size, and Big Thunder to Fantasyland could satisfy the requirements, depending upon how much backstage for Fantasyland shifting they might need/want to do.
The Cars art shows a walkway between it and the Haunted Mansion. The Haunted Mansion would be a natural transition point into Villains Land.
To me, this means that your timing this out so that VL opens in 2030 with a “?” makes a lot of sense. There’s always the possibility that Epic could have a massive impact, in which case Disney might hustle to open this as soon as they can, expand the plans for VL (“Did we say 2 major attractions? It’s 3!”). increase the size of VL for future development, or a combination thereof.
From a practical standpoint, I think that a lot of the area that’s going to be used as gravel and laydown yards for Cars and the substantial work on ripping up and filling in the Rivers of America is going to be where Villains Land is going to be located. If that is the case, then work on Villains Land might need a good chunk of Cars Land to be constructed before VL gets underway. Of course, if they really wanted to, Tom is right, they could be both built at the same time.
What’s the timeline for your country bear musical jamboree review? love your writing !
The crazy thing is that right now we’re only looking the public first five years of a decade plan to spend $17 Billion (aka $17,000 Million) on WDW. My head is hurting just thinking about building the cost estimate to determine the burn rate on this and figure out what’s left to play with in the second half of the decade. Not sure about what a possible economic downturn could make Disney do to their later plans; they’ve cut capital spending in the past, but they just saw Universal take advantage of cheaper construction costs, so who knows?
“a truly blockbuster expansion of Magic Kingdom and relaunch of the park on par with Disney California Adventure 2.0”
*Animal* Kingdom needs that. Desperately. (Hopefully it gets the equivalent of two *more* lands over the second half of the plan.) While I understand that MK is down from its peak attendance more than any major park other than AK, it’s still the most popular park in the world! What the Magic Kingdom needs is more constant updating to push the park forward, not an entire relaunch like Animal Kingdom. If Disney can advertise Test Track 3.0, major refreshes of E-Tickets like BTMR and Space Mountain that includes some noticeable reImagineering should be marketable
Still wish the the other 3 parks were getting more and MK was getting less. I’ll miss the river but a complete circuit for MK will help spread crowds, but the park already is overdeveloped compared to the other 3. Not quite as full like Disneyland, but that is a different demographic (mostly day trip) and only one other park in the family there.
I am so curious to watch this situation evolve. I’ve spent 25-years working in retail real estate, first in-house with national retailers, and now as a consultant to a variety of brands. Retailers all tell me the same thing – costs had already crept leading into the pandemic, and now they seem to be holding at 30-50% higher than 2017 rates. . My husband works for a large construction management company and they’re business has ramped astronomically this year with large and medium-scale government infrastructure projects. While the Great Dirt Pit is an anomaly – had to result from poor management and a lack of aligned design vision – I would not be surprised to see the “average” project take longer and cost more in prior years. The question I keep noodling with is “If it’s costing 50% more than 2017 pricing to build, say, a clothing retailer, how much of that $17 billion will be left after the work that’s already been announced?” (Said another way: I am am worried about there being enough left over in the 2026 D23 forecast to build the attraction that Figment and Dreamfinder deserve!)
The timeline should be what is negotiated with the CFTOD.
It’s good to see Disney is storming ahead at their usual glacial pace. Five plus years? Universal announced Epic Universe in 2019 and five plus years later, they’ll have an entire park and three hotels open.
And that’s despite the slowdown from the Pandemic!
So if we wanted to take a trip to visit MK one last time before all the construction walls go up, what would you suggest?
People laugh at me when I spit out timelines, but I agree with you on the pacing. for a couple of reasons like you mentioned. I have Villains land opening in 2031 for marketing the 60th anniversary of MK. it sits come down to bandwidth of imagineers with all that projects and of course money being spread out.
My guess is that the intentional ambiguities in the opening time-frames revolve around Epic Universe. Disney is used to having essentially one big draw per year (or so) to prompt those yearly visits and hype. Why blow it all in a compressed time-frame? However, the wrinkle is Epic Universe. If Epic really crushes demand for WDW resorts and parks, I think Disney will accelerate. My bet is that they are waiting to see how hard the hit is before making that call.