I wasn't even born yet but I wish I had been.

D23 is a biannual event where Disney reveals their plans for parks, media, and other entertainment. D23 2024 took place this past weekend, and there were a lot of big announcements. In an effort to draw contrast with previous D23 events which included some highly speculative plans, Disney Experiences Chairmen Josh D'Amaro prefaced the Imagineering project announcements by saying:

> “Everything we share here tonight is in active development. This isn’t Blue Sky. We’re doing all of it.”

I haven't found a singular, concise list of all the announcements in one place, so I'm trying to compile it all here. Please chime in if you see I missed anything, or if you're particularly hyped (or particularly not hyped) about any of these announcements!

Parks

• Magic Kingdom

  • Villians-themed land to be added, adjacent to Frontierland. There's some concept art and "two new attractions planned as well as dining, shopping and more."
  • Two Cars attractions to be added in Frontierland. There's some concept art for that as well. Not a mirror of the existing Cars Land or Radiator Springs Racers, but similar in concept to the latter. The concept art seems to indicate that this attraction will entirely replace the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island attractions.
  • Disney Starlight, a new night-time parade, premiers Summer of 2025.

• Animal Kingdom

  • Tropical Americas Land to replace Dinoland USA (concept art here), set to open in 2027, with at least two new attractions planned:
  • An Indiana Jones ride, which will replace the Dinosaur ride. Seems to re-use the existing ride vehicles and looks similar to Indiana Jones Adventure, but "will be an all-new adventure, unlike any of the existing Indy attractions around the world."
  • An Encanto dark-ride that "takes place inside Casita on the day after young Antonio receives his gift of communicating with animals."

• Hollywood Studios

  • Monsters, Inc Land to be added, which will feature "the first suspended coaster ever in a Disney Park."
  • Smuggler's Run to be updated, new mission featuring The Mandolorian and Grogu to be added in 2026. More info here.

• EPCOT

  • Test Track to be refreshed, new scenes added. More info here.

• Disneyland

  • Walt Disney – A Magical Life, complete with "audio-animatronic" Walt Disney, will debut inside the Main Street Opera House in 2025 (concept art, more info)
  • Tiana's Bayou Adventure opens November 15, 2024

• Disney California Adventure

  • Avengers Campus to be expanded, doubling its current size and adding two new attractions. Construction to begin in 2025 (concept art here, more info here). Those attractions are:
  • Avengers Infinity Defense, which resembles Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, but for Marvel Comics Universe locales.
  • Stark Flight Lab, which resembles the mechanics of Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey at Universal, but with two people per ride vehicle.
  • Avatar Land to be added, themed after the second film "as well as upcoming films."
  • A Coco ride, which "will draw inspiration for the attraction from beloved classics, like Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean."

• Disney Adventure World

  • Formerly Walt Disney Studios Park, the second Disney park in Paris, there's a big overhaul project here to re-theme 90% of the park. More info here.
  • Lion King ride (concept art, more info)

• Shanghai Disneyland

  • A Spider-Man themed roller coaster to be added (concept art, more info)

• Hong Kong Disneyland

  • A Spider-Man themed attraction to be added, looks mechanically similar to The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror (concept art, more info)

Movies

• Sequels

  • Moana 2 (in theaters November 27, 2024 official trailer here)
  • Zootopia 2 (set for sometime around Thanksgiving 2025, trailer here)
  • Frozen 3 (set for 2027)
  • Incredibles 3
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash (in theaters December 19, 2025)
  • TRON: Ares (in theaters October 10, 2025)
  • Toy Story 5 (set for Summer 2026, teaser trailer here)

• Live Action Remakes

  • Mufasa: The Lion King (in theaters December 20, 2024)
  • Snow White (teaser trailer here)
  • Lilo & Stitch (set for Summer 2025, teaser trailer here)

• Star Wars

  • The Mandalorian & Grogu (set for 2026)

• Pixar

  • Elio (in theaters June 13, 2025)
  • Hoppers (set for 2026)

• Other

  • Monster Jam, a film about the monster truck event starring Dwayne Johnson, currently filming

Shows

• Marvel

  • Daredevil: Born Again (launches March 2025)
  • Agatha All Along (premiers September 18, 2024, trailer here)
  • Ironheart (set for 2025)

• Star Wars

  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (premiers December 3, 2024, trailer here)
  • Andor, Season 2 (set for 2025)

• Pixar

  • Win or Lose, Pixar's first series (premiers December 6, 2024, trailer here)
  • Dream Productions, also by Pixar, "an Inside Out spin-off about the dream factory inside Riley's head," set sometime in between the two movies (set for 2025)

• Other

  • Percy Jackson and The Olympians, Season 2 (set for 2025, trailer here)

Other

• Disney Cruise Line to add 4 new ships (bringing the total to 13). More info here.
• Disney to collaborate with Epic Games on Fortnite. More info here.

A very candid look at the development of the "BDX Droids" that were play-tested at Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland late last year. Thought it was really interesting and fun!

If you like this more-technical kind of Disney engineering stuff, check out the DisneyResearchHub channel on YouTube.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/19686425

> https://electrek.co/2024/04/19/disneyland-faces-pressure-to-electrify-its-stinky-autopia-ride-and-quick/

The new crater music is pretty disappointing imo

Picture during the fireworks finale during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

Here's a picture of this year's gingerbread house in the Grand Floridian's lobby.

NB I used Magic Eraser to remove people from the image, the structure itself was not tweaked.

This is Skippy. For those who never experienced it, he was part of the pre-show for The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter at Disney World, an attraction which was responsible for many therapy and dry-cleaning bills.

This particular Skippy was given to me by a dear friend who's sadly no longer with us and bought him at Disney World as a kid. One of the many shared experiences we bonded over was the trouser-filling fear we both went through on that ride.

I kept him in a cupboard for a long time for fear of him being damaged but from now on he'll take pride of place in my living room.

You can see Skippy's unfortunate experience during the pre-show, featuring the dulcet tones of Mr Tim Curry at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttuaRKEx7c4

I'm polling different communities on lemmy to gauge interest in a Lorcana Community. I moderate a few other gaming related communities, so I would plan to run a Lorcana community in a similar fashion if there is enough interest. So I figured I should ask c/Disney!

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I did it! Come join us at !lorcana@lemmy.world

List from https://www.cbr.com/disney-100-box-set-movies/:

• Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• Pinocchio (1940)
• Fantasia (1940)
• Dumbo (1941)
• Bambi (1942)
• Saludos Amigos (1943)
• The Three Caballeros (1945)
• Make Mine Music (1946)
• Fun And Fancy Free (1947)
• Melody Time (1948)
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
• Cinderella (1950)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
• The Sword in the Stone (1963)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• The Aristocats (1970)
• Robin Hood (1973)
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
• The Rescuers (1977)
• The Fox and The Hound (1981)
• The Black Cauldron (1985)
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
• Oliver & Company (1988)
• The Little Mermaid (1989)
• The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• Aladdin (1992)
• Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
• The Lion King (1994)
• A Goofy Movie (1995)
• Pocahontas (1995)
• Toy Story (1995)
• James and the Giant Peach (1996)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
• Hercules (1997)
• Mulan (1998)
• A Bug’s Life (1998)
• Tarzan (1999)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Fantasia/2000 (2000)
• The Tigger Movie (2000)
• Dinosaur (2000)
• The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Return to Never Land (2002)
• Lilo & Stitch (2002)
• Treasure Planet (2002)
• The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
• Piglet’s Big Movie (2003)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• Brother Bear (2003)
• Home on the Range (2004)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005)
• Chicken Little (2005)
• Cars (2006)
• Meet the Robinsons (2007)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• Wall•E (2008)
• Tinker Bell (2008)
• Bolt (2008)
• Up (2009)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• Tangled (2010)
• Cars 2 (2011)
• Winnie the Pooh (2011)
• Brave (2012)
• Frankenweenie (2012)
• Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
• Monsters University (2013)
• Planes (2013)
• Frozen (2013)
• Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
• Big Hero 6 (2014)
• Inside Out (2015)
• The Good Dinosaur (2015)
• Zootopia (2016)
• Finding Dory (2016)
• Moana (2016)
• Cars 3 (2017)
• Coco (2017)
• Incredibles 2 (2018)
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
• Toy Story 4 (2019)
• Frozen 2 (2019)
• Onward (2020)
• Soul (2020)
• Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
• Luca (2021)
• Encanto (2021)
• Turning Red (2022)
• Lightyear (2022)
• Strange World (2022)
• Elemental (2023)

View from the boat while entering it's a small world.

what are your thoughts on it? I only watched the first 4 episodes (up until the one with selena gomez) and i'm loving it so far, i still need to catch up though.

My wife and I are looking to become Annual Pass holders. Does anyone know if it is possible to get the photo pas later on for one pass if we buy the two together?

Also, any tips from current passholders? We know they sometimes offer promotions for Disney resorts that we want to take advantage of but any other suggestions would be awesome.

It seemed like every time we visited WDW, there was some event or show taking place in front of Cinderella's Castle, and the interior was closed.

When I visited as a kid, you'd walk through the castle and ooh and aah at the mosaic.

I've wanted to see the mosaic again for years, and it was always closed. I finally got the chance again last time, and I took some pictures.

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Where has this guy been?

When my wife and I went to Disney World in 1996, we planned nothing in advance. We found ourselves waiting in massive lines for rides and spending hours waiting for tables in restaurants. We realized we screwed up and we had to do better.

That was 27 years ago. Since then, we had kids and raised them to adulthood.

Every trip after that we scheduled reservations in advance. Every morning we wake up, we know what park we are going to. We spend about 20 minutes every day we are there planning that day's activities, and we roll with whatever changes we encounter.

I don't understand how having a plan in place in advance of your vacation somehow makes it more stressful. I've always thought it was easier to not have to wonder what we'll be doing and where we'll be going during our Disney trips.

Are there really people who insist on just showing up with no plan and then blame Disney when they are stressed?

Also, it seems like most of the Disney criticism I see is coming from Fox news in some form or another. Is that just my news feed, or is it an extension of the culture war that the right is trying to foment?

What's your favorite Disney World Restaurant, and what is it about that restaurant that makes it your favorite?

Without any deep thought, the first one that popped into my mind was Narcoossee's. The food is amazing, and there's a great view of fireworks if you're there in the evening.

When my wife and I went to WDW after she graduated from school (1996, I think?), we stayed on property at the Grand Floridian. It was my first time staying in a Disney resort. We arrived too early to check in, so we went to Narcoossee's for lunch.

The last time we went to WDW (2021), we took our adult children with us, and had a wonderful dinner with everyone together at Narcoossee's.

Picture of the Journey into Imagination building across the waterway during EPCOT's International Flower & Garden Festival in 2012.

now they're making a live action moana in 2025. it hasn't even been 10 years, disney is lowballing so hard with these lifeless remakes. hopefully ariel flops bad enough that they change their minds.

Here's a picture inside the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater at Hollywood Studios showing the "intermission" screen in between the short movie clips/ads they show while you're eating!

Just 15mins for hyperspace mountain!

Sorry for the aweful cropping, i didnt get a nice one without the family in it.

Nice shot of Space Mountain, Tron, and the Peoplemover from a Peoplemover vantage point!