Credit: Harshlight, FlickrDisneyland Paris has been building toward something for years. The additions have come steadily and with increasing ambition: Avengers Campus in 2022, the reimagined Disneyland Hotel reopening as a five-star flagship, and a sustained investment in the resort that has positioned it as arguably the most exciting Disney destination in the world right now for guests paying close attention. The second gate at the resort, which opened in 2002 as Walt Disney Studios Park and spent years operating under the weight of comparisons to a thinner attraction lineup than its American counterparts, has been the center of that transformation. The park that exists today barely resembles the park that opened more than two decades ago.
And now the name is going too.
Walt Disney Studios Park officially becomes Disney Adventure World on March 29, 2026. That date is now so close that something notable has already happened on the ground at Disneyland Paris: the signage out front has already been changed over. Jeff Gordon, known on social media as Gordongrubs, shared a photo of the Disney Adventure World signs already in place and captioned it simply: “Studios park what studios park.” The name change is not waiting for the official date. The physical transformation is already visible to guests on property right now, weeks before the formal reopening.
Studios park what studios park pic.twitter.com/IhRKJUz74N
— Jeff Gordon “Gordongrubs” (@jeffgordonla) March 9, 2026
Adam, another Disney commentator on X, added his own reminder: “It’s March which means Disney Adventure World is officially opening this month.” For anyone who has been following the Disneyland Paris transformation from a distance, that sentence lands with real weight.
What Walt Disney Studios Park Was and Why Its Closure Matters
Walt Disney Studios Park opened on March 16, 2002 as the second theme park at Disneyland Paris, built to function as a companion gate the way Disney’s Hollywood Studios operates alongside Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The park leaned into a behind-the-scenes Hollywood studio aesthetic and launched with attractions including Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
Over the years it added Ratatouille: The Adventure, a beloved dark ride that remains exclusive to the Disneyland Paris version of the experience, and Avengers Campus, which opened in 2022 and added significant scale and energy to the park’s overall offering. The park evolved considerably from its 2002 origins. But Disney committed to something more than incremental updates. The decision to fully reimagine the park under a new name, with new lands, a new promenade, new dining, and a new nighttime spectacular, represents the kind of investment that changes what a destination is rather than just what it looks like.
March 29 is when that investment gets its official introduction to the world. The signs, as the photos already show, are already there.
What Disney Adventure World Is Opening With
The centerpiece of the March 29 opening is World of Frozen, a fully immersive land built around Frozen that has no equivalent anywhere else in the Disney parks system. Guests can ride Frozen Ever After, the land’s anchor attraction, through Arendelle. Anna and Elsa are available for character meets inside the royal castle. A daytime show takes place on Viking longships within the land. World of Frozen at Disney Adventure World is the kind of geographically exclusive land that makes a specific park worth a transatlantic flight, and it is brand new as of March 29.
Opening alongside World of Frozen is Adventure Way, a new promenade running through the heart of the park. Adventure Way includes themed gardens, seasonal entertainment, and 14 new dining locations, a number that substantially expands the park’s food and beverage options in a single opening moment. The Regal View Restaurant and Lounge is among the new venues. The promenade also features Raiponce Tangled Spin, a family attraction themed to Tangled, and a new nighttime spectacular called “Disney Cascade of Lights” that is exclusive to Disney Adventure World.
A new land, a new park spine, 14 new dining options, and a new nighttime show is a genuinely substantial opening rather than a rebranding exercise with cosmetic additions. The scale of what is arriving on March 29 is real.
What Is Already There
The attractions that existed before March 29 do not disappear. They become part of Disney Adventure World’s full lineup and several of them are exclusively found at Disneyland Paris.
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disneyland Paris operates with three different storylines, a format found nowhere else in the Disney system. Avengers Assemble: Flight Force pairs Iron Man and Captain Marvel on a hypersonic mission that replaced the Aerosmith coaster version found at Walt Disney World. Crush’s Coaster, the spinning attraction themed to Finding Nemo, is an exclusive that consistently generates significant wait times. Cars ROAD TRIP, taking guests along Route 66 with Cruz and Sally before entering Cars-tastrophe Canyon, exists nowhere else in the Disney parks portfolio.
On the entertainment side, Mickey and the Magician and TOGETHER: A Pixar Musical Adventure both play in the park and represent the kind of show production quality that Disneyland Paris delivers better than almost any other Disney destination. The “Disney Tales of Magic” nighttime spectacular across the plaza at Disneyland Park, projected onto Sleeping Beauty Castle, rounds out an evening entertainment lineup that is worth staying for.
What Is Still Coming
Disney Adventure World is opening as an unfinished park, and that is worth understanding as an invitation rather than a criticism. A major new Lion King attraction is already under construction on Adventure Bay, a coming land within the park. The attraction will combine water-based thrills with next-generation Audio-Animatronic figures and music from the 1994 film. An Up-themed experience is also in development.
The park that opens March 29 is the first chapter of Disney Adventure World’s story. Guests who visit in 2026 will experience World of Frozen at its newest and Adventure Way fully operational for the first time while also being present at the beginning of something that is going to keep growing over the coming years.
How This Affects a Trip to Disneyland Paris
The signage change that is already visible on the ground makes something clear that the official date of March 29 might otherwise obscure: this transition is happening right now. Guests currently at Disneyland Paris are seeing Disney Adventure World branding on what was, until very recently, Walt Disney Studios Park. The before and after exist simultaneously at this particular moment in a way that will not last much longer.
For families planning a Paris trip, 2026 is one of the most compelling years the resort has offered in decades. World of Frozen opening, Adventure Way with 14 new dining venues, a new nighttime spectacular exclusive to the park, and a Lion King land already taking shape in construction give the destination a momentum that rewards going sooner rather than later.
The Disneyland Hotel, now a five-star flagship with a park entrance location, and Disney Hotel New York: The Art of Marvel, the only Marvel-themed hotel in the Disney portfolio worldwide, give the resort accommodation options that have no direct equivalent elsewhere in the Disney system. Seven hotels total across multiple price points and a 45-minute train connection to central Paris make Disneyland Paris genuinely stackable with a broader France itinerary.
If Disneyland Paris has been on your list, check availability now. World of Frozen is brand new, the park has a new name, and the signs are already up. The transition is not coming. It is already there.