Credit: Inside the MagicDisney parks have always operated on the principle that there is always something new on the horizon. It is part of the institutional identity, the idea that the parks are never finished, always being improved, always adding something that did not exist the year before. For most of Disney’s history, that meant one or two new attractions per year spread across the resort. What is happening right now is something different in scale.
Seventeen new rides have been confirmed across Disney parks worldwide. Not rumored. Not hinted at through permit filings or concept art leaks. Confirmed. Walt Disney World is adding three new lands and a major expansion at Magic Kingdom. Disneyland is getting a new ride, a significant Avengers Campus expansion, and an Avatar-themed land. Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Shanghai Disneyland all have new attractions in various stages of development or announced planning. The global scope of what Disney is building right now is unlike anything the company has attempted simultaneously.
With D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event approaching, this is the right moment to take stock of everything that has been officially confirmed and understand what guests might expect to learn more about at that event. Some of these attractions have detailed descriptions and concept art. Others are still early enough that D23 could fill in significant gaps. All seventeen are real, confirmed, and coming to a Disney park somewhere in the world.
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom: Piston Peak National Park
The first is a rally race-style attraction with a queue located inside a Piston Peak National Park visitor lodge. The ride takes guests racing through mountains while dodging geysers and waterfalls. The second is a family-friendly ride with a queue built inside a ranger lodge, notable for introducing a brand-new character: Ranger J. Autobahn Woodlore, who tells guests about the history of Piston Peak during the queue experience.
Hollywood Studios: Monstropolis
Disney is building a Monsters, Inc.-themed land called Monstropolis at Hollywood Studios. The confirmed centerpiece attraction will be Disney’s first suspended roller coaster, themed around the iconic doors scene from the film. A second attraction is also planned inside the Glob Theater within Monstropolis, but Disney has not yet confirmed what that experience will be. D23 is expected to bring more detail on that second ride.
Animal Kingdom: Pueblo Esperanza
Animal Kingdom is receiving a Tropical Americas-themed land called Pueblo Esperanza, built on the footprint of the former DinoLand U.S.A. Three rides are confirmed.
A family-friendly carousel featuring animals from Disney films. An Encanto ride that takes guests inside the Madrigal family’s house at the moment after Antonio receives his gift of communicating with animals. And an Indiana Jones adventure set in a Mayan Temple, built on the structural bones of the former DINOSAUR ride but described as a completely different experience.
Disneyland Resort
Disney California Adventure: Pixar Pier
A new Coco ride is coming to Pixar Pier at Disney California Adventure. Details remain limited, but music is confirmed to play a central role in the experience. The ride will take guests to the Land of the Dead alongside Miguel.
Disney California Adventure: Avengers Campus Expansion
Avengers Campus is receiving two new rides as part of a major expansion.
The first is Stark Flight Lab, a hybrid attraction combining two ride technologies. Guests board a ride vehicle that moves along a track into Stark Labs, then detaches and connects to a robotic arm that simulates the experience of flight in one of Tony Stark’s Iron Man suits. The second is Avengers Infinity Defense, which sends guests through the multiverse to help the Avengers stop King Thanos.
Disneyland: Avatar-Themed Land
A new Avatar-themed land is coming to Disneyland as part of the DisneylandForward initiative. The main attraction is a boat ride through the valleys and open seas of Pandora. The land could be accompanied by additional experiences as DisneylandForward continues to shape the resort’s expansion.
Disneyland Paris
Disney Adventure World: Pride Lands
One land within the recently opened Disney Adventure World has not yet launched: Pride Lands, a The Lion King-themed area. The confirmed attraction is a large-scale water flume ride set inside a massive Pride Rock structure.
Disney Adventure World: Explorer Sky Swings
An Up-themed attraction called Explorer Sky Swings is set to open in 2027, designed to complement the themed gardens along Adventure Way.
Tokyo Disney Resort
Tokyo Disneyland: Wreck-It Ralph Ride
Tokyo Disneyland is replacing its version of Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters with a Wreck-It Ralph attraction that retains the interactive blasting gameplay. Guests join Ralph and Vanellope inside the Sugar Rush game, where King Candy is causing glitches that need to be fixed.
Tokyo Disneyland: New Space Mountain
Tokyo Disneyland’s Space Mountain is being fully reimagined. The new version maintains its identity as an indoor roller coaster but will feature “enhanced performance and immersive special effects that will provide guests with even more thrills.” The new Space Mountain is expected to open in 2027.
Hong Kong Disneyland
Spider-Man Attraction
A Spider-Man ride is coming to Hong Kong Disneyland. The story begins when Doctor Octopus targets new Stark Industries technology, and Spider-Man must protect both guests and the tech. Based on the concept art released, the attraction appears to be a Tower of Terror-style drop ride experience.
Shanghai Disneyland
Spider-Man Roller Coaster
Shanghai Disneyland is getting its first major Marvel attraction: a Spider-Man roller coaster described as a “high-speed, fully immersive experience.” Guests follow Spider-Man after he finds himself in trouble and help him through the adventure.
What This Means for a Disney Vacation
The scale of confirmed development across Disney parks worldwide means that trip planning is genuinely different depending on where you are in the timeline. Some of these attractions, including the Monstropolis suspended coaster and several Pueblo Esperanza rides, do not have confirmed opening dates. Others, like Explorer Sky Swings and the new Tokyo Space Mountain, have 2027 targets. Piston Peak at Magic Kingdom has been the subject of significant construction activity but no formal opening announcement.
For guests planning Walt Disney World visits around new attractions, the realistic window for most of the confirmed rides is 2027 and beyond. Piston Peak is the most advanced in terms of visible construction, but the boardwalk removal from the digital map and the ongoing expansion of construction walls through Frontierland suggest the land is still years from opening.
For guests visiting Disneyland Paris, Pride Lands at Disney Adventure World is the closest confirmed new experience, though its opening date has not been announced.
D23 is the event most likely to provide meaningful timeline updates across several of these projects. If you want to know when any of these seventeen rides will actually open, the fan event is where Disney traditionally makes that kind of announcement.
Which of these seventeen confirmed rides are you most excited about? Drop a comment and tell us where you are planning to be when it opens. And if any of these announcements have changed how you are thinking about future Disney trips, share that too. There is a lot to process and a lot of planning to do.
