“Snow White”: Watch the first trailer with Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler
Disney released the first teaser trailer for the live-action remake of “Snow White” starring Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler at the D23 Fan Expo.
- Disney just announced concrete plans for all-new lands and park experiences at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California.
- A new Villains Land is being built in the Magic Kingdom with two main attractions as well as shopping and dining areas.
- The first “Monsters Inc.” land in a Disney park is being built in the Hollywood Studios.
Bye, blue sky.
Disney just announced concrete plans for all-new lands and park experiences at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California.
“We will bring new stories to life in innovative ways for our fans around the world,” Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Experiences, told USA TODAY.
At previous D23 events, Disney had only hinted at the idea of a land dedicated to villains or whatever else might lie beyond Big Thunder Mountain.
Now we know what’s actually coming. Here are some of the biggest reveals from Saturday’s Disney Experiences Showcase.
What comes after Disney World?
▶ Magic Kingdom
A new Villains Land is being created with two main attractions as well as shopping and dining areas.
A portion of Frontierland will be redesigned with Cars. Unlike Cars Land in Disney California Adventure, this part of Frontierland will remain. The new area will have two attractions, one of which is designed specifically for younger guests. Construction will begin in 2025.
The new pirate-themed tavern in the Magic Kingdom will open in 2025
A new parade will be held in the spirit of the popular Main Street Electrical Parade. It will be called Disney Starlight.
▶ Disney’s Hollywood Studios
The first “Monsters Inc.” land in a Disney park is being built in the Hollywood Studios.
“Monsters remains one of the most popular stories Pixar has ever told. Our fans absolutely love it, and we knew we had a chance to bring this franchise to life in a way that has never been done before, taking the story from the screen to real life,” said D’Amaro. There are Monsters Inc. attractions at other Disney parks, but not entire lands. Construction on those will begin next year.
“We’re going to build a land and an attraction that the Imagineers have always wanted to build, and that I think our fans have always wanted to see built, and that’s the Door coaster,” he added.
It is set in the “Laugh Factory” of Monsters Inc. and will be the first hanging coast in a Disney park.
“And of course we will use the latest technology, the latest tricks and the most immersive environment imaginable to create an experience that I think our fans will love,” he said.
▶ Disney’s Animal Kingdom
A new Zootopia Better Together show is coming to Discover Island in winter 2025.
Disney’s previously announced Tropical Americas theme park will open in 2027 and replace DinoLand USA
There will be a new Indiana Jones attraction that, according to D’Amaro, will be different from what guests have experienced at other Disney parks.
It will also feature Disney’s first Encanto-themed attraction and a new carousel.
When asked how Disney decides when to expand and what to reimagine, D’Amaro told USA TODAY, “We have more space and more stories to tell than anyone else and we’re always looking across our portfolio to see where we want to create completely additional capacity or where we think we have the opportunity to reinvent existing spaces so they can do even more.”
“In the case of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we saw an opportunity to leverage an existing property to enhance it with more powerful intellectual property and more powerful experiences that would make an experience at Animal Kingdom even more valuable,” he added. “It depends on the park we’re looking at, the existing space, and then ultimately we make the best decisions for our fans.”
▶ EPCOT
The newly designed test track will open in 2025
What comes after Disneyland?
▶ Disneyland Park
“Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” opens at Disneyland on November 15th.
As the park celebrates its 70th anniversary next year, a new show will premiere new audio-animatronics from Walt Disney, a pioneer of audio-animatronics.
“That’s very important to me as a performer,” said D’Amaro. “I’ve been with the company for 26 years now. I started at Disneyland. That was the park that Walt created and walked through, and he’s still a part of it today.”
“We are at a moment, 70 years after Disneyland opened, where we feel that technology has kept pace with our ambition to tell Walt’s story and allow the youngest generation of Disney fans to experience what it felt like to be in the room with Walt,” he added.
“I think it’s going to be incredibly special. It’s going to be special for me, and I know it’s going to be special for the Disney fans who just want more, who just want that emotional connection with the brand.”
After the show’s initial broadcast, it will be shown alternately with “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.”
▶ Disney California Adventure
Avengers Campus will receive two new attractions that will double the size of the current site. Construction will begin in 2025. The previously announced multiverse attraction will be called Avengers Infinity Defense. A fourth attraction will be called Stark Flight Lab.
The next Avatar destination is Disney California Adventure. The setting will be a different location on Pandora, not the same as Disney’s Animal Kingdom. It will be inspired by the second film, the upcoming film, and future “Avatar” films.
The first Coco ride in a Disney park will take place at Disney California Adventure. Groundbreaking is planned for 2026. As in the film, music will play a major role in the attraction.
