New & reimagined rides, eating places, lands, accommodations, and extra are coming quickly to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure this yr and 2023. This gives data on what’s new and subsequent, opening dates, development progress, growth plans, and extra. (Updated November 19, 2022.)
The huge story of Disneyland Resort in 2022 has been much less about new issues and extra about returning issues. After reopening from the year-plus closure final spring, the parks have steadily been restoring stage reveals, nighttime spectaculars, leisure, and visitor perks like Early Entry. It has been a sluggish and gradual course of, however nearly all the pieces is again as of Late 2022.
In January 2023, Disneyland Resort will change gears and return to growth and celebration mode. The yr will kick off with the Walt Disney Company’s one hundredth Anniversary, generally known as the 100 Years of Wonder Celebration at Disneyland Resort. That begins in Winter 2023, and so much is scheduled for across the begin of that milestone occasion.
Now let’s transfer on to what’s new and what’s subsequent at Disneyland Resort, in addition to close to the parks in Anaheim…
What’s New
Genie+ and Lightning Lanes – Another current change is the launch of the Genie system with paid-line skipping service that changed free paper FastPass and paid MaxPass.
Everything it is advisable to know, together with experience priorities, the place it’s NOT needed to purchase Genie+ or Lightning Lanes, and far more is roofed in our Guide to Genie+ and Lightning Lanes at Disneyland and DCA.
Avengers Campus – This Marvel-themed land is the most important current addition at Disney California Adventure.
The first part opened final summer time, with Avengers Campus debuting WEB Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure, an interactive attraction that includes Spider-Man. The different spotlight is Pym Test Kitchen, a restaurant with small and huge meals.
Beyond that, Avengers Campus showcases quite a lot of character meet & greets, together with Black Widow, Ant-Man and The Wasp, Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Super Heroes from Wakanda and Asgard, and Iron Man.
Avengers Campus additionally has new restricted time meet & greets frequently each time Disney+ debuts a brand new Marvel collection, which is commonly. In the previous few months, we’ve seen Werewolf by Night, Jane Foster as Mighty Thor, Incredible Hulk in his Quantum Suit, and lots of extra.
Mandalorian & Baby Yoda – At Disneyland, characters from Star Wars reveals Disney+ had been included into Batuu earlier this yr with bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand. Now, Din Djarin (often known as the Mandalorian) and Grogu (often known as “Baby Yoda”) are additionally journeying to Batuu and showing in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland. In case you’ve been underneath a rock the previous few years, the Mandalorian and Baby Yoda could be seen within the first two seasons of “The Mandalorian” on Disney Plus.
Currently, these are free-roaming characters who seem across the land and are available into contact with visitors. We wouldn’t be shocked if this doesn’t final lengthy, as stories of fixed chaos and crowds swarming the characters have been the norm since they began showing in late November 2022.
MagicBand+ – Disney’s subsequent technology wearable, the MagicBand+, just lately made its debut at Disneyland Resort. The new iteration options interactive parts that visitors can use throughout the Disneyland Resort. Here’s all the pieces we learn about MagicBand+ at Disneyland Resort, together with firsthand ideas from our expertise utilizing MagicBand Plus.
After years of being obtainable at Walt Disney World, this marks the primary time the favored MagicBands can be found at Disneyland Resort. The MagicBand+ gives hands-free comfort and interactive parts that interact with nighttime spectaculars and different park options in enjoyable new methods.
Snow White’s Enchanted Wish -The iconic Fantasyland attraction, Snow White’s Scary Adventures, has been up to date inside and outside and work on the overhaul is now completed.
New scenes together with a vignette displaying Snow White in a good looking forest setting waking up from her deep sleep. A brand new finale has additionally been added, that includes Snow White as she’s reunited together with her animal buddies and a shimmering fortress is seen within the distance.
Jungle Cruise Reimagining – This Adventureland fan favourite has new characters, a steady storyline, modifications to indicate scenes, and extra. These “new adventures” keep true to the Jungle Cruise expertise followers know and love, whereas including extra inclusivity, humor, wildlife, and skipper coronary heart.
At least, that’s how Disney has promoted the reimagining of Jungle Cruise. In actuality, some problematic scenes and characters had been eliminated and so much of monkeys had been added. The relaxation is simply noise that the overwhelming majority of visitors won’t even discover.
JW Marriott, Anaheim Resort – The first of two new AAA Four-Diamond accommodations opening in Anaheim, becoming a member of the Grand Californian and Disneyland Hotel as the town’s solely different luxurious accommodations with the identical score.
Located on the Anaheim GardenWalk, the JW Marriott Anaheim Resort has a handy location inside strolling distance of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. After years of stagnation, GardenWalk is now and up and coming eating, leisure, and procuring complicated (Disney ought to’ve purchased it once they had the possibility). This luxurious lodge is a Marriott Bonvoy Category 7 property.
Westin Anaheim Resort – If you’re a Marriott Bonvoy member or fan of luxurious accommodations, we have now some excellent news for you…the Westin Anaheim is now open, with a superb location immediately behind Pixar Pier, providing nice views into Disney California Adventure.
The Westin Anaheim Resort takes over the previous grounds of the Anabella Hotel adjoining to the Anaheim Convention Center and inside a brief stroll of Downtown Disney. This newly-constructed property is pretty huge, with 618 visitor rooms aimed toward interesting to conventioneers and vacationers alike. The Westin Anaheim is the town’s fourth AAA Four-Diamond lodge, and is a Marriott Bonvoy Category 5 lodge.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – The largest addition to Disneyland in a number of a long time (actually), Star Wars land occupies a large portion of Disneyland, and feels nearly like a separate park. While the preliminary response was combined and didn’t drive attendance in the best way anticipated, we’re huge followers of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
It’s not excellent, however it’s an extremely bold land not like anything at Disneyland. The spotlight of this land is Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, which is the most effective new attraction at Disneyland in a long time, and one among Imagineering’s best-ever accomplishments.
Pixar Pier – Most of Pixar Pier opened just a few years in the past as a makeover of Paradise Pier. The Pixar rebranding was (and is) half-baked in a lot of methods, thematically incoherent, and not likely providing something new of substance. The one brilliant spot is Lamplight Lounge, which is a refresh of Cove Bar.
More just lately, Jessie’s Critter Carousel and Inside Out Emotion Whirlwind each opened in Pixar Pier. These are each overlays of earlier points of interest at Disney California Adventure, so not likely internet features.
Grand Californian Refresh – We’d cease in need of calling it a reimagining, however the Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa has seen a slew of upgrades within the final couple of years. The brand-new GCH Craftsman Bar opened to rave evaluations (together with ours) and the new-look GCH Craftsman Grill debuted an distinctive new menu. Additionally, Disney Princess Breakfast Adventures began at Napa Rose.
Other enhancements had been made across the foyer and elsewhere, with work in progress on a brand new spa (which technically needs to be within the ‘coming soon’ part, I assume). Finally, the visitor rooms had been solely redesigned, one thing we cowl in our Photo & Video Tour: New Rooms at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel submit.
What’s Coming in 2022 & 2023
Adventureland Treehouse – This reimagining of Tarzan’s Treehouse will take inspiration from the previous, paying tribute to the unique treehouse that Walt Disney and his Imagineers in-built 1962 for Swiss Family Robinson. The Adventureland Treehouse impressed by Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson will return in a recent, new approach at Disneyland someday in 2023.
The Adventureland Treehouse will showcase wonderous new environments created amongst the branches of a large tree on the shores of the Jungle River, the place visitors will as soon as once more enter by the large waterwheel and observe the wooden rope stairways up, up, up into the boughs. There are lots of Easter Eggs within the idea artwork, together with nods to the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. That’s not stunning, and we’re anticipating the Adventureland Treehouse to be weaved into that worldwide storyline, and in addition tied into Jungle Cruise, one way or the other. Those are two theme park IPs that Imagineering actually loves.
“World of Color – One” – This new nighttime spectacular at Disney California Adventure for the 100 Years of Wonder celebration will have a good time the storytelling legacy began by Walt Disney a century in the past.
World of Color – One will inform a brand new story of how a single motion, like a drop of water, creates a ripple that may develop right into a wave of change. It brings a few of the most brave, loving and galvanizing characters to life in new methods. The present will even characteristic a brand new authentic music, “Start a Wave.”
“Wondrous Journeys” Fireworks – Over at Disneyland, Walt Disney’s authentic magic kingdom will turn into an impressive canvas with “Wondrous Journeys,” a brand new nighttime spectacular that may ignite the marvel in all of us.
Wondrous Journeys will characteristic nods to all 60 Walt Disney Animation Studios movies to this point, taking guests on a journey crammed with artistry, music, storytelling and coronary heart. It will proceed to construct upon Disneyland’s state-of-the-art projection results, turning the park into an artist’s canvas that brings characters to life throughout you as fireworks dance within the sky. Wondrous Journeys will characteristic surroundings all alongside Main Street, Sleeping Beauty Castle, “it’s a small world,” and the Rivers of America.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – In early 2023, Disneyland will open the primary main Mickey Mouse attraction as an growth to Toontown. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway places visitors contained in the wacky and unpredictable world of Disney Channel’s “Mickey Mouse” cartoon shorts.
Guests board a prepare with Goofy because the engineer and bounce into the cartoon world with a zany, out-of-control journey. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway will use state-of-the-art applied sciences and dazzling visible results to rework the cartoon world into an unbelievable and immersive multidimensional expertise. This identical experience debuted at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and it’ll be a cute addition to Toontown.
Mickey’s Toontown Reimagining – An bold reimagining of Mickey’s Toontown will debut in March 2023, alongside Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. The beloved land will rework right into a vibrant symphony of sights, sounds, and sensations. Focusing on at present’s households with younger kids, Mickey’s Toontown will characteristic new play experiences, in addition to open, grassy play areas for everybody to unplug. The land can have landscaping for each spontaneous household play and parental leisure.
One of the brand new areas coming to Mickey’s Toontown might be CenTOONial Park, the primary house visitors will see once they enter. This pure house might be anchored by two interactive play experiences. At the middle of CenTOONial Park might be a fountain with water tables for enjoying and having a sensory expertise. At night time, the fountain might be delivered to life in a singular spectacle.
A close-by dreaming tree might be impressed by the tree a younger Walt Disney would daydream underneath in his hometown. Sculpted tree roots will present a possibility for kids to play, crawl and discover, and undulating topography will provide rolling hills and a spot to sit down and dream. Mickey’s Toontown will shut in March 2022 to start creating these all-new experiences.
Magic Happens Parade – Disneyland debuted the brand new Magic Happens daytime parade about two weeks earlier than the park closed (we by no means received to see it). The parade options an brisk rating together with music from Frozen 2 and different movies, and a brand new theme music co-composed by singer-songwriter Todrick Hall.
Disneyland has introduced the long-awaited return of the Magic Happens parade will happen at Disneyland in Spring 2023.
Splash Mountain Reimagining – Another undertaking on the horizon is the Princess and the Frog overhaul of Splash Mountain. Disney has introduced this reimagined experience might be known as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and can open in late 2024.
A time limit has but to be introduced for Splash Mountain, however we provide hypothesis about that plus what the transformation is more likely to entail, mannequin pictures, development permits, and extra in our complete submit about Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
Marvel Multiverse Family Battle Against King Thanos – Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure might be increasing with a 3rd attraction that includes a brand-new story that may deliver visitors into battle alongside their favourite Marvel tremendous heroes. In this new epic household journey attraction, the place you’ll get to staff up with extra of the Avengers and their allies to battle King Thanos.
This is totally different from the Avengers E-Ticket that was introduced on the final D23 Expo. That was anticipated to be a simulator attraction just like Avatar Flight of Passage, albeit with a unique seating system. (Jet backpacks as a substitute of banshees, amongst different variations.)
The new King Thanos Marvel Multiverse attraction does appear more likely to really occur. Still, even when development began tomorrow (it received’t), there’s nonetheless a ton that must be performed. The present constructing for the earlier attraction was by no means constructed–all that exists under the Quinjet is a facade. Assuming this Marvel Multiverse experience is a screen-based trackless darkish experience just like Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, the attraction may open in as few as 3 years.
That’s assuming the experience system and different specifics have really been settled upon, and there aren’t any delays because of filming scenes or animation. My guess is that this opens between Christmas 2025 or Summer 2026. Here’s hoping that’s mistaken, and Disney finds a solution to condense its development timelines. Maybe in a unique multiverse, Disney builds sooner than Universal.
Pacific Wharf Being Reimagined into San Fransokyo from Big Hero 6 – DCA’s Pacific Wharf might be reimagined into San Fransokyo from “Big Hero 6,” the place East meets West, and expertise meets custom. This undertaking is in its early phases, and can characteristic a spot to fulfill Baymax, plus new spots to eat and store.
The one factor I can’t get previous is that Imagineers are within the “early phases” of this work. How many phases are there for a undertaking like this? Ole Hitchcock & Scully may’ve had the concept for this yesterday whereas chowing down on mac & cheese bread bowls and work may’ve began at present. It’s not that sophisticated. Disney’s seeming lack of ability to ship on a good turnaround time is irritating.
As for the Baymax meet & greet, my guess is that it replaces the Boudin Bakery Tour or goes throughout the best way within the now-unused Blue Sky Cellar. Here’s hoping for the latter. I subsist on free bread samples at DCA.
Downtown Disney Revitalization – Downtown Disney District continues its evolution as a premiere venue for progressive procuring, eating and leisure experiences. A slew of latest eating places and retail have opened in the previous few years. Standouts embody Salt & Straw (the most effective ice cream at Disneyland Resort) and Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes.
Continuing the momentum, this multi-year undertaking will rework the previous AMC Theatres constructing and adjoining space into a shocking new life-style house. Drawing inspiration from Southern California mid-century trendy structure, the world might be a good looking mix of vibrant colour palettes, multicultural design parts and patterns, an open garden for leisure and future occasions, and a fair broader assortment of eating and procuring.
Disneyland Hotel DVC – Disney might be constructing a 350-room Disney Vacation Club tower as a part of Disneyland Hotel to debut in 2023 or 2024.
The new 12-story Disneyland Hotel DVC tower can be situated between Goofy’s Kitchen and the Frontierland Tower. The DVC villas constructing will considerably mirror the present 1955 design of the opposite Disneyland Hotel towers. Those are styled after Adventureland, Fantasyland, and Frontierland.
Pixar Place Hotel – Disney has been engaged on reimagining Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel with a Pixar theme. It was broadly assumed that this is able to be known as Pixar Pier Hotel. Instead, it’ll be known as Pixar Place Hotel (to not be confused with the nicer Hyatt Place Hotel down the road).
Pixar Place Hotel will weave the artistry of Pixar into its modern setting, together with areas for everybody to get pleasure from, just like the Finding Nemo-themed splash pad space. Don’t let the colourful idea artwork idiot you. Even adorned with fish and buddies from Finding Nemo, it will nonetheless (simply) be the worst pool space of the three Hotels of Disneyland Resort.
Pixar Place Hotel will welcome the staff from Southern California native favourite Great Maple, which can open a flagship restaurant on the primary ground and function different meals and beverage areas all through Pixar Place Hotel. This trendy American eatery focuses on upscale consolation meals with a twist, serving recent takes on American classics for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hey Disney – Speaking of accommodations…and of talking, the “Hey, Disney!” voice assistant will work alongside Alexa on Amazon Echo units and in addition will start rolling out to visitor rooms throughout the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort…in some unspecified time in the future.
Disneyland hasn’t addressed this in nearly a yr, so it’s attainable that provide chain points or different technical difficulties have triggered “Hey, Disney!” to be delayed.
DisneylandForward – Speaking of issues getting cancelled, the final undertaking to showcase is DisneylandForward. Actually, each the phrases “cancelled” and “project” are misnomers right here, as there aren’t any concrete particulars to this proposal so there’s nothing that may really get cancelled.
The prospects of DisneylandForward are actually thrilling. However, it’s actually all about paving the best way for future developments of an unsure nature by giving Disney extra autonomy over land use by stress-free the DRSP. Disney is basically saying, “give us authority to build whatever we want, then we’ll tell you what, if anything, we’re going to build.”
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Your Thoughts
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