{"id":266153,"date":"2026-04-13T21:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266153\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:08:25","slug":"disneyland-files-confidential-demolition-permits-for-avatar-land-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266153\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland files confidential demolition permits for Avatar land \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wrecking ball is coming for the Monsters Inc. dark ride at Disney California Adventure even though Mike, Sulley and the other scare factory workers won\u2019t have to move out until 2027 to make way for a new Avatar land coming to the Anaheim theme park.<\/p>\n

Disneyland filed confidential demolition permits with the city of Anaheim for the Monsters Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue dark ride and the Hollywood Lounge beverage stand, according to Theme Park IQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Disneyland\u2019s new Avatar land and 7 things you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n

Disneyland officials confirmed that the permit supports long-term work to enable expansion projects in the Hollywood Land area of Disney California Adventure.<\/p>\n

The city permits do not include start dates for the demolition work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are early plan check permits, so don\u2019t expect anything to happen for a while,\u201d according to Theme Park IQ.<\/p>\n

Disneyland has filed 9 confidential plan check demolition building permits this afternoon. One of the permits is related to the Monsters Inc. attraction building and one is related to the Hollywood Lounge QSR building. As these are confidential, there is no specific information I\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/5EHmJYYX2U<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Theme Park IQ (@ThemeParkIQ) April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Disneyland announced in January that the Monsters Inc. dark ride would remain open until 2027<\/a> after facing an early 2026 closing date. Disneyland officials said at the time that the delay in closing the Monsters Inc. attraction would have no impact on the construction timeline for the new Avatar themed land.<\/p>\n

Keeping the Monsters Inc. dark ride open as long as possible will enhance the harmony and balance of the guest experience and allow families with young children to continue to enjoy the ride, according to Disneyland officials.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Avatar experience coming to Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disney)<\/p>\n

Walt Disney Imagineering remains in the early stages of development on the Avatar project<\/a> which is not expected to debut until 2028 or 2029.<\/p>\n

DCA\u2019s new Avatar themed land will be based on the second film \u201cThe Way of Water\u201d from 2022, the third film \u201cFire and Ash\u201d that debuted in December and other upcoming movies in the franchise.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Will Disneyland\u2019s Avatar boat ride use Shanghai\u2019s ground-breaking Pirates technology?<\/a><\/p>\n

Concept art for the Avatar land shows visitors wandering through the water-centric land dominated by a towering ribbed rockwork wall with a cascading waterfall and cave-like tunnels.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Avatar experience coming to Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disney)<\/p>\n

An innovative boat ride will take riders on a journey through a Pandoran rainforest glowing in luminescent blues, greens and purples.<\/p>\n

The Avatar project will push out into the existing Disneyland bus drop off\/pick up area. Imagineering is working on the way the Disneyland Monorail will interact<\/a> with the Avatar land and Disney California Adventure.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Disneyland working on the way Monorail will interact with Avatar land<\/a><\/p>\n

DCA\u2019s new Avatar themed land is expected to rival the detail and scope of the Pandora \u2014 World of Avatar themed land that debuted in 2017 at the Walt Disney World resort in Florida.<\/p>\n

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