{"id":502583,"date":"2026-10-20T20:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/502583\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:40:11","slug":"7-new-disneyland-projects-and-when-they-could-open-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/502583\/","title":{"rendered":"7 new Disneyland projects and when they could open \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disneyland visitors excited about the new Marvel attractions, Coco boat ride, Avatar themed land and Tomorrowland makeover all want to know one thing: When will they open?<\/p>\n

Walt Disney Imagineering laid out plans for new lands and attractions coming to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure over the next five years as part of the $1.9 billion DisneylandForward<\/a> plan during the D23 fan expo<\/a> in Anaheim.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Disneyland considered eliminating annual pass program, Chapek says<\/a><\/p>\n

The DisneylandForward commitment is part of Disney\u2019s broader plan to invest $30 billion<\/a> in its theme parks around the globe over the next decade.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at seven projects that will shape the Anaheim theme park resort in the years and decades to come.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of Ms. Marvel leading a pre-mission briefing for the new Avengers Infinity Defense attraction in Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disneyland)
\n1) Avengers Campus expansion<\/p>\n

Opening Date: 2028<\/p>\n

Disneyland announced during the D23 fan expo that Avengers Infinity Defense and Stark Flight Lab would debut in 2028 as part of the Avengers Campus expansion.<\/p>\n

What wasn\u2019t mentioned: Whether the two rides will open at the same time.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: How Disneyland\u2019s Avengers E-ticket ride evolved over the past 7 years<\/a><\/p>\n

Stark Flight Lab<\/a> seems less complicated than Avengers Infinity Defense<\/a> \u2014 suggesting the robot arm flight simulator could open before the E-Ticket dark ride if Disneyland decides to split the launch dates.<\/p>\n

\"UpdatedUpdated concept art released by Disneyland on Aug. 24, 2026 for a new pedestrian bridge over Harbor Boulevard connecting the eastside parking structure to the theme park esplanade. (Courtesy of Disneyland)
\n2) Eastside entrance<\/p>\n

Estimated Opening Date: 2028<\/p>\n

Disneyland has started construction on the new 6,000-space eastside parking structure<\/a> on the former Manchester employee parking lot that backs up to the I-5 Freeway.<\/p>\n

Four ticket booths on the esplanade between Disneyland and Disney California Adventure have been demolished to pave the way for a new pedestrian bridge<\/a> over Harbor Boulevard connecting the theme parks and the new parking garage.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Disneyland warns visitors about construction walls and temporary walkways at entrances<\/a><\/p>\n

Construction of the 5,000-space Pixar Pals parking structure took 15 months, according to Theme Park Insider.<\/p>\n

Theme Park Insider<\/a> estimates Disneyland\u2019s eastside entryway project will open by early 2028, just in time for the debut of the Avengers Campus expansion.<\/p>\n

The DisneylandForward plans approved in 2024 envisioned a 17,600-space eastside garage on the Manchester employee lot \u2014 meaning Disneyland could eventually expand the eastside garage.<\/p>\n

Disneyland has not announced an opening date for the new eastside parking structure and transportation hub.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Coco boat ride planned near the Pixar Pier theme land of Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disney)
\n3) Coco attraction<\/p>\n

Estimated Opening Date: 2029<\/p>\n

The new Coco boat ride<\/a> is under construction on a backstage plot of underused land in Disney California Adventure between Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens.<\/p>\n

The new Coco ride will debut after DCA\u2019s Avenger Campus expansion opens in 2028.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Disneyland offers sneak peek at new Coco boat ride<\/a><\/p>\n

Theme Park Insider estimates the new Coco attraction will open in 2029.<\/p>\n

An official opening date has not been revealed for the as-yet-unnamed Coco attraction.<\/p>\n

\"ThomasThomas Mazloum, Chairman of Disney Experiences, during announce a reimagining of Tomorrowland at Disneyland during Horizons: A Carousel of Progress showcase at the Honda Center on Saturday, August 15, 2026, in Anaheim. The event is part of the three-day D23 fan expo at the Anaheim Convention Center. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)
\n4) Reimagining Tomorrowland<\/p>\n

Estimated Opening Date: 2030<\/p>\n

Disneyland announced plans to reimagine Tomorrowland<\/a> with new attractions during the D23 fan expo.<\/p>\n

Imagineering promised the Tomorrowland makeover will stay true to Walt Disney\u2019s original vision of an imaginative, wondrous and optimistic future.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: How Disneyland can reimagine Tomorrowland<\/a><\/p>\n

Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum framed the Tomorrowland project around Disneyland\u2019s 75th anniversary during the D23 fan expo without mentioning a specific date.<\/p>\n

Theme Park Insider estimates the Tomorrowland overhaul will be complete in time for Disneyland\u2019s 75th anniversary in 2030.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Avengers Infinity Defense attraction coming to Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disneyland)
\n5) Avatar themed land<\/p>\n

Estimated Opening Date: 2031 or 2032<\/p>\n

Disneyland has announced the new land themed to the \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water\u201d film will take over DCA\u2019s Hollywood Land studio backlot and push out into the bus drop-off and pick-up area along Harbor Boulevard.<\/p>\n

The boat ride planned for the new Avatar land<\/a> looks like a close cousin to Shanghai Disneyland\u2019s Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle of the Sunken Treasure.<\/p>\n

The Avatar land will open after the Avengers Campus expansion and Coco boat ride in DCA and the Tomorrowland transformation in Disneyland.<\/p>\n

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

Pandora West will be on the scale of Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge \u2014 which took three years to build at Disneyland.<\/p>\n

Expect DCA\u2019s Avatar land to open three years after the first shovel hits the ground.<\/p>\n

Theme Park Insider estimates the Avatar experience will open at Disney California Adventure in 2031 or 2032.<\/p>\n

Disneyland has not announced an opening date for the new Avatar themed land.<\/p>\n

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Jock Lindsey\u2019s Hangar Bar in Disney Springs at Walt Disney World. (Disney)
\n6) Disney entertainment destination<\/p>\n

Estimated Opening Date: 2031 or later<\/p>\n

The Disney Entertainment Destination<\/a> approved as part of the $1.9 billion DisneylandForward plan would bring together theme park experiences, hotels, retail, dining and entertainment on the Toy Story parking lot next to the Anaheim Convention Center.<\/p>\n

Disneyland teased Jock Lindsey\u2019s Hangar Bar in Disney Springs at Walt Disney World as one of the potential restaurant concepts that could be part of the eastside expansion plan.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Look inside Frozen land pitched for Disneyland expansion<\/a><\/p>\n

Theme Park Insider expects the Toy Story parking lot to close for redevelopment after the new eastside parking garage opens in 2028.<\/p>\n

The Toy Story lot that was once the 52.5-acre Fujishige strawberry farm is about the same size as the former 55-acre Disneyland parking lot that became the Disney California Adventure theme park, 750-room Disney\u2019s Grand Californian Hotel and 300,000-square-foot Downtown Disney outdoor shopping mall.<\/p>\n

Construction of DCA, the Grand and Downtown Disney took three years.<\/p>\n

Disneyland has not announced any plans for the Toy Story parking lot beyond releasing the DisneylandForward concept art.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe World of Frozen themed land in the Disney Adventure World theme park at the Disneyland Paris resort in France. (Courtesy of Disney)
\n7) DisneylandForward expansion<\/p>\n

Estimated Opening Date: 2030s and 2040s<\/p>\n

The Immersive Theme Park westside expansion approved in the DisneylandForward plan envisions a theme park on the Downtown Disney and Lilo and Stitch parking lots woven amid the Disneyland Hotel and Pixar Place Hotel.<\/p>\n

DisneylandForward dangled 10 themed lands<\/a> based on Avatar, Tangled, Frozen, Peter Pan, Zootopia, Toy Story, Black Panther, Coco, Tron and Encanto as potential expansion projects in Anaheim.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: What will Disneyland build first in theme park expansion?<\/a><\/p>\n

DisneylandForward maps showed bridges over Disneyland Drive connecting the westside theme park expansion to Disneyland at the dead end of Bayou Country and DCA at the new Coco attraction.<\/p>\n

The westside expansion would likely be broken into two parts with Disneyland expanding north of the Disneyland Hotel and Disney California Adventure expanding south of the Pixar Place Hotel.<\/p>\n

The $2.1 billion Fantasy Springs expansion<\/a> at Tokyo DisneySea is thought to be a model for the Disneyland resort\u2019s westside expansion \u2014 with enough room for three lands on the Disneyland expansion pad and three more lands on the DCA pad.<\/p>\n

Fantasy Springs features three themed lands in close proximity to each other \u2014 Frozen Kingdom<\/a>, Rapunzel\u2019s Forest<\/a> and Peter Pan\u2019s Never Land<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Look inside Peter Pan\u2019s Never Land pitched for Disneyland expansion<\/a><\/p>\n

Imagineering Executive Creative Producer Emo O\u2019Brien oversees both the Disneyland and Tokyo Disney resort portfolios. O\u2019Brien was the lead Imagineer on the Fantasy Springs expansion at Tokyo DisneySea.<\/p>\n

The DisneylandForward agreement guides expansion plans for 40 years for new themed lands, rides, hotels, shops and restaurants at the Disneyland resort.<\/p>\n

Any westside theme park expansion projects likely lay far out on Imagineering\u2019s planning horizon after the current slate of attractions open in the next five years or so.<\/p>\n

Disneyland is expected to complete the parking structure and hotel\/shopping district on the eastside of the resort before embarking on any major theme park expansion on the westside of the resort.<\/p>\n

Disneyland has not announced any plans for the westside theme park expansion area that is expected to be developed in the 2030s and 2040s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disneyland visitors excited about the new Marvel attractions, Coco boat ride, Avatar themed land and Tomorrowland makeover all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,7,2222,1341,611,420],"class_list":["post-502583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-disney-california-adventure","tag-disneyland","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}