Sept. 12, 2023
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When you’re planning a visit to Walt Disney World in Orlando in 2023 and past, you are going to wish to learn this earlier than you decide to any dates.
At Vacation spot D23, the large Disney fan celebration held at Walt Disney World this previous weekend, Disney rolled out a bunch of theme park information for its Orlando parks, together with new sights, journey updates and information about theme park expansions for its a hundredth anniversary.
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I used to be there, and I’ve all the small print on what’s opening and when, and what’s on the horizon at Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. Here is what you could know.
Epcot
Disney’s official line is that “Epcot is all the time in a state of turning into,” and it is following up on that premise with myriad reveals for the park that may begin instantly. There are two dates you want to bear in mind for upcoming visits within the close to future: Oct. 16 and Dec. 5.
- First up at Epcot, there’s an official opening date, Oct. 16, for the “Moana”-themed Journey of Water. The conservation-minded water playground is stuffed with super-cool interactive components (my favourite is a waterfall that components like a curtain for those who stroll by way of it slowly).
- And extra information: Moana herself will likely be close to the attraction for meet-and-greets, additionally beginning Oct. 16.
- Talking of character conferences, for the primary time, Figment, the pastel winged dinosaur (from Journey into Creativeness with Figment — a beloved, if barely offbeat, attraction) began greeting friends in individual Sept. 10. Heads up: This was so standard that folks have been ready greater than three hours within the Florida warmth on opening day to see this model of the purple character.
- On the night leisure entrance: A brand new nighttime spectacular is coming to Epcot across the World Showcase. It is referred to as “Luminous: The Symphony of Us,” and can contain “lasers, storytelling, projections and fireworks” per what we noticed at D23 and can debut Dec. 5. This identify sounds an entire lot like a mixture of “Harmonious,” the present “Luminous” is changing, and the late, beloved “IllumiNations.” We’ll quickly see if the brand new present is a mixture of components from these reveals, too.
- There’s excellent news for those who’re bored with trying on the limitless development mazes at Epcot: The World Celebration neighborhood on the entrance of the park — connecting two different new Epcot neighborhoods, World Discovery and World Nature — will debut in December. To this point, there is not any affirmation that this can even open Dec. 5 with “Luminous,” however it’s doable these will coincide.
- Soarin’ Across the World — the simulator grasp glider journey that presently “flies” across the globe — will revert to its unique Soarin’ Over California theme, flying the state’s shoreline, orange groves and Disneyland theme park, beginning Sept. 22, Disney’s a hundredth birthday.
- Lastly, a fast look forward for Epcot: Check Observe will get a brand new groove quickly that includes components of the constructing’s unique attraction, World of Movement (date TBA). Disney will nonetheless be working with Chevrolet on the brand new updates. Keep tuned.
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Magic Kingdom
Do you like the old-school Disney sights, or do you suppose they have to be given an replace? Wherever you stand on the basic versus modern spectrum, there’s information on the Magic Kingdom.
- The Nation Bear Jamboree is getting newly imagined Disney songs in 2024 and will likely be referred to as the Nation Bear Musical Jamboree. The D23 panel talked about all the things from fashionable nation to rockabilly to present the basic bear characters (who will not change) a brand new groove in a “Nashville-style assessment” (suppose the Grand Ole Opry, however with bears). One enjoyable preview: a rustic model of “The Naked Requirements” from “The Jungle E-book.”
- Over on the Haunted Mansion, the place there are “999 completely happy haunts, however there’s all the time room for yet one more,” the Hatbox Ghost will likely be becoming a member of the ghostly crew in late November. Nope, he will not make it 1,000; the Imagineers say he was among the many unique lethal entourage, simply “lacking” for all of those years.
- Pirates of the Caribbean will get a sit-down tavern eating spot (date TBD).
- And on the far horizon for Magic Kingdom: a brand new land that may “rival Galaxy’s Edge in dimension,” stated Bruce Vaughn, a Disney Imagineer, including, “I believe this might be the most important factor we have finished within the Magic Kingdom, in all probability even larger than New Fantasyland.”
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Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom has plans for each the close to and much future, too.
- Vaughn revealed that one other outdated favourite (particularly with preschoolers), Dinoland U.S.A., will likely be fairly truthful to the historical past of dinosaurs typically, because it too will go extinct. As a substitute will likely be a land that focuses on the “tropical Americas” and “areas close to the equator.” It was hinted that “Encanto” and the “Indiana Jones” movies will likely be included not directly. This timing will doubtless occur within the subsequent decade, so do not plan a visit round catching this.
- Additionally on the chopping block is “It is Powerful to Be a Bug” within the Tree of Life, which will likely be changed by a “Zootopia” storyline, timing additionally TBD, however doubtless in 2024.
Hollywood Studios
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The bulletins have been just a little quieter for Hollywood Studios, with one exception.
- There is a new character about to hitch Star Excursions: Ahsoka Tano. The younger feminine warrior from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” will likely be seen within the attraction someday within the spring of 2024.
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Editorial disclaimer: Opinions expressed listed below are the writer’s alone, not these of any financial institution, bank card issuer, airline or resort chain, and haven’t been reviewed, accepted or in any other case endorsed by any of those entities.
