New Imagineering Model Reveals Track Layout for New Monsters Inc. Rollercoaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Aug 11, 2024 in "Monsters Inc. Land"

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Monsters Inc. Coaster Concept Model Track Layout

Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 12:29pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney Imagineering is showing off a new concept model that details the track layout of the upcoming Monsters, Inc. rollercoaster coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.

Photo by @Vikescaper

In describing the new Monsters, Inc. land, Disney says that it will pick up after the events of Pixar Animation Studios' film, where humans have now been invited to visit the world of Monsters, Inc. — and the monsters need laughter to power the city and keep it running smoothly. But it's not a true visit without the factory itself. You'll be able to see the sights, hear the laughs and zoom through the building just like James P. Sullivan (a.k.a. Sulley) and Mike Wazowski — via a door.

You'll go into the factory and experience the first suspended coaster ever in a Disney park. The coaster will put you right in the middle of the monster action.

Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art

Work on the project is slated to begin in 2025, although Disney has yet to announce where the new land will be located in Disney's Hollywood Studios. Two possible locations appear possible, with the most likely being in the existing Animation Courtyard and into backstage areas. Another option exists in the Grand Avenue and Muppets area.

Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art

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MrHappy11 hours ago

“Off track,,” you’re good!

ToTBellHop12 hours ago

Villains. I honestly forgot, too. MI Doors should be 40-42”.

JackCH12 hours ago

Yeah my bad I was responding to a post about coasters in general and probably got us off track.

IanDLBZF12 hours ago

And my guess is that this is going to contain at least one or more inversions.

Disgruntled Walt12 hours ago

Wait, now I'm confused. Too many threads going on at the same time. I was talking about the Villains coaster, which I realize now this is not the thread for. Are you talking about Monsters Inc?

ToTBellHop12 hours ago

It’s planned as a 48” height requirement coaster AFAIK. Not a kiddie coaster.

Disgruntled Walt12 hours ago

If they're reusing the Dragon Tower plans from Beastly Kingdom, the exposed track shouldn't be an issue. IIRC this was planned as an intense coaster. I don't know if they're planning to use those plans, but I personally hope so!

Moth13 hours ago

I kinda expect the opposite honestly depending what coaster intensity they're pinning for. Biased because I'd want Chernabog to be apart of the dark ride more than the coaster but I can picture him apart of the latter....

BrianLo13 hours ago

No, me neither. I expect the coaster to lean into real scary villainy and the dark ride to skew campy family friendly villains. More Hook, Jafar, Hades and Ursula for the latter.

TheMaxRebo13 hours ago

Ok, added those in - guess if I was including the Monsters Show I should have included those I think the Villains Dark ride is the one with the most variability - more so in "tone" than thrills. Just know a lot of kids that won't do Haunted Mansion due to that .... Probably would be more realistic for it to be more approachable than the Monsters Coaster, even if that is pretty tame, with it being in a box and potentially darkish and kids that maybe have never done a suspended coaster might be less approachable than the Villains dark ride unless they go really dark with it (which I don't expect)

Agent H13 hours ago

About space mountain that’s a good point I’d never considered

JackCH14 hours ago

I'd be totally fine with a truly intense coaster, it's just the exposed track issue. I'm probably one of the few that would be okay with a redo of Space Mountain to be such an intense coaster. One of its main "hooks" was it was sort of a "right of passage" of a first coaster experience, but now with 7DMT, Big Thunder, potentially Villains, not to mention Slinky and Monsters and Guardians and others at other parks, Space doesn't really have that anymore. So have it be a "new" right of passage as being the first truly intense coaster with inversions, etc. I also kind of like having the coasters at MK be a sliding scale of intensity: From "Kiddie" to "Intense": Barnstormer 7DMT Big Thunder Villains Tron Space Not going to happen, but I like it.

JackCH14 hours ago

And whatever might be in Animation Courtyard really needs to be a more family oriented dark ride of some kind. Or a boat ride.

BrianLo14 hours ago

You are forgetting the Villains show and Ariel. Plus the muppets coaster for that matter. I’d be pretty surprised if the Monsters Coaster is more approachable than the Villains dark ride. The hook of the former is to actually make people scream. I’d be pretty surprised if the Villains dark ride was not even softer than Haunted Mansion. From the macroscopic lens the additions are fine to me. Just from the DHS lens a coaster in a box wasn’t what DHS was pining for. The follow up projects definitely need to be things like Inside Out, Imagination, or whatever they do with Coco and Moana.