Is a Rollercoaster Coming to Magic Kingdom's Villains Land? Concept Art Suggests Yes

Aug 11, 2024 in "Villains Land"

Magic Kingdom Villains Land Concept Art
Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 2:18am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Impressive concept art released today of Walt Disney World's new Villains Land coming to Magic Kingdom appears to include a major hint about one of the land's two attractions.

Lurking in the shadows of the concept art in the far corner is what looks very much like a rollercoaster track, possibly looping, themed to Maleficent.

Describing the land, Disney says, "The land will be home to two major attractions, dining, and shopping on an 'incredibly twisted grand scale.'"

Notably, Disney Parks head Josh D'Amaro said at the start of the event that everything shown today was real and not blue-sky plans, which means we should take this concept art seriously.

Disney has yet to confirm any details about the two attractions, but we know that construction on the Magic Kingdom's new villains land will begin in 2025.

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Gusey22 minutes ago

Because they're being cynical. Villains is still in its design phase

Sorcerer Mickey26 minutes ago

Why is everyone talking about cuts?

denyuntilcaught33 minutes ago

You're conflating two different points here.

WowFactor45 minutes ago

Exactly!

Bocabear2 hours ago

maybe... but we have seen a good deal of things announced and then cut.... so perhaps they will be built but Value Engineered...or maybe they will actually really pull out the stops and do something spectacular... Hard to know at this point. Only thing I know is that the Cars franchise doesn't fit Frontierland...and the removal of the ROA feels like a gigantic mistake.

ChewbaccaYourMum2 hours ago

Or maybe nothing is getting cut and they are building everything they said they were going to build.

MisterPenguin3 hours ago

It's possible that Villains will be taking up the upper loop of RoA.

JD803 hours ago

Josh hasn't been in his current role long enough to be Classic anything.

LSLS4 hours ago

Actually, I'd put Villains much higher. I think of the projects announced that have not started, it's the least likely to get cut (cause I think they know it's going to have the largest return). I think Cars is more likely to get cut, or I'm really 50/50 on if they just scrap Monsters all together. That one felt like it was a throw in without a plan, and they still haven't even figured out where to put it.

Bocabear4 hours ago

If there is a second major ride.... Given the timeline and the probability that Carsland ROA will run massively over budget, we will probably get one decent ride and something else... spinner, Meet and greet... C ticket... 5 years out with how everything else has gone, is a long long time...

celluloid4 hours ago

There is a reason for this for when VIllian land opens. I keep saying to people to temper their expectations just a bit.

doctornick5 hours ago

Villains is being built on currently undeveloped land. It's the Cars stuff that is resulting in the the destruction of RoA/TSI/Liberty Belle.

Casper Gutman10 hours ago

Who said that? I would think most critical folks here would talk about "expanding the parks" in terms of adding new experiences without destroying older attractions, which... Villains doesn't do.

Gusey10 hours ago

Remember when before D23 people on here were saying Disney needed to announce Villains Land to show they were committed to actually expanding the parks as part of the 60 million expansion? Now they have, Disney is in the wrong the announcing things too early?