Massive New Villains Land Announced for Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

Aug 11, 2024 in "Villains Land"

Magic Kingdom Villains Land Concept Art
Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 12:50am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro announced during Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, that a major new Magic Kingdom land will be home to the Disney Villains we know and loathe from our favorite Walt Disney Animation Studios classic films.

The land will be home to two major attractions, dining, and shopping on an "incredibly twisted grand scale." "Since the beginning, our Disney Villains have given us endless possibilities to tell new stories," D'Amaro said. "In this new land, you’ll see storytelling on a grand scale that only Disney can deliver."

While we don't yet have an opening timeframe, Disney says that preparation is already underway at Magic Kingdom for this new land.

The single piece of concept art shows what looks very much like a rollercoaster track, themed to Maleficent Dragon.

"Be prepared, you poor unfortunate souls," Josh teased. "It's going to be a fearless new vision for what a Disney experience can be."

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JackCH8 hours ago

Well, and Tropical Americas. Really, outside of DHS which is sort of becoming the "IP land" park, Pandora is the only single IP land at WDW.

Jrb19798 hours ago

The best part of Villains land is that we are finally getting a land that's not built on a single IP.

Purduevian9 hours ago

The saddest part about that is, the building with the painted tress was a new build, specifically for the ride.

JackCH9 hours ago

Just paint some trees on HM's walls!

Purduevian9 hours ago

100% agree, it will be interesting to see what they do... Hagrid's at IOA only has a max height of 65' and is pretty well isolated. so it's possible.

DisDude339 hours ago

ToTBellHop9 hours ago

Could be tricky from the coaster.

Purduevian9 hours ago

I guess I was thinking about the walking paths, but Villains land will be even further away. I really don't think it will be hard to hide the castle if they want to... they already are going to need to hide HM show building.

Agent H9 hours ago

What are the odds Tevin Campbell would come back to record new songs?

ToTBellHop9 hours ago

Carpets, Swiss Family, PeopleMover, Astro Orbiter all offer views. Off the top of my head.

ToTBellHop9 hours ago

As long as all of the Muppets are included and not just that relatively-obscure band. I wanna ride with Piggy and Gonzo.

Agent H9 hours ago

i did watch the show it made me a fan of the mayhem before I couldn’t care less

Purduevian9 hours ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the castle is almost not visible from most of Tomorrowland and Adventureland

DisDude339 hours ago

But they were both great songs for that kind of ride, they could always make a few ride originals to fill out the set list. I still haven’t seen the latest Disney+ show but if you go through the history of the IP there should be enough there to keep the ride engaging.