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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WeNamedTheDogIndiana2 days ago

Here you go, making my idea viable!

ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ2 days ago

Got to use that Shanghai tech somewhere!

Tha Realest2 days ago

Mr. Toads: The guest is sentenced to Hell for a short time. Hades Afterlife Adventure: The guests are brought on a Dante’s Inferno-like tour with all the dead villains with Hades as your Virgil.

Brian2 days ago

Congrats on making me dust off my old dictionary. ;)

AidenRodriguez7312 days ago

I think it would be a great ride to introduce all of the villians, notably the dead ones in a way to revive them to take over and explain a lot of the other parts of the land.

Mike S2 days ago

Seems he’ll always do it until the day he sadly passes and honestly I love that he loves playing Hades so much because I can’t imagine anyone else lol

JackCH2 days ago

I've always wanted a Greece pavillion at Epcot with a Hercules ride in the back so I'll take this lol.

HoustonHorn2 days ago

With Hercules getting a new musical and one of the shows on the Destiny, it wouldn't surprise me if Hades was featured. I'm 100% cool with more Hercules representation.

Disgruntled Walt2 days ago

Why shouldn't he be? If Disney's doing what they say they're doing now...

Tha Realest2 days ago

He’s been voiced almost exclusively by James Woods in everything from the films, to short films, to video games, to attractions, for three decades now. Will be interesting to see if that’s still the case.

WeNamedTheDogIndiana2 days ago

I still think a River Styx boat ride would be a great way to transition from The Haunted Mansion to Villains Land.

Jedi142 days ago

That would make sense. Hades was the main villain for Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, and in that they showed him resurrecting the dead villains.

Drew the Disney Dude2 days ago

I'm doing research for an Imagineer series I'm launching and found something exciting. Chris Beatty, the Portfolio Executive Creative Director on all of the WDW projects right now, is a big fan of Hades: "During the roundtable discussion Beatty explained the process of designing a new attraction with a focus on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, the close working relationship WDI shares with Feature Animation to help accurately portraying characters, and for good measure, his favorite Disney character. Spoiler: It’s Hades." If Hades has a big role in Villains Land, well, this explains it.

Disneyfanatic309 days ago

Here are some of my hopes for the land being able go into any the villains residencies including maleficent’s castle a big major dark ride that is not a roller coaster but more family oriented villains walking around Disneyland style a table service restaurant that is actually thematic like think whispering canyon or 50s prime time cafe or a character dining experience a shop themed to cruella de vil where you can buy her clothing which would be awesome an evil queen themed candy Apple Store and than include a quick service themed to a villain and also would love to see in character employees like in galaxy’s edge