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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Gusey32 minutes ago

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

Sorcerer Mickey37 minutes ago

Why is everyone talking about cuts?

denyuntilcaught43 minutes ago

You're conflating two different points here.

WowFactor56 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?