Walt Disney World introduced the late Summer time 2025 opening date of Check Monitor 3.0 at EPCOT. This shares the debut date and new particulars, plus predictions about smooth openings & previews, Lightning Lanes vs. standby strains, crowds, and extra!
In case you’re unfamiliar with it, Check Monitor 3.0 was introduced out of the blue, over the last Vacation spot D23. Imagineers together with groups from company alliance associate Chevrolet are reaching again into historical past for inspiration from the unique World of Movement, and are bringing that spirit of optimism to the following iteration of Check Monitor. They’re looking for to push innovation ahead and have a good time humanity’s enduring drive on the thrilling street to a brighter tomorrow.
The queue of Check Monitor 3.0 (not what Walt Disney World is asking the attraction–it’s simply the third iteration of Check Monitor, in order that’s what followers have dubbed it) will characteristic six distinct reveals, and inside every room have a good time the automobiles – and other people behind the automobiles – that push the envelope and assist get individuals to our subsequent chapter in our movement journey. New present scenes will likely be added showcasing technological advances and the way our life and relationships to mobility join everybody.
Get pleasure from a pleasure journey by way of scenes specializing in onboard expertise, customization and personalization. Adopted by a visit by way of a scenic outside route reminding us all the joys of driving, taking on the earth round us and spending high quality time with family and friends. Previous to at the moment, no opening date had been set for Check Monitor’s return–it was simply scheduled to debut at EPCOT in Late Summer time 2025.
Followers gained’t have to attend an excessive amount of longer, as the development partitions have already come down and Check Monitor is testing! Walt Disney World introduced that Check Monitor will formally open on July 22, 2025.
This Check Monitor journey reimagining will debut an all-new musical rating, in addition to new scenes that spotlight expertise making our vehicles smarter and our lives extra enjoyable.
A kind of scenes showcases how automobiles can use superior cameras and sensors to “see” the world they drive by way of. Walt Disney Imagineers have been capable of symbolize this tech using over 29,000 factors of sunshine. To elucidate a little bit extra how visitors will see by way of the “eyes” of a automobile, meet Leigh and Cole:
FIRST LOOK at one of many all-new scenes for Check Monitor 3.0, opening on July 22 at EPCOT! This scene makes use of 29,000 factors of sunshine to showcase how automobiles use superior cameras and sensors to “see” the world they drive by way of. pic.twitter.com/aGr0HX9LYT
— Drew Smith (@DrewDisneyDude) June 16, 2025
Whereas Check Monitor has at all times celebrated new and future automotive expertise, it’s additionally a reminder of what a street journey is all about: spending high quality time within the firm of family and friends whereas embracing the great thing about the world round you.
Imagineering additionally shared one other first look inside Check Monitor 3.0, this time specializing in the bushes within the new attraction:
NEW: Walt Disney Imagineering shared a FIRST LOOK inside Check Monitor 3.0, opening on July 22 at EPCOT. pic.twitter.com/ZkP1P2ykPT
— Drew Smith (@DrewDisneyDude) June 16, 2025
The Imagineers shared that they needed to deliver a thick cover of bushes contained in the present constructing, making a thick cover overhead to hide the big present constructing. They needed to create a sense of driving by way of the Pacific Northwest, and targeted on 4 various kinds of foliage: Cedar, Spruce, Maple and Oak.
Previous iterations of Check Monitor have been in a conceptual world, whereas the aim of Check Monitor 3.0 is to be rooted in actuality. I’m definitely not averse to this, because the earlier Check Monitor felt cavernous and largely empty. However I additionally hope there’s extra to the present scenes than simply bushes. Maybe I’m overly delicate to this, however this feels eerily much like Tiana’s Bayou Journey–which is full of expanses of darkish bayou–and I’m frightened this may very well be a repeat of that.
Now, let’s flip to questions on Check Monitor’s Lightning Lane standing, potential smooth openings, AP/DVC previews, and extra…
Delicate Openings
Delicate openings are also called trial operations or technical rehearsals, and are principally an unannounced and managed take a look at interval. They supply a possibility for theme parks to open an attraction previous to its official opening and conduct operations and Forged Member coaching in a extra forgiving and low stress atmosphere.
Usually, these aren’t publicized through official assets: not on park maps, the official Disney Parks Weblog, annoying TikTok movies, wait time boards, and even within the My Disney Expertise app. Consequently, they at all times draw considerably fewer crowds than official openings. They’re a pleasant perk for visitors who’re already within the park and essentially the most plugged-in Walt Disney World followers.
Walt Disney World had moved away from smooth openings in the previous couple of years, earlier than bringing them again with TRON Lightcycle Run two years in the past. That was the final large brand-new attraction to debut, earlier than Tiana’s Bayou Journey final summer season, which didn’t have smooth openings.
Nonetheless, Check Monitor 3.0 is way more like Tiana’s Bayou Journey than each main attraction opening since 2021. Other than these each being journey reimaginings versus new sights, the massive distinction is that every of these sights have been initially slated to debut “in time for” Walt Disney World’s fiftieth Anniversary, however was delayed as a result of closure and subsequent phased reopening.
In all of these circumstances, Walt Disney World purposefully postponed the openings–it wasn’t merely a matter of staffing shortages or development progress. The opening dates have been slow-rolled for strategic functions. It’s a very totally different story with Check Monitor. Versus being purposefully postponed, Check Monitor has been accelerated–it’s been a race in opposition to the clock simply to get it prepared in time for Summer time 2025!
Accordingly, we are able to’t make any assured predictions with regard to basic public smooth openings. It actually all relies upon upon how conservative Walt Disney World is with the official opening date, how easily work goes between at times, if unanticipated points come up throughout take a look at & modify, and what the schedule is like for AP and DVC Member previews. There may very well be time to spare, or it may very well be a mad sprint to make the opening date, with work persevering with after hours even after the official debut date and delayed openings for months to accommodate.
Retaining in thoughts that I do know completely nothing, my intestine says there will likely be no smooth openings. Given what we all know concerning the timeline and existence of affiliation previews, it simply doesn’t sound like there will likely be time for smooth openings.
AP & DVC Previews
Walt Disney World’s latest method has been to forgo smooth openings in favor of extra managed previews for choose affiliation teams, together with Forged Members, Disney Trip Membership Members, Annual Passholders, Golden Oak Residents, Membership 33 Members. The press launch saying the opening date of Check Monitor 3.0 talked about all of those affiliation previews, so it’s protected to anticipate that they’ll begin within the weeks to come back earlier than the attraction formally reopens.
The development partitions got here down round Check Monitor final week, with rolling planters changing them. On the identical time, stanchions went up the place the overflow queue will likely be. All of this didn’t occur for no motive, and steered that Forged Member previews are proper across the nook–seemingly beginning throughout the subsequent 1-2 weeks.
After that, it’s solely potential that previews for DVC Members, APs, and different affiliation teams begin round Independence Day. That is perhaps too accelerated of a timeline, however we nonetheless anticipate 2-3 weeks of previews for the aforementioned visitor teams. Working backwards, meaning CM previews want to start ASAP.
Count on this to work virtually precisely just like the previews for the final a number of years, proper right down to all eligible APs not receiving the e-mail earlier than slots began filling up. (I wouldn’t anticipate Disney to go the ‘no registration’ route of Moana’s Journey of Water, as that was a walkthrough and it is a way more limited-capacity venue with showtimes.)
In any case, receiving the e-mail for preview registration doesn’t matter! The hyperlink inside is what’s essential, and anybody who’s eligible can use that. Each of us will likely be monitoring our emails like hawks within the coming weeks and will provide you with a heads up ASAP if/when preview registration goes dwell. You possibly can subscribe to our free electronic mail e-newsletter for fast alerts.
Lightning Lane Standing
Subsequent up, whether or not Check Monitor 3.0 will likely be a part of Lightning Lane Multi-Move or turns into one other Lightning Lane Single Move at EPCOT, becoming a member of Cosmic Rewind throughout the courtyard. That is actually a “wildcard” in title solely, since Walt Disney World hasn’t formally introduced something. We totally anticipate Check Monitor 3.0 to be a part of Lightning Lane Multi-Move, not Single Move.
Check Monitor 3.0 is just a journey reimagining, and virtually definitely one which’s much less bold in nature than Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Magic Kingdom. It’s completely totally different than TRON Lightcycle Run or Cosmic Rewind in that regard, and will comply with within the footsteps of Tiana’s Bayou Journey in being a part of Lightning Lane Multi-Move. (The attraction being sponsored by Basic Motors and the reimagining largely funded by that partnership makes its direct monetization through Single Move much more unlikely.)
The higher query might be whether or not Soarin’ Across the World will get demoted to Tier B in Lightning Lane Multi-Move at EPCOT. My guess is that it’s going to not, however I feel it is a a lot nearer name than whether or not Check Monitor 3.0 is Multi-Move or Single Move. (On the danger of stating the plain, it’ll positively be Tier A, similar to earlier than, if it’s a part of LLMP.)
Single Rider Standing
We totally anticipate Check Monitor 3.0 to supply a Single Rider line…sooner or later. The bodily queue for it’s nonetheless there, so it’s all a matter of enabling visitor entry.
My guess is that Check Monitor 3.0 won’t supply a Single Rider line when the journey reopens on July 22, 2025. It’s fairly frequent for brand new or newly-reimagined sights to attend for a bit earlier than utilizing Single Rider. Some followers supply up ulterior motives for this, reminiscent of desirous to promote extra Lightning Lanes or no matter.
This isn’t the actual motive. As an alternative, it has extra to do with sights discovering their operational footing and visitor demographics upon reopening. On July 22 and for the remainder of the summer season, there will likely be a disproportionate variety of solo guests (bloggers, vloggers, influencers, locals, and many others.), all of which spike demand for the Single Rider line.
Even on regular days, there have been instances after I’ve achieved the Single Rider line at Check Monitor that it’s backed up and I’m fairly positive the posted standby line was massively inflated. On at the very least a few events, I wouldn’t be shocked if I didn’t save any time in any way. Different instances, Single Rider on Check Monitor was nice. However proper when the journey reopens, the Single Rider backups usually tend to be a difficulty attributable to demographics. Give it a number of weeks, and we’d anticipate to see Single Rider return.
Early Entry & Prolonged Night Hours
Check Monitor was beforehand a part of each the Early Entry and Prolonged Night Hours at EPCOT lineups. There’s each motive to imagine it’ll be a part of each once more in due time.
Nonetheless, it’s potential it gained’t be a part of one or each lineups instantly. It appears unlikely that Check Monitor will likely be a part of Early Entry on July 22, and I’d in all probability wager in opposition to it being a part of Prolonged Night Hours on July 28, 2025. Neither are outdoors the realm of risk, I’d simply put them at underneath 50/50 odds.
The journey rosters for these choices are dictated by staffing and budgetary constraints, which is likely one of the the reason why TRON Lightcycle Run is inexplicably nonetheless not a part of the Early Entry lineup at Magic Kingdom. (Though that excuse is carrying skinny.) That’s one other excessive case, although, and I wouldn’t wager on Check Monitor taking that lengthy to be added to the ‘further hours’ lineups. My guess is that it occurs in August 2025.
Check Monitor’s reopening remains to be over a month away, so we might see all of this being squared away by then, however it wouldn’t shock us if it’s not. Check Monitor is de facto wanted for each units of ‘further hours,’ because the journey rosters for each are fairly skinny, and if even one attraction has downtime (as is usually the case), it exacerbates wait instances elsewhere.
That is very true throughout Prolonged Night Hours at EPCOT in the course of the summer season months. That perk might be superior or terrible relying upon downtime and climate, and we’ve had some tough nights in August and September when ExEH is definitely worse than a daily day at EPCOT. With Prolonged Night Hours shifting from Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom beginning in July, it will be a pleasant little win to have Check Monitor again for the perk.
Standby vs. Digital Queue
One other large query is whether or not Check Monitor 3.0 will use a digital queue. With Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind lastly dropping its digital queue after over one-thousand days and Check Monitor not needing a VQ beforehand, the reply to this in all probability appears apparent.
However, Splash Mountain by no means wanted a digital queue, and but Tiana’s Bayou Journey ended up with one–and lengthy after the preliminary surge in demand had ended. So it’s at all times potential {that a} journey reimagining has by some means made Check Monitor even much less dependable than it was earlier than (and it’s at all times been breakdown-prone).
That plus heightened demand for the preliminary reopening interval plus weather-induced downtime throughout storm season may make Walt Disney World give consideration to utilizing a digital queue for Check Monitor. I extremely doubt this may occur.
Walt Disney World eradicated digital queues largely to cut back confusion and friction, and I can’t see this being the attraction that causes them to undo that. If this does use a digital queue, it’ll solely be to handle crowds in the course of the preliminary reopening rush–I wouldn’t anticipate any potential VQ right here to final into August 2025. However I actually hope it doesn’t come to that, interval. I’d fairly wait in a ~300 minute line on opening day if it involves that than have to write down one other treatise on digital queues.
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Your Ideas
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