In honor of Disneyland Paris celebrating its thirty third Anniversary on April 12, the resort has introduced a shock new attraction primarily based on Pixar’s Up coming to the reimagined Disney Journey World theme park! This publish covers dates & particulars, idea artwork of the journey, plus much more development progress updates on the second gate in France that’s presently being overhauled and expanded.
To mark the event of the Disneyland Paris thirty third Anniversary, the place the place desires come true unveiled never-before-seen photos and new particulars about its unprecedented transformation. Since 2018, Disneyland Paris has celebrated numerous adjustments and main milestones, from the reimagining of Disney Resort New York – The Artwork of Marvel and Disneyland Resort to the opening of Avengers Campus, plus an overhaul and new search for Disney Village.
All of the whereas, work has been underway to reimagine the studios park and make it worthy of the Disney title. The resort’s second gate, which is presently often called Walt Disney Studios Park however shall be renamed Disney Journey World when the brand new Frozen-themed space opens in 2026, is present process a serious enlargement and embracing a recent inventive imaginative and prescient. Disneyland Paris is now pulling again the curtain additional on what to anticipate from the long run Disney Journey World in 2025 and 2026…
These updates are being shared as a part of a serious transformation plan for the long run Disney Journey World, which is coming to fruition due to a 2-billion-euro funding to increase the park, as introduced in 2018 (albeit with a number of adjustments since). By reimagining greater than 90% of the second gate’s opening day choices and roughly doubling its footprint, the soon-to-be-renamed park will grow to be a very can’t-miss expertise by the tip of its enlargement journey.
The long run Disney Journey World is ready to usher in its subsequent part with the grand opening of World Premiere on Could 15, 2025. World Premiere is the gateway to the present and future immersive worlds of the park.
When friends set foot within the World Premiere constructing, they’ll grow to be particular attendees of a glamorous movie premiere within the coronary heart of Hollywood, below an ever-present sky filled with stars. Then, they’ll be capable of uncover absolutely immersive worlds, inserting them into the guts of their favourite Disney, Marvel, and Pixar tales.
The inside of the previous Disney Studio 1 soundstage has been fully reimagined to function new crafted décor, refurbished areas and a brand-new storyline that units friends in an genuine Hollywood boulevard, recognizable by its palm timber, the celebrities on the bottom, the wealthy and diverse structure of its façades and its well-known film theaters.
Quite a few nods to Los Angeles, Disney and different park experiences shall be hidden throughout the units, notably together with the spectacular skyline that serves because the backdrop to your complete constructing.
On the finish of the central alley, the Disney Theater and its majestic, illuminated signal weighing practically three tons will beckon friends to enterprise deeper into Disney Journey World and its immersive worlds. At World Premiere, a variety of experiences will await friends.
An invite to dine below the celebrities at any time of day shall be introduced by way of, within the elegant ‘outside’ setting of The Hollywood Gardens Restaurant, which can supply scrumptious fast service choices. A spread of snacks and cold and warm drinks will even be out there to remove from the Searchlight kiosk.
For many who fancy a little bit of purchasing, the must-visit place at World Premiere shall be Mickey’s of Hollywood Boutique, impressed by the basic American malls of the Twenties. Visitors will be capable of discover a wide array of merchandise impressed by Disney tales dropped at life within the park’s immersive worlds.
As soon as exterior the constructing, friends will arrive within the coronary heart of World Premiere Plaza. Impressed by Broadway and the West Finish district, this vibrant space brings collectively a number of theatres, presently celebrating Disney Animation and Pixar tales, in a trendy setting. The Walt Disney Imagineering Paris groups are arduous at work to show the park’s former central sq. right into a dynamic and heat surroundings.
This initiative, which focuses on reimagining pathways, creating colourful murals, introducing new landscaped areas, and including new Artwork Deco-inspired avenue furnishings, goals to convey concord to the house whereas enhancing the looks of World Premiere Plaza. The transformation work, which is being carried out in phases, shall be accomplished earlier than the opening of Disney Journey World’s new areas in 2026.
“As our second gate continues its transformation, we’re proud to be unveiling the following milestone with the opening of World Premiere in just a few weeks,” mentioned Natacha Rafalski, Présidente of Disneyland Paris. “On the finish of its enlargement journey—which incorporates the opening of Journey Means, Journey Bay, and World of Frozen in 2026, and later an immersive world themed to The Lion King—we’ll have reimagined greater than 90% of the park’s choices since its debut in 2002, and roughly doubled its footprint to actually grow to be a can’t-miss expertise!”
New Up Attraction Coming to Journey Means
“Journey is on the market!” – this well-known quote from Pixar’s “Up” will quickly resonate with Disney Journey World friends as they board a flying carousel that may spin within the air, providing hen’s-eye views of the park’s gorgeous surroundings.
Mixing the allure of household sights with the colourful world of Up, this new expertise will mark the primary time an attraction impressed by this beloved movie is coming to a Disney park. It is going to be situated throughout from Raiponce Tangled Spin, one other attraction that’s already being dropped at life within the coronary heart of Journey Means.
This all-new expertise will enrich the family-friendly choices and additional elevate the dynamic of this space, which mixes lush panorama with European-style Artwork Nouveau structure, giving friends of all ages the chance to participate in all kinds of adventures.
Development on the primary attraction at a Disney park themed after Pixar’s “Up” will start by the tip of 2025. Disney prompt that is opening subsequent 12 months: “There’s much more coming to the resort’s second park when Journey Means opens as a part of Disney Journey World in 2026!”
That’s barely ambiguous, although, because the 2026 date may merely be referring to Journey Means itself. A swings journey may very well be constructed fairly rapidly, however our guess is that it debuts someday after the remainder of Journey Means. Maybe late 2026?
Whereas I feel that Pixar’s “Up” deserves greater than a flying swings journey, I additionally suppose that’s true with like 75% of Disney’s franchises for the reason that Nineties. It’s baffling that so many motion pictures from my youth–now trendy classics–nonetheless don’t have main sights within the parks. But, we’re subjected to 47 completely different (give or take) Toy Story rides. So I’m simply glad “Up” is getting something in any respect.
Many Disney followers will flip their noses up at an amusement park model journey, however not me. Foolish Symphony Swings at Disney California Journey is a beautiful attraction, providing massive views and enjoyable to riders, in addition to including kinetic vitality to the world for passersby. It’s additionally dressed-up simply sufficient that it’s an on-theme addition worthy of Disney. The identical can’t be mentioned of a lot (most?) of the circa-2002 Walt Disney Studios Park.
The “Up” swings shall be a stable addition, bringing life to an space of Journey Means that in any other case felt prefer it is perhaps lots of strolling previous timber and gardens with out a lot of substance to see alongside the best way. This could assist break up the pathway including focal factors that draw friends additional down the promenade and make that stroll extra fascinating.
It’s additionally one other journey! It’ll add capability! As somebody who firmly believes we should always normalize Disney rounding out journey rosters with the sort of attraction the place thematically applicable, I’m all for this. I’d like to see a few flat rides within the upcoming Satisfaction Lands Lion King space, to assist spherical out the slate across the marquee log flume. Similar goes for World of Frozen. One of these attraction might be comparatively cheap and helps a bit to take in crowds. Having 3-4 sights in new lands, with a trio of them being flat rides, positive beats the present development of single-attraction lands.
It’s additionally amusing that this announcement is coming only some days after Bob Iger Warns of Tariffs’ Impression on Disney’s $60 Billion Enlargement Plans. This shock announcement would possibly give the looks that the corporate is already shifting spending away from Walt Disney World and Disneyland because of tariffs. In actuality, that is purely coincidental. The “Up” attraction would’ve been greenlit and ordered months in the past, with the corporate ready for the opportune time (the anniversary of Disneyland Paris) to announce.
That includes themed gardens that commemorate beloved tales, comparable to Disney Animation’s Tangled and Pixar’s Toy Story, Journey Means has been dreamed up as a crossroads between the entrance of the park and the brand new immersive worlds. On this place out of time, friends will be capable of unwind and daydream earlier than diving into immersive journeys to the guts of Disney tales.
Along with providing a broad vary of experiences, Journey Means will even be residence to the Regal View Restaurant & Lounge, a trendy restaurant the place friends won’t solely be capable of meet Disney Princesses, but in addition watch the breathtaking new nighttime spectacular that may mild up the brand new Journey Bay central lake at evening.
This present will mix water screens, fountains, particular results, and progressive drone choreography. The leisure groups at Disneyland Paris have already began conducting exams in preparation for this groundbreaking expertise.
Disney Journey World Development Report
Venture managers, engineers, panorama architects, and designers: all 12 months lengthy, the Walt Disney Imagineering Paris groups work alongside greater than 800 professionals on the Disney Journey World development website to convey to life the brand new worlds that may enchant friends beginning in 2026.
At World of Frozen – which is progressively coming into view – the ending touches are being added to the North Mountain, which rises 36 meters above the bottom, creating a wide ranging new backdrop for the park. 400 tons of metallic required to construct its construction, which was then coated with sculpted concrete and painted by hand.
From the selection of seaweed texture, cobblestones, and lighting to the development of life-size boats, the distinctive consideration to element that’s near Imagineers’ hearts will lengthen to the dominion of Arendelle’s façades, fjord, and neighboring panorama, providing an unprecedented immersive expertise on the earth of Frozen.
Contained in the Frozen Ever After attraction, groups are arduous at work placing collectively the décor and programming the 34 state-of-the-art Audio Animatronics characters that friends will encounter throughout their journey.
We’re trying ahead to World of Frozen, and suppose it’ll be a pleasing shock to most friends–particularly those that have solely skilled Frozen Ever After at Walt Disney World. However for us, it’s arduous to think about that this received’t be a distant third to the Frozen areas in Hong Kong Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. Once more, I consider it was a mistake to make this a single-ride land.
Journey Means’s themed gardens are additionally taking form due to an distinctive landscaping endeavor: greater than 1,000 timber had been meticulously chosen by the Imagineers in European plant nurseries and planted within the park as a part of its enlargement, and one other 100,000 shrubs and groves will even adorn this dreamlike setting.
Already, Toy Story backyard has just lately welcomed two spectacular statues of Woody and Jessie, and the Raiponce Tangled Spin attraction has already obtained its automobiles, that are impressed by the small boats featured within the iconic floating lanterns scene within the Disney Animation film Tangled.
Disney additionally introduced that Mandy Moore, the unique voice actor for Rapunzel in Tangled, has reprised her function to document a wide range of bulletins for Raiponce Tangled Spin, bringing an additional contact of authenticity to the visitor expertise.
Along with the storytelling that performs a key function in Disney park experiences, the encircling structure, cutting-edge expertise, lush panorama, signage, music, and leisure are only a few of the components that may assist transport friends right into a larger-than-life fantasy world after they uncover Disney Journey World in 2026.
Turning to commentary, I’m actually trying ahead to visiting the second gate at Disneyland Paris. These weren’t phrases I ever thought I’d kind again in 2012 after experiencing the Walt Disney Studios Park for the primary time. I knew everybody thought it was unhealthy, however I couldn’t consider it was this unhealthy. And after spending a pair days within the stunning Disneyland Paris, I additionally thought that perhaps Parisian Disney followers had too excessive of expectations. Nope.
If something, my perspective is that diehard Disney followers grade WDSP on a curve. That the park is so unhealthy they search for any nuggets of positivity. For instance, I’d say Crush’s Coaster is likely one of the most overrated Disney sights on earth. It’s definitely good, however it’s typically made out to be a prime 10 journey worldwide…and I’m undecided it’d crack my prime 50. We seldom do it as a result of the wait in that boring prolonged queue is rarely “value it” to us…and since we spend 90% of our time in Disneyland Paris.
In any case, what a distinction a decade (give or take) makes. The Walt Disney Studios Park nonetheless has a protracted method to go, however every new replace on the park has me extra excited for Disney Journey World (nonetheless an terrible title that I’ve not gotten used to). It’s an unprecedented feeling for the second gate at Disneyland Paris.
Whereas promising, it’s not an ideal plan. For one factor, it’s taking about 2 years too lengthy. This all began again in 2018, and even accounting for COVID derailing issues, World of Frozen ought to’ve opened final 12 months. And figuring out that the enlargement pads round Journey Bay are trying fairly naked, the Lion King undertaking ought to’ve been fast-tracked for a 2026 opening.
Past that, I nonetheless want Disney ripped the band-aid off and went all out in demolishing the entrance entrance sound stage as a substitute of reimagining it into World Premiere. I’m positive that’ll be a lot lovelier than what was there earlier than, however it nonetheless strikes me as lipstick on a pig.
The soundstage thought is neat in idea because it places a roof over friends’ heads to shelter them from the weather, however execution is horrible. Not solely that, however each different ‘studios’ park is distancing itself from the ‘studios’ conceit, so this very a lot appears like a relic of Nineties developments. Even reimagined, it’s arduous to think about that World Premiere will age properly in one other decade. Disney ought to’ve adopted the identical playbook because the Arcades at Disneyland Paris, that are sensible however don’t intervene with the awe-inspiring opening act that takes middle stage.
These are minor nitpicks within the grand scheme of issues. That is nonetheless an enormous leap ahead in the appropriate route. Disney is investing extra now on the transformation into the soon-to-be Disney Journey World than they spent on the opening day Walt Disney Studios Park.
My solely different nitpick is the title. Bob, it’s nonetheless not too late for the clearly superior Disney’s CineMagique Journey! Please have religion and belief that your friends aren’t too silly to know that extra elegant and fewer descriptive park title.
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Your Ideas
Ideas on the swing journey themed to Pixar’s Up? Do you view this as ‘supporting attraction’ addition to Disney Journey World, or want they went larger? Are you excited for the Lion King Satisfaction Lands, Journey Bay, World of Frozen, or some other upcoming additions to the second gate at Disneyland Paris? Excited to lastly stroll across the central lake and expertise the reimagined park? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions—even once you disagree with us—is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
