D23: All the New Lands and Rides Revealed for Disneyland and Disney World

Disney’s biennial fan convention D23 is in full swing, and the entertainment giant has finally revealed details on all the new lands, rides, theming, shows, restaurants and attraction names that it has planned for Disney parks in the next few years.

During the Disney Experiences Showcase at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday night, we heard all about Villains Land, Piston Peak, Tropical Americas Land, Avengers Campus, Monstropolis, the Coco ride, new Disney Cruise line ships and a much-needed Tomorrowland overhaul.

The villains-themed expansion of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World is “the most anticipated project we’ve ever worked on,” said President and Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Imagineering Bruce Vaughn.

It will officially be called Villains Land to fit in with the rest of the theme park, with the entrance to feature a “broken, twisted wishing well.” The architecture, foods, landscape, shops and attractions will all have an elegant but villainous overtone, and it’ll be a huge area “on the scale of Galaxy’s Edge.”

The first of the two attractions revealed will be a roller coaster that takes guests through Maleficent’s fortress, while the other will be a dark boat ride through the other side of the glass of the magic mirror.

Glenn Close appeared as Cruella de Vil to say that she should get her own ride, too, but Disney did not confirm whether this is a possibility.

Construction is already underway for Villains Land, which will celebrate all the classic baddies from Disney films.

Villains Land, first teased during D23 2022 , will be positioned on the other side of Big Thunder Mountain at the top left edge of the current Magic Kingdom map and will stretch around to where the Haunted Mansion is.

Also at the Magic Kingdom, the Frontierland expansion will create an area themed around Pixar’s Cars movies and shorts. On Saturday night, Disney revealed the names and details of its two attractions.

Miss Fritter’s Daredevil Spin-Along will feature a huge, school bus-sized animatronic of the character from Cars 3, who is hosting a demolition derby for guests to ride.

Cars Ridge Run Rally is the previously teased rally car race ride, where you’ll be competing for the fastest ride in the wilderness. The cars will travel along a track that’s a little bouncy on the way up to the snow-covered peak, and very bouncy on the way down, and it’ll then race through the geysers and into a sprint to finish.

During the event, Disney also announced a new series on Disney Plus called Cars Lightning Racers, to tie in with the 20th anniversary of the Cars movie next year.

Piston Peak is being built where the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island were previously.

On the D23 show floor this weekend, the Imagineering booth showed off a full-scale miniature of Piston Peak, showing exactly how the land and rides will look.