Disney D23 Unveils Avengers, Coco, Villains Land Rides
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- D23's Saturday Parks Panel unveiled next steps in Disney's billion-dollar theme park expansion, with Imagineers detailing attractions for U.S. resorts
- Disney California Adventure's Avengers Campus will add two 2028 attractions: Stark Flight Lab with Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Mackie, and Brie Larson reprising roles, and Avengers Infinity Defense featuring Ms. Marvel/Iman Vellani alongside Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, and Downey Jr.
- Disney California Adventure is also adding a Coco boat ride near Paradise Pier highlighting Mexican and Día de Muertos culture with music by Hector, plus an Avatar Destination to be announced later
- Walt Disney World breaks ground on Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent — its first Indiana Jones ride and the first Disney attraction to feature Harrison Ford as an animatronic model
- Walt Disney World's Antonio's Fiesta de Encanto ride will see the original film cast reprise their roles as riders travel through the Casita interacting with 50+ animals
- Villains Land at Walt Disney World will include a high-thriller roller coaster on Maleficent's thorny briar mountain featuring "elements never attempted before" and a flume ride with the Evil Queen's Magic Mirror
Why it matters: Disney just locked in a multi-year capital pipeline stretching through 2028, leaning on Marvel, Pixar, and Disney Animation IP to drive park attendance. Original-cast voice reprises for Downey, Mackie, Larson, Hemsworth, and Vellani deepen the studio-park integration pioneered by Galaxy's Edge, while Ford's animatronic debut and the Villains Land category expand Disney's IP-to-attractions formula.
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