The Disneyland Resort Is Buying and selling ‘Monsters Inc.’ for ‘Avatar’

The Disneyland Resort is formally trading one Sully for an additional. At the D23 Expo last year, Disney introduced James Cameron’s world of Avatar would be coming to its California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, in addition to a brand new experience based mostly on Pixar’s Coco. What the corporate didn’t announce on the time was the place the heck these issues would match into the already crowded space. Nicely, Thursday evening, Disney introduced these areas and revealed that the addition of Na’vi chief Jake Sully meant everyone’s favorite blue monster, Sulley, could be saying goodbye

Monsters Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, a family-friendly experience which opened at Disney California Journey in 2005, is formally closing in early 2026 to make manner for this new Avatar “expertise.” Avatar can even take over the vast majority of that space of the park, the Hollywood Backlot, that means a signature California space shall be leaving California Journey. As for Coco, that experience shall be occurring the opposite facet of the park close to Paradise Gardens Park and Pixar Pier. Which is becoming, as that’s the place many different Pixar-themed rides reside. Nothing shall be leaving for that, although, because it’ll largely take over “backstage” areas.

Development on Coco will start this fall. Avatar is “nonetheless within the early phases of improvement,” so we nonetheless don’t know what, particularly, it’s even going to be or when it’s going to begin building. Simply that to take action, Monsters Inc. will completely shut in 2026.

In fact, with Monsters Inc. leaving the West Coast, we should always point out it’s being reborn on the East Coast. Don’t neglect that back at the D23 Expo, it was additionally introduced a full Monsters Inc. land was coming to Disney Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, highlighted by a wild-looking curler coaster. So, the hit Pixar franchise isn’t being completely shafted, simply shifted.

Lastly, in a bit of stories that’s mainly only for individuals who stay on the West Coast, with Disneyland doing all of this building, it should even be including a brand new transportation hub and car parking zone. Which, we all know, doesn’t sound all that thrilling. However if you happen to’ve ever pushed to Disneyland and been caught in visitors at considered one of its two big parking tons, something to alleviate that stress is a giant deal. It’ll be on the east facet of the park, behind Tomorrowland, and can provide all method of improved transportation options.

You’ll be able to learn extra about that, Coco, and Avatar at the official Disney Parks blog. Anybody on the market tremendous bummed to see Monsters Inc. go?

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