Plan ahead for new theme park attractions
Plan ahead for your next theme park trip or vacation. Here are the rides and other attractions coming next to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, and other top theme park destinations around the world. Click on the links below for more details.
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Alton Towers
- Bluey the Ride: Here Come the Grannies! - This Zierer Force junior coaster will open in the park's CBeebies Land in spring 2026.
Blackpool's Pleasure Beach Resort
- Aviktas - Britain's largest Intamin Gyro Swing opens in 2026.
- Disney's seventh theme park resort will be located on Yas Island. Miral will build, own and operate this new theme park under license from Disney, with design by Walt Disney Imagineering. No opening date, official name, or specific attraction line-up yet.
- The current Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris will get a new name when its World of Frozen land opens as part of a major expansion on March 29, 2026. World of Frozen will include a new installation of the Frozen Ever After indoor boat ride from Hong Kong Disneyland, a character meet with Queens Anna and Elsa in Arendelle Castle, and a daily Celebration in Arendelle show on Arendelle Bay.
- Disney Cascade of Light: Disney Adventure World's nighttime spectacular will play on the new Adventure Bay. The show will include custom-built, low-flying drones, fountains, projections, and pyro. Debuts March 29, 2026.
- Raiponce Tangled Spin: A teacups-style ride themed to "Tangled" and located on the new Adventure Way. Opens March 29, 2026.
- Unnamed waveswinger ride: Themed to "Up," it will be located on Adventure Way across from Raiponce Tangled Spin. No opening date yet.
- Pride Lands - A new land, based on the 1994 movie "The Lion King," will include a flume ride. No opening date yet.
- Soarin' Across America - A new "America the Beautiful"-style flying theater film, for America's 250th anniversary. Opens July 2, 2026, replacing Soarin' Around the World for a limited time.
- Avengers Infinity Defense - A motion-base dark ride multiverse adventure coming to Avengers Campus. No opening date yet.
- Stark Flight Lab - A robot arm flight simulation experience, also coming to Avengers Campus
- Avatar - A new boat ride, set on an all-new locations on Pandora. No opening date yet.
- Coco - A new boat ride. Construction starts in 2026.
- Tropical Americas - A retheming and expansion of the Dinoland USA land is now underway. The Dinosaur ride will be rethemed to Indiana Jones with an Encanto-themed ride to be added to the land. They will open in 2027.
- The Walt Disney Studios - A reimagined Animation Courtyard opens in summer 2026, with an new indoor play area and exhibits celebrating Disney Animation.
- Monstropolis - A new Monsters, Inc.-themed land will include Disney's first suspended coaster, themed to the scare floor.
- NightFlight Expedition - An indoor family hybrid coaster and whitewater river raft ride from Mack Rides, themed to nighttime in the Smoky Mountains. Opens 2026.
- Hooghmoed - Junior drop tower attraction sharing a storyline with the Baron 1898 coaster next door. Opens 2026.
- Unnamed flying ride - This new "rotating flying experience" will open in an expanded Raveleijn area in 2026.
- Soarin' Across America - A new "America the Beautiful"-style flying theater film, for America's 250th anniversary. Opens by Memorial Day 2026, replacing Soarin' Around the World for a limited time.
- Spider-Man ride - A new Spider-Man ride will be added to Stark Expo. No opening date yet.
Kentucky Kingdom
- Flying Fox - This Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster opens for the 2026 season.
- Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare - This new Sally Dark Rides production will take over the Boo Blasters on Boo Hill space in 2026.
- Lego Galaxy - New space-themed indoor roller coaster and land open March 6, 2026.
Legoland Florida
- Galacticoaster - New space-themed indoor roller coaster opens February 27, 2026.
Liseberg
- Stormvåg - An Art Engineering Wild Swing XL, opening in summer 2026.
- Part of the new VAI Resort complex in Glendale, Arizona, this toy-themed park will include two Hot Wheels roller coasters and a Barbie Beach House. No opening date yet. A second park will open in the Kansas City area.
- SEAQuest: Legends of the Deep - A "world's first-of-its-kind suspended dark ride" opens in 2026.
SeaWorld San Antonio
- Barracuda Strike - Opening in 2026, this will be the third installation of a Bolliger & Mabillard family inverted coaster at United Parks, following Phoenix Rising in Tampa in 2024 and Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge in Williamsburg in 2025.
- Unnamed Spider-Man coaster - This mostly outdoor roller coaster will open next to Zootopia at a date to be announced later.
- Unnamed launch coaster - Billed as a "multi-record-breaking launch coaster," this replacement for Kingda Ka will open sometime after 2026.
- Unnamed coaster - A "first-of-its-kind coaster in North America," which permits suggest is a Vekoma Thrill Glider, was promised for 2026, but now appears to be delayed.
Six Flags Mexico
- Speedway Stunt Coaster - This Vekoma Family Boomerang opens January 31, 2026.
Six Flags New England
- Quantum Accelerator - The delayed Intamin family launch coaster now is set to open in 2026.
Six Flags Over Texas
- Tormenta Rampaging Run - The world's tallest, longest and fastest dive coaster will open in 2026.
- This 30-acre park will be designed for families with young children and open in Frisco, Texas - near Dallas - before June 2026.
- Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift - The second installation of this spinning Intamin coaster will open in 2027.
- Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift - The first installation of this spinning Intamin coaster will open in 2026.
- Super Nintendo World - Another installation of Universal's Mario-themed land. No opening date yet.
Universal theme park in the United Kingdom
- Located near Bedford, this new park will open in 2031.
VidantaWorld's BON Luxury Theme Park
- Themed to the "Beauty of Nature," this park will offer five new Vekoma attractions, as well as rides from Intamin and Mack Rides, plus a new dinner show from Cirque du Soleil. It fully opens in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico in 2026.
Walt Disney World - Magic Kingdom
- Villains Land - Now under development behind Big Thunder Mountain, this expansion will include two new attractions. Target for opening is spring 2030.
- Cars rides - Two new Cars-themed rides, one a cross-country adventure and the other a kiddie ride, will open in Frontierland at a later date, replacing the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island.
- Harry Potter land - The park has announced its first land based on a single non-animated IP. Since this is not being designed by Universal, expect a different attraction line-up than we have seen in other Harry Potter lands in Universal's theme parks. No opening date yet.
