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
Blackpool's Pleasure Beach Resort
- Aviktas - Britain's largest Intamin Gyro Swing opens in 2026.
Disney Abu Dhabi
- 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.
Disney Adventure World
- 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.
Disney California Adventure
- 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.
Disney's Animal Kingdom
- 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.
Disney's Hollywood Studios
- 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.
Dollywood
- NightFlight Expedition - An indoor family hybrid coaster and whitewater river raft ride from Mack Rides, themed to nighttime in the Smoky Mountains. Opens 2026.
Efteling
- 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.
EPCOT
- 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.
Hong Kong Disneyland
- 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.
Kings Island
Legoland California
- Lego Galaxy - New space-themed indoor roller coaster and land open March 6, 2026.
Legoland Florida
- Galacticoaster - New space-themed indoor roller coaster opens in early 2026.
Liseberg
- Stormvåg - An Art Engineering Wild Swing XL, opening in summer 2026.
Mattel Adventure Park
- 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.
SeaWorld Orlando
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.
Shanghai Disneyland
Six Flags Great Adventure
- Unnamed launch coaster - Billed as a "multi-record-breaking launch coaster," this replacement for Kingda Ka will open sometime after 2026.
Six Flags Magic Mountain
- 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
Six Flags New England
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Qiddiya City
- Developed under license from Six Flags, the first Six Flags-branded park outside North America is set to open December 31 in Saudi Arabia. Attractions will include Falcons Flight, a new Intamin coaster design that will be the world's tallest, longest and fastest coaster when it opens. Other coasters will include Adrena-Line (Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster), Colossus (Great Coasters International wooden coaster), Iron Rattler (Vekoma Tilt Coaster), Saw Mill Falls (Mack Rides Water Coaster), Sea Stallion (Maurer Rides Spike), Spitfire (Intamin Launch Coaster), and Twilight Express (Vekoma Family Coaster). Interactive dark rides will include Triotech's Into the Deep, and the Enchanted Greenhouse from ETF Ride Systems, Jora Vision and Alterface.
Universal Kids Resort
- This 30-acre park will be designed for families with young children and open in Frisco, Texas - near Dallas - before June 2026.
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Singapore
- 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.
- 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.
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi
- 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.
