Theme park rides under construction at Disney, Universal and other top parks
The next big thing in American theme parks will be Universal Epic Universe, which will open in 2025 on the new south campus of the Universal Orlando Resort, near the Orange County Convention Center. Meanwhile, Disney is replacing its former Splash Mountain log flume rides with Tiana's Bayou Adventure, which will debut at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Disneyland in 2024.
Here is our list of all the top new theme park attractions coming in the months and years ahead. For reviews of everything that has opened so far this year and in past years, please follow these links:
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Adventure Island at Busch Gardens Tampa
- Castaway Falls - Multi-level water playground with more than 100 play elements. Opens spring 2024.
Alton Towers
- Project Horizon - Unnamed dark ride on the site of the former Alton Mouse.
Busch Gardens Tampa
- Phoenix Rising - A Bolliger & Mabillard family inverted coaster will be the park's first with on-board audio. Opens spring 2024.
Cedar Point
- Top Thrill 2 - A Zamperla redesign of the former Top Thrill Dragster replaces the hydraulic launch with a multi-pass LSM launch, adding a new spike track to the Strata coaster. Opens for the 2024 season.
Disney California Adventure
- Unnamed Avengers ride - A multiverse adventure, likely with motion-base vehicles, will open in Avengers Campus at an unspecified date.
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Disneyland
- Tiana's Bayou Adventure - Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"-themed makeover of the former Splash Mountain log flume ride debuts in 2024.
- Pandora - The World of Avatar - A second installation of Disney's Avatar-themed land will be coming to the Disneyland Resort sometime in the future.
Dorney Park
- Iron Menace - 160-foot-tall Bolliger & Mabillard Dive Coaster, with a 152-foot, 95-degree drop, four inversions and a top speed of 64 miles per hour on 2,169 feet of track. Opens May 10, 2024.
Dreamworld
- Jungle Rush - Roller coaster from Vekoma, featuring an inclined turntable and 12 airtime elements.
Efteling
- Danse Macabre - A new model of spinning ride from Intamin replaces Spookslot and opens in 2024.
EPCOT
- Test Track - A reimagined version of the ride will open at a future date.
Europa Park
- Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac - A new 4,544-foot, 105-foot-tall Mack Rides Stryker Coaster with a top speed of 56 mph will anchor the park's upcoming Croatia land in 2024.
Gardaland
- Opening in June 2024, this unnamed attraction replaces Sequoia Magic Loop and will have a height requirement of 47 inches and a capacity of 350 guests per hour.
Holiday World and Splashin' Safari
- Good Gravy! - This Thanksgiving-themed Vekoma Family Boomerang opens in 2024.
Kings Island
- Camp Snoopy - The park's 2024 expansion of Planet Snoopy will include Beagle Scout Acres, a covered, nature-themed play area, as well as Snoopy's Soap Box Racers, a Vekoma Family Boomerang coaster.
Knott's Berry Farm
- Camp Snoopy - Reimagining of the park's children's land includes a new coaster, Snoopy's Tenderpaw Twister Coaster, a Zamperla Lift & Launch family coaster, plus the Sally's Swing Along swing ride.
- MonteZOOMa: The Forbidden Fortress - The park's former Montezooma's Revenge is getting a new name and a rebuild. The new ride will feature a randomized launch sequence and its queue will get story upgrades about doomed treasure hunters searching for Montezooma's gold. Was set to open in 2023, but now is scheduled for 2025.
Legoland California
- Dino Valley - Rethemed land opens March 22, 2024 and will include the Duplo Little Dino Trail track ride and Explorer River Quest boat ride.
- Lego Galaxy land - New space-themed land on the site of the current Driving School will feature the park's first indoor roller coaster. No opening date yet.
Legoland Florida
- SeaLife Florida - Opens late 2024.
Legoland Windsor
- Minifigure Speedway - This 35 mph Zierer racing coaster will be the park's fastest coaster. Opens 2024.
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. Opens late 2024.
Parc Asterix
- La Tour de Numérobis - A 157-foot-tall Zamperla vertical swing ride opens in 2024.
Peppa Pig Theme Park Texas
- The second Peppa Pig park in the United States will open in 2024 in North Richland Hills, near Forth Worth.
SeaWorld Orlando
- Penguin Trek - A two-launch Bolliger & Mabillard family coaster, themed to Antarctica and featuring the park's penguin habitat at its exit. Opens spring 2024.
SeaWorld San Diego
Silver Dollar City
- Fire in the Hole - An all-new version of the park's classic dark ride roller coaster will be built by Rocky Mountain Construction in a new five-story building behind Fireman's Landing, which will be expanded and renamed the Fire District. Opens March 30, 2024.
Six Flags America
- SteamTown - A 2024 retheme of the old Coyote Creek section of the park, adding a new NebulaZ ride, called SteamWhirler.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
- Expanded DC Universe - Adding Cyborg Cyber Revolution (a Zamperla NebulaZ), a rotating family drop tower called Shazam: Tower of Eternity, and a Metropolis Transit Authority monorail ride for 2024.
Six Flags Great Adventure
- The Flash: Vertical Velocity - North America's first Vekoma Super Boomerang. The 1,430-foot coaster will reach a top speed of 59 mph while running forward and backward through a 180-degree twisted drop and zero-G roll. Opens 2024.
Six Flags Great America
- Sky Striker - A Zamperla Giga Discovery pendulum ride for the 2024 season
Six Flags Great Escape
- Bobcat - A 55-foot-tall Gravitykraft family wooden coaster with a top speed of 40 mph, running Timberliner trains. Opens 2024.
Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Texas
- El Rio Lento - Rebuild of the world's first log flume ride, with "one new lift hill and two big drops including a giant, steep nosedive." Opens 2024.
Six Flags St. Louis
Thorpe Park
- Hyperia - This Mack Rides Hypercoaster will be the UK's tallest and fastest, at 236 feet and 80 mph. Opens 2024.
Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo DisneySea
- Fantasy Springs - A new "port" between Arabian Coast and Lost River Delta that will include four new attractions, three restaurants and a hotel, with the attractions themed to the Disney films "Frozen," "Tangled," and "Peter Pan." Opening June 6, 2024.
Universal Epic Universe
- The next gate at the Universal Orlando Resort opens on Universal's new south campus, across from the Orange County Convention Center, in 2025. Lands will include Super Nintendo World (with a Donkey Kong coaster), The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic, Dark Universe, and How to Train Your Dragon.
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 Florida
- DreamWorks Land - A retheme of the former Woody Woodpecker's KidZone. Opening summer 2024.
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Japan
- Mine-Cart Madness - This new "boom coaster" will anchor the Donkey Kong Country expansion of Super Nintendo World, in spring 2024.
Universal Studios Singapore
- Minion Land - Another "Despicable Me"-themed land.
- Super Nintendo World - Another installation of Universal's Mario-themed land. Both lands are expected to be complete by 2025.
Universal Studios in the United Kingdom
- Universal has acquired land near Bedford and is studying the feasibility of building a new theme park there.
Walt Disney Studios Paris
- Unnamed Alice in Wonderland stage show - Opens spring 2024.
Walt Disney World - Magic Kingdom
- Country Bear Musical Jamboree - New version of the Country Bears show, featuring country-flavored versions of Disney songs, will debut in summer 2024.
- Tiana's Bayou Adventure - Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"-themed makeover of the former Splash Mountain log flume ride debuts in summer 2024.
Warner Bros. Movie World
- Flash: Speed Force - Intamin Surf Rider coaster, opening April 2024.
- Wizard of Oz - A new themed land for the park, including two family roller coasters: Flight of the Wicked Witch, a Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster, and Kansas Twister will be a two-track, racing Vekoma Family Boomerang. Opening in 2024.
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi
- Harry Potter - The park's first land based on a single non-animated IP is expected to open in 2025. 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.