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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- Return to Corkscrew Hill - An all-new simulator ride inspired by one of the park's former attractions opens in 2027.
Carowinds
- Rip Roarin' Falls - This 2,240-foot WhiteWater log flume ride will feature a 100-foot drop and a 42-foot reverse drop into a camelback. Opens in 2027.
Chessington World of Adventures
- Minecraft World - The world's first Minecraft theme park land, including a Minecraft-themed indoor roller coaster, opens in 2027.
- 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.
- Avengers Infinity Defense - A motion-base dark ride multiverse adventure coming to Avengers Campus in 2028.
- Stark Flight Lab - A robot arm flight simulation experience, also coming to Avengers Campus in 2028.
- Avatar - A new Pandora boat ride on the current site of Hollywood Land. No opening date yet.
- Coco - A new boat ride on the southwestern edge of Pixar Pier. No opening date yet.
- Tropical Americas - A retheming and expansion of the Dinoland USA land is now underway. The Dinosaur ride will be rethemed as Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent, while the new dark ride Antonio's Fiesta de Encanto will be added to the land. Also included is El Carrusel de los Animalitos. The land will open in 2027.
- Monstropolis - A new Monsters, Inc.-themed land will include Disney's first suspended coaster, themed to the door warehouse, as well as the Welcome to Monstropolis theater show and a Harryhausen's restaurant. The land will open in 2027, with the coaster to follow at a later date.
- Ravenring - This Vekoma swingaround will open in an expanded Raveleijn area in late 2026.
- Missie Luminar - This Vekoma Thrill Glider will be themed to a late 19th century experiment to reach the speed of light. Opens 2029.
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
- Cannonball! - This $22 million, 1,700-foot Mack Rides water roller coaster will open in May 2027.
- Avengers ride - An Avengers Tower-themed drop ride will be added to Stark Expo in Tomorrowland. No opening date yet.
- SEAQuest: Legends of the Deep - A "world's first-of-its-kind suspended dark ride" has been announced to open in 2026.
- Unnamed Spider-Man coaster - This mostly outdoor roller coaster will open next to Zootopia at a date to be announced later.
- Miner's Mountain Express - This 3,553-foot Mack Rides family coaster will open in 2027.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
- Werewolf Gorge - This 4,120-foot, 45-mph Vekoma family launch coaster with a haunted mine theme will open in 2027.
- Bakunawa - This 385-foot-tall Mack Rides spinning launch coaster will open in 2027.
- Unnamed coaster - A "first-of-its-kind coaster in North America," which permits suggest is a Vekoma Thrill Glider, should be open by 2027.
- Space Mountain Earthrise - This all-new indoor roller coaster will open in 2027.
- Sugar Rush: Sweet Rescue - This Wreck-It-Ralph retheme of the former Buzz Lightyear interactive dark ride also will open in spring 2027.
- 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 is in technical rehearsals for an official opening on September 16.
- Super Nintendo World - Another installation of Universal's Mario-themed land. No opening date yet.
Universal United Kingdom Resort
- 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 October 2026.
Walt Disney World - Magic Kingdom
- Villains Land - Now under development behind Big Thunder Mountain, this expansion will include two new attractions, including a Maleficent-themed outdoor roller coaster and a Magic Mirror-themed dark ride. Target for opening is spring 2030.
- Cars Ridge Run Rally - A Cars-themed cross-country adventure around Piston Peak National Park takes the place of the old Rivers of America. It will be joined by Miss Fritter's Daredevil Spin-Along, a spinner ride. No opening dates yet.
- Superman Up and Away - This "next-generation flying coaster" is under construction for a 2028 debut.
- Harry Potter - The park will add lands themed to Diagon Alley, the Forbidden Forest and Hogwarts Castle, in 2029.
