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. 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 dark ride to be added to the land. They 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 a theater show and a Harryhausen's restaurant. No opening date yet.
- NightFlight Expedition - An indoor family hybrid coaster and whitewater river raft ride from Mack Rides, themed to nighttime in the Smoky Mountains. Opens August 19, 2026.
- 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.
- Spider-Man ride - A new Spider-Man ride will be added to Stark Expo. No opening date yet.
- 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.
- Unnamed Spider-Man coaster - This mostly outdoor roller coaster will open next to Zootopia at a date to be announced later.
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, was promised for 2026, but now is delayed.
- 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 will open in summer 2026.
- 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 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. 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.
- Superman Up and Away - This "next-generation flying coaster" is under construction for a 2028 debut.
- Harry Potter land - The park's first land themed to a live-action franchise will open sometime after 2028.
