Avatar Experience Replaces Monsters Inc. - Monsters Inc. Closing Early 2026 - Future DCA Expansion Plans - Avengers Campus Expansion, Coco Ride

[irlandaise]

https://www.reddit.com/r/WaltDisneyWorld/comments/1l8v7rj/updated_monsters_inc_concept_art

Saw this earlier today with Monsters/DHS.

As a Shakespeare fan, I love the "Glob Theater" name. And yes, I'm aware of the former gift shop called The Merchant of Venus at the Magic Kingdom.

BTW, at first I thought that was a social media posting from WDW itself and was surprised that they misspelled "Monsters." But then I realized that "WaltDisneyWorld" is just the name of a Reddit forum and it was some random user who misspelled it.

The whole "door warehouse" concept in "Monsters Inc." is very cute so I'm glad they're at least keeping it at WDW.

 

[brightlined]

They just turned 8yo . They’re among the newest attractions at WDW.

It kills me that they (apparently) haven't yet re-aligned the projectors at FOP - that ride was so much better in 2017. (At least they replaced the pre-show monitors - the burn-in from leaving them on overnight was tough to stare at.) I feel like that ride needs a good refurb, but it probably won't happen while so much of the park is closed.

 

[LAS2AMS]

It kills me that they (apparently) haven't yet re-aligned the projectors at FOP - that ride was so much better in 2017. (At least they replaced the pre-show monitors - the burn-in from leaving them on overnight was tough to stare at.) I feel like that ride needs a good refurb, but it probably won't happen while so much of the park is closed.

I’ve only ridden it a few times and haven’t noticed a difference! . It reminds me of Rocket Rods - you wait forever and get hyped up for this thrilling ride.. that turns out to be Soarin’ trapped into a straight jacket. The only non-kid’s ride we do less is Mission Space (belongs in space camp, not an amusement park).

 

[BrianL]

It kills me that they (apparently) haven't yet re-aligned the projectors at FOP - that ride was so much better in 2017. (At least they replaced the pre-show monitors - the burn-in from leaving them on overnight was tough to stare at.) I feel like that ride needs a good refurb, but it probably won't happen while so much of the park is closed.

I'm not so sure that it's the projectors so much as the glasses. Sometimes it seems more messed up than others, and I think it may just be that the glasses haven't held up. I am not 100% sure on that though.

 

[brightlined]

I’ve only ridden it a few times and haven’t noticed a difference! . It reminds me of Rocket Rods - you wait forever and get hyped up for this thrilling ride.. that turns out to be Soarin’ trapped into a straight jacket. The only non-kid’s ride we do less is Mission Space (belongs in space camp, not an amusement park).

I'm not so sure that it's the projectors so much as the glasses. Sometimes it seems more messed up than others, and I think it may just be that the glasses haven't held up. I am not 100% sure on that though.

Weirdly - the alignment I'm describing isn't the separate eyes - it's the RGB separation on the projector.

I don't have a wide array of experiences in recent years - I was at WDW basically quarterly from 2017-19, and now I'm mostly just there a couple of days in December. But, in the last couple of years, it seems like the projector lenses have drifted, to the point that it makes the 3D almost impossible. (It may vary by theater, too.)

An approximate example: when I was there in December, I looked down to the lower left during the cave scene, and there was a spot that should have been displaying as white. You could see the blue and green layers of that spot roughly next to each other (a little bit off is fine), but the red layer was a full 12 inches southwest of the other two. There's no way for the human eye to repair that and make sense of the image - it just looks fuzzy.

The cave scene is the giveaway. I think it's because it's the one non-moving scene and the imagery is relatively close-field. In those early years, that was always my favorite scene (for a lot of reasons), but it was hard to watch in December. And I'm enough of a FOP nerd that I usually try to ask for a seat in the middle of the theater (8 or 9 is optimal) and on a middle level (read: don't let them send you downstairs), which mostly guarantees an optimum 3D experience. (The edge seats are awful.)

But you're right - the glasses aren't great. I think they're designed to cover a wider field of vision - the normal 3D movies only need the glasses to cover the center field, but there's so much periphery in FOP.

 

[LKing]

Wasn't sure where to share this.

 

[LAS2AMS]

With the “soundstages” at DCA either demolished or repurposed, they need to relocate their storage .

In all seriousness, I wouldn’t be surprised if they duplicated the Monsters Inc film that’s going into DHS (where MuppetVision was). Maybe Starcade will become the companion gift shop featuring salvaged props from the DCA ride?

My bet will be that the Zootopia film attraction that’s going into DAK will be duplicated at DCA where Philharmagic is. That film gets less love than MuppetVision….

Then again… it wouldn’t surprise me if either of these places became long-term storage….

 

[Tinkaboo]

Is that where Captain EO used to be? Gosh, that's been empty so long,I forgot it was even there!

Wouldn't it be great to have a new show there!

 

[Tinkaboo]

With the “soundstages” at DCA either demolished or repurposed, they need to relocate their storage .

In all seriousness, I wouldn’t be surprised if they duplicated the Monsters Inc film that’s going into DHS (where MuppetVision was). Maybe Starcade will become the companion gift shop featuring salvaged props from the DCA ride?

My bet will be that the Zootopia film attraction that’s going into DAK will be duplicated at DCA where Philharmagic is. That film gets less love than MuppetVision….

Then again… it wouldn’t surprise me if either of these places became long-term storage….

I hope you are wrong as they are already mixing up the IP so much, it's getting convoluted...why would they put Monsters Inc in Tomorrowland? It's definitely a "land" that has lost its focus...kinda becoming Star Wars Junior with Launch Bay and Star Tours and Space Mountain having a Star Wars overlay in April/May...maybe someday they will actually get around to deciding what it is really going to be...I'm just sorry that in all my years, never once did I get to ride Rocket Rods...it was always down...

 

[LAS2AMS]

Is that where Captain EO used to be? Gosh, that's been empty so long,I forgot it was even there!

Wouldn't it be great to have a new show there!

Yup. Maybe they’re doing another CaptainEO showing? It’s also where Honey I Shrunk The Kids was. Seems like they were doing something Star Warsy with it pre-COVID… I’m not a SW fan so it didn’t appeal to me. I saw Honey a few times at Epcot but by the time it made its way to DL, I never bothered. The current version of Journey Into Imagination uses many of the same characters from it (as the film was shown at the pavilion).

I’m surprised they never brought Monsters Laugh Floor to DL. The theater would’ve been perfect for it, or they could’ve used a vacant “soundstage” at DCA (which would’ve made more sense given the adjacent dark ride).

Who knows? Tomorrowland is long overdue for an overhaul. Maybe at the very least we’ll get similar updates to Buzz that they’re doing at WDW. Every single time we go to DL, we end our evening with that attraction. A true classic.

 

[LAS2AMS]

Tomorrowland lost its focus many years ago. It’s intentionally a fantasy/ sci-fi future and since Disney IP is its most popular, new attractions are based on it. I mean, we have Stich dancing to Taylor Swfit alongside Chip and Dale…

Monsters loosely fits the theme and it’s already at WDW. I’d take anything at this point over the vacancies that sit within the land, or having to look at the old PeopleMover tracks.

I rode RocketRods just once. I waited in line for it several dozen times but it always broke down. Once was enough for me to decide it wasn’t worth waiting for ever again! . Oh, wasted childhood!

 

[Kit Jackson]

I hope you are wrong as they are already mixing up the IP so much, it's getting convoluted...why would they put Monsters Inc in Tomorrowland?

There is the fan theory that Monsters Inc is taking place in the future and the doors are actually a form of time travel. It's part of the Super Carlin Brothers Pixar Theory series on YouTube.

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

There is the fan theory that Monsters Inc is taking place in the future and the doors are actually a form of time travel. It's part of the Super Carlin Brothers Pixar Theory series on YouTube.

Seems a bit silly.

However, this does make me wonder if the new land at DHS will be set in a scream or laughter-powered Monstropolis

 

[tarheelalum]

I am hoping that we get a Monstropolis when they expand the park into the parking lots. And with that the door coaster, that was once up on a time said to go in the backlot plus maybe a new & improved Mike & Sully's.

This is what they should be building today. People would go nuts over it. Instead we will get something most Disney Land fans care nothing about.

 

[JerrodDragon89]

I'm sorry

I don't like the Avatar Films either but....come on guys when this opens we all know it will be reviewed well, crowded and it will be something people enjoy

Its always funny to me to see Disney fans wanting the park to only be "core" Disney IPs when Pixar was bought by Disney just like Avatar was
Like Marvel and Star Wars, Avatar is a Disney IP now and how do you get more people to get into it? You make it a land

The ride also will be I think very much liked eat more people then most modern E tickets and pretty sure the land will be enjoyed like the one over at WDW and if it glows at night time...I mean come on if you don't find that cool/pretty your just letting some sort of rage take you over

I don't like we are losing this area before Coco or Avengers open but when this new land opens it will be for sure the second best themed land in the park if not best (carsland still be number one maybe)

I hope we get another Monsters Inc right near Coco when they start using more Disney Forward land but this land is going to be great, well liked, detailed and crowded, use the space better give DCA another E ticket and even use some space that was none park to become park overall its a win and like always there will be fans upset....but magically the parks will never slow down, lol

 

[LKing]

My first thought is that they need to move employee parking to Pixar Pals before they can start construction on the new structure.

 

[LAS2AMS]

Doesn’t make much sense — so instead of going directly to the parking garage, you park and Toy Story and take the bus to it? Who the heck is going to want to do that?

A quick Google search lists TS as having less than 4,500 active parking spaces…. Most days at best half are used. Surely the PP garage can handle?

TS lot is a lot more convenient for those of us who live south… it’s tough to go that direction on the 5 from the garage (gotta hope somebody lets you over when you get toward the ramp… which they don’t 1/2 the time). Otherwise id use the garage since security is much more sane.

 

[LAS2AMS]

I'm sorry

I don't like the Avatar Films either but....come on guys when this opens we all know it will be reviewed well, crowded and it will be something people enjoy

Its always funny to me to see Disney fans wanting the park to only be "core" Disney IPs when Pixar was bought by Disney just like Avatar was
Like Marvel and Star Wars, Avatar is a Disney IP now and how do you get more people to get into it? You make it a land

The ride also will be I think very much liked eat more people then most modern E tickets and pretty sure the land will be enjoyed like the one over at WDW and if it glows at night time...I mean come on if you don't find that cool/pretty your just letting some sort of rage take you over

I don't like we are losing this area before Coco or Avengers open but when this new land opens it will be for sure the second best themed land in the park if not best (carsland still be number one maybe)

I hope we get another Monsters Inc right near Coco when they start using more Disney Forward land but this land is going to be great, well liked, detailed and crowded, use the space better give DCA another E ticket and even use some space that was none park to become park overall its a win and like always there will be fans upset....but magically the parks will never slow down, lol

I mostly agree with you. This and similar forums draw mainly Disney fanatics, a faction of which have zero interest in anything non-Disney.

I’m not an Avatar fan but I do enjoy the land at the AK and it’s been said that in the year following its opening, Disney saw its largest YOY revenue growth ever for a single park. I’m sure that has a lot to do with why they want to bring Avatar to DCA.

That said… SWGE is a bust. It never turned into the immersive experience that draw thousands of people (like Cars Land). I’m not a SW fan and have no idea if it’s because of “the timeline” being unpopular (as suggested by many) or the lack of things to do, see and experience… or if it’s because not enough Disney fans are SW fans. But looks as if they’re tossing money at it to fix it, and they’ve cancelled the Paris version.

DCA opened in another era. When DCA was being built, DL was retorting to heavy discounting to maintain attendance levels but the park was pretty much dead when school was in session. DCA copied the Epcot model of mature dining and entertainment experiences to lure people into the DLR. For many reasons, the plan was a bust.

The biggest problem is that while Epcot has the largest amount of buildable space of any Disney park, DCA has the smallest. And status quo, much of that space is occupied by mediocre experiences - like the failed winery.

Personally, I would’ve preferred if Disney built the space Avatar will occupy with something more Disneyish and saved Avatar for when they expand the park later on.

 

[JerrodDragon89]

I mostly agree with you. This and similar forums draw mainly Disney fanatics, a faction of which have zero interest in anything non-Disney.

I’m not an Avatar fan but I do enjoy the land at the AK and it’s been said that in the year following its opening, Disney saw its largest YOY revenue growth ever for a single park. I’m sure that has a lot to do with why they want to bring Avatar to DCA.

That said… SWGE is a bust. It never turned into the immersive experience that draw thousands of people (like Cars Land). I’m not a SW fan and have no idea if it’s because of “the timeline” being unpopular (as suggested by many) or the lack of things to do, see and experience… or if it’s because not enough Disney fans are SW fans. But looks as if they’re tossing money at it to fix it, and they’ve cancelled the Paris version.

DCA opened in another era. When DCA was being built, DL was retorting to heavy discounting to maintain attendance levels but the park was pretty much dead when school was in session. DCA copied the Epcot model of mature dining and entertainment experiences to lure people into the DLR. For many reasons, the plan was a bust.

The biggest problem is that while Epcot has the largest amount of buildable space of any Disney park, DCA has the smallest. And status quo, much of that space is occupied by mediocre experiences - like the failed winery.

Personally, I would’ve preferred if Disney built the space Avatar will occupy with something more Disneyish and saved Avatar for when they expand the park later on.

I mean they make money and ROTR gets mostly the biggest lines in the park and can charge 25 bucks for a LL....so to Disney its not really a bust, plus once they retheme the Falcon ride to have Mando in it that thing's line should be even higher as well.

I'm a SW fan and I have no real love for the land but I do love the characters

Sure they aren't getting a billion new people but after Covid its not really a numbers game anyway, even when the parks sell out now its not at 100% capacity they could let more people in and choose not to.


On to Avatar, I do agree in the way I wish Avatar Was in another area but....this is what they are doing. It will for sure be better then what we have and just always find it silly when Disney fans get so upset then go to the parks anyway. Look at GOTG everyone online hated it and now many like it more then the ToT we have (I miss it but the new version kinda does work better for the space we have, even of the tower is now much uglier)

 

[irlandaise]

SWGE is a bust. It never turned into the immersive experience that draw thousands of people (like Cars Land). I’m not a SW fan and have no idea if it’s because of “the timeline” being unpopular (as suggested by many) or the lack of things to do, see and experience… or if it’s because not enough Disney fans are SW fans. But looks as if they’re tossing money at it to fix it, and they’ve cancelled the Paris version.

Other than a new mission for the Millennium Falcon, what is Disney throwing money at in SWGE?