Disney Confirms MuppetVision 3D Closure for New Monsters, Inc. Coaster at Hollywood Studios

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Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art

Posted: Friday November 22, 2024 10:13am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has officially announced that Muppets Courtyard will be the site for the new Monsters, Inc. land at Disney's Hollywood Studios. This decision marks a significant change for the park, as the beloved MuppetVision 3D and surrounding areas will be replaced to make way for the new land.

New concept art shows Monsters Inc. position in Disney's Hollywood Studios

The choice of Muppets Courtyard comes after months of speculation following the Monsters, Inc. land announcement at D23 2024, with both Muppets Courtyard and Animation Courtyard being considered as potential sites. Despite recent signs that Animation Courtyard might be a strong contender, Disney has ultimately decided to repurpose Muppets Courtyard for this major new addition which will include the highly anticipated suspended door coaster.

Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art

The redevelopment will involve the closure of MuppetVision 3D, as well as the transformation of nearby restaurants such as Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano, PizzeRizzo, and the surrounding shops. Disney has not yet given a closing date, but a construction on Monsters, Inc. is planned to begin in 2025.

In a short statement about the future of MuppetVision 3D, Disney said, "As we move forward with these changes, we are having creative conversations and exploring ways to preserve the film and other parts of the experience for fans to enjoy in the future."

Disney also announced today that the Muppets will takeover Rock 'n' Rollercoaster, where they will be "teaming up with some of music’s biggest stars for a rockin’ music festival!"

Muppets will be taking over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

Disney says the new Monsters, Inc. land will be a living, breathing, and not-at-all-scary Monsters-inspired area where you'll be able to stroll the streets alongside some of your favorite monsters.

Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art

Picking up after the events of Pixar Animation Studios' beloved film, humans have now been invited to visit the world of Monsters, Inc. — and the monsters need laughter to power the city and keep it running smoothly. But it's not a true visit without the factory itself. You'll be able to see the sights, hear the laughs and zoom through the building just like James P. Sullivan (a.k.a. Sulley) and Mike Wazowski — via a door!

You'll go into the factory and experience the first suspended coaster ever in a Disney park. The coaster will put you right in the middle of the monster action.

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GoofGoof25 minutes ago

Fantasyland is supposed to be a hodge podge of IPs and non-IP rides. If the goal is to recreate a “fantasyland“ for DHS then I think something like this would work. It’s a lot of attractions and if recent history holds, a new ”land” means 2 rides max so unlikely to happen at this scale but I’d be all in favor of it. As far as ride systems, whatever they build next for DHS probably should have no height requirements. Traditional dark rides, boat rides, etc.

AidenRodriguez7314 hours ago

This just seems like an unrelated hodge podge of IP rides with nothing in common and very vague ride systems.

GoofGoof13 hours ago

I agree they will still be adding new coasters but 2 of the last 3 major rides to open at WDW were coasters. I don’t see them keeping up a pace of 2/3 of new rides being coasters. They will definitely add some (monsters and likely villians for example) but not at the same pace. I don’t think Disney has any desire to compete with Universal or Sea World for coaster dominance. They do just fine with their current mix for the demographic they are targeting. Most hard core coaster enthusiasts wouldn’t rate WDW particularly high for coasters. As long as they continue to refuse to have fully exposed tracks it makes It harder to compete. I would be pretty surprised if they built something like that but anything is possible. I think something like Hagrids is more likely with multiple launches that allows the ride to slow for show scenes. Who knows.

LittleBuford13 hours ago

Horses for courses, as they say, but I personally would hate that! Space Mountain (not the Paris one) is my preferred thrill level.

Jrb197913 hours ago

I'm hoping it's like Nemesis at Alton Towers. I don't think it's going to be short lived in regards to coasters. You will get your rides like Cars and Encanto but coasters will still be a major thing. They look at how well they draw at Universal and your average Disney guest seem to like them.

MrPromey14 hours ago

Disney thank$ you for your regrettable parenting choice. ;)

GoofGoof15 hours ago

It may still be family friendly (to the extent it shouldn’t be scary or very intense) but it definitely will have a height limit. Rides like Mine Train and Barnstormer are family friendly rides with height limits. You can’t bring an infant or a toddler on but outside of that the whole family can ride together. The height limit is only for safety. My kids were always tall for their age so when my son was 3 or 4 he made the limit for dinosaur. He loved dinosaurs and I wasn’t thinking about how intense the ride is and frightening so I took him on. He was not a fan and it cost me a small fortune in the gift shop to make up for it ;)

DisneyNeighbor16 hours ago

Thank you. I should have used a non-family-friendly ride and not an adult ride!

RosR918 hours ago

I’m really hoping the villains coaster is like Hagrid’s at uo which to me is still able to convey the story with the animatronics and theming

GoofGoof19 hours ago

There are definitely coaster tracks in the concept art but there are 2 rides so I am holding out hope that one is an epic dark ride and the other a coaster. There is a lot of good storytelling with the concept of Villians so it would be a shame to waste that with a ride where you pass by everything at high speed.

LittleBuford19 hours ago

I had the same experience with Cosmic Rewind—once was more than enough for my stomach! If I’m not mistaken, I believe the main ride of Villains Land is depicted as a Maleficent coaster in the concept art. I hope it isn’t too intense!

GoofGoof19 hours ago

I hear ya there. I did Cosmic Rewind on our last trip. It was a rough go for me. Once was plenty. My kids would have road it over and over if not for the virtual queue. They did get a few runs in since we were in EPCOT multiple days. I do think Disney’s move towards coasters (Tron, Guardians, and now Monsters) is short lived. I am looking forward to seeing what Encanto is all about, cars is not a coaster and I really hope that the main villains ride is an epic dark ride or maybe even a water ride.

GoofGoof19 hours ago

Pages back I think the speculation was the height requirement would be somewhere between 38 inches and 40. The only rides at WDW over 40 are Space, Tron, Guardians, RNRC, FOP and EE. The door coaster won‘t have inversions so that makes it lower. Cosmic Rewind is 42in and I definitely would not call it a kiddie coaster. ToT is 40in and that’s also not a kiddie ride IMHO. I guess it depends on everyones definition. I think the average 4 year old is around 40 inches so most kids will qualify for this ride by age 6 if not sooner. It‘s not supposed to be an adults only coaster but also not for infants and smaller toddlers.