New Detailed Concept Art Reveals Closer Look at Monsters, Inc. Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

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Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art Final Version November 2024

Posted: Monday November 25, 2024 11:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has released new high-resolution concept art showcasing the upcoming Monsters, Inc. land coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios. The latest artwork gives fans a closer look at what's planned for the area, offering insights into familiar locations from the movie reimagined as theme park attractions.

A Closer Look at Monstropolis

The newly released high-resolution concept art gives a detailed look at the transformation happening at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The Monstropolis-themed courtyard and attention to detail throughout the land will aim to immerse guests in the universe of Monsters, Inc., giving them a new way to experience the humor, heart, and thrill of the Pixar film.

Wide view of the Monsters Inc. Land

Monstropolis Central Courtyard

The central courtyard has been reworked into Monstropolis, with notable changes to give it the feel of the monster city. The Muppets fountain has been replaced by a statue of Mike Wazowski, serving as a focal point for the redesigned area. New landscaping, colorful building facades, and busy streets are meant to bring Monstropolis to life, allowing guests to feel like they're part of the Monsters, Inc. world.

Center of Monsters Inc. Land

The Monstro Theater: Replacing MuppetVision 3D

The Monstro Theater is also shown in the concept art, taking over the space that previously housed MuppetVision 3D. The updated theater facade has been designed to fit the aesthetics of Monstropolis, aiming to evoke the bustling city atmosphere from the films. Disney says a new show will be presented at the updated theater.

The Monstro Theater in Monsters Inc. Land

Harryhausen's Restaurant: Replacing Mama Melrose's

The concept art features Harryhausen's, a restaurant from the original Monsters, Inc. film. This location will replace the former Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano, transforming the area into an immersive dining space inspired by the movie.

Harryhausen's Restaurant

Flying Door Coaster: A New Addition

In the back of the new land, the concept art shows a glimpse of the planned flying door rollercoaster set within the door warehouse. Inspired by the door vault sequence from Monsters, Inc., this new family-friendly roller coaster ride is intended to offer an exciting experience for guests of all ages. The warehouse design captures the industrial feel of the movie, adding a significant landmark to the land.

Monsters Inc. Roller Coaster

Construction on the new Monsters Inc. land is set to begin sometime in 2025, although Disney has not yet announced closure dates for the existing Muppets Courtyard area.

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

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Disstevefan1Less than a minute ago

Your pure logic has resulted in good analysis. 👍 I will use my human emotion to expect the worst and hope for the best. :) Lets regroup in 3 years to see where we are at. ;)

Casper Gutman12 minutes ago

The decade in question (more than a decade, actually) is the one ending in 2017. Which is why you’re listing things like Launch Bay, Meet and Greets, and Magic Bands to obscure it. Poor Iger, powerless in the face of the mighty Chapek.

Casper Gutman26 minutes ago

I mean, they could do what Universal does… When did Universal officially announce the details of EU? Do you think that will ultimately hurt EU?

JD8027 minutes ago

What decade is this? 2012 - New Fantasyland, AoA 2013 - Magic Bands/Anna Elsa M&G/FP+/Galactic Spectacular 2014 - 7DMT, Path of the Jedi, Frozen Sing a Long 2015 - SW Launch Pay, Disney Springs (kinda) 2016 - Frozen Ever After 2017 - Pandora, Rivers of Light, HEA 2018 - Toy Story Land 2019 - SWGE, Skyliner, Grand Destino Tower 2020 - MMRR 2021 - Remy, Enchantment, Harmonious (lol) 2022 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2023 - Tron, Journey of Water, HEA2, Epcot Re-do 2024 - TBA, Epcot Re-do Because of Chapek, the two lightest years in the last 12 will be the next two. WDW peaked in 2019 because it had a run up of three brand new lands in 2017, 2018 and 2019 which all were announced earlier in that decade. We should see a similar attendance buildup as Villains is we did at SWGE.

JD8035 minutes ago

Who cares when Disney announces things. Either pay attention or not. Who cares if some projects get cancelled, stuff happens. Move on, hug a loved one or whatever.

GoofGoof48 minutes ago

I think it’s pretty unrealistic to wait until a year prior to open to announce projects. Between construction walls up and permits filed and insiders with info and thousands of workers on site there’s zero chance the projects are not leaked out. Go back and look at the pictures of the construction updates from a project like Galaxy’s Edge a year prior to opening. No way they are hiding that. Disney is also a public company with quarterly SEC filings that sometimes require disclosures around major projects once the spend gets material. If you wanted them to cancel the D23 events and just announce projects once ground is broken through one off press releases that may be more realistic. They could also not publicly release concept art prior to the media and advertising blitz that happens a few months before the rides open. I have no issue with seeing the early concept art to see what they are thinking about building. I just go in knowing that it’s possible to change before the final product.

The Leader of the Club1 hour ago

Nothing that Disney could have done this year would outshine Epic. If they opened a new land in DAK for instance, it would probably not suffer as much but DHS & EPCOT likely would. If Disney had rushed out a fifth gate? All of the other parks would suffer attendance drops. I think the best strategy is to open enough little things this year to get locals to come check them out and discount room rates to entice Epic guests to give more days to Disney.

Mr. Sullivan4 hours ago

Why do they need to respond, though? They don't have to constantly be matching each other pound for pound. It's not really in either of them's best interest to stay in a constant cycle of "they did this, so we're going to do that". It's good sometimes, but other times each resort needs to just do things for internal reasons, not external reasons. We've seen how bad it can be when one of them rushes to respond to the other. Not everything is a competition, and I doubt seriously that either Disney or Universal wants everything to be a competition. There are times for them to lock horns, and then there are times where they should focus on themselves.

celluloid8 hours ago

As far as construction goes...until the shovels hit the dirt. It is lip service. Villians land, Indy, and door coaster are no coincidence They can be doing nothing and later still not be doing enough; both can be true. There is also not.much value I crease until the new product and services are open. Is it still toxic fandom when more people are speaking with their wallets as the company is still not moving much forward? There is no need for undying advocacy. And toxic fandom to.me is more personal threats and such. People are free to critique and dislike as much as they are ti be unwavering advocates. People are speaking from experience from the company's past of over promising and underdelivering frequently.

MrPromey8 hours ago

My suggestion is going in with the lowest possible expectations. At worst, you'll get what you expected and at best, you'll be shocked and delighted. IMHO, giving in to any of their hype and expecting this to be amazing is setting yourself up for disappointment.

MrPromey9 hours ago

Except this is ignoring how Disney's been doing things: Taking a decade (or more) off from updates/expansions (where they did do nothing) since the central Florida market was allegedly "mature" although not too mature for more DVC, then announcing things years in advance, only to quietly kill many projects and budget cut others. Lets not forget the not too distance D23 where all they had to announce were blue sky projects because they literally had nothing in development to even talk about only to have nearly all of that end up being absolutely nothing when they announced almost all completely different things at the next D23 for the same spaces two years later. I'm not going to ding them for delays since obviously, COVID happened but it's not exactly like they started moving at lightning speeds with anything once the parks were open again. All the while, they market as if future expansion (that history has taught us, may in some cases never even happen) is a reason for people to visit now... and somehow, that seems to actually work. As for those of us here, are we ever who they market or announce to? I mean, do they need to with us? For the people who complain but still line up to give them money, what's the problem from management's perspective if people want to edit a few mean picks of Bob and Josh. I'm sure they're crying into their pillows stuffed with cash each night worrying about what we're all saying, here - you know? ;)

Casper Gutman9 hours ago

And then the projects don't get built. And Disney knows a lot of them likely won't get built. And that's DISNEY'S fault, not the fans. The fans are not FORCING Disney to announce attractions 4 years in advance, or to announce attractions without even a firm commencement date, or to straight up lie for positive PR.

The Leader of the Club9 hours ago

1 year worth of announcements cannot fill a 3 hour presentation at the Honda Center that fans will pay hundreds of dollars for tickets to. That’s what Disney wants. The pomp and circumstance that comes from having celebrities come out and announce exciting new projects every two years. And honestly, it’s what lots of fans want from Disney.

Casper Gutman9 hours ago

This is disingenuous. If Disney built at an adequate, consistent rate and announced 1 year in advance they would be announcing just as much as they currently do - minus the misleading announcements on which they never follow through. If announcing later means they announce less, it just demonstrates how many of their announcements are dishonest.