Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets to Open Summer 2026 at Disney's Hollywood Studios

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Wednesday October 8, 2025 6:08am ET · "Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets"
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets to Open Summer 2026 at Disney's Hollywood Studios

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Disney has announced that Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets will officially open in Summer 2026 at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The reimagined attraction will feature the Electric Mayhem band in a brand-new high-speed adventure packed with music, comedy, and Muppet chaos.

Muppets will be taking over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
Muppets will be taking over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

A Rock and Roll Ride with The Muppets

The new storyline puts guests in the middle of the Electric Mayhem's biggest concert ever - if only the band could make it on time. Inside G-Force Records, now under Muppet management, Scooter is doing everything he can to get the band moving while a team of penguin audio engineers keeps the studio running.

This version of the attraction will include a brand-new Muppet Audio-Animatronics figure of Scooter, marking the first time the character has been represented in that form. Disney also hinted that other Muppet figures could appear throughout the experience, though details have not yet been revealed.

Muppets will be taking over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
Muppets will be taking over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

The coaster will take guests on a high-speed limousine ride through a reimagined Hollywood, filled with landmarks and backstage moments touched by Muppet humor. The Electric Mayhem's rock soundtrack will accompany riders throughout the journey.

Outside, the attraction's familiar red guitar will receive a psychedelic makeover inspired by the band's style, including a golden piano key nodding to Dr. Teeth.

New Poster and Wallpaper

Disney also released the first attraction poster for Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets, showcasing the Electric Mayhem in action.

Muppets will be taking over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
Muppets will be taking over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

Opening Summer 2026

With the opening now set for Summer 2026, the current version of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith will remain open through 2025 before closing for the reimagining.

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DCBakerOct 08, 2025
Disney has announced Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets opens in Summer 2026:

At Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets, you bet we’ll have rock as we roll across Hollywood on a wild ride with the Electric Mayhem – complete with backstage chaos, high-speed thrills, that signature Muppet humor… and an all-new Muppet Audio-Animatronics figure.

Side by side with a dedicated team of penguin audio engineers, Scooter, in his capacity as band manager, will be trying hard to convince the Electric Mayhem to stop laying down tracks so they won’t be late to their own concert. This will be the first time Scooter has ever been imagined as an Audio-Animatronics figure, and I hear he might not be the only Muppet Audio-Animatronics figure joining the attraction… but we’ll have to wait to learn more about that.

Now, I can imagine you’re ready to go pedal to the metal and experience the high-speed hijinks of The Muppets in this latest story. Well, the wait will be over before you know it: Get ready to rock out when Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets speeds into Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Summer 2026!
Surferboy567Oct 08, 2025
↩ replying to DCBaker
Summer is described as June 21 - September 22, seeing these dates Rock N Roll needs to close fairly early on to make this work and even so that is a fast turnaround. Excited for this one though, are the other AA’s Statler and Waldorf possibly Dr Honeydew and Beaker?

This one is going to come down to the tracklist.
StitchonOct 08, 2025
↩ replying to Surferboy567
Well, when you think about it, what will the scope of the project really be? The ride structure itself isn't changing. Any new ride elements - presumably new flats inside the main show building, lighting, props, and the animatronics themselves - are practically plug and play (and are presumably being fabricated now.)

I'm assuming the rest of the work will just be paint, signage, and tackling some maintenance on the ride system itself. Say the attraction closes not long after Dinosaur, if not the same day or even before. It's not a huge list to check off by Memorial Day.

But knowing Disney, it'll probably be the standard mid-July opening.
Brer PantherOct 08, 2025
So Gonzo is gonna be in it? That's good.
Surferboy567Oct 08, 2025
↩ replying to Stitchon
These are all fair points, but if it closed February 1 and opened let’s say Mid July that is the standard 6 month window for a retheme like this. I think Memorial Day is way too early and also doesn’t put us in Summer.
Biff215Oct 08, 2025
And still no closing date?
esskayOct 08, 2025
↩ replying to Biff215
Doesn't really need to be one yet, just assume around Feb. It's only a minor refresh ultimately so wont be down for long.
EagleScout610Oct 08, 2025
Sticking with my prediciton of a January closing for Aerosmith.
DisneyDreamerxyzOct 08, 2025
↩ replying to esskay
They are re-doing the outside area as well remember

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rioOct 08, 2025
↩ replying to DisneyDreamerxyz
The outside is a box with a big guitar attached. It won't take them that long.
Poirot4Oct 08, 2025
Sorry if this has been answered already, but do we know if the entrance area is getting an update? The Aerosmith lettering would have to be removed but do we know if the inverted car is going to get repainted?
TheMaxReboOct 08, 2025
Once you start touching things at all there will be approvals and testing, etc .... Just can't go quite as quick as people want/think. Add in some new animatronics, etc ... 6 months is more than reasonable I think.
Marc Davis FanOct 08, 2025
↩ replying to Poirot4
We haven't heard anything about the inverted car or archway, yet. As you said, the only thing we can be sure of is a change to the lettering.

Hopefully, they know enough NOT make the front of the inverted car or anything on the archway into bright colors, as that would break the visual cohesion of the end of Sunset Boulevard and the approach to Tower of Terror - but all we have to go on for this, so far, is the belief that people involved with the project understand that issue of aesthetic integrity.
PurduevianOct 08, 2025
It seems like the preshow is going to get the most work done on it (new AA). I wonder if they would continue to run the ride but "skip" the preshow. Basically just blackout the window in that room and let people walk though.
Surferboy567Oct 08, 2025
Do we think the additional AA’s would be added to the launch?
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