Monsters Inc. Door Coaster Announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios as Part of All-New Land

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Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 11:53pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney's Hollywood Studios will be home to Disney's first suspended rollercoaster, with construction beginning in 2025 on the brand-new land themed around Disney and Pixar's "Monsters, Inc."

Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art

Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro, with a little help from Disney Legend Billy Crystal, took to the stage to reveal plans to build 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.

Work on the project is slated to begin in 2025, although Disney is yet to announce where in Disney's Hollywood Studios the new land will be located. Possible locations include the existing Animation Courtyard and the Grand Avenue area.

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gorillaball1 day ago

Were you also one of the ones troubled with Flight of Passage because you didn’t have wings or you could see another rider next to you?

Cmdr_Crimson1 day ago

Here's another elevated lift at a park in Germany called Sky Rider.

Tha Realest1 day ago

I also feel like a slower pace means they can squeeze a bit more runtime out of a confined environment. Tron takes up a ton of space for a relatively short experienced because of its speeds.

lazyboy97o2 days ago

The novelty would be an entire train lifting up overhead of the loading platform in a show space.

ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨︎ ᗩζᗩᗰ2 days ago

Josh made the lift aspect out to be added story integration but unless the cars are lifting individually or it's perceived that way, it won't feel accurate to how the scene is portrayed in the movie. Maybe the cars will face outward for boarding, lift up and then turn toward the track? I'm probably over thinking it but I just don't see the novelty here.

celluloid2 days ago

Not a train but the largest Elevator lift in height and car size would likely be Cannibal at Lagoon. I don't think being a train will cause too much trouble or difference to what is done with trains dropping and single car lifts.

mitchk2 days ago

So we still have no idea on where this coaster is going I can’t believe it’s taking this long to get any type of information but as others have said, I don’t think Disney knows exactly where they want to put it, but please leave them Muppets alone. the area is not big enough anyway.

Rob5622 days ago

Yeah, in all my digging through coasters on RCDB Cobra's Curse is the largest coaster train that uses an elevator lift I could find. Everything else is a single wild mouse style car, a single water coaster car, or even smaller like the previously mentioned Scooby Doo kiddie coaster. -Rob

AidenRodriguez7312 days ago

Based on the audience, I don’t think they would go too crazy with it. Maybe something like gringotts with coaster elements and a lot of slower story elements. It is possible they just go all out though on a more thrill coaster (minus inversions) but I kinda doubt it because of the IP

ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨︎ ᗩζᗩᗰ2 days ago

What's the expectation here? A high thrills coaster without inversions with a sprinkling of set pieces and an AA or two? Or a slower, meandering "story coaster" doubling as a dark ride? Somewhere in between? Just curious. Being Disney's first foray in "Suspended" all bets are off! I'll be shocked if this pulls speeds over 35mph.

Surferboy5672 days ago

I understand this, but I still believe we should be excited for it. I’m well aware of the value engineering that may take place here. Just hoping it doesn’t because it’s such a slam dunk idea in my opinion.

Mr. Sullivan2 days ago

Me personally, I don't think they're going to be using actual skylights and real light for this in any way. If that is important to the experience (I don't know that it will be, but it is design wise to the location they're depicting), that'd be a very uncontrollable and unpredictable way of doing it. If they're wanting it to look like it does in the film, I think they'd be better off using simulated lighting or something they could control and keep consistent.

Quietmouse2 days ago

This attraction is very hard to mess up. Literally go by the film as basis of the coaster and add some audio animatronics of sully and boo and Mike and it will be successful. I guess the only way they can screw this up if it’s a tron situation and is just too short of a ride.

CoasterFan272 days ago

This is how to be disappointed, imagining all sorts of fantastical things that would be neat but unlikely to actually be done, then being upset they produce a good ride because it doesn't have all the imaginings and machinations dreamt up on a forum. I suggest waiting to see what Disney say they're going to make and then taking it at face value. It's fun to theorise what it could be, but getting excited because of those ideas is destined for disappointment.