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 The Muppets fountain has been replaced by a statue of Mike Wazowski, serving as a focal point for the redesigned area.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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monothingie1 minute ago

On a positive note, humanity is now forever grateful to Disney and Bob Iger for finally ridding the world of Pizza Rizzo.

Nevermore52513 minutes ago

If they bring a Muppet show back, it wont be MV3D I think. They might pull a scene or so from it to incorporate with the new show out of tribute to what was and out of respect for Jim Henson’s last work, but they’ll have something new to go along with it.

GoofGoof14 minutes ago

Logistically I hope they keep the bathrooms open too. Good spot to stop that is not too crowded.

Gusey15 minutes ago

Not officially yet. We know construction begins in 2025, but we don't know for certain that Muppets and RNRC are closing in 2025. If they are delayed to 2026, then 2025 will be the first year in 15 years where HS has 20 attractions

Nevermore52520 minutes ago

Correct, most guests are skipping PizzeRizzo and Mama Melrose anyway so they could probably figure a way to route the exit as they take down Stage 1 and wall all of that off. Retheme everything else and leave MV3D open until they hit whatever timeframe estimates needed for retheming the theater for a new show. Will they do that, no clue, but they could.

ToTBellHop22 minutes ago

I am similarly skeptical of MV3D returning. That’s an odd way to spend money. Maybe they’ll load it onto Disney+.

GoofGoof24 minutes ago

I think they may need to re-route the exit of the theater which goes through a somewhat narrow ally between the theater and the gift shop building that is going to be demoed. Outside of figuring that out they could leave Muppets open until they need to close it. So if the new Monsters show will take 9 months to redo than they could wait until 9 months prior to the whole land opening to close Muppets. The Door Coaster can also be built mostly back stage without closing the rest of the stuff.

celluloid30 minutes ago

You cite two wins most would agree with...of 20 years. I did not day all were fails. WDW as a hole is not what 2004 was. Coming out of The Disney Decade of the 90s and progress of early 2000s. which needs no explanation. And getting new attractions frequently including the scale of Everest. Tropical Americas is not open nor has it been a part of the last 20 years.

JohnD33 minutes ago

It spells it out for you in the preview room. That's like saying CBS shouldn't air the pilot of The Twilight Zone in the 1950s because no one knew what it was about.

Nevermore52534 minutes ago

Do we know that MuppetVision*3D is officially closing in 2025? Who’s to say Disney doesn’t do a phased closure of the area and leave MuppetVision open longer. They can build the coaster in the backstage without interrupting the current offerings. Obviously they could just blanket close off the entire area, but if they’re doing a phased closure with Dinoland, no reason they couldn’t here.

JackCH34 minutes ago

That's fair, I do enjoy SGE even though I do think it could have been done better in hindsight. I do agree on the overpromising though. For me the main example of that is EPCOT.

Disstevefan138 minutes ago

Not me. Initially, I though Muppets were to be destroyed and replaced with the monsters coaster, a net zero gain of attractions, in fact, in that case, its a loss of capacity because everyone goes to theater shows but only a sub set of those go on coasters, therefore, less capacity. Now we are getting the coaster AND a show, that is a net GAIN of attractions. As I have posted before, RnR needed to be re themed anyway so, its good they are using Muppets. The rumor that they will move Muppets 3D will never happen, they just are saying that to lower the outrage. And as I have posted before, IF the "New" show in the monsters area is the Laugh floor just being moved and we end up with another CLOSED attraction in MK. THAT WOULD BE BAD!

Gusey38 minutes ago

So I've been tracking it and with RNRC & Muppets closing in 2025 whilst Little Mermaid and Villains open, the park capacity will be at 18 listed attractions in 2025. Once Muppets RNRC, Monsters Show and Monsters Door Coaster opens, there will be 21 attractions operating at the park (as long as nothing closes), the most attractions since 2009/10 when there were 20