Is a Rollercoaster Coming to Magic Kingdom's Villains Land? Concept Art Suggests Yes

Aug 11, 2024 in "Villains Land"

Magic Kingdom Villains Land Concept Art

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Magic Kingdom Villains Land Concept Art

Magic Kingdom Villains Land Concept Art
Magic Kingdom Villains Land Concept Art
Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 2:18am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Impressive concept art released today of Walt Disney World's new Villains Land coming to Magic Kingdom appears to include a major hint about one of the land's two attractions.

Lurking in the shadows of the concept art in the far corner is what looks very much like a rollercoaster track, possibly looping, themed to Maleficent.

Closeup of concept art showing rollercoaster track
Closeup of concept art showing rollercoaster track

Describing the land, Disney says, "The land will be home to two major attractions, dining, and shopping on an 'incredibly twisted grand scale.'"

Notably, Disney Parks head Josh D'Amaro said at the start of the event that everything shown today was real and not blue-sky plans, which means we should take this concept art seriously.

Disney has yet to confirm any details about the two attractions, but we know that construction on the Magic Kingdom's new villains land will begin in 2025.

Magic Kingdom Villains Land Concept Art
Magic Kingdom Villains Land Concept Art

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    Baloo1241 day ago

    They'd probably find a way to go cheap even on that. Ratcliffe's Ice Cream: You'll dig and dig and dig and diggety dig and dig and dig and diggety all the flavors!

    Agent H1 day ago

    I’d say it’s a pretty good assumption.

    MisterPenguin1 day ago

    Her castle is prominent in the background of the artist concept. Which means very little. IG posts mean even less. ;)

    Tony the Tigger1 day ago

    Maleficent’s castle will be the centerpiece? Just saw that on insta. Not a reliable source. No idea if it’s true.

    Brer Panther3 days ago

    They just took characters who were good guys in the original films and made them evil to make the existing villains look better. For Maleficent, it was King Stefan. For Cruella, it was dalmatians as a species.

    Tony the Tigger3 days ago

    Isn’t it more realistic that someone “goes bad” because of circumstances, rather than just being born that way? Also, there are two sides to every story. Both stories can coexist and contradict each other.

    ToTBellHop3 days ago

    I’m referring to the overall company that built Cars Land, a SWGE in Disneyland, Toy Story Land, and will build a Monsters Inc land and Cars sub-land. Oddly, given what you mention about Pandora, they are actually giving DAK a land showcasing multiple IPs. That will be refreshing. We will see if that informs Villain Land’s development.

    AidenRodriguez7313 days ago

    The only park with single IP land with no overarching theme is Hollywood Studios + technically Animal Kingdom but I argue that that is one park that NEEDED the 1 IP land because it fits the other lands in AK being locations presented as "real places"

    ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ3 days ago

    Gravity Falls' Bill.

    Fido Chuckwagon3 days ago

    Bob Chapek.

    etc983 days ago

    The only two that I can think of are Maleficent and Cruella, and those were more reimaginings than remakes. They’re so far removed from the original stories that they’re basically different characters. And those reimaginings did have their own vile, unredeemable, hate-able villains. They just weren’t the villains from the animated versions. You can feel sorry for live action Cruella while still hating animated Cruella, they’re two completely different characters that share the same name and a few vague traits. And all the live action films that I can think of that were more direct remakes still have the traditional villains acting like the traditional villains.

    DisneyHead1233 days ago

    Lol, I see your point but based on the concept art I think it will be a genuinely spooky-ish land. I think a challenge will be getting the balance right between making it “Disney” but not “cute”, “spooky fun” but not terrifying. They can’t go all-in on the scary the way they did with Monsters because this is still Magic Kingdom, but people will want at least an element of that.

    EPCOTCenterLover3 days ago

    Given current management's take based on many of their animated to live action stories, the villains are now just misunderstood and we should feel sorry for them. :rolleyes:

    ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ4 days ago

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