Disney is reimagining the Walt Disney Studios portion of its Disneyland Paris park into Disney Journey World, and meaning recent new sights. Two of them will likely be themed across the 1994 Lion King film and 2009’s Up, with each getting their first large theme park sights to rejoice their respective thirtieth and fifteenth anniversaries in 2024.
On Saturday, Disney revealed development on Lion King’s beforehand introduced (and presently unnamed) trip will start within the fall. Parkgoers will go on a log flume trip that takes them on the caves beneath the 120-foot Pleasure Rock, adopted by a 52-foot-high descent as they expertise the movie’s largest moments and Simba’s journey from lion cub to the true ruler of the dominion. Idea artwork under reveals audio animatronics of younger Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa, and simply how tall the trip itself is once you enter. Disney is promising this to be considered one of Journey World’s largest attracts, and it’ll have “loads of eating, buying and alternatives to satisfy some favourite characters.”
Additionally coming to Journey World is the family-friendly Up trip that’ll be a part of Journey Approach. The carousel, positioned instantly throughout from Raiponce Tangled Spin, options Russell and Doug on the art work (and a ton of balloons up prime) and supplies parkgoers “a fowl’s-eye view of the park’s gorgeous surroundings.” Carousel development is predicted to begin by the tip of 2025, whereas the bigger Disney Journey World will open in 2026. You possibly can examine different adjustments, together with the “ending touches” on fellow park opener World of Frozen, right here.
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