Everything we learned at Disney's parks panel at the 2022 D23 Expo

Disney's taxable parks are connected the rebound aft the coronavirus pandemic shutdown its home and planetary locations successful 2020.

Revenue is increasing for Disney's parks, experiences and products part and the institution is seeing dependable increases successful attendance, occupied country nights and cruise vessel sailings.

During its astir caller net Disney touted that its caller Genie+ and Lightning Lane products helped boost mean per capita summons gross during the quarter. These caller integer features were introduced to curate impermanent acquisition and let parkgoers to bypass lines for large attractions.

The institution said it has been capable to bring backmost in-park experiences specified arsenic quality meet-and-greets, theatrical performances and nighttime events astatine Disneyland, which has allowed it to summation capableness astatine its parks, CEO Bob Chapek said astatine the time. Disney has placed caps connected attendance since it reopened aft the archetypal circular of pandemic closures successful aboriginal 2020 and instituted a caller online preservation strategy to power crowds.

The institution continues to adhd caller features and attractions to its taxable parks and cruise lines, which Josh D'Amaro, caput of Disney's parks, experiences and merchandise division, outlined Sunday astatine its D23 Expo.

D'Amaro welcomed Jon Favreau, enforcement shaper of "The Mandalorian," connected signifier to denote that the Mandalorian volition look with an animatronic Grogu successful Galaxy's Edge arsenic portion of its in-land costumed characters disposable for meet-and-greets and interactions. He volition get successful November.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek revealed connected Friday that the California-based Disneyland would beryllium getting a 3rd attraction astatine its Avengers Campus. The thrust is based connected the multiverse and riders volition conflict against villains from antithetic universes, including King Thanos.

Head of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige appeared successful idiosyncratic portion Mark Ruffalo, who portrays the Hulk, appeared via video to uncover that Hulk volition beryllium successful the parkland arsenic a meet-and-greet opportunity. The mentation of Hulk was developed arsenic portion of Project Exo and volition get successful the parkland adjacent week.

Pacific Wharf astatine Disney California Adventure volition beryllium transformed into San Fransokyo from "Big Hero Six," and including the accidental to conscionable Baymax, the adjuvant healthcare robot. Additionally, Paradise Pier Hotel is becoming Pixar Place Hotel.

Downtown Disney volition adhd respective caller restaurants including Porto's Bakery and Cafe and Din Tai Fung.

Disneyland's Toon Town onshore volition get a mentation of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway attraction from Hollywood Studios successful Orlando, Florida, arsenic good arsenic a fig of cosmetic updates and caller play gait for kids. These updates are expected successful 2023.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure, which is replacing Splash Mountain, takes spot straight aft the events of "The Princes and the Frog" and follows Princess Tiana arsenic she searches for a missing constituent for a enactment celebrating Carnival. The thrust is slated to reopen successful precocious 2024.

D'Amaro announced that Disney is successful the midst of creating a caller night-time spectacular for Epcot to observe the company's 100th anniversary. Additionally, Journey of Water, inspired by "Moana," which was announced backmost successful 2019 volition unfastened successful precocious 2023.

Also coming to Epcot is Figment, the fan-favorite purple dragon, volition beryllium returning to the parkland for meet-and-greets successful the future.

Additionally, adjacent twelvemonth the Hat Box Ghost volition look astatine the Haunted Mansion successful Walt Disney World.

D'Amaro showed footage of a his trial thrust of Tron Light Cycle Run, noting that the thrust is slated to unfastened outpouring 2023 astatine Magic Kingdom.

Disney's sixth cruise vessel is called "Disney Treasure" and celebrates Walt Disney's emotion of adventure. The expansive hallway is inspired by "Aladdin" and features a statue of Jasmine and Aladdin riding connected the magic carpet.

D'Amaro said the "Disney Wonder" volition present question to Australia and New Zealand starting Oct. 2023.

The institution is besides opening a caller land abrogation spot located successful the Bahamas called Lighthouse Point. D'Amaro said 90% of the powerfulness utilized astatine this determination volition beryllium provided by star power.

Duffy and Friends, cute cuddly characters from Shanghai Disney Resort, volition beryllium getting their ain stop-motion bid connected Disney+.

D'Amaro besides showed caller images from the Zootopia land, which volition diagnostic a ample animatronic of Officer Clawhauser. No day has been acceptable for the land's authoritative opening.

Hong Kong Disneyland is getting a caller Walt Disney statue, which is inspired by Walt watching his childen thrust connected a merry-go-round and inspiring the motorboat of Disney's taxable parks. The park's Frozen-themed onshore volition unfastened successful the second-half of 2023.

In Paris, a caller promenade volition beryllium added to connect its caller Frozen-inspired onshore to the remainder of the parkland and a "Tangled" themed attraction volition beryllium added to the caller plot area.

Tokyo Disney Resort is besides successful the midst of adding a caller onshore to its parkland based connected "Frozen," "Tangled" and "Peter Pan" called Fantasy Springs.

Space Mountain astatine Tokyo DIsneyland volition acquisition a translation successful 2024 and person a caller plaza that volition beryllium implicit successful 2027.

At the extremity of the panel, D'Amaro discussed what helium called "blue sky" projects that the Imagineering squad is moving on. There are projects that are inactive successful aboriginal improvement and whitethorn yet not spot the airy of day.

D'Amaro talked astir the anticipation of revamping Dino Land astatine Animal Kingdom successful Orlando, Florida. Initial ideas for the abstraction see the anticipation of bringing "Zootopia" to the park, including its assortment of districts and carnal species, oregon adjacent "Moana."

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