New aerial photos of Villains Land offer the best look yet at the next phase of work in the northwest corner of Magic Kingdom. Site staging has expanded, and the first hints of attraction show building pads are starting to appear. Crews are also digging and placing pipes across the site. Here’s a look! Villains […]
The Piston Peak National Park construction site has entered a new phase of work. Crews are now installing pipes underground, and more dirt continues to arrive at the site. Meanwhile, the retaining wall has grown longer. It now stretches from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad to the former Liberty Square Riverboat launch. In addition, recent construction […]
Earlier today, we made our way out to Magic Kingdom to hop aboard Big Thunder Mountain Railroad to see what has changed since the ride reopened a week ago. The biggest change that we noticed was that Disney appears to have completed the installation of panels on massive walls meant to block views of the […]
During a recent visit to Magic Kingdom, we spotted some demolition underway at the former Mike Fink Keel Boat Landing next to the Haunted Mansion attraction. While the structure has been behind construction walls for some time, Disney only recently began demolition on a part of the area. This is related to the ongoing construction […]
Earlier today, we made our way back to Magic Kingdom to ride the newly reopened Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! Instead of capturing the attraction and the improvements Disney World made to the ride, we had a slightly different goal. This time, we’re back to take a look at the newly revealed vantage points of the […]
During a visit to Magic Kingdom this morning, we got our first on-the-ground look at the massive construction walls that will block views of Piston Peak National Park and Villains Land construction from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. These are certainly not your average construction walls. Instead, these construction walls are being created with tall steel […]
A newly published deposition shines some light on how Walt Disney World slowed development plans as the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District took over at the behest of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis retaliated against The Walt Disney Company back in 2022 when they opposed his “Don’t Say Gay” bill amidst his presidential ambitions. […]
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New aerial photos from friend of the site Bioreconstruct, reveal ongoing work for Villains Land at Magic Kingdom. Earlier this week, we got a ground-level look at the land grading work taking place, but these new aerial photos offer a better look at the scale of the work. We can even see some new infrastructure […]
As crews continue shaping the northwest corner of Magic Kingdom for the largest park expansion ever, tons and tons (and tons) of dirt has been moved from a backstage area to Villains Land. The work is part of the grading needing to be completed before Disney can begin pouring attraction building foundations. We made it […]
The northwest corner of Magic Kingdom is one of the most impressive construction projects we’ve seen in a while at Walt Disney World. There is an unbelievable amount of earth moving, including connected projects nearby that have required nearly two years of work to get to this point. In total, the impact on the forested […]
As part of a recently filed permitting package for infrastructure work at Magic Kingdom to support Piston Peak National Park and Villains Land, we have a better idea of what the construction timeline could look like. In short, the infrastructure work has been permitted to begin shortly and wrap up by 2028. Here are the […]
Following the filing of a new permit, we wanted to go a bit deeper into the changes that we outlined earlier today. It looks like the two biggest buildings actually got bigger, while some of the building shapes have changed. To complete this analysis, we brought the permit into Google Maps to measure the building […]
Well, the Villains Land saga continues. Over the past week, there has been a lot of chatter about Villains Land, and whether or not Imagineers have been instructed to go “bigger and bolder” with plans for the ambitious addition to Magic Kingdom. While there has been a lot of discussion about what could be changing […]
A new report from The Wrap continues the story of “bigger and bolder” plans for Magic Kingdom’s Villains Land. We first reported that plans were recently “scrapped” last week. Now, The Wrap has more details that align with whispers that are growing louder. Here’s the latest on the Villains Land plans, which currently call for […]
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight (CFTOD) District Board of Supervisors has approved an initial $6.75 million budget for a massive electrical system expansion in support of the Cars-themed expansion to Frontierland and the upcoming Villains Land at Magic Kingdom theme park. The budget was unanimously approved during a late January meeting. In this article, we’ll […]
A rumor kicked off this past weekend about the upcoming Villains Land coming to Magic Kingdom. The rumor comes via TouringPlans‘ Len Testa. In short, Testa says that the initial plans for Villains Land have been “scrapped”, and that Imagineers have been asked to go back to the drawing board for “bigger, bolder ideas”. Here’s […]