Walt Disney answers Universal Studios with massive spending plan

Instead apart of opening a theme park to rival Comcast's Common Studios new Florida theme park Myth Universe, and the addition of the "World of Nintendo" rides at Common Studios Hollywood, Walt Disney has made up our minds to provide a big funding in its present parks.

That's something CEO Bob Iger has talked about barely a lot, though he does no longer on the total level out his top theme park rival.

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"As we put collectively to embark on this consuming new addition to our experiences portfolio, we already possess extra expansion projects underway domestically and around the sphere than at any time in our historical past. That entails investing extra than $30 billion in our theme parks in Florida and California to make stronger our offerings, compose jobs, and make stronger the U.S. economic system," he acknowledged in Walt Disney's (DIS) 2nd-quarter earnings name.

Disney plans to use that $30 billion over the next decade. That's a extraordinarily aggressive view, even given the principle investments made at Disney World and DIsneyland in most long-established years.

Iger has made it determined that Disney's theme parks are a never-ending funding.

"Our focal level should always be on constructing for the next day, as worthy as it's a long way on managing for this day. That sight to the future and utilizing sigh is central to the crucial work we've carried out advancing our four strategic priorities," he shared.

Disney's World most long-established and upcoming attractions:

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• Check Track 3: EPCOT’s reimagined Check Track reopened on July 22, 2025.
• Starlight Parade “Disney Starlight: Dream the Night time Away” debuted at Magic Kingdom on July 20, 2025.
• Pirates Tavern: A "Pirates of the Caribbean" lounge at Magic Kingdom, opening in gradual 2025.
• PistonPeak: "Autos"‑themed land in Frontierland, changing Rivers of The US & Tom Sawyer Island. Work began in July 2025 without a opening date shared.
• Villains Land: A new land in line with Disney villains in Magic Kingdom. Construction is underway, but no opening date has been shared.
• "Monsters Inc." Land: A new land at Hollywood Studios, entails suspended coaster; constructing began in June 2025 without a opening date shared.
• Muppet Coaster: Aerosmith’s Rock ’n’ Curler Coaster is being rethemed to The Muppets with a planned opening in 2026.
• Minute Mermaid Mumble: A live stage show at Hollywood Studios opened May 27, 2025.
• Villains Unfairly Ever After: A Disney Villains live show at Hollywood Studios that opened on May 27, 2025.
• Spaceship Earth Lounge: The GEO‑82 lounge interior Spaceship Earth opened at EPCOT on June 4, 2025.
• Lakeshore Lodge: A new Disney Vacation Club resort resort opening around 2027.

Disney puts theme-park visitors first

Iger does no longer on the total discuss what rides Disney plans to provide at its six present, and one upcoming, theme parks. He does, however, part the firm's broader desires by strategy of investing in its theme parks.

"The client expertise is clearly paramount to us. It is very, very excessive. And with that in solutions, we in actuality build a governor, we in actuality limit the sequence of different americans that we let in because we don't would like to decrease the client expertise," he shared.

Regarded as one of many desires of adding new attractions is rising the park's capacity for mates.

"So as we ogle to expand, no longer best will we ogle to grab earnings of the property that we now possess and the psychological property that we now possess, but we ogle to add capacity in sing that we are in a position to let extra other americans in with out in any technique impacting negatively the client expertise," Iger acknowledged.

Since the live of the Covid pandemic, Disney World has been capping capacity at below every park's precise top capacity.

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"And that is the reason factual basically every spot that we operate. It is basically crucial to us," Iger added.

Disney, he shared, does possess the ability to provide new rides and allow all of its US parks to assist extra visitors.

"We're blessed with the real fact that we now possess extra available land and we completely possess a lot of psychological property to be mined. And we've made announcements which will be shapely notify about what we're constructing, a Villain’s Land and a "Autos" land in Florida, as an illustration, Pandora in California, a Coco in California, I may move on and on.

What new and coming to Disneyland

Disneyland Resort

• Walt Disney A Magical Life: A new show with animatronic Walt Disney, opened July 17 2025.
• Paint the Night time: The return of this hour of darkness parade for Disneyland's 70th anniversary. The principle show was May 14, 2025.
• Avengers Campus Growth: The theme park land will double in size and add multiple new attractions.
• "Coco" Chase: A new boat hurry themed to "Coco" in Disney’s California Adventure.
• Avatar Land: A new land in line with the most licensed “Avatar” franchise that can provide assorted parts than the “Pandora: World of Avatar” land at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
• Transportation Hub: A new parking constructing, pedestrian bridge, and transit hub on the east aspect of the Disneyland property.
• Downtown Disney Renovation: A pair of engrossing areas and bars opening in 2024/early 2025.

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