What Disney Didn't Say On Stage at D23

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What Disney didn't share on stage at D23 2026 says as much about the future of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line as what they said on stage. Here are the details everyone's missing.

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There was a lot Disney announced at the Disney Experiences Showcase about Villains Land, Avengers Campus, and more. But there's a lot more Disney didn't share on stage. I was in the arena for the big surprises — Figment and Dreamfinder, the Yeti, Tomorrowland — but I also basically took up residency in the Imagineering Pavilion, attending panels and talking to Imagineers. And I can finally share what I saw at an offsite Walt Disney Imagineering facility where cameras weren't allowed.

We go destination by destination: Avengers Campus and the Coco boat ride, and the reimagined Tomorrowland at Disneyland Resort, Disney Cruise Line's new ship class, Space Mountain De la Terre à la Lune at Disneyland Paris, the Lion King log flume ride at Disney Adventure World, Tropical Americas with Antonio's Fiesta de Encanto and Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent, the Yeti fix, Monstropolis at Hollywood Studios, the reimagined Carousel of Progress with Bryan Cranston and Jamie Lee Curtis, Piston Peak National Park and Cars Ridge Run Rally, Villains Land with the Maleficent coaster and the Evil Queen's Mirror Realm, and Spaceship Earth and Journey into Imagination at EPCOT.

Plus what Disney told media behind closed doors about Tomorrowland and Villains Land, some ride-system myth busting, the story Josh D'Amaro told me about the Yeti, and my big picture takeaway that isn't what most people are talking about.

Which announcement are you most excited about, and do you think Disney will deliver? Let me know in the comments.

🔎 Chapters:
0:00 — What everyone's missing from D23
1:19 — Disneyland: fan favorite entertainment returns
1:49 — Avengers Campus: Stark Flight Lab & Infinity Defense
3:50 — Coco boat ride at Pixar Pier
4:45 — Avatar at California Adventure: what the model shows
5:46 — Tomorrowland reimagined: inside the media briefing
10:25 — Disneyland's project timeline
11:31 — Sponsor: Monarch
13:26 — Disney Cruise Line: the Believe & a new ship class
14:43 — Disneyland Paris: Space Mountain De la Terre à la Lune
15:43 — Disney Adventure World: the Lion King flume ride
16:39 — Shanghai & Hong Kong: Spider-Man land & Avengers tower
17:19 — Tokyo: Space Mountain Earthrise & Sugar Rush
18:01 — Disney roasts Disney (put a pin in this)
19:14 — Animal Kingdom: Tropical Americas' carousel
19:43 — Antonio's Fiesta de Encanto: myth busting
21:28 — Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent
24:34 — The Yeti fix: what Josh D'Amaro told me
25:41 — Monstropolis: Harryhausen's, the new show & Phase 1
28:22 — Magic Kingdom: Carousel of Progress reimagined
30:43 — Piston Peak: the Cars land in Frontierland
31:45 — Cars Ridge Run Rally: the new ride system
34:22 — Villains Land: the rumors vs. what's real
37:12 — The Maleficent coaster
38:34 — The Magic Mirror Dark Ride: what kind of ride is it?
42:00 — EPCOT: Spaceship Earth's reimagining
43:05 — Figment & Dreamfinder return
45:43 — My big picture takeaway

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Maleficent coaster model footage via @waltdisneyimagineering
Disney Worldbuilders footage used with permission from The Walt Disney Company

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