5 Secrets Disney is Keeping From Guests About the Future of its Parks

Big things are happening at Walt Disney World. Disney’s Hollywood Studios is getting two new lands, work continues on Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Epcot’s new Frozen ride will welcome its first guests in just a few months. This past weekend also saw the confirmation that Star Wars Land was on the way for Disneyland park as well (though the announcement wasn’t exactly delivered the way we thought it would be…)

Though we now know a lot about what’s to come at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland, Disney didn’t exactly spill everything at the recent D23 Expo. Here are 5 secrets that Disney is still keeping about the future of its US parks and resorts.

1. A new name for Disney’s Hollywood Studios

While the dual announcements of Toy Story Land and Star Wars Land for Disney’s Hollywood Studios were definitely thrilling (even if they were expected), one announcement we wanted to hear last week that apparently didn’t make the cut was the new name that has been confirmed to be on the way for this park. 

It seems a little odd that Disney did not use the massive D23 platform to make the formal announcement of this park’s new name, especially since Bob Iger himself has confirmed that a name change is on the way. Though we were a little disappointed that Disney didn’t fully announce the reboot of this park, there are a number of plausible reasons that could explain Disney’s decision to wait on this announcement.

For instance, Disney could be waiting until work has started on its newly-announced expansions before revealing the park’s updated name, and could be planning to go through a “transitional” phase while work is underway (in the same way that Downtown Disney is currently “transitioning” into Disney Springs). Another possibility is Disney is still considering names for the park and hasn’t quite nailed down the one they want to use yet. 

Whatever the case is, Disney is choosing to keep the next name of this park under wraps for now, which is a bit of a bummer for those of us who have been eagerly waiting for more information on this park’s re-launch. 

2. A new theater for Disney’s Hollywood Studios

And speaking of changes at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, work has been ongoing at the still unannounced (but very much confirmed) theater down Sunset Boulevard, which is now easily visible from the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster queue. Even though Disney used its most recent event to announce projects that are still in development, this project, which is already under construction (and could actually be completes before the end of the year) is still being strangely ignored. 

Whether this new theater will be a new event space (similar to the Premiere Theater), a new home for the Voyage of the Little Mermaid (which is rumored to be closing very soon due to the impending construction of Toy Story Land), or even something completely different, it would be nice to finally know what is going on with this new construction, and when we can expect to check out this new theater ourselves. 

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