D23 Expo 2026-News and Rumors

[kingcooger]

Yeah, I have never seen it clarified anywhere AND, like you said, there’s never been a clone ride

Even Pooh’s Hunny Hunt, which is quite old, has not been cloned at any of their newly built parks

Obviously the IPs themselves are not off limits, so I am curious WHAT aspects are?

Long story short, though, if Frozen in Disneyland is just the Orlando version: pass

BatB and Tangled are definitely too new for direct cloning

AND when it comes to space at Disneyland, it really seems like it is too valuable to waste on just anything

 

[Tobias]

What am I expecting? Oh that's easy...

NOTHING

 

[MAC]

What am I expecting? Oh that's easy...

NOTHING

This is the way.

 

[UNIrd]

I'm so glad the parks presentation will be streaming. The FOMO was real but now I feel much better about not making it this year.

 

[Tobias]

This is the way.

Yup. Trying to have any expectations beyond nothing is playing a strange game where the only winning move is not to play.

I'm so glad the parks presentation will be streaming. The FOMO was real but now I feel much better about not making it this year.

Agreed, it'll be nice to just kick back and watch it from home.

 

[UNIrd]

Yup. Trying to have any expectations beyond nothing is playing a strange game where the only winning move is not to play.




Agreed, it'll be nice to just kick back and watch it from home.

I'll be on a cruise but bought the streaming wifi package and will have my laptop. lol

 

[Tbad556]

You know what? Props to Disney. They've actually managed to get me excited about this panel for once. I'm cautiously optimistic here after all of the teasers over the past 24 hours.

 

[TheUniC6]

So there is now chatter going on WDWMagic from credible sources like Len Testa that there is apparently another big announcement for DLR that hasn't been fully sussed out yet. A lot of people on WDWMagic are throwing out things like a west coast version of Villians, Frozen, a TL revamp at last, and Zootopia for DCA.

IMO this is almost certainly something related to DLForward. And if it does come to pass announcement wise, it will be a blue sky what if with more details fleshed out in 2028.

 

[Freak]

So there is now chatter going on WDWMagic from credible sources like Len Testa that there is apparently another big announcement for DLR that hasn't been fully sussed out yet. A lot of people on WDWMagic are throwing out things like a west coast version of Villians, Frozen, a TL revamp at last, and Zootopia for DCA.

IMO this is almost certainly something related to DLForward. And if it does come to pass announcement wise, it will be a blue sky what if with more details fleshed out in 2028.

Please. Let. It. Be. A. Coaster.

 

[TheUniC6]

Please. Let. It. Be. A. Coaster.

My personal theory is this will be the first phase of the Simba lot buildout. I say this because once the EGW is built, Simba in particular becomes redundant as a parking lot. Disneyland is stacked as a park. It's DCA thats been needing more for a while.