A new update has surfaced in the grand reimagining of the Walt Disney World Resort, one that will see Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind be replaced by an all-new E-ticket ride.
Disney World is in its evolution era. Perhaps spurred on by the global expansion of the Universal theme parks, including Universal Epic Universe in the Sunshine State, or perhaps in motion all along, the House of Mouse is propelling forward with so much change.
Transformation is happening at every Disney theme park in Central Florida. While EPCOT recently underwent its laborious neighborhood development, the last to arrive being World Celebration, its renovated Test Track 3.0 just opened to guests in World Discovery, ushering in a new era for the speedy guest ride.
Change is bigger at the other Disney World locations. At Magic Kingdom Park, Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of America were closed on July 7, marking the official beginning of the arrival of Piston Peak National Park. Featuring multiple attractions, the Cars-themed area is part of the almost 54-year-old park’s “largest expansion” in history.
At the same time, the “Beyond Big Thunder” initiative has commenced with landscaping work. This area will eventually be home to an area based on the Disney Villain canon. However, Disney has remained tight-lipped about which characters and attractions will be featured in the destination.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is also in on the action, with the entire DinoLand U.S.A. land eradicated at the park. The area is still hanging on with the DINOSAUR attraction, but eventually, this location will become the Tropical Americas-inspired Pueblo Esperanza and include attractions based on the Encanto and Indiana Jones franchises. According to Walt Disney Imagineering, the land is expected to open and begin welcoming guests in 2027.
And what about Disney’s Hollywood Studios? The park, which opened in 1989, is also on the precipice of gaining an entirely new identity. From the announcement that Star Wars Launch Bay and the rest of the Animation Courtyard area will be permanently closing to the retheme of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith and the incoming debut of Monstropolis, Hollywood Studios is undergoing its largest change since adding Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in 2019.
Monstropolis is replacing the Grand Avenue area of the park, which used to be home to attractions like Muppet*Vision 3D. Disney revealed the land at last year’s D23 Expo.
“Picking up after the events of Pixar’s beloved film, humans have now been invited to visit the world of Monsters, Inc.–and the monsters need laughter to power the city and keep it running smoothly,” Disney Parks Blog wrote last year. “But it’s not a true visit without the factory itself. You’ll be able to see the sights, hear the laughs, and zoom through the building just like James P. Sullivan (AKA Sulley) and Mike Wazowski–via a door!”
An all-new E-ticket ride will anchor the land. The yet-to-be-named Monsters, Inc. coaster will be Disney’s first-ever suspended and vertical-launch coaster. This will mean that the coaster will replace other attractions like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT and TRON Lightcycle / Run as the newest and most innovative attraction on the property. Cosmic Rewind, for example, was Disney’s first use of the omnicoaster model.
“The upcoming door ride will feature the first-ever suspended coaster at a Disney park, and the first-ever vertical lift. Get ready to scream–not out of fright, but fun,” Disney wrote on the ride after revealing more information at SXSW in 2025. “Showing off a new animatic of the attraction, guests will board the vehicle before being hoisted into the air (just like in the movie!) to zoom into the door vault.”
The door ride is something even Disney Experiences chairman Josh D’Amaro is excited about, telling crowds at last year’s D23 Expo what it will encompass.
“You’ll go into the factory and experience the first suspended coaster ever in a Disney park,” the parks chief said. “Remember in the movie how those claws grab the doors and hoist them up into the air to take them away? We’re doing that, too. And you’re going along for the ride.”
In a recent upload to their popular X account, Bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) shared an aerial view of the land that will become home to the Monsters, Inc. coaster showbuilding.
At center of this aerial is the perimeter service road of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. At left, site preparation for the Monsters Inc roller coaster show building.
At center of this aerial is the perimeter service road of Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
At left, site preparation for the Monsters Inc roller coaster show building. pic.twitter.com/OXzx94o4wn— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) July 26, 2025
The user shared more images:
Aerial photo of site clearing for the Monsters Inc roller coaster show building (or gravity building).
Aerial photo of site clearing for the Monsters Inc roller coaster show building (or gravity building). pic.twitter.com/X9DjQg7ysb
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) July 26, 2025
The building site looks completely massive and will surely alter the Hollywood Studios skyline forever. Interestingly, the show building for the coaster will be visible from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, but if Imagineering is as clever as it has been before, guests will hardly notice the world of Monstropolis encroaching on the Black Spire Outpost of Batuu.
As WDWMagic noted on the construction site, the Monsters-themed showbuilding will be the second largest on the Disney World property.
“This location will be the site of the coaster’s massive show building—expected to be roughly 103,000 square feet based on recent data from the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District’s GIS mapping tools,” the outlet wrote. “That makes the upcoming “door coaster” one of the largest show buildings at Walt Disney World, second only to EPCOT’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (197,000 sq ft).”
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