Disney’s most famous comedian is finally heading to Hollywood! Mike Wazowski and friends will be arriving in Hollywood Studios as that park gets a new Monsters, Inc. land! In this post, we break down everything we’re expecting from this land, including the hanging door coaster, a look at where this land fits into the park, and some speculation on how long the project will take. Let’s get screaming laughing!
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While those are mostly unrelated, they do interact a bit when it comes to predicting the timeline of all this.
What will Monsters Inc. Land Be Called?
As of March 2025, Disney seems to be using the name Monstropolis for the new land coming to Hollywood Studios. Monstropolis is the main setting for the Monsters, Inc. franchise.
What Rides Will Monstropolis Have?
Monstropolis will have one ride, the “hanging door”-themed coaster. Disney describes it as a “thrilling roller coaster ride through the Monsters, Inc. door vault.” It will be Disney’s first ever suspended coaster and its first vertical lift coaster.
This is an idea that’s been in the works for a long time, and the only thing we’ll miss more than Muppet Courtyard is the unending churn of rumors related to this project finally coming to fruition. It’s real, it’s coming.
What Else Will Monstropolis Have?
Details are thin, but it’s likely Monstropolis will have a quick service restaurant—replacing Pizzerizzo. It’s also likely to have some sort of show. As we discuss below, it looks like the MuppetVision 3D theater will be kept intact and replaced by a “Monstro” Theater. Beyond that, we expect some retail and snacks (bring money).
Where will Monstropolis Be Built?
Monstropolis is coming to Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. Specifically, the bulk of it will replace the existing Muppet Courtyard area, home to MuppetVision 3D, in the back of the park. Let’s dive into what’s really happening here…
What Does The Transformation Entail?
Concept art can be a bit deceiving, but it looks like you can sort of break this transformation into three components.
First, there’s the re-theme of the existing area. You can see in the concept art below that many facades will seemingly remain. The theater that’s currently used for MuppetVision 3D (closing June 7) will be converted to what looks like the “Monstro” Theater. Even the structure of the Pizzerizzo billboard will survive! (The Muppets will survive in a new form on the other side of the park, too.)
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Second, there’s the demolition of Stage 1 Company Store. I was a big fan of this store for the longest time, and I was sad to see it fall into disuse. I was lucky to be able to get inside as part of Jollywood Nights (they used it for merchandise for the event) last year. But this building is clearly missing from the concept art and, indeed, Disney has filed demolition permits for it.
Third, there’s the construction of the new coaster. This will be an entirely new structure, built mostly on land taken from the Cast Member parking lot.
While the coaster is certainly going to be the highlight of the land, this expansion is overall somewhere between a genuine “new land” and a re-theme of an existing area. That said, as much as a few of us diehards love Muppet Courtyard, I think it’s safe to say that we’re going to have a more cohesive land feel once all is said and done—having a flagship ride to anchor around does a lot for a space.
When Will Monstropolis Open?
This is the big unanswered question in regard to this land, and the simple fact is we don’t know. But here’s some unbridled speculation…
As noted above, this project is not a “brand new land.” In terms of time constraints, what matters is the construction of the coaster (no rivers to fill in on this one, for example). Everything else can be comfortably done within the timeframe it takes to build a coaster.
If you look at some recent construction timeframes, it usually takes between 1 and 2, sometimes 3 years to build a new coaster (including some indoor coasters). If we assume this will be an ambitious project, we can estimate it to take about 2 years.
As far as I know, no actual construction on the coaster has started yet. But if it started sometime in 2025, it could be done by late 2027. But that’s not the whole story.
This brings us to the slate of other ongoing projects at Disney World. I linked to these posts above, but Animal Kingdom is getting a new land, Magic Kingdom is getting a new Cars area, and Magic Kingdom is getting a new land.
Of these, only Pueblo Esperanza at Animal Kingdom has been given an opening timeframe—2027. While it’s feasible that Monsters Inc Land could also open in 2027, I doubt it will. Or, if it does, it’ll be a late 2027 opening after we luck into an early 2027 opening for Pueblo Esperanza.
For starters, if this was locked into 2027 they could just announce it already. Sure, they might want to play it close to the vest for any number of reasons, but if they’ve got new lands to debut, there’s also every reason to space them out to pump up demand year after year.
Not to mention—Hollywood Studios doesn’t really need this land. The park is handily the second best at Disney World and arguably the best. By contrast, Animal Kingdom urgently needs Pueblo Esperanza.
All the boils down to something like 2028 as my speculative target for Monsters Inc Land to open at Hollywood Studios.
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