- Disney California Adventure announced a host of new attractions and themed lands coming to Pixar Pier (formerly Paradise Pier) in summer 2018.
- The "Incredicoaster" based on "The Incredibles" movie franchise is the biggest announcement.
- Pixar Pier will also have three new lands dedicated to "Toy Story,""Inside Out," and a general Pixar-themed boardwalk area with games and prizes.
- The iconic Mickey's Fun Wheel will be redesigned to feature Pixar characters.
Hold on to your Mickey ears because there are big changes coming to Disney California Adventure. Last week, Disney announced the big plans for Pixar Pier — the new park that will replace Disney's Paradise Pier — opening the summer of 2018.
The newly themed park will feature brand-new attractions, as well as re-themed versions of classic California Adventure attractions like the iconic Mickey's Fun Wheel. California Screamin' will be revamped to become "The Incredicoaster," and there will be four new "lands" filled with attractions based on Pixar movies: Toy Story, The Incredibles, Inside Out, and a general Pixar-themed boardwalk.
Sadly, this will also mean the closing of Ariel’s Grotto restaurant and the Cove Bar, which will serve its last colorful secret menu drinks on January 8, 2018.
"The Incredibles"-themed Incredicoaster is replacing the current attraction, California Screamin'.
The Incredicoaster will be a re-themed version of California Adventure's original California Screamin' ride, and will — according to Disney — feature "a mid-century-modern-style loading area, new character moments, and a new look for the ride vehicles." It will be the focal point of "The Incredibles"-themed land opening at Pixar Pier.
California Screamin' will close on January 8th to make way for The Incredicoaster coming the summer of 2018.
Our Prediction:
In addition to the Incredicoaster epicenter of this themed land, we think it would be fun to have a superhero academy, where young fans can train with The Incredibles and their friends (much like the Jedi Training Academy at Disney's Hollywood Studios).
This could also be an opportunity to integrate technology with guest experience, and have interactive games where kids can run around the park, stopping bad guys with the help of the Incredibles family.
The new Toy Story Land will be centered around the already-existing Toy Story Midway Mania! ride.
The second of four "lands" coming to Disney's Pixar Pier is Toy Story Land, which will be built around the pre-existing Toy Story Midway Mania! attraction and will center around the "Toy Story" movie franchise.
The land is also coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, where it will feature a Slinky dog rollercoaster and will also open the summer of 2018.
Our Prediction
The land already exists in Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland Paris' Walt Disney Studios Park (where it is called Toy Story Playland). In both renditions, guests are "shrunk down" to the size of a toy and encounter larger-than-life versions of their favorite toys and characters from the Pixar movie franchise.
We think the California Adventure version of this land will look very similar to the international versions, but it might include more appearances from newer characters as seen in Toy Story 3 (like Lotso the pink teddy bear-turned-villain and Trixie the Triceratops toy).
The third land coming to Disney's California Adventure will be themed after Pixar's "Inside Out"
The third Pixar land joining the fun at California Adventure is a bit of a mystery. We know it will be themed after one of Pixar's newest films, "Inside Out," but Disney has not given any more details thus far, except that it will open —along with the rest of the park — next summer.
Our Prediction
We know the least about this Pixar land, but — if you've seen the movie "Inside Out"— you know that the protagonist Riley's brain is already divided into themed areas called "Islands of Personality:" like "Family Island" and "Goofball Island." Disney could have the park mimic the islands found in Riley's brain.
We can also see a simulator ride fitting into this themed land, like the now-closed Cranium Command at Disney World, where guests would climb on-board inside Riley's brain and get a bird's eye view of a day in the life of a pre-teen girl from the perspective of her lovable, anthropomorphic emotions.
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