Disney’s baddies have never had it so good. The Mouse House’s most evil characters are getting an entire area dedicated to them at Walt Disney World. Earlier this year Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro revealed a longtime dream of fans is coming true. A major Villains Land expansion is finally coming to the Magic Kingdom. Disney says the area will provide “storytelling on a grand scale” with “a fearless new vision for what a Disney experience can be.”
Now we know which craven characters will serve as the inspiration for the sinister area. At D23 Brazil Disney shared an image of the villains who will inhabit the land created for them.
Some very famous infamous faces will make their presence felt at Magic Kingdom’s Villains Land when it opens. Disney shared Lorcana art for the baddies behind the upcoming expansion. The photo included: The Queen of Hearts, Jafar, the Evil Queen, Lady Tremaine, Yzma, Cruella, Captain Hook, Maleficent, Gaston, Mother Gothel, Ursula, Hades, and Chernabog. That’s one killer lineup for an area that will have plenty of ways to celebrate the company’s most popular evildoers.
Disney previously provided an idea of what Villains Land will include. It will feature “two major new attractions, dining, shopping, and so much more fiendish fun for you to explore.” The House of Mouse also shared a tantalizing piece of concept art. The design embraces the dark heart of the area’s premise.
Guests will find Villains Land beyond Big Thunder Mountain. That part of the park is not currently developed. So not only are we getting a new area with new attractions, the Magic Kingdom is getting bigger, too.
We don’t know what the two “major new attractions” will be, but we know what we’d like to see. Imagineers pulled off something special with Tron Lightcyle Run. We’d love yet another high-speed, modern, unique coaster at the Magic Kingdom. However, we’d be even more excited for a hybrid family-coaster dark ride. Villains Land has to have a dark ride. Obviously. But theirs should also have an element of danger and excitement. These are villains after all! We shouldn’t feel safe in their realm. It wouldn’t be fun if we did.
Hopefully the land’s dark ride has the epic scope of Pirates of the Caribbean, too, rather than a more intimate design like Magic Kingdom’s The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh or The Under the Sea rides.
Whatever awaits, though, we know it’ll be fun hanging out with characters so bad.
This post originally published August 12, 2024.
