Overview
- Disney announced at D23 on Saturday that portions of Monstropolis will begin welcoming guests in 2027, with specific opening dates for individual venues not yet released.
- The Glob Theater will host a new show called "Welcome to Monstropolis," hosted by Mike and Sulley and featuring an original title song written by Randy Newman for a Disney park for the first time.
- The land will open with several confirmed dining and retail venues, including Harryhausen’s Restaurant with an Audio‑Animatronics sushi chef, Archie’s Scare Pig Pizza, the Scareporium shop, and a Monsters University Alumni Club.
- The marquee attraction is a first‑of‑its‑kind suspended 'door' coaster that will lift riders 40 feet in about four seconds, but Disney confirmed the coaster will remain under construction and will not open with the initial 2027 phases.
- Walt Disney Imagineering is working with Pixar and ILM to blend high‑definition media and physical effects and has framed the land around an in‑universe Department of Human Relations and H.U.M.A.N. Day to explain human access to Monstropolis, which replaces the former Muppet Courtyard footprint.