A few months ago, Melissa and I experienced Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris for the first time. We were not impressed. But the park is getting a huge makeover and a new name – Disney Adventure World. Today, Disneyland Paris updated us on some of the additions coming to the rebranded park. This post will share those updates before adding in our own commentary. Here’s the news!

Since 2018, Disneyland Paris has celebrated many milestones, from the reimagining of Disney Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel and Disneyland Hotel to the opening of Avengers Campus and even a new look for Disney Village. There’s still much on the horizon in Paris, including the opening of Disney Adventure World in 2026, which will also mark the debut of the much anticipated World of Frozen. 

There’s more news than ever to share as Disneyland Paris nears the completion of its grand transformation. In fact, the first taste of Disney Adventure World is right around the corner!  

World Premiere Opening Date Announced 

DLP is excited to announce that World Premiere will open on May 15, 2025, ushering in the latest major milestone of Disney Adventure World. This brand-new park entrance will feature a reimagined interior with new décor, refurbished spaces and a new storyline. And it gets better, we have a first look to share with you! 

When guests step foot into this building, they’ll be invited to a glamorous premiere in the heart of Hollywood. Here you’ll discover the new quick service dining location, The Hollywood Gardens Restaurant, Searchlight Kiosk for all your snacking needs and the must-visit Mickey’s of Hollywood Boutique.  

After you’re done exploring World Premiere, you’ll arrive in the heart of World Premiere Plaza. Inspired by Broadway and the West End district, this vibrant area brings together several theaters celebrating Disney Animation and Pixar stories, such as TOGETHER: a Pixar Musical Adventure, Mickey and the Magician and Frozen: A Musical Invitation. 

Disney Imagineers are currently hard at work reimagining pathways, creating colorful murals and introducing new landscaped areas, as well as new Art Deco-inspired street furniture. The transformation work at World Premiere Plaza, which is being carried out in phases to minimize the impact on the guest experience, will be completed before the opening of Disney Adventure World in 2026. 

New “UP” Ride Coming to Adventure Way 

There’s even more coming to the resort’s second park when Adventure Way opens as part of Disney Adventure World in 2026! Just today, Disneyland Paris announced an all-new, family-friendly attraction that will complete the lush landscape of Adventure Way in the future, located right across from the previously announced Raiponce Tangled Spin.  

Blending the charm of family attractions with the colorful and adventure-packed world of Pixar’s “Up,” this spinning carousel will offer a bird’s-eye view of the park’s stunning scenery. Construction on the first attraction at a Disney park themed after the beloved movie will begin by the end of 2025. 

World of Frozen and Adventure Way Begin Taking Shape 

Speaking of construction, Imagineers are putting the finishing touches on the North Mountain as World of Frozen gradually comes into view. Nearly 400 tons of metal were required to build its structure, which was then covered with sculpted concrete and painted by hand. And right now, they’re also putting together décor and programming state-of-the-art Audio-Animatronics characters inside the Frozen Ever After attraction. 

Adventure Way’s themed gardens are taking shape with more than 1,000 trees, 100,000 shrubs, as well as oversized statues of Woody and Jessie in Toy Story Garden. Over at Raiponce Tangled Spin, ride vehicles inspired by the boats in the floating lantern scene in the Disney Animation movie “Tangled” have arrived. We’re also excited to share that the iconic Mandy Moore, the original voice actor for Rapunzel in “Tangled,” will reprise her role in a variety of recorded announcements for the attraction. 

Commentary

I haven’t written much about Disney Adventure World and the changes coming to Disney’s worst theme park. Because of that infamous title, basically any changes are a win and should enhance the experience. The biggies coming to the Disney Adventure World are just briefly touched on here (Frozen) or will be addressed in an upcoming post (The Lion King attraction).

Frozen will add needed beauty to the theme park. Adding some water to this concrete jungle where dreams aren’t made of is enough reason to like the addition. I can’t say I’m the biggest Frozen Ever After fan but hopefully some fantastic animatronics make the ride one of DAW’s (funny acronym alert) best. This is the expansion that will really make the park feel new and Disney needs it to be a big success, especially after some other canceled plans. At the very least, I think it will be the prettiest part of the park by a long shot.

Sticking with attractions, the Up ride looks like a swing attraction that doesn’t really have much to do with the movie. Walt Disney Studios Park strangely has a lot of these type of rides. I’m not going to get up in arms about a swing attraction, or the Rapunzel themed spinner (the ride vehicles are cool!) for that matter. But I don’t think they’ll really make a lasting impression either. Like Frozen but on a smaller scale, I hope that both of these additions will add more beauty to Adventure World.

Continuing that idea, the themed gardens should go a long way in helping out the project we are now calling “Beautifying DAW”. I don’t think that project name will stick. Disneyland Paris does an excellent job with their gardens and I would hope that will stretch to this new area. I’m skipping right over the news mentioning giant statues as a selling point as that doesn’t fit my “Beautifying DAW” criteria.

Likely the biggest piece of news is that World Premiere is set to open soon. Having a redone entrance should do wonders for Studios Park and Disney Adventure World. When we visited, this was closed and the entrance was a disaster without any visual piece to impress.

This will also bring more food to a park that is void of it. That may sound hyperbolic but it’s not that far from the truth. As we searched for counter-service food in that park, there was one spot that was open past 4 PM. I don’t know why that’s the case but the whole resort is in need of better food options. This will hopefully provide some answers.

All in all, everything here is good news. Sure, some of that is due to the “it can’t get much worse” factor. But let’s put that aside and appreciate that the park is adding multiple rides, trying to make things more scenic and is redoing an entrance. That’s a lot to take on and it’s needed to happen for years, or even decades! Disney Adventure World should be a marked improvement on Walt Disney Studios Park.

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