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Lausanne – November 04, 2026 -- Starting 9 November, KFC restaurants in select markets will serve a limited-time "Doomified" menu inspired by Marvel villain Doctor Doom, with green mayo, cola-glazed wings and collectible Colonel Sanders figurines. The offer runs through January 2027 and ties in with "Avengers: Doomsday," which opens in cinemas on 18 December 2026.

The menu is available in 100+ countries, but not in the US, India or China

KFC calls it its biggest global collaboration to date and its first-ever global venture with Marvel Studios. Offerings vary by market.

Three new flavors anchor the Doom lineup

Doom Cola sauce is a sweet, sticky caramelized cola glaze with light smoky BBQ notes. Smoky Green Mayo and Doom Dust round out the set. Doom Dust is a bright green seasoning with smoky charred lime and chili, meant to be dusted over anything.

EPCOT – October 26, 2026 -- Figment, EPCOT's purple dragon, is getting a new journey into imagination at the park, and he is finally reunited with Dreamfinder.

Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum announced the project in the closing moments of the Disney Experiences showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event presented by Visa. "We are taking a new journey into imagination at EPCOT with Dreamfinder and Figment!" he told the cheering crowd. More details about their return are still to come.

Figment has been an EPCOT fixture since 1983

The dragon arrived when the first Journey into Imagination opened in 1983. The attraction has gone through several versions since, and Figment has stayed a park staple throughout.

Walt Disney World – October 25, 2026 -- Parts of Monstropolis, the Monsters, Inc. land at Disney's Hollywood Studios, will open to guests in 2027, even as work continues on the door coaster. Disney revealed the first details during "Horizons: A Carousel of Progress" at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event presented by Visa.

Host Neil Patrick Harris welcomed Michael Hundgen, Vice President Creative, and Chris Beatty, Vice President at Walt Disney Imagineering, who walked through the new locations. The land is a collaboration between Walt Disney Imagineering and Pixar Animation Studios.

Randy Newman writes his first theme park song

"Welcome to Monstropolis" is the first song Disney Legend Randy Newman has composed for a Disney theme park. Guests will hear it when the land opens.

D23 – October 25, 2026 -- A handmade King Arthur Carrousel costume with a rotating headpiece and a motorized, 3D-printed horse won the solo category at Mousequerade, the Disney costume contest held on day two of D23 2026.

The winning look turned a 1955 attraction into wearable art

"A Jest of a Carrousel Ride," made by Julieanna Trinidade, paired a corseted top with an intricate skirt and puffed sleeves. It also took the innovation and technology award. The carousel it honors is one of Disneyland park's original opening-day attractions from 1955, and most of its horses date back more than 90 years.

Disney's Animal Kingdom – October 25, 2026 -- The Yeti inside Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom is coming back to life, Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum announced at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event presented by Visa.

Mazloum interrupts Neil Patrick Harris with the news

Mazloum cut in on host Neil Patrick Harris on the "Horizons: A Carousel of Progress" stage. His words: "We're bringing the Yeti back to life inside Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom!" The crowd answered with cheers.

Gloria Gaynor sends off the Yeti with a disco hit

Gloria Gaynor then performed her 1978 disco hit "I Will Survive" as a send-off for the long-dancing Yeti.

The ride already hints at the beast

Expedition Everest sits inside a Forbidden Mountain of nearly 200 feet. The queue doubles as a trailside museum, with evidence of campground attacks, sketches of sightings and a footprint mold of a giant yeti foot.

EPCOT – October 25, 2026 -- Spaceship Earth, the geodesic sphere that has greeted EPCOT guests since opening day, is getting its first update in nearly 20 years. Disney Imagineer Ali Rubinstein revealed the news at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event presented by Visa.

A re-imagineered ride shifts its theme to human connection

Rubinstein said the re-imagineered attraction will bring Spaceship Earth into the internet age and beyond. The ride currently tells the story of human communication. The team is now widening that focus to human connection, a theme the source describes as classically EPCOT.

The announcement came during a Horizons: A Carousel of Progress stage conversation hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. YouTuber Mark Rober joined Rubinstein onstage.

Honda Center – October 25, 2026 -- Disney used its Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase at D23 2024 to unveil nearly 50 announcements, including four new cruise ships, a Tiana's Bayou Adventure opening date of October 25, 2026, and new lands and rides across its parks. Many of the projects will start appearing over the next five years.

Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro said all of it is in active development: "Plans are drawn. Dirt is moving."

Four new ships will bring Disney Cruise Line to 13 vessels

The fleet expansion runs from 2027 to 2031. Disney also shared new details about the Disney Treasure and Disney Destiny.

Florida – October 25, 2026 -- Disney's Carousel of Progress is closed for now, and its overhauled version is set to debut in late spring 2027 with new voices for Mom and Dad, an Audio-Animatronics Walt Disney, and four new time periods.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Bryan Cranston step in as Mom and Dad

Host Neil Patrick Harris announced the casting at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. Disney Legend Jamie Lee Curtis and Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston will voice the family's mother and father. Harris also previewed one new scene, set in the 1980s.

United States – October 25, 2026 -- A second season of The Imagineering Story is officially in production and will debut on Disney+ in 2028, giving fans a new look at how Disney's theme park creators work. Filmmaker Leslie Iwerks and Walt Disney Imagineering President and Chief Creative Officer Bruce Vaughn announced it at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event presented by Visa.

Season 2 follows Imagineers from concept to construction

The first season arrived in 2019 and chronicled decades of Disney history. Season 2 takes a different approach: it follows Imagineers as they shape what the source describes as one of the most ambitious periods in Disney Experiences history.

Vaughn said Iwerks has been present as projects moved from blue-sky concept to the "dirt is moving!" stage. She has been granted unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the creative process, so viewers can see not only what Imagineers are building but how they think.

United States – October 22, 2026 -- Magic Kingdom's Frontierland is getting a second Cars attraction, Miss Fritter's Daredevil Spin-Along, alongside an off-road racing ride called Cars Ridge Run Rally. Disney announced both at D23 2026, where Michael Hundgen, Vice President Creative for Walt Disney World, and Imagineer Jason Grandt shared the details on the Horizons: A Carousel of Progress stage.

Miss Fritter hosts a demolition derby at Piston Peak

Making its public debut, Miss Fritter's Daredevil Spin-Along is inspired by the "Diva of Demolition" from Cars 3. The ride features Miss Fritter as a school-bus-sized animatronic who hosts her "wildest demolition derby yet."