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Walt Disney World – October 24, 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.

California – October 24, 2026 -- Disneyland Resort will bring back two nighttime spectaculars in February 2027, followed by the "Magic Happens" daytime parade in summer 2027. Host Neil Patrick Harris revealed the returns on the Horizons stage at D23: The Ultimate Fan Event presented by Visa, after saying, "I have so many great memories under the stars with my kids."

"Remember... Dreams Come True" returns to Disneyland park in February 2027

The refreshed show adds new projections at Rivers of America, the facade of "it's a small world," and all the way down Main Street, U.S.A., in addition to Sleeping Beauty Castle. Music and projections run on nightly scheduled performances, with fireworks added on select evenings.

The show debuted during the Disneyland Resort 50th anniversary. It opens with a vocal introduction by Julie Andrews and uses songs and familiar phrases from popular park attractions to represent Walt Disney's dream of Disneyland.