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Monsters, Inc. Suspended Coaster

Type

roller_coaster

Thrill Level

thrilling

About this Ride

Disney has not announced a name for this attraction. It is the signature ride of Monstropolis, the first land inspired by Monsters, Inc., built partly on the former Grand Avenue and Muppets Courtyard site at Hollywood Studios. Disney says it will be the first suspended coaster at a Disney park and the first with a vertical lift, raising riders about 40 feet in roughly four seconds before launching them into the film's door vault. At D23 in August 2026 Disney said the rest of Monstropolis will open in 2027 while work continues on this coaster, formally separating the ride from the land's opening. Disney has not given the coaster an opening date, season or year.

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