Magic Kingdom Expansion | Encanto, Coco & Disney Villains Land Story

Magic Kingdom Expansion | Encanto, Coco & Disney Villains Land

There were a ton of announcements at this past D23 Expo, but none of them was more exciting than a potential Magic Kingdom expansion including an area themed to Coco, Encanto, and Disney Villains!

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In this story, we'll go over everything we've learned about the "Beyond Big Thunder Mountain" expansion to Disney's Magic Kingdom, which will be built behind the existing Frontierland.

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They identified "Beyond Big Thunder Mountain" as the park's next potential expansion and proposed three potential themed areas to fill it. These were Coco, Encanto, and a Disney Villains land.

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However, it is pretty clear at this point that no matter what exactly is coming to the Magic Kingdom, SOMETHING is coming, and that is very exciting in itself.

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From the latest announcement, Disney seems to have earmarked the area behind Frontierland as the most suitable place to expand the park in the near future.

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If this project goes through, not too much will change to Frontierland as it currently stands.

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