{"id":76895,"date":"2026-08-16T14:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=76895"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:37:58","slug":"disney-experiences-showcase-at-d23-2026-everything-announced-for-disney-parks-disney-cruise-line-and-more-updating-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=76895","title":{"rendered":"Disney Experiences Showcase at D23 2026: Everything Announced for Disney Parks, Disney Cruise Line, and More (Updating Live!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/08\/16\/horizons2-1786847536577.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We are here at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, for Horizons: A Carousel of Progress, also known as D23&#8217;s Disney Experiences Showcase, and we&#8217;ll be covering all the big news from Disney Parks (Walt Disney World, Disneyland, International Parks!), Disney Cruise Line (Disney Believe!), and much more.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We&#8217;ll be updating this article live as the show goes on, which you can also watch on Disney+ right now!<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">Disneyland&#8217;s Avengers Infinity Defense to Star Robert Downey Jr.&#8217;s Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth&#8217;s Thor, and More<\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The upcoming Avengers Infinity Defense at Avengers Campus at Disneyland&#8217;s Disney California Adventure will officially star some of the biggest names in the MCU, including Robert Downey Jr.&#8217;s Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth&#8217;s Thor, Anthony Mackie&#8217;s Captain America, Jeremy Renner&#8217;s Hawkeye, and Iman Vellani&#8217;s Ms. Marvel.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Avengers Infinity Defense is set to open in 2028 and will see guests helping reassemble the Avengers to battle King Thanos.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">Animal Kingdom&#8217;s Encanto Attraction Is Called Antonio&#8217;s Fiesta de Encanto<\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We learned a lot more about the Encanto attraction headed to the new Tropical Americas area of Walt Disney World&#8217;s Animal Kingdom, including that it will be called Antonio&#8217;s Fiesta de Encanto. In this attraction, guests are invited to celebrate Antonio&#8217;s new gift of the ability to speak to animals.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">To help tell the story, the main voice actors from Encanto will be reprising their roles, including Stephanie Beatriz (Mirabel), Jessica Darrow (Luisa), and Diane Guerrero (Isabella). <\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">Disneyland&#8217;s Coco Attraction Takes Place a Year After the Original and We&#8217;ll Relive Miguel&#8217;s Memories of the Land of the Dead<\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Following the big reveals from Coco 2 and the news that Coco will be a new world in Kingdom Hearts 4, we learned a bit more about the much-anticipated Coco attraction that&#8217;s headed to Disneyland&#8217;s Disney California Adventure.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The attraction&#8217;s stoyline takes place a year after the original film and we&#8217;ll first enter a &#8220;casa museo&#8221; that&#8217;s dedicated to Miguel&#8217;s great-great grandfather, H\u00e9ctor Rivera. After that, we&#8217;ll join Miguel and go on a boat ride through his memories of the Land of the Dead. Oh, it will also have no height requirement.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">The Lion King at Disneyland Paris&#8217; Disney Adventure World to Feature Simba&#8217;s Final Confrontation with Scar<\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Lion King is finally getting its first Disney Parks attraction at Disneyland Paris&#8217; Disney Adventure World, and it will take us on a journey through the tale of the classic film, including the &#8220;not-so-happy times.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Alongside a 120-foot-high Pride Rock that will send us soaring down a new flume system with a 52-foot drop, we&#8217;ll also be witnessing the final confrontation between Simba and Scar.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">Carousel of Progress Casts Disney Legend Jamie Lee Curtis and Emmy-Winning Actor Bryan Cranston<\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Alongside a glimpse of the new scenes set in the 1980s, it was revealed that Disney Legend Jamie Lee Curtis and Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston will be joining the cast as the new version of the attraction&#8217;s Mom and Dad, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">The Yeti Audio-Animatronic Is Coming Back to Life at Animal Kingdom&#8217;s Expedition Everest<\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">At the showcase, Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum revealed that the team is &#8220;bringing the Yeti back to life inside Expedition Everest at Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">The Imagineering Season 2 Is Headed to Disney+ in Early 2028<\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Leslie Iwerks&#8217; The Imagineering Story is one of the most beloved documentaries on Disney+, and it was just revealed that we&#8217;d be getting a second season in early 2028.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Developing&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/disney-experiences-showcase-at-d23-2026-everything-announced-for-disney-parks-disney-cruise-line-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are here at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, for Horizons: A Carousel of Progress, also known as D23&#8217;s Disney Experiences Showcase, and we&#8217;ll&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6570,4943,22112,2710,5810,700,2204,18273,1473,7180],"class_list":["post-76895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-announced","tag-cruise","tag-d23","tag-disney","tag-experiences","tag-line","tag-live","tag-parks","tag-showcase","tag-updating","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}