D23 Expo: All the Disney Travel News (You Won't Believe What's Coming)

<p><strong>Everything New for Disney Parks and Resorts from D23 Expo 2022</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>So What's Next for Disney Parks?</strong></p><p><strong><em>You won't believe what's coming behind Big Thunder Mountain at Walt Disney World</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>This is Disney's Blue Sky sneak peak of what's coming down the road for Disney Parks. This portion of the D23 Expo had the biggest cheer of anything announced in 2022.</p><p><br></p><p>First though, Josh D'Amaro announced what's happening with Dinoland at Disney's Animal Kingdom Park. It has been languishing and looks forgotten so the announcement of a big transformation coming was welcome. Zootopia and Moana will share the space currently occupied by Dinoland. </p><p>But the biggest news of all...</p><p> <br><strong><em>Disney Villains are Finally Getting a Place to Call their Own</em></strong></p><p>Magic Kingdom will feature new frontiers and it's all hiding on the other side of BTM. The little town of Santa Cecilia will come to life as Coco gets a Magic Kingdom presence. And if you do want to talk about Bruno, you're in luck because you may be able to walk right into the Madrigal's casita. But all is not fun and flowers in this new land...as what if the Disney villains took up residence there as well...beyond Big Thunder Mountain.</p><p>This was presented as conceptual and would likely be 10 years down the road, but Disney would not share it in this way if it weren't going to happen. Big news for Walt Disney World and Magic Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>--</p><p> </p><p><strong>There's More Coming to Walt Disney World<br></strong><br></p><p>A new nighttime show for EPCOT will debut in late 2023 to kick-off the 100th Anniversary of the Walt Disney Company.</p><p> </p><p>Moana's Journey of Water and the rest of the World Celebration area at EPCOT will open in late 2023. So we'll have to bear with those construction walls for another year it seems.</p><p><br></p><p>Figment is returning in a brand new form for a meet and greet at EPCOT. That