Disney reveals its future

We have all the reveals from D23, plus more news about 2025 from Six Flags, too.

Disney treated its fans to the biggest news dump of the year this past weekend. I was there, in the media section of the stands at the Honda Center in Anaheim for Josh D'Amaro's D23 Disney Experiences Showcase, which officially revealed more than a dozen new attractions coming to Disney theme parks around the world.

What's coming next to Disneyland, Disney World, and more: A new Villains land at Walt Disney World and a massive expansion of Disney California Adventure led the reveals at the Disney Experiences showcase Saturday night. We have the full list, which also includes Disney;s first Audio Animatronic version of Walt, its first Spider-Man roller coaster, and - finally - a Monsters, Inc. scare-floor-door coaster.

Walt Disney World will trade its rivers for more mountains: After the D23 Expo closed, Walt Disney World confirmed that the two Cars-themed attractions that were revealed for a "remagined" section of Frontierland would be replacing Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of America. Since TSI was my first, and main, attraction back when I worked at Disney, I took a deep dive into what this change represents, and what it means for the Magic Kingdom and its fans.

More D23 coverage from the weekend:

• First look at Disney's 2024 D23 fan event [with video of the Imagineering and Marvel pavilions]

• Checking out all the activities on the D23 show floor

• Rohde, Blanding get their Disney Legends honors

Disney was not the only one announcing new rides for 2025 this week.

Canada's Wonderland launches a record-setting coaster for 2025: AlpenFury will feature the most inversions of any launch coaster in North America - 9 - when it debuts at the Toronto-area park in 2025.

Carowinds plans Camp Snoopy expansion in 2025: The kiddie land will be getting a new family launch coaster and a Splash Battle ride.

Six Flags delays the opening of two new rides until 2025: Fans will have to wait until next year for The Flash: Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Great Adventure and Georgia Surfer at Six Flags Over Georgia.

And in Halloween news:

• The Weeknd returns for Universal's Halloween Horror Nights

• Howl-O-Scream line-ups set for Orlando and San Diego

We had two corporate earnings reports hit in the past week, including the final reports for the old Cedar Fair and Six Flags.

• Revenue up, income down at Disney's theme parks

• Six Flags reports final results for old Cedar Fair, Six Flags parks

Wrapping up this week's news:

• Hot dog! Disney reveals EPCOT Food and Wine menus

• Look here for discounts on Universal, Disneyland, and SeaWorld tickets

Thank you for reading, and best wishes for the week ahead!

Robert Niles