10 New Theme Park Points of interest We’re Trying Ahead To In 2023 From Disney, Common And Extra

2022 was a fantastic yr within the theme park trade that noticed some spectacular new sights, from Marvel roller coasters to Jurassic World escape rooms. However 2023 is shaping as much as be one of many largest years ever for followers of theme park sights. And whereas Disney Parks and Common Parks and Resorts definitely have new experiences value having, they’re removed from the one ones with rides value taking. 

From Disney World and Sea World, to Dollywood and Hershey Park, there’s numerous new stuff at present in improvement that guarantees to make 2023 extra enjoyable than we will deal with, however we’re definitely going to attempt.  

Tron Lightcycle Run – Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

Lastly, after greater than 4 years (it’s virtually unimaginable to consider), Tron: Lightcycle Run will open in early 2023. Attributable to a mixture of its large dimension and the pandemic delay, this coaster has been beneath building since 2018. Because the identify signifies, the attraction will put Customers on the Grid to expertise a excessive pace Lightcycle race in what is bound to be probably the most thrilling curler coaster at Disney World. With speeds of round 60 miles per hour, Tron would be the quickest, and virtually definitely most thrilling, curler coaster at Walt Disney World.

Tremendous Nintendo World – Common Studios Hollywood

When Common Parks & Resorts introduced a partnership with Nintendo followers went loopy. The house to among the most enjoyable characters on the earth in a position to make use of Common Artistic to deliver in style video games to life was too good to be true. The primary Tremendous Nintendo World opened at Common Studios Japan, however North America will lastly get to enter the Mushroom Kingdom in March 2023 when Super Nintendo World arrives at Common Studios Hollywood.

Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway – Disneyland

Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway opened at Walt Disney World only a couple weeks earlier than the worldwide pandemic closed the park, and the identical closure prompted vital delays to the version set to be built across the country at Disneyland. The attraction that sees friends board a prepare that goes loopy, surrounded by the trendy animated variations of Mickey Mouse and associates, is predicted to be largely similar to the Florida trip, however the Disneyland version can have a completely new facade and aesthetic, as will probably be situated in a newly-redesigned Mickey’s ToonTown. 

Massive Bear Mountain – Dollywood

Dollywood has quietly change into one of the in style theme parks within the nation, and in 2023, it’s more likely to change into much more in style with the opening of the park’s longest ever curler coaster, Big Bear Mountain. It should additionally mark the primary coaster at Dollywood with an onboard soundtrack. Massive Bear Mountain is being referred to as a household coaster, so whereas it ought to nonetheless be thrilling, these thrills will probably be appropriate for all. A precise date for the opening has not been set, however the coaster will open someday within the spring of 2023.

Illumination’s Villain-Con Minion Blast – Common Studios Florida, Common Orlando Resort

Final yr, Common Orlando Resort closed down and demolished the Shrek 4D theater to make means for a brand new attraction. And whereas Common offered some robust hints that one thing Minions-related was on the best way, it wasn’t till just lately that we realized what we might be getting. In some methods, Illumination’s Villain-Con Minion Blast is a brand new attraction made up of issues we’ve seen earlier than. There’s already one Minions attraction at Common Studios Florida, and the trip can have friends firing blasters at targets in an try and earn their means into the Vicious 6. Nonetheless, Minion Blast may even have some very distinctive parts, beginning with the truth that there’s apparently no trip automobile and friends will progress by the attraction on a shifting walkway. It’s definitely an intriguing twist on an outdated components, and that makes it value trying out.  

Catapult Falls – SeaWorld San Antonio

Is it a water trip? Is it a log flume? Is it a curler coaster? The reply to all three of those questions seems to be sure. Catapult Falls at SeaWorld San Antonio is what’s being called a flume coaster, and it seems to be like what would occur if Splash Mountain was strapped to the prepare of Massive Thunder Mountain. It’s with out query one of the distinctive sights set to debut in 2023, and one that can most likely be in very excessive demand on scorching summer season days. 

Journey Of Water, Impressed by Moana – Epcot, Walt Disney World

Maybe probably the most thrilling factor about Epcot’s new Journey of Water attraction is that it’s lower than a yr away, and we don’t even actually know what it’s. Set to be some type of stroll by expertise that can give friends the power to work together with water like Moana, and together with an absolutely gorgeous model of Te Fiti, the expertise is bound to be a fantastic centerpiece of Epcot’s new World Nature pavilion.  

Pipeline: The Surf Coaster – SeaWorld Orlando

Standing coasters are nothing new, however Pipeline: The Surf Coaster at SeaWorld Orlando definitely seems to be to be totally different. Because the identify signifies, the thought here’s a coaster that offers the rider a sense of browsing. As such, the underside of the trip automobile seems to be like an enormous surfboard, and whereas a harness will maintain you in place, riders can have a point of vertical motion within the automobile permitting you to bend your knees and transfer with the momentum of the coaster as you’ll in the event you have been truly driving the waves.  

 Wildcat’s Revenge – Hershey Park

Whereas each different attraction on this checklist is solely new, as in both a very new addition or a alternative for one thing else, Wildcat’s Revenge is technically not new. It’s truly an replace of the earlier Wildcat coaster, which itself was an homage to Hershey Park’s original Wild Cat coaster. Nonetheless, when Wildcat’s Revenge reopens, it received’t precisely be recognizable. The basic picket coaster is being given a metal makeover, and the brand new coaster will probably be larger, longer, sooner and in each different conceivable means an upgraded expertise. 

Arctic Rescue – SeaWorld San Diego