D23 2026 Predictions

So by the time this episode drops, we will officially be one week away from D23 2026 kicking off in Anaheim, California.

And of course, D23 is known as the ultimate Disney fan event, and for very good reason.

D23 has so much going on, from movies and music and TV, to panels with Disney legends and showcases for all these different things.

Like, there is so much that is going on at D23 every time that it is hosted.

And of course, for me and a lot of other people, probably the thing that we look forward to the most at D23 every time it is held is the Parks and Experiences panel.

And this year, that is going to be held on Saturday, August 15th, and it's gonna be referred to as Horizons Disney Experiences Showcase.

And this will be the time where we will get to see updates on things that have already been announced for the cruise line and for the parks, but also potentially still hear some things on what might be coming down the pipeline for the parks.

And two years ago, at the 2024 D23 Parks panel, you obviously had major, major announcements happen.

I mean, let's just rewind and think about it.

You had the cruise line introducing a whole lot of new ships to the fleet.

You had California Adventure announcing some major updates for its park.

You had Monstropolis announced for Hollywood Studios, Tropical Americas announced for Animal Kingdom.

And then of course, at Magic Kingdom you got Piston Peak for Cars coming and Villain's Land coming.

Like, I mean, a lot of big time announcements were had at the last Parks panel just two years ago.

And of course, if you've gone to Disney World any time within the past year, you've seen a lot of construction crews at three of the four parks, you know, starting to break ground on some of these things that were talked about just a few years back.

And so because of how big the 2024 Parks panel wa- was, there's a lot of people that are saying that maybe this year's Parks panel won't be as big of a deal.

You know, like maybe it'll be a little bit of a smaller scale thing.

But honestly, I still think maybe even if we don't get as many major announcements like Villain's Land or Monstropolis, we're still going to get, I think, some really big announcements at the Parks panel this year.

And so I wanna share with you today my D23 predictions for the Parks panel this year, things that I think that they are definitely gonna talk about, that I'm very confident they will update us on, but also some ideas that maybe I'm a little bit less confident that will actually be brought up, but things that could still be talked about.

And of course, a lot of these I'm working off of rumors and hearsay, but I think there could be some traction with some of these ideas.

But let's start with the things that I am a little bit more confident in that Disney will talk about at the Parks panel this year.