RUMOR DEBUNKED: Villains Land Was Already Big and Bold, No Plans Have Changed for Magic Kingdom

Over the last week, you’ve undeniably heard rumors that soon-to-be Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro ordered Imagineers to go “bigger and bolder” on plans for the much-anticipated Villains Land at the Magic Kingdom. We’ve remained silent on the topic in that time, honestly, because we had heard nothing of the sort. However, according to those with knowledge on the subject, no such mandate has been made anytime recently. The long road to Villains Land’s current iteration (and not the version envisioned for the park in the late 1990s) began at the D23 Expo in 2022, where Walt Disney Imagineering, uncharacteristically, shared very early “blue sky” plans for what the future of Walt Disney World would be....