HONG KONG DISNEYLAND
Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Walt Disney Theme Parks
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(8/9/2026) A look into the past, present and future development of Hong Kong Disneyland
(8/2/2026) How Hong Kong Disneyland Has Been Handling The Unpredictable Weather Conditions This Year
(4/30/2026) Hong Kong Disneyland Sees Small Attendance Decline in 2025
(4/27/2026) Hong Kong Disneyland - Construction Updates
(2/15/2026) Hong Kong Disneyland Closing Hyperspace Mountain For Extended Refurbishment
Ride Rehabs - These dates are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as refurbishments are subject to change.
Rafts to Tarzan’s Treehouse - NOW CLOSED through TBD
Tarzan’s Treehouse - NOW CLOSED through TBD
Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad - NOW CLOSED through TBD
Orbitron - NOW CLOSED through Sept. 30
 General Park News - (8/9/2026) Blooloop has posted a great article this week, speaking with Tim Sypko, who stepped into the role of President and Managing Director of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort last November. In addition to comments about the operations of this unique Disney resort, the article discusses the impact that the World of Frozen has had on the theme park, the arrival of the free-roaming robotic Olaf character, and a look at the future of HKDL, with the arrival of a new Pixar experience in 2027 to be followed by the arrival of a very unique and one-of-a-kind Marvel themed attraction that should be in the same vein as Disney’s popular Tower of Terror style themed drop rides.
(8/2/2026) Weather conditions this summer have been a bit unpredictable, including periodic heat-waves that have surprised residents in various parts of the world with their sudden arrival. Give a look at how Hong Kong Disneyland has adapted this year to these conditions where they’ve been dealing with the chaos caused by extreme heat, high humidity and occasional bouts of heavy rain and thunderstorms. The park now has about 860 fans on site, with several mobile fan units and portable air-conditioning units that they can deploy where-ever they are most needed in the park to make guests more comfortable. Mist cooling systems are also installed where they can help in outdoor locations as well as adding increased shade structures to attraction queues and outdoor dining spaces.
On the entertainment side of things the park has been porting a Pixar themed Water Play Street Party experience where guests are cooled down by water cannons, squirting hoses and floats as they pass by.
The park says that they’ve also upgraded many of their free water dispenser stations throughout the park, and are now offering a special “after 4pm” ticket to allow local residents the ability to come visit the park in the later hours of the day, with prices starting at HK$480 ($61).
(4/30/2026) Blooloop reports that Hong Kong Disneyland has confirmed a small drop drop in attendance for fiscal year 2025 to 7.5 million guests, down from the record breaking 7.7 million they hosted during 2024, which was boosted by the opening of World of Frozen. Net profits and revenue numbers are also down to HK$536 million (from HK$838m) in profit and overall revenue down to HK$8.69 billion from HK$8.8 billion the previous year.
(2/15/2026) Hong Kong Disneyland has confirmed on their website that Hyperspace Mountain will be closed for “operational adjustments” from Feb. 24th through to late April 2026. It isn’t known if the attraction will be keeping the Star Wars / Hyperspace Mountain theming or returning to its roots as Space Mountain once again.
(3/10/2025) Late last month Hong Kong Disneyland reported the resorts latest performance figures and for the first time in 10 years, it was revealed that Hong Kong Disneyland has once again returned a profit. According to a report at Blooloop, HKDL delivered the resorts “strongest business performance in the resort’s history”, with EBITDA increasing from HK$1.4 billion to HK$2.3 billion when compared to the previous year. The successful launch of the park’s new World of Frozen land at the end of 2023 certainly had something to do with these results and has set up the park to begin a new period of expansion, starting with the celebration of the park’s 20th Anniversary in 2025.
Late 2026/2027 - Pixar Theater - (4/27/2026) It’s been awhile since we’ve heard much from Hong Kong Disneyland, but a pair of new attractions are currently under construction. The Pixar Theater is well under way in the back of the park, and can seen seen in an aerial photo posted to ThemeparX in February, just to the right of the U-shaped track of the RC Racer ride. Look for this new theater show attraction to open either somewhere between the end of 2006 to mid-2027. The park will also embrace a lot of new Pixar themeing as the studio launches the new Toy Story 5 film.
Meanwhile in the lower right side of the photo, just below the park’s iconic Space Mountain building, you can see the clearing and foundation work taking place for the Avengers / Spider-Man themed Tower of Terror style attraction that was previously announced. No solid work on when this new thrill ride may be ready.
(9/15/2025) A new “immersive” theatrical show was announced for Hong Kong Disneyland to feature Pixar characters in a way that will “blend real and digital environments”. So if I had to guess… this could be a show with a high end LED wall, not unlike Universal’s Bourne Stuntacular at Universal Orlando… just minus the really explosive action and stunt performers.
???? - Spider-Man Themed Attraction - (9/15/2025) With the launch of the three Avengers Campus attraction lands across the Disney theme parks, we’ve heard quite a bit about the one at Disney California Adventure as well as the one at Disney Studios Paris (to be renamed Disney Adventure World in early 2026), but we rarely hear much about the third Avengers Campus inside Hong Kong Disneyland.
Of course, the biggest reason we don’t hear about it was because it never actually was built as initially intended. The three Avengers Campus projects were announced in 2020 with a series of three posters, but while the Paris and California versions were to be complete transformations of existing spaces in those parks, the “Marvel” takeover in Hong Kong was already well under way with the creation of the Stark Expo in Tomorrowland that opened with the Iron Man Experience simulator ride in 2017, followed by the conversion of the park’s Buzz Lightyear ride into Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle in 2019. A third Avengers themed land with a Quinjet attraction was expected to take over Tomorrowland’s former Autopia space but was delayed repeatedly before being entirely cancelled in 2024. At that time a new Spider-Man themed drop-tower attraction was teased, and at long last we finally have an update on that.
New concept art of an Avengers themed tower structure has been posted by the park along with updated art of the elevator/drop riide experience that seems to have expanded from just being Spider-Man vs Doc Ock, into a full fledged Avengers cast attraction. One line of thought is that this could take the idea behind the Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout attraction (formerly a Twilight Zone attraction) and adapt the experience to have an Avengers theme. This would work for the Hong Kong park which so far lacks a Disney “Tower” attraction of any kind.
(8/11/2024) Marvel’s presence in Hong Kong Disneyland will be expanding with an all new Spider-Man themed attraction now said to be in the works. This will serve as an expansion to the Stark Expo themed area, where Tony Stark has invited Peter Parker to show off some new inventions. Unfortunately for Peter, it looks like his inventions have also gathered the attention of Doc. Ock.
Nothing is said about the style of the attraction, but something about the concept art is giving me almost Tower of Terror style vibes, as Spider-Man is holding a car full of riders from falling with his webs. I’d count on this taking over the former Autopia space, located right next door to the Iron Man Experience attraction, where the park had previously been wanting an Avengers themed dark ride.
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