Disney Names 13 Characters Set To Inspire Villains Land At Walt Disney World

Tom Tapp
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Chairman of Disney Experiences Josh D’Amaro revealed over the weekend new details about the much-anticipated Villains Land at Walt Disney World. At the D23 Brazil fan event, D’Amaro presented a preview of the attraction which promised the most infamous and nefarious characters from the Disney universe.

Disney officially confirmed the Orlando-based land at D23 in Anaheim in August, teasing appearances from Ursula, Gaston and the Evil Queen.

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The presentation in Brazil revealed 13 characters from Disney movies who would be inspiring the land. The list includes the three above as well as the Queen of Hearts (from Alice in Wonderland); Jafar (Aladdin); Lady Tremaine (Cinderella); Yzma (The Emperor’s New Groove); Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians); Captain Hook (Peter Pan); Mother Gothel (Tangled); Hades (Hercules); Chernabog (Fantasia). D’Amaro’s presentation included 15 images with all of the above as well as Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty), in both human and dragon form and both versions of the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Earlier this year, Michael Hundgen, Walt Disney World site portfolio executive, said the company’s Orlando resort is undergoing “probably the largest expansion ever at Magic Kingdom,” according to a piece by CNN.

Dubbed “Beyond Big Thunder,” the project is so named because it will expand the park into a swampy, wooded area behind the current Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at one corner of the property.

Hundgen said the expansion would be on par, size-wise, with the 14-acre Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge.

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