Disney Canceled Marvel Rides and a Tomorrowland Overhaul Over Budget Doubts, Report Says

Overview

• Senior parks executives lost confidence in Walt Disney Imagineering’s ability to deliver on time and on budget, according to The Wall Street Journal.
• The pullbacks included several planned Marvel attractions and a proposed Tomorrowland transformation that leaders judged unlikely to lift attendance.
• Heightened cost control during Bob Chapek’s tenure brought daily financial oversight to Imagineering, a shift former leaders say constrained creative work.
• Disney’s parks strategy under Bob Iger leans on franchise-focused lands, yet Imagineers now point to a planned Villains Land at Magic Kingdom as a standout effort.
• Leadership changes and a pledged $60 billion reinvestment underpin a new slate of projects reported for U.S. resorts, including a Cars-themed area, Tropical Americas, a Monsters, Inc. land with a suspended coaster, an Avatar land, a Coco attraction, and Avengers Campus expansions.