Walt Disney World has up to date its web site to substantiate that Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring The Muppets will stay a prime tier Lightning Lane attraction when the experience reopens in Summer season 2026. Right here’s the newest official information, plus our predictions about how the LL panorama will change at WDW as soon as all the reimagined rides debut quickly.
In case you missed it, Aerosmith “retired” from Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster and the experience closed over the weekend for its ‘Muppets Makeover.’ The gang can be transferring proper alongside to Sundown Boulevard, teaming up with a few of music’s largest stars for a rockin’ music competition for Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring the Muppets.
The reimagined experience will function Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and extra of their mates. At Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring The Muppets, visitors will go throughout Hollywood on a wild experience with the Electrical Mayhem, full with backstage chaos, high-speed thrills, signature Muppets music & humor, and all-new Audio-Animatronics figures.
Throughout the final couple of months, Walt Disney World has actually began pulling the curtain again on Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring The Muppets. We’ve discovered in regards to the courtyard, backstory, music, Audio Animatronics, and pre-show stage-setting scene.
In the event you missed any of this, see the primary half of this publish: Walt Disney World Reveals Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring the Muppets Opening Season. We’re going to forgo the prolonged recap right here, however that covers the whole lot we all know thus far about RnRC: Muppets Makeover, full with idea artwork.
Unsurprisingly, the closure of Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring Aerosmith coupled with the thrill for Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring The Muppets has led some WDW followers to invest that the reimagined experience might turn out to be a Lightning Lane Single Move attraction, becoming a member of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance because the second LLSP attraction in DHS.
Walt Disney World has now confirmed that this gained’t be the case. Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring The Muppets will occupy the very same standing as its predecessor, as a Tier 1/Group A attraction as a part of the Lightning Lane Multi-Move service.
This shouldn’t come as a colossal shock to anybody paying consideration. Because the a la carte Lightning Lane tier debuted again in October 2021, it has truly misplaced points of interest. That is regardless of a number of new headliners opening since that point at Walt Disney World.
Right here’s the unique 2021 a la carte Lightning Lane experience roster, for individuals who don’t recall:
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Practice
- House Mountain
- Remy’s Ratatouille Journey
- Frozen Ever After
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Avatar Flight of Passage
- Expedition Everest
Right here’s the Lightning Lane Single Move lineup as of 2026:
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Practice
- TRON Lightcycle Run
- Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind
- Star Wars Rise of the Resistance
- Avatar Flight of Passage
Solely 3 of the unique points of interest stay. TRON Lightcycle Run and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind each opened since, and unsurprisingly joined the Lightning Lane Single Move lineup.
Magic Kingdom is the one park with two points of interest, albeit one with divergent demographics. Seven Dwarfs Mine Practice is the oldest of the bunch, and even that’s a comparatively current (by Walt Disney World requirements) addition.
Because the largest ‘refinement’ of the tiers method again in 2022, there hasn’t been a single enhanced or reimagined experience added to Lightning Lane Single Move. Not Tiana’s Bayou Journey, Check Monitor 3.0, or Zootopia: Higher Zoogether.
The most important change since then was Lightning Lane Multi Move changing the Genie+ service, which resulted within the following tiers being added to the ‘bundled’ line-skipping possibility:
Magic Kingdom Lightning Lane Multi-Move
Group A: Select as much as one expertise from this tier:
- Jungle Cruise
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- House Mountain
- Tiana’s Bayou Journey
Group B: Select your different 2 experiences—or all 3—from this tier:
- The Barnstormer
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Haunted Mansion
- “it’s a small world”
- Mad Tea Get together
- The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic
- Monsters Inc. Snicker Ground
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- Below the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
EPCOT Lightning Lane Multi-Move
Group A: Select as much as one expertise from this tier:
- Frozen Ever After
- Remy’s Ratatouille Journey
- Check Monitor
Group B: Select your different 2 experiences—or all 3—from this tier:
- Soarin’ Across the World
- Disney and Pixar Brief Movie Competition
- Journey into Creativeness with Figment
- Dwelling with the Land
- Mission: SPACE
- The Seas with Nemo & Mates
- Spaceship Earth
- Turtle Speak with Crush
Disney’s Hollywood Studios Lightning Lane Multi-Move
Group A: Select as much as one expertise from this tier:
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring the Muppets (opening Summer season 2026)
- Slinky Canine Sprint
Group B: Select your different 2 experiences—or all 3—from this tier:
- Alien Swirling Saucers
- Magnificence and the Beast Stay on Stage
- For the First Time in Without end: A Frozen Sing-Alongside Celebration
- Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
- The Little Mermaid – A Musical Journey
- Star Excursions – The Adventures Proceed
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
- Toy Story Mania!
Animal Kingdom Lightning Lane Multi-Move
Animal Kingdom doesn’t have tiers. Listed below are the Lightning Lane MultiPass points of interest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom:
- Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
- Feathered Mates in Flight!
- Competition of the Lion King
- Discovering Nemo: The Large Blue… and Past!
- Kali River Rapids
- Kilimanjaro Safaris
- Naʻvi River Journey
- Zootopia: Higher Zoogether
Past Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring The Muppets, there are a number of different enhanced or reimagined points of interest coming on-line in 2026 that we will count on to have Lightning Lanes:
- Large Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Buzz Lightyear’s House Ranger Spin
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – A New Mission
- Soarin’ Throughout America
There are additionally just a few wildcards, such because the choices within the Magic of Disney Animation and Walt Disney Studios Lot, in addition to the Bluey expertise at Conservation Station.
I wouldn’t be fully shocked to see Walt Disney World making an attempt to squeeze a Lightning Lane or two in these places, however they’d all be low precedence Multi Move entries, and principally for the sake of producing capability. That’s not the path Walt Disney World has gone with LLMP, although, so our assumption is that they gained’t.
In any case, not one of the above entries are getting ‘upgraded’ to Lightning Lane Single Move. That simply isn’t occurring. The modifications being made are inadequate to justify that increase. Even when MF:SR-ANM! is as nice as its new title is lengthy, it’s nonetheless staying within the LLMP bundle.
Nonetheless, questions stay. Will Soarin’ Throughout America bounce again as much as the highest tier of Lightning Lane Multi-Move? What about Large Thunder and Buzz? Will any rides be demoted?!
My finest guesses are fairly boring: count on the anticipated. Which is to say, no matter issues have been earlier than or proper now, it’s doubtless that’s what they’ll be as soon as the reimagined or enhanced points of interest come on-line.
I do suppose there’s a compelling case for Soarin’ Throughout America to return to the highest tier (assuming it’s good). It’s already one of many extra aggressive Multi-Move points of interest at Walt Disney World, and it’ll doubtless see a recognition increase with the brand new movie. However I however doubt it’ll rejoin the highest tier.
Extra more likely to occur is what already occurred with Check Monitor and Zootopia: Higher Zoogether, which is that reimagined or enhanced points of interest stand up the experience reservation rankings attributable to elevated demand. Soarin’ Throughout America can be much more standard and tough to guide, as will the opposite points of interest receiving updates.
Buzz Lightyear, Millennium Falcon and Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster are most attention-grabbing on this regard (assuming they’re all good), particularly since two of these points of interest are in the identical park. Will the tip end result be decreased demand for Slinky Canine Sprint, which is the opposite prime tier thrill experience at DHS, and likewise the #1 precedence for Lightning Lane Multi-Move in all of Walt Disney World. It’ll most likely nonetheless occupy that spot as of Summer season 2026, however perhaps the margin gained’t be fairly as extensive.
A probably underrated risk is one thing from the highest tier at Magic Kingdom transferring down. My sturdy suspicion is that Magic Kingdom doesn’t want that many points of interest within the prime tier, and the one motive LLMP was structured that method to start with was as a result of Walt Disney World operations was involved in regards to the influence of Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan’s Flight, after which Large Thunder Mountain Railroad all taking place for prolonged refurbishments in succession. So I might see a type of being demoted.
Lastly, a extremely underrated risk is Magic Kingdom ditching tiers fully. I’d argue that it doesn’t want them within the first place, and that this may turn out to be much more obvious as soon as each BTMRR and Buzz Lightyear come again on-line. In truth, I’d hazard a guess that the one method Magic Kingdom doesn’t see a scaling again of its tiers in 2026 is that if one other main reimagining of a prime attraction is correct across the nook. We will see!
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