Disney has officially revealed the story framework for Monstropolis, the new land coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the details announced June 4, 2026 on the Disney Parks Blog confirm some of what we have been tracking at Fantasy Land News since the land was first announced in 2024. The Disney Parks Blog post introduces H.U.M.A.N. Day, names confirmed locations inside the land including Harryhausen’s and the Glob Theater, and lays out the in-universe reason humans are being invited into Monstropolis for the first time.
We have been covering this land since day one. Back in November 2024, when Disney announced that MuppetVision 3-D would close and the entire Muppets Courtyard footprint would be replaced, we broke down what the concept art revealed and first noted the restaurant now known as Harryhausen’s in our original Monstropolis coverage. In March 2026, we published a deep dive into Harryhausen’s Sushi and the real-world tribute behind the name that most guests will never know about. Today’s announcement fills in the story that ties all of it together.
The land picks up after the events of the film. Monstropolis is now powered by laughter rather than screams, and that cultural shift has led to something no monster ever imagined possible: an open invitation to humans. The Disney Parks Blog introduces a new city institution called the Department of Human Relations, which is responsible for making the invitation official. The event they are staging is called H.U.M.A.N. Day, short for “Humans Understand Monsters Are Nice.” It functions as both the in-universe justification for the land’s existence and as a built-in story beat guests will experience as part of the visit. A city newspaper called the Monstropolis Horn is already running headlines about the historic decision, and Disney is using it as an environmental storytelling device to set the stage before you even walk through the gates.
The confirmed locations are a significant piece of today’s update. Harryhausen’s, which we first identified from early concept art and later profiled in detail, is now officially named by Disney. If you want the full story on why that name matters and the tribute to stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen that Pixar quietly embedded in the original film, that piece is worth reading before the land opens. The Glob Theater is the other confirmed venue named today, which is consistent with what concept art had suggested about a new show experience anchoring part of the land’s footprint. In our original 2024 coverage, we noted the former MuppetVision 3-D building was being repurposed for a show called Late Night Screams, and today’s reference to the Glob Theater appears to be that same space moving toward its final branded identity.
Steel is rising behind the construction walls. No opening date has been announced.
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Our Take: This is the kind of story framing that makes a land feel like more than a collection of attractions. H.U.M.A.N. Day gives Imagineers a reason to put guests in the middle of a moment, not just a setting. The fact that the Monstropolis Horn exists as an in-world newspaper already tells you Walt Disney Imagineering is building this with real layering. We called Harryhausen’s early, we wrote the backstory, and watching it become officially confirmed is a good feeling. Now we wait for the coaster.
