New aerial images give the best look yet at the suspended coaster taking shape inside Monstropolis, with curved track sections staged on the ground and other pieces now being hoisted directly into the overhead steel framework. We last checked in on this site in our July construction update, and more recently confirmed the land’s 2027 opening window in our piece on the Glob Theater scaffolding coming down. These latest shots also show track sections staged in a yard, along with a trailer branded for Adena Corporation, a coaster construction firm working on the project.
This coaster is a genuine first for Disney twice over. It will be Disney’s first suspended roller coaster at any park worldwide, meaning the track runs along the ceiling of the show building rather than the ground, with the ride vehicles hanging beneath it. That’s exactly why so much of this construction looks unusual from above, curved track segments have to be staged on the ground first, then lifted up and connected into the overhead steel rather than simply bolted down at floor level. It will also be Disney’s first vertical lift coaster, a mechanism designed to recreate the film’s iconic door-hoist scene by lifting riders roughly 40 feet in about four seconds before the ride kicks into motion.
As we noted in our last update, the land itself is confirmed for 2027, but the coaster is not opening alongside it. Disney has been clear that this ride is coming in a later phase, well after most of Monstropolis welcomes its first guests. That gives Disney room to open the shops, dining, and the Glob Theater’s new show first, while construction on the coaster itself continues on its own timeline. Disney also still hasn’t given the ride an official name, a height requirement, or any details on what the ride vehicles will actually look like.
Watching a suspended coaster go up from directly overhead is a rare view most construction updates don’t get to offer. Ground-level shots from inside the park can only show you scaffolding and steel, but these aerials actually let you trace individual track pieces from the staging yard to their final spot in the framework, which is about as close as anyone outside the construction team is going to get to watching this ride get built piece by piece.
