There might be no one more excited for Monstropolis to come to Hollywood Studios than me! This has been one of my favorite Disney movies, and when I heard that Muppets Courtyard was closing, I shed a few tears and said hello to Monsters, Inc.!

Monstropolis construction

We’re out in Anaheim, California for D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event from August 14th through the 16th — but we showed up a little early for a special media preview where Disney just gave us a sneak peek of the new Monsters, Inc.-themed land. Hold onto your hard hats — this is going to be good!

We’re expecting way more information to be revealed on Saturday the 15th when Disney covers its future Disney Parks experiences, but the company did give us an appetizer by showing us NEW models of monsters coming to the land!

Check out these little monsters!

These models resembled mutated common animals, and we’re HERE for it!

Splitting Hare

There was the Splitting Hare (with an unusual number of ears), as well as the Monster Pigeon — which has TWO heads, and one doesn’t look all too friendly.

Monster Pigeon

We also spotted the Monster Squirrel — which has three eyes and three bushy tails! It’s a bit off, but you can’t deny how cute it still is!

Monster Squirrel

You’ll be able to find all of these monsters in the new land when it opens!

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While Disney has been fairly quiet about the project, the one attraction they’ve been bragging about is the hanging door roller coaster. It will be just like the scene in the movie where Mike and Sulley climb through the door to help find Boo.

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We also know Harryhausen’s will be coming! This is the iconic sushi restaurant from the movie, and ever since we saw it pop up on concept art, we’ve been begging for it to be real. It seems like a lot of elements from the movie are being pulled right into the land.

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