A Pixar-themed land will open at Disney California Adventure next summer, Disneyland officials said.

Paradise Pier, a themed land based off of California boardwalks and Hollywood, will undergo a massive transformation and turn into Pixar Pier, an area dedicated to the characters and stories from Disney’s popular Pixar Animation Studios.

The Thursday, Nov. 2, expected date announcement comes several months after Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek and Disney Animation Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter announced the overhaul at the company’s biennial D23 Expo fan convention this past summer and a week after Disney said it would temporarily hold a Pixar Fest celebration beginning April 13.

Pixar rides and characters are not new at Disney California Adventure. Disney spent more than $1 billion to create Cars Land, based on the hit Pixar movie “Cars,” which opened in June 2012. The Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sully to the Rescue ride, based on the movie “Monsters. Inc.” has been a fixture in Hollywood Land since 2006. A Pixar Play Parade occurs daily during the afternoon. A Bug’s Land is a collection of attractions for toddlers and babies based on the 1998 movie “A Bug’s Life” And Toy Story Midway Mania!, an interactive attraction, has been a mainstay at the Boardwalk area of the park.

Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios John Lasseter announces Pixar Pier a re-theme of Paradise Pier for Disney California Adventure during a Parks and Resorts panel at the D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim on Saturday, July 15, 2017. (File photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)

Pixar Pier is a retheme of the Paradise Pier at Disney California Adventure. Disney officials said the new rethemed land will open summer 2018. (Courtesy Disneyland Resort)

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The entrance to Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! The attraction is a ride through the environment of the Disney/Pixar film “Monsters, Inc.” and is in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot Land of Disney’s California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort. (File photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Lightning McQueen, from Pixar’s “Cars” movies, is ready to get his kicks on Route 66 as he enters through the arch into Cars Land at Disney California Adventure. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios, shows off a shirt that has at least one character from every Pixar movie he has worked on outside D23 Expo in Anaheim, on Friday, July 14, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)



The five Emotions from the Disney-Pixar movie “Inside Out” appear on a float at the Disney California Adventure. As part of Pixar Fest, the daytime parade will move to Disneyland starting April 13, 2018. (File photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register)

The Pixar Play Parade will move April 13, 2018 to Disneyland as part of Pixar Fest. (File photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)

However, Pixar Pier, is Disney’s second boldest push to insert more Pixar attractions as it continues to pivot away from its California-themed roots and more towards one of its most popular intellectual properties.

Pixar Pier will comprise of four new (re)themed neighborhoods based on “The Incredibles,” “Toy Story,” “Inside Out,” and a collection of others.

The most dramatic change will happen with the boardwalk’s iconic California Screamin’ roller coaster. As a central part of a land based on “The Incredibles”, the high speed roller coaster will be modernized and re-themed as the Incredicoaster featuring “a mid-century-modern-style loading area, new character moments and a new look for the ride vehicles,” Erin Glover, editorial content director for Disneyland, on the park’s blog. California Screamin’ will close Jan. 8.

Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and other “Toy Story” characters will inspire another neighborhood around Toy Story Midway Mania!, which will remain as the anchor attraction.

A new family-friendly attraction is in the works to anchor a land based off of the five emotions of “Inside Out.” It is pegged for the western part of the boardwalk. No date has been set for the opening of that new attraction, Glover said.

The fourth neighborhood will be a collection of Pixar stories on the boardwalk. The Games of the Boardwalk, a collection of midway games designed in the style of 1920’s-era seaside amusement parks, will be re-themed as midway games with Pixar characters.

Mickey’s face will remain on Mickey’s Fun Wheel. But the Ferris Wheel-type ride’s 24 gondolas will each feature a different Pixar character.

Glover said Mickey’s Fun Wheel, Games of the Boardwalk and the store Sideshow Shirts will close Jan. 8.

Additionally, Disney will turn Ariel’s Grotto restaurant and the Cove Bar into a new lounge and grill. Glover said both locations will close Jan. 8. The Cove Bar will re-open shortly in April before closing to complete the overhaul, she said.

The area around Paradise Pier, which includes Paradise Gardens and the rides Silly Symphony Swings, Goofy’s Sky School, The Little Mermaid and more, will become a new land called Paradise Park, she said.

Disney officials said Pixar Pier will have soft openings during Pixar Fest starting April 13. No date has been set for when the land opens permanently.