There’s been incredible interest in what Disney is doing with its new Incredicoaster, which is under construction right now in Disney California Adventure. This is a revamp of the former California Screamin’ roller coaster, which has been an icon of the park since it opened in 2001.

It’s part of a revamp of the entire Paradise Pier area, which is mostly shut down while it’s being turned into the new Pixar Pier, dedicated to famous characters in Disney Pixar movies. The new pier is scheduled to open June 23.

The coaster’s renovation will include engineering reboots of the existing launch system and 360-degree loop, but the coaster structure itself will basically remain the same along its one mile of track. According to Disney, it’s the world’s longest steel looping roller coaster, in which people riding in 24-passenger cars are catapulted from zero to 55 mph in four seconds.

What will be new, though, will be the first theme and story to go with the ride, that follows the adventures of the comic superhero family from the popular Disney “The Incredibles” 2004 movie, the first sequel to which is coming out in June.

Disney is building a new mid-century modern glass entryway and shaded queue line that Walt Disney Imagineering Producer Jeffrey Shaver-Moskowitz described in a recent panel discussion as “very Palm Springs.”

“We had this great coaster with no theme and no story,” Shaver-Moskowitz said, explaining the renovations underway now. The story that riders will experience is that the Incredibles family of superheroes from the popular movie of the same name has to “save baby Jack Jack.”

In the movie, superheroes Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl were former crime fighters, but ended up living anonymously in suburbia as the Parr family, raising their three kids – Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack – who also have superhero powers. During the course of the first movie, they return to their superhero ways in comic fashion and save the world once more.

The Incredicoaster continues their story, as the family is honored for their heroic deeds.

As visitors stand in line to ride the coaster, they will learn the fictional story behind the ride they’re about to go on, which is that it’s supposed to be the first launch day of the new Incredicoaster and the entire Incredibles family of superheroes is on hand for the grand opening.

“We know this is going to be incredibly loved by our guests,” the general manager of Disney California Adventure, Gary Maggetti, said on a recent media preview of the construction underway at the park.

But all is not well, because Incredibles baby superhero Jack-Jack is too small to ride the coaster, so he’s sent to the VIP lounge to await his parents’ return.

In typical superhero baby fashion, though, Jack-Jack isn’t happy about this, and uses his superpowers to escape and make his way through the coaster.

This means that, as riders get into their cars, experience the newly replaced launch system and enter the coaster’s newly expanded “scream tunnels,” they will be seeing special effects of the superhero family trying to catch baby Jack-Jack as the ride progresses.

In the first enclosed “scream tunnel,” the baby’s older brother, Dash, tries to use his superhuman speed to catch him, but doesn’t succeed.

The second tunnel includes attempts by his mom, Elastigirl, to catch him inside the uphill ramp of a tunnel but, (spoiler alert) she fails, keeping the suspense going throughout the ride.

Jack-Jack’s dad then tries to lure the tot with a cookie, sadly, to no avail. Parents of the world will relate.

In the third tunnel, sister Violet also tries to catch the baby with her force field.

Imagineers did not reveal how or if the baby Jack-Jack is ever captured, but we can assume that no one is calling Child Protective Services.

Visitors will find out when the new ride opens. The official scheduled opening date is June 23, along with the rest of the revamped Pixar Pier area.

A new musical score is being created to go with the coaster experience.

On March 8, the panel unveiling the new ride information on Pixar Pier and other projects included a Who’s Who of Walt Disney Imagineering, including Roger Gould, creative director for theme parks with Pixar Animation Studios; Liz Gazzano, executive producer, theme parks at Pixar Animation Studios; Kathy Mangum, regional executive, WDI Atlantic; Jeffrey Shaver-Moskowitz, producer with Walt Disney Imagineering and in charge of the Pixar Pier project; Shelby Jiggetts-Tivony, vice president, creative and advanced development Disney Parks Live Entertainment and Jim Shull, creative director, Walt Disney Imagineering.

During a recent press event in which the Incredicoaster details were revealed, Disney also showed off the new uniforms designed for employees to wear in the Pixar Pier area.