There are theme park anniversaries that pass quietly, marked only by a post or two from the dedicated fan communities that track these dates with the same care most people reserve for family milestones. And then there are anniversaries that carry weight — the ones that arrive with the knowledge that they are the last of their kind.Credit: Jeremy Thompson, FlickrToday, March 16, 2026, is Walt Disney Studios Park’s 24th anniversary. The park opened on this date in 2002 as the second gate at Disneyland Paris, built to complement the original Disneyland Park with a behind-the-scenes Hollywood studio aesthetic and an opening lineup that included Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. It was never the stronger of the two parks, and its early years were marked by the kind of honest criticism that comes when a destination falls short of the standard set by its neighbor.But Walt Disney Studios Park grew. It added Ratatouille: The Adventure, one of the most charming dark rides in the entire Disney portfolio. It welcomed Avengers Campus in 2022. It became something considerably more interesting than what it was at launch. And in thirteen days, it ceases to exist under this name entirely.On March 29, 2026, Walt Disney Studios Park officially becomes Disney Adventure World. The signs out front have already been changed. Jeff Gordon, known online as Gordongrubs, shared a photo of the new Disney Adventure World signage already installed and captioned it simply: “Studios park what studios park.” Adam, another Disney commentator on X, put the moment into plain language: “It’s March which means Disney Adventure World is officially opening this month.”The transition is not coming. It is already there.What the Park Was Over Twenty-Four YearsCredit: Perry Tak, FlickrWalt Disney Studios Park opened as a companion gate the way Disney’s Hollywood Studios functions alongside Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World — a second destination designed to extend the resort stay and offer a different flavor of Disney entertainment. The behind-the-scenes studio concept never fully resonated with European audiences the way Disney hoped, and the park spent its early years carrying a reputation for an attraction lineup that felt thin compared to what American Disney parks offered.What saved it, and eventually transformed it, was investment. Disney leaned into the park steadily over two decades, and the additions that came were not filler. Ratatouille: The Adventure remains an exclusive — the Disneyland Paris version of the dark ride does not exist anywhere else in the Disney system in quite the same form. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at this park runs three different storylines, a format found nowhere else. Avengers Campus arrived in 2022 and added the kind of scale and energy the park had been missing.By 2026, Walt Disney Studios Park was a genuinely strong destination. Which makes it particularly interesting that Disney chose to go further — not just improving the park but reimagining it from the ground up under a new name.What Happened on the First Preview DayCredit: Loren Javier / FlickrThe transition to Disney Adventure World is already in motion in ways beyond signage. Annual Passholder preview days for World of Frozen, the centerpiece land of the new park, began this week ahead of the March 29 public opening. The first preview day did not go smoothly.Denis at Mousesteps, one of the most trusted voices in the Disneyland Paris community, reported from the ground on X: “I have been in line to get in for World of Frozen for almost a half hour, behind like 10 people at AP preview. The line has not moved and has gotten very big. I just wanted to buy a few more postcards. Nobody has given information, but a guest in front of me asked about it…”Park reporter ED92 shared a photo showing what guests encountered after clearing the first queue: “Once you enter there is another queue to get to World of Frozen.”Then Frozen Ever After, the flagship attraction of the entire World of Frozen land, broke down and required a full guest evacuation.Three issues in one preview day — stalled entry queues with no guest communication, double queuing inside the land, and an evacuation of the headline ride — is a rougher start than anyone was hoping for. Preview periods exist for exactly this reason, and the Cast Member Test and Learn sessions that ran from February 28 through March 12 gave the operational teams nearly three weeks of preparation before guests arrived. Even so, the gap between internal rehearsals and real guest behavior is real, and this week’s previews illustrated it clearly.Remaining Passholder preview dates are March 18, 23, 24, and 25 ahead of the March 29 public opening.What Disney Adventure World Is Opening WithCredit: DisneyWorld of Frozen is the headline — a fully immersive Arendelle-themed land anchored by Frozen Ever After, with character meets at Arendelle Castle including Anna and Elsa, a 15-minute daytime show featuring new music written exclusively for Disneyland Paris by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and a next-generation robotic Olaf developed by Walt Disney Imagineering. The Snowflower Festival narrative gives the land its own identity, separate from Frozen experiences at other Disney parks worldwide.Opening alongside World of Frozen is Adventure Way, a new park promenade with 14 new dining and beverage locations, Raiponce Tangled Spin, and “Disney Cascade of Lights,” a nighttime spectacular over Adventure Bay that uses 379 aerial drones, aquatic drones, fountains, water screens, and a 90-piece orchestral score. A Lion King land is already under construction within the park for a future opening.The attractions that existed before the transition — Crush’s Coaster, Cars ROAD TRIP, Avengers Assemble: Flight Force, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror with its three storylines — remain part of the lineup. Disney Adventure World opens with depth, not just new additions.What This Means for a Disneyland Paris VacationToday is the last anniversary Walt Disney Studios Park will ever have. That is a small, specific kind of sadness for the people who have loved this park across its 24 years, and it is also an honest marker of how much has changed at Disneyland Paris and how quickly.For anyone considering a Disneyland Paris trip in 2026, the timing could not be more compelling. World of Frozen is brand new. Adventure Way and its 14 dining locations open March 29. A nighttime spectacular exclusive to this park launches the same day. The Disneyland Hotel has reopened as a five-star flagship. A Lion King land is taking shape on Adventure Bay right now.If the preview day issues give you pause, that is reasonable. Build flexibility into your first few days in the park and plan for multiple attempts at Frozen Ever After rather than treating it as a one-shot experience. Early operational weeks at major new Disney lands are rarely seamless, and the reports from this week’s previews suggest Disney Adventure World is still working through its opening rhythm.The park that opens March 29 will keep growing. Guests who visit in 2026 will be there at the beginning of something that is going to matter in Disney history. Walt Disney Studios Park is 24 years old today. It deserved better early days than it got. Disney Adventure World has the chance to be something different from the start — and by all visual accounts, it is already something to see.Book your trip and go see it for yourself. You will not regret being there for this one.The post Disneyland Paris Has Final 24th Anniversary Before Park Closes Permanently appeared first on Inside the Magic.