Disneyland Park is about as close to perfect as a theme park gets, and there is exactly one place where that falls apart.Walk down Main Street, U.S.A., and take a right. Adventureland holds up. New Orleans Square is arguably the best themed area Disney has ever built. Critter Country, Frontierland, Fantasyland, Galaxy’s Edge, all of it works. The park is dense, walkable, and layered in a way Walt Disney World’s parks never quite managed because they had too much room to spread out.Then you reach Tomorrowland.Fans have been describing it the same way for over a decade. There is an abandoned track running overhead. There are buildings sitting mostly empty that once belonged to their version of the people Mover. There is a Star Wars attraction in a park that already has an entire Star Wars land on the other side of it. The area has been overlaid, repurposed, and patched so many times since 1955 that it no longer says anything coherent about tomorrow.So when D23 came to California this month, this is what fans were waiting to hear about. And Disney delivered, at least partially.Neil Patrick Harris and Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum announced during the Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase that Disneyland’s Tomorrowland will be reimagined around the theme “Yesterday’s Tomorrow, Today.”That is the good news. Here is the catch.Credit: DisneyWhat Disneyland Actually AnnouncedAlmost nothing specific.The presentation leaned heavily on philosophy. Honoring Walt’s original vision. Restoring a sense of limitless optimism. All of that is genuinely encouraging as a mission statement.What did not appear was detailed concept art, confirmed attraction closures, or any construction timeline.We do not know whether Astro Orbiter moves from the entrance. We do not know what replaces Star Wars Launch Bay. We do not know whether the PeopleMover will come back.That lack of detail almost certainly means the project is still in the early stages of planning. Which is fine. It also means fans have a window to make noise about what matters, and there are three things Disney really needs to get right.Credit: Henry Kobutra, Unsplash1. Bring Back the PeopleMover to DisneylandThis is the big one, and it is not close.If Disney announced that the entire Tomorrowland reimagining consisted of nothing but the PeopleMover returning, a large share of fans would call the project a win.The PeopleMover was one of Tomorrowland’s defining attractions. Its Walt Disney World counterpart, the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover, remains one of the most beloved experiences in Magic Kingdom, and it survives largely because it is a calm, continuously loading, genuinely relaxing ride through the land.Disneyland’s version had what many consider an even better track layout.And that track is still there. It has been sitting empty since Rocket Rods closed in 2000, weaving above the land like a monument to what Tomorrowland used to be. Guests walk under it every single day.Removing the PeopleMover was one thing. Never replacing it with anything comparable, and leaving the infrastructure visible for 26 years, is the part that stings.If this reimagining happens and the PeopleMover is not included, it will be remembered as one of the biggest missed opportunities in Disneyland history.2. Give Star Tours a New PurposeThere was a time when Star Tours made total sense in Tomorrowland.When it opened, it was genuinely innovative. A motion simulator felt like the future, and putting it in a land dedicated to the future was the right call.Disneyland is a different park now.Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge occupies a massive footprint on the other side of it. Having a Star Wars attraction across the park in Tomorrowland does not follow the same logic it did in 1987, and it contributes to the sense that Tomorrowland has become a place where IP gets parked rather than one with its own identity.The ride system does not have to disappear. Star Tours could be given an entirely new identity without Imagineering having to start from scratch.The better outcome would be something original. An attraction built around Tomorrowland’s optimistic view of the future rather than another IP swap. That is harder and more expensive, and it is also the only version of this that fixes the actual problem.Credit: Disney3. Do Not Bulldoze the Lagoon and Autopia at DisneylandThe Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and Autopia together take up roughly 302,580 square feet.That is an enormous canvas. Not quite the footprint of Toy Story Land, but close enough that Imagineering has real room to work.Not all of it comes free. The Disneyland Monorail runs through that area, and a revived PeopleMover would presumably use some of it as well.Credit: Ken Lund via FlickrHere is the thing, Disney fans would hate to see, though.The lagoon, the trees, and the greenery in that corner are the visual relief valve for the entire land. Tomorrowland leans heavily on concrete and hard surfaces everywhere else. That green space is what keeps it from feeling like a parking structure with rides attached.Flattening it and dropping in another cluster of buildings would be a mistake. The better version uses the existing landscape as part of the experience rather than treating it as empty inventory.What Is Already in MotionSome pieces are moving regardless.Autopia is being modernized. Disneyland plans to retire the gas engines early next year and is developing fully electric vehicles for the attraction. For a land about the future, swapping loud gas engines for electric cars is the obvious call, though Disney has not said whether that work is formally part of the reimagining.Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters went through a refurbishment starting in April 2026 and reopened in June with an updated exterior paint scheme and interior lighting improvements. Similar attractions at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Paris have recently received larger visual and gameplay upgrades, so more could follow.Beyond that, the rumor mill is running hot on a Space Mountain systems refresh and a Carousel of Progress return. Neither has been announced.Credit: DisneyWhat This Really Needs to Accomplish at DisneylandTomorrowland should not just look new when this is finished.It should feel like a vision of tomorrow again, which is a much harder assignment than a fresh coat of paint and a new IP overlay.Disney has the space, the track, and now the stated intention. The next year of announcements will tell us whether they also have the nerve.The post Disneyland Fans Have Been Waiting 26 Years for This Park Change appeared first on Inside the Magic.