The Monstropolis fountain now has a shape. New aerial photos posted Friday evening, November 6, show an octagonal basin formed at the center of the future land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, with a wider ring of forms and rebar laid out around it and crews working on every side.
Aerial photo of construction of the fountain in Monstropolis.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 6, 2026
Construction photographer bioreconstruct took the set, and it gives a close look at the plaza guests will walk into once the city opens. Our last good look at this corner came at the end of October, when the entrance gateway and fountain first began to take shape in his photos.
A Fountain Right Inside The Gateway
The fountain sits just inside the gateway to Monstropolis, so it will be one of the first things guests see. One photo frames the two together, with the basin in the foreground and the gateway behind it. Excavators and a small loader are parked around the edges, and the plaza surface around the fountain is still bare ground.
Aerial photo of construction of the Monstropolis fountain and the gateway of the city.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 6, 2026
At the gateway itself, tall square pillars stand around a circle of patterned brick, and masons are still laying more of it out toward the edges. It shows what the ground will look like under guests’ feet when they cross into the city.
Aerial photo of masons creating patterned brick pavement at the gateway of Monstropolis.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 6, 2026
Garden Beds And A Change In Elevation
Several photos in the set show garden beds being built near the fountain. The beds are long, low walls broken up by square posts and already filled with soil, with workers raking inside and scaffolding still up on the buildings beside them. In one photo, bioreconstruct points to a change in elevation at the top right of the frame and says it will likely have stairs.
Aerial photo of construction of a garden bed in Monstropolis. At top right is an elevation change that will likely have stairs.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 6, 2026
He also caught a backstage change. The service road that runs around the park perimeter has been diverted for Monstropolis construction, and it now bends around the work site between the show buildings and the parking area beyond.
Aerial photo of the park perimeter service road diverted for construction in Monstropolis.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 6, 2026
When Guests Get In
Disney has said parts of Monstropolis will open to guests in 2027 while work continues on the Monsters, Inc. door coaster. Inside the coaster building, track is still going in on several levels. Disney has not announced an exact opening date for the land or the ride.
Until then, the plaza is the easiest place to follow the land’s progress from above. The fountain basin, the gateway brick and the garden beds are all now visible in the same corner of the land, and each new set of photos shows a little more of the finished city taking shape around them.
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