Shanghai Disneyland’s Spider-Man coaster has finished its slow-speed testing, and the next step is getting the trains up to speed. Shanghai Disney Resort shared the update on Instagram on October 20, calling it the end of the ride’s “slow-motion warm-up” and saying acceleration testing is starting soon.
The post came with new footage of a test train running on the coaster’s red track after dark, and a caption in English, Chinese and Japanese calling the moment “another step forward.”
From Push-Pull To Full Speed
Track installation wrapped up in June, the first vehicles were in place by August, and in late September Imagineers began push-pull testing, pulling a vehicle through the attraction at less than half an inch per second to check clearances. That stage alone took nearly eight hours to cover 49 feet of track, and Walt Disney Imagineering described it at the time as “exactly the opposite” of a speed test.
During push-pull testing, crews stopped the vehicle again and again to measure the space around riders, using three separate reach envelopes because the vehicle rolls and leans as it moves through the course. With the slow work now behind it, the coaster is moving on to the high-speed runs it was built for. The resort did not say how long acceleration testing will take or what the slow-motion warm-up covered beyond that.
What Is Coming To Shanghai Disneyland
The coaster anchors Shanghai Disneyland’s ninth themed land, the first Disney Parks land built entirely around Spider-Man and the park’s third major expansion since it opened in June 2016. At D23 in August, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said the Worldwide Engineering Brigade, or W.E.B., will debut in Shanghai when the land opens, as a hub where heroes, inventors and engineers build and test new technology.
The coaster’s big draw is a giant mechanical spider built by Peter Parker and the W.E.B. inventors, which Shanghai Disney Resort showed off in new concept art in August. The land will also have shops, a themed restaurant and murals created with Chinese artists that reimagine Spider-Man and other Marvel heroes through a local lens.
No Opening Date Yet
Disney still has not announced an opening date for the land or an official name for the coaster. Shanghai Disneyland broke ground on the Spider-Man land in May 2025, and the resort has shared each testing milestone on its own channels as the ride moves closer to guests.
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