Darlings, Frontier just sealed the deal every park-building stan has been thirsting for: a brand-new creative management sim built on Disney IP. The Cambridge crew behind Planet Coaster's coaster porn and Planet Zoo's adorable animal drama are funding, developing, and publishing this one themselves, leaning hard on their CMS expertise after a FY26 that saw revenue jump 16% to £104.8 million with CMS titles making up 90% of the haul. CEO Jo Cooke called it a chance to "connect a passionate creative community of players with one of the world's most iconic and beloved brands," and the mouse isn't even putting up the cash.
No franchise, platforms, or release window yet — just the promise of that signature Frontier toolkit meeting Disney's vault of castles, critters, and capes. Fans are already screaming "Disneyland Tycoon" in the replies, and honestly? After Frontier's history with licensed magic like Jurassic World Evolution, this feels like the natural next ride. The studio's also cooking its own unannounced Planet game for FY28, so the pipeline is stacked.
X is melting down with hot takes — everyone from theme-park accounts to sim diehards is manifesting water parks, dark rides, and custom castle builds. Frontier's shift to reliable CMS revenue in 2023 is paying off, and bringing the Mouse into the mix just made their "one CMS title per year" strategy look a whole lot sexier. The only question left is whether we'll get to build our own Magic Kingdom or if this is something even wilder from the Mouse's IP closet.