Replacement for NBA / DisneyQuest opening in 2026 at Disney Springs
Level99, an interactive, physical gaming facility, will open at Disney Springs, filling the vacancy left by NBA Experience and, long ago, DisneyQuest.
Level99 announced its plans on Feb. 19, 2025. Disney revealed an opening timeframe of 2026 (exact date TBA) on Dec. 3, 2025.
The Walt Disney World location near Orlando, Fla., will be Level99’s fifth venue since launching in 2021, and its biggest, at 45,000 square feet (nearly the same as NBA Experience’s 44,000 square feet). Level99 at Disney Springs will host 60 challenges, as well as a two-story bar.
Level99 at Disney Springs
Level99 describes itself as “a first-of-its-kind destination for real-world, challenge-based, social entertainment for adults featuring over 50 physical and mental challenges set in artistic environments.” Activities range from team challenges of 2-6 players to 1-on-1 duels.
Level99 locations already exist in Natick, Mass.; and Providence, R.I.; Tysons, Va. (near Arlington); and West Hartford, Conn.
“We see immense potential in what the Level99 team has built and are excited to bring the future of interactive entertainment and social gaming into the mainstream,” said Ron Shaich, CEO and Managing Partner of Act III Holdings, an investment company funding Level99’s plans, in February 2025.
RIP DisneyQuest
After being in development for over five years, the NBA Experience opened at Disney Springs in 2019, operated for less than seven months, closed due to the pandemic, and never reopened. Prior to NBA, the real estate belonged to the DisneyQuest interactive gaming attraction (though the DisneyQuest building was completely demolished to build the NBA facility).
The former NBA building has since become something of an unintentional flex space for temporary tenants, such as a “Star Wars” VR attraction in 2022 and most recently a temporary pop-up store selling “Fantasia” apparel developed by Harry Styles’ brand, Pleasing, in late 2024.
Are you looking forward to the arrival of Level99 to Disney Springs?
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Disney Quest was so much fun. We visited the one in Orlando and Chicago. Real family fun rafting and especially Astro Blasters