We FINALLY know what is replacing the former NBA Experience at Disney Springs, and we can’t wait for it to open!
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LEVEL99, an interactive, social entertainment experience known for its challenge rooms, will open its first-ever Florida location in Disney Springs in 2026! More specifically, it is a destination for “real-world, challenge-based, social entertainment” for adults featuring physical and mental challenges set in artistic environments. Here’s what we can look forward to.
This new addition will mark LEVEL99’s fifth location — a first-of-its-kind (okay, fifth) destination for real-world, challenge-based, social entertainment for adults featuring over 50 physical and mental challenges set in artistic environments. It’s essentially a giant, futuristic arcade and entertainment center.
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Disney reportedly selected LEVEL99 after “a comprehensive review of the location-based entertainment industry.” LEVEL99 CEO and Founder, Matthew DuPlessie, said, “We are defining the category and setting the standard for out-of-home, interactive entertainment.”
“After spending two decades in the location-based entertainment industry, it became clear there was consumer demand for a concept like this – a real unmet need. Our vision is to make ‘challenge rooms’ a mainstream concept, and the opportunity to open at a marquee location like Disney Springs is the next step in our plans to expand the LEVEL99 brand nationally.”
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DuPlessie launched the first escape room-style concept in the world back in 2004, and later opened the first LEVEL99 location in 2021. The company’s proprietary entertainment offerings are developed in the company’s game design studio, where creators and engineers dream up and produce a variety of new challenges every year to keep the experience fresh and ever-changing.”
The Disney Springs location will be the largest LEVEL99 to date, with over 60 challenge rooms and duels. It will occupy over 45,000 square feet in a two-story space (which we’re assuming is the former NBA Experience) and will feature dining with a chef-crafted menu — including LEVEL99’s award-winning, Detroit-style pizza.
LEVEL99 is coming to Disney Springs
We visited LEVEL99 in Natick, Massachusetts, to check out the eats and drinks for ourselves! While the menu may be tweaked a bit when it opens at Disney Springs, at the Massachusetts location, you can order an array of snacks, small boats, Detroit-style pizza, handhelds, salads, and more.
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Full spread at LEVEL99 at Natick, Massachusetts
As of now, an official opening date or timeline (other than 2026) has not been announced, but we’ll be keeping an eye out for more and will keep you posted right here on Disney Food Blog!
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This will fail. Disney Quest was better than this.
Isn’t this just an updated version of Disney Quest which was in the same building?
When will this open?