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Level99 Locks In a Summer 2026 Opening at Disney Springs West Side: 45,000 Square Feet, 63 Mini-Games, and a Two-Story Neon Bar (Plus 150 Jobs Are Hiring Now)
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Level99 Locks In a Summer 2026 Opening at Disney Springs West Side: 45,000 Square Feet, 63 Mini-Games, and a Two-Story Neon Bar (Plus 150 Jobs Are Hiring Now)

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The big West Side hole at Disney Springs is finally getting filled. Level99, the team-based mini-games and dining concept that has been spreading across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, just confirmed a summer 2026 opening at Disney Springs West Side, near the Drawn to Life Cirque du Soleil theater. The Disney Springs location will be the brand's fourth and largest, weighing in at more than 45,000 square feet with 63 mini-games and challenges, more than at any of the existing three Level99 venues (which sit around 50 each).

Hiring is already live: 150 entertainment, food, and beverage roles, with applications at level99.com/careers.

Level99 at Disney Springs (concept art). Image: Disney.

What is Level99

Level99 is a teams-of-2-to-6 venue where you wander a games floor, sign in at challenges that take 1 to 4 minutes each, and rack up points. Some are physical (axe-dodging, ninja-style obstacles), some are mental (puzzles, logic, escape-room style mini-games), and some are pure dexterity. Existing locations charge roughly $29.99 for two-hour blocks and $49.99 for all-day passes, though Disney Springs pricing has not been announced yet.

The food and beverage side is on par with the games. The release describes "award-winning Detroit-style pizza, wagyu burgers, craveable snacks, handcrafted cocktails, and rotating beers on tap," all made from scratch daily.

The two-story bar at Level99 encircled by glowing rings of neon light.


The two-story neon-ring bar at the Disney Springs Level99. Image: Level99 / PR Newswire.

The bar is the centerpiece

The marquee design moment is a two-story bar encircled by glowing rings of neon light, visible from across the venue, anchoring more than 40 original art installations (Level99 says this is the largest art collection across its locations). It is the kind of social-media-bait design moment Disney Springs has been missing on the West Side since DisneyQuest closed.

Where it sits in the bigger Disney Springs summer slate

Disney also cross-posted the news today on Disney Parks Blog as part of a broader Disney Springs summer roundup. Two other notable additions land alongside Level99:

  • Six Ravens, a new Gideon's Bakehouse hand-pie concept at The Landing, serving "Coffyns" (the brand's spelling).

  • Refreshes and additions across the existing dining and shopping mix that Disney has been teasing through spring.

Six Ravens concept art at Disney Springs The Landing, a Gideon's Bakehouse hand-pie concept.


Six Ravens at The Landing (concept art). Image: Disney.

Why this matters for the West Side

Disney Springs has been carrying a long-running "what about the West Side" complaint from regulars. The DisneyQuest indoor theme park closed in 2017, the NBA Experience that replaced part of the footprint shuttered in March 2020 and was permanently closed in 2021, and the West Side has had multiple half-fills since. Level99 is the first venue to land here that explicitly targets the adults-and-teens entertainment niche the West Side has been missing for the better part of a decade.

Layered on top of the rest of Disney Springs (Cirque du Soleil's Drawn to Life, House of Blues, the AMC theater, plus the existing dining mix), Level99 turns the West Side into a more complete evening anchor.

Who runs it

Level99 was founded by Matt DuPlessie, an MIT-trained engineer with an HBS degree, and is backed by Act III Holdings (the investment vehicle led by Panera founder Ron Shaich). The brand's existing footprint is Natick MA, Providence RI, and Tysons VA. Disney Springs is the first Florida (and first non-Northeast) location.

Quick planner notes

  • Summer 2026 opening, exact date TBD. No firm calendar date yet, but "summer" puts it inside Disney's heaviest visitor window.

  • Hiring is open now. 150 roles across entertainment, food, and beverage at level99.com/careers.

  • Pricing model: untested at Disney. Existing locations are $29.99 to $49.99. Watch for Disney Springs to come in slightly higher than the brand norm.

  • No park ticket needed. Disney Springs is open access, so a Level99 evening can stack with House of Blues or Drawn to Life without burning a park day.

  • Six Ravens is the second new dining beat. Gideon's Bakehouse fans, watch for a separate opening date on the hand-pie concept at The Landing.

Sources

Image credits: Disney, Level99 / PR Newswire.

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