It was supposed to be a whole new world for Fortnite players. Instead, it turned into a park not many wanted to visit.
The Disney Parks x Fortnite project had been in the works for nearly two years. Epic and Disney’s long-term partnership, first announced publicly in March 2025, was built around creating a persistent theme park experience inside Fortnite’s Creative ecosystem.
It promised an evolving world combining Disney’s parks with Fortnite’s tools, characters, and player base. But when the Disneyland Rush mode finally arrived, it landed right in the middle of Fortnite’s Simpsons season and got completely eclipsed.
The Simpsons season dwarfed Fortnite’s Disney Parks mode
Despite the hype surrounding the Disney collaboration, the new Disneyland Game Rush mode didn’t last long in the spotlight. It peaked at 26,445 players, but only 800 remained active four days later, a drop of about 97 percent.
For context, even Fortnite’s smaller ranked playlists are pulling over 50,000 players at the same time, while major modes like Battle Royale and Zero Build continue to attract millions. Compared to Creative hits like Steal the Brainrot, which still has over 52,000 concurrent players, Disney Rush’s collapse stands out.
The difference isn’t just timing, it’s visibility. Disneyland Rush launched as a separate Creative game, buried behind Fortnite’s cluttered mode menus and missing the kind of steady updates The Simpsons crossover has received and will continue to receive weekly. Players had little reason to return, and Epic hasn’t announced any new content or events to reignite interest.
Fortnite’s official Disney collab you probably didn’t know about loses 97% of players