Empire State Building hosts Olympus Awaits from 16 November

The Empire State Building hosts Olympus Awaits in New York City from 16 November 2026, bringing a Percy Jackson and the Olympians setting to its Observation Deck. The experience is scheduled through 4 December, with a ground-floor photo installation available alongside the main activation.

Olympus Awaits arrives at the Observation Deck

Disney+ announced the takeover on 3 November 2026 as part of the promotion for the third season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Visitors enter a fictional 600th Floor on the building’s 80th floor, where a Throne Room is designed around the Greek gods and the series.

The programme includes interactive elements, references to the television series and photo opportunities. A Hand of Talos installation in the ground-floor ticketing office provides a separate photo opportunity for people who do not enter the main experience. The activation is included with Observation Deck admission, while the ground-floor installation is free and open to the public, according to the Disney+ announcement.

The takeover is closed on 17 and 18 November. On 20 November, the building is scheduled to present The Glow from Olympus, an exterior lighting display linked to the season premiere.

The 80th floor meets a 1931 skyscraper

The temporary setting occupies a building whose visitor route already combines history, exhibitions and skyline views. The 80th floor is part of the Observation Deck experience, while the 86th floor provides an open-air observatory and the 102nd floor has floor-to-ceiling windows.

Opened in 1931 on Fifth Avenue, the 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper rises 1,454 feet (443 m) from its base to the antenna. The architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon designed the tower, and Starrett Bros. and Eken built it. Those fixed features give Olympus Awaits a clear relationship with the structure: the fictional 600th Floor is presented inside the real 80th floor, below the open-air deck above.

The building’s height and layered visitor route also explain the activation’s vertical language. The series presents the journey as an ascent to Olympus, while the actual route moves through the museum and observation areas of a tower that opened nearly a century ago. The operator describes the architectural background and observation areas in its architecture and design guide.

Season three connects the tower with the series

Olympus Awaits is timed to the two-episode premiere of Percy Jackson and the Olympians season three on 20 November 2026. The television release and the planned lighting display therefore fall on the same day, linking the interior activation with the tower’s established use of coloured exterior lights for events and causes.

Merchandise connected with the series is planned for the 86th Floor Observation Deck. The organiser also lists an Eataly pop-up with a Percy-inspired blue treat, but those commercial details are separate from the access information for the immersive installation.

Visiting Empire State Building: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• Olympus Awaits runs at the Empire State Building Observation Deck from 16 November to 4 December 2026, with the 80th floor serving as the fictional 600th Floor.
• The immersive experience is closed on 17 and 18 November 2026; the Hand of Talos photo installation is on the ground floor and is free to the public.
• The building stands on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and the visitor route includes the 86th-floor open-air deck and the enclosed 102nd-floor deck.
• The tower is 102 storeys and 1,454 feet (443 m) high to its antenna, so the visit combines indoor galleries with elevated observation areas.

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Frequently asked questions about Empire State Building

When does Olympus Awaits take place at Empire State Building?

Olympus Awaits runs from 16 November to 4 December 2026, excluding 17 and 18 November.

What is Olympus Awaits at Empire State Building?

It is a Disney+ immersive experience on the 80th floor, presented as the fictional 600th Floor of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians universe.

Where is Empire State Building and how do you get there?

It is on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Its visitor route includes the 86th-floor open-air observatory and the enclosed 102nd-floor deck.