Beloved Disney World Attraction Will Shut Down, Another Is Getting A Total Makeover

LOADINGERROR LOADINGBig changes are coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida as a beloved decades-old attraction is closing, while another longtime fan favorite is getting a total makeover.Muppet*Vision 3D, which opened in 1991, and the surrounding Muppets Courtyard will close to make way for a previously announced new land themed to the “Monsters, Inc.” franchise, the company said on Friday.

Advertisement The new area will include a long-discussed coaster based on the door vault scene in the first film as well as dining and ― of course ― shoppingDisney shared concept art of the new area: Concept art for a new Monsters, Inc.themed area coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida.DisneyThe Muppets themselves will remain in the park.

Disney said the characters will be “moving right along” to what is currently the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, a thrill ride that opened in 1999 and still routinely posts wait times of an hour or more.Aerosmith will be evicted while the ride is re-themed to feature the Muppets along with “some of music’s biggest stars.” Advertisement Muppets Rock 'n' Roller CoasterDisneyMuppet*Vision 3D was one of Muppet creator Jim Henson’s final projects, as he died while it was being made.

The film offers a mix of a 3-D film along with Muppets animatronics and a costumed Muppets character who runs into the theater at a key point.“Innovation was always Jim Henson’s north star, and his trailblazing career led him to a unique challenge: a truly immersive Muppet experience where audiences are part of the happy chaos of the iconic Muppet Show,” the Jim Henson Company said in a statement responding to news of the closure.

“The result was a one-of-a-kind Jim Henson experience, and an unforgettable capstone to Jim’s magnificent career.” Henson voices Kermit the Frog, the Swedish Chef, and Waldorf of Statler and Waldorf ― the Muppets’ relen...