Walt Disney Studios to replace Animation Courtyard

[melcort10]

I suppose. I still stand by my opinion that outdoors provides more opportunities for creativity, i.e. Boneyard, may she rest in peace.

[melcort10]

Is this indoors? I just quickly searched and it looks like it’s outside?

[Jeff_AZ]

Yep, it’s outside!

[melcort10]

Put another item on my “reasons to go to Disneyland” list!

[SirGreggLadyV]

@dianelynn

the sorcerer hat

I’m so excited about this!!!

@Randall1028

They can leave the animators there. I’m totally cool with that.

Agreed.

@Randall1028

Follow through. Full tilt. No trimming

Amen.

@JenniferB1975

Now bring back Citizens of Hollywood!!! Th

Yes!

[dianelynn]

@JenniferB1975

And maybe the Pixar Parade

Yeeeesssss!!! HS needs a daytime parade so badly!

[feep]

Curious about what will happen to the Star Wars meet and greets. I’m particularly fond of the Disney Visa Vader interaction.

[Jeff_AZ]

Source

[dianelynn]

Now it makes sense that Disney did that backstage tour with bloggers last month. The inside of this building is

Inside Disney World's Historic Backstage Building That Might've Doomed...

[Enchantedbythemouse]

@ThorKat

It’s one of my favorite places on the best coast

Wait, did we do this on the trip?

[ThorKat]

@Enchantedbythemouse

did we do this on the trip?

No it was closed for refurb I think.

[Enchantedbythemouse]

@melcort10

I’m already worried that this playground is only going to be for babies:

I hope not. My teen girls spent some time in the imagination pavilion remembering all the things they used to play with in there. Play is so important.

[Julianne_fki]

From the article:

Here’s hoping Imagineers are already working on Gatto-land, and we’re treated to our first immersive area at Walt Disney World featuring feral cats.

Sign me up!!!

[Sunshiney_Disney_Momma]

@Jeff_AZ

Did I miss anything?

I think there will also be a short film playing inside.

@melcort10

I’m already worried that this playground is only going to be for babies:

I think this is likely since it says “Our youngest animators-to-be”

[JenniferB1975]

Youngest could just mean kids.

I can’t imagine it being just for babies/crawlers…can you imagine the germs?

[melcort10]

That was the line that worried me!

[Sunshiney_Disney_Momma]

No, prob not babies but toddlers and preschoolers are more likely. I bet the target age range is 2-5 just based on being next to the Disney junior show.

[davej]

I like this, but …

Does this mean we are losing the BB-8, Darth Vader and Chewbacca meet and greets? I hate when we lose an attraction in order to make way for a new attraction, especially one that is popular like these meet and greets. The meet and greets don’t fit the SW:GE timeline, but maybe they could be relocated to somewhere near ST (like the former Jedi Training area).

[Randall1028]

Regarding the meet and greets… there’s a whole “jedi temple” not being used right now. It’d make a suitable replacement(and finally utilize the space since they refuse to bring back the coolest thing to do at HS)

[ryan1]

@davej

The meet and greets don’t fit the SW:GE timeline

I would agree with you, except Disney has been intermixing timelines in SWGE themselves lately. So, I’d say they aren’t opposed to the idea.

However, my bigger issue would be that having “meet and greets” would spoil the immersive nature of SWGE. You are supposedly transported to Batuu…actually there (during whatever time Disney wants to consider it)…and why would the characters themselves have “meet and greets” while at Batuu? Wandering the land as part of the experience is one thing, but having a meet and greet would transform SWGE into a theme park replication, rather than being immersive. Do they do ANY meet and greets in SWGE today? I think the closest is that they have a Grogu/Mando meet and greet, but that’s not IN SWGE, but rather as you are about the enter it.