Disney Filming MuppetVision 3D for Archival Ahead of Closure, Digital Future Possible

11 days ago in "Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3-D"

Posted: Tuesday May 6, 2025 4:30pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

According to posts from Disney Live Entertainment Cast Members on social media, a special "Filming Event – Archiving MuppetVision 3D!" is scheduled for mid-May at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Cast Members are reportedly being invited to register for the event, where they will likely serve as the in-theater audience during the recording.

MuppetVision 3-D Overview

The event appears to be part of Disney's internal efforts to preserve the attraction before its final performance on June 7, 2025. While Disney has not publicly announced the filming or confirmed how the recording will be used, the working title strongly suggests that it is being captured for archival purposes.

The move follows Disney's earlier statement that the company is "having creative conversations and exploring ways to preserve the film and other parts of the experience for fans to enjoy in the future."

New Waldo projection effect during MuppetVision 3D

MuppetVision 3D, which opened in 1991, was the final project that Jim Henson personally worked on and has remained a staple of Disney's Hollywood Studios for over three decades. The attraction's upcoming closure will make way for the new Monstropolis-themed land, including a Monsters, Inc. door coaster and reimagined courtyard.

It remains to be seen whether the archived recording of MuppetVision 3D will eventually be made available to the public, or if it will remain part of Disney's internal records. However, the event has renewed speculation that the show could live on digitally. Potential options include releasing the film on Disney+ or adapting it as an immersive experience on Apple Vision Pro. Disney has already been an early supporter of the Vision Pro platform, creating dedicated environments for its streaming content, and the ornate theater featured in MuppetVision 3D could translate well to a virtual format.

MuppetVision 3D

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The Leader of the Club3 hours ago

In fairness, a lot of people don’t find MuppetVision repeatable either (I am not one of these people, but several members of my family are). Whereas I know people who ride Falcon or Mania over and over to try to top their high score. I think the main thing hurting the repeatability of new rides are the wait times. I don’t do Slinky every time because I don’t want to wait over an hour for a family coaster. I do MuppetVision because it rarely has a wait before the next show.

TrainsOfDisney6 hours ago

I feel the same way. I loved going to DHS for citizens of Hollywood, muppets, catastrophe canyon and later comedy warehouse. The problem with most of the new attractions is they aren’t repeatable like muppets etc. - if I didn’t ride the millennial falcon again for the rest of my life I could care less. I rode it a few times, it’s fun. But that’s it.

Alice a10 hours ago

We went to say goodbye to Muppetvision today. It was absolutely packed. There were lots of chuckles during the preshow and lots of reactions from the audience during the show itself. There was a whole group of children on the side that were very actively engaged, pointing and whatnot. There were many young children in the audience, including a 3 year-old girl next to me who was enthralled and pointing out everything to her dad, and a 6 year-old next to my friend whose mom was clearly loving his reaction to the show. In general, the crowd really seemed to enjoy it, and I heard another person complaining to their friend (who was seeing it for the first time) that it was being ‘torn down’ soon. Bean’s curtain was working just fine, as far as I could tell. I actually cried a little, in the middle. It’s the last thing I did on my first trip with my parents that remains completely unchanged, and one of the highlights of that and every one after. As someone with inner ear issues who has no interest in Star Wars, with it gone, there’s nothing left at Hollywood Studios I can do, except for a few shows i don’t care about. It’s so sad, because it was my favorite park in my teens and twenties 😔

Cmdr_Crimson10 hours ago

We should give credit to the other 2 shows of Muppet History in the park. Here Come The Muppets the live Stage show which ran in the Theater where Little Mermaid is.. And Muppets on Location the Days of Swine and Roses.. This was also the first show when Steve Whitmire has taken over for Kermit.

muddyrivers15 hours ago

Thank you for posting these pictures and attaching them as part of the forums rather than hosting on an external image hosting site that will likely not last as long as these forums!

Agent H3 days ago

I appreciate the pictures since I didn’t get to spend much time at all in the preshow room on my last visit.

JohnD3 days ago

More....

JohnD3 days ago

Saw MV3D for my last time today. Here's some photos I never thought to take of the space until now.

Cmdr_Crimson3 days ago

So, for anyone who uses PsVr or Galaxy Vr there is a really good version of the show that works well Especially the 3D elements in the show and you have a great view of the AA's as they interact with the show...

TheDisneyParksfanC84 days ago

The kermit figure is from the long defunct DCA version.

Aries19754 days ago

Thank you.

celluloid8 days ago

The Center for Puppetry Arts in Georgia is great.

Eric Graham8 days ago

At the Center For Puppetry Arts in Georgia, they had a special Fraggle rock experience, another wonderful Jim Henson creation, a time ago and Sesame Street Live. At one time, I was going to take a tour that was at the Muppet Studios, Disneyland etc. but unfortunately I did not...