MuppetVision 3D Removed from Extended Evening Hours Amid Monsters, Inc. Land Rumors at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Aug 26, 2024 in "Monsters Inc. Land"

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Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art

Posted: Monday August 26, 2024 1:50pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Today, Disney has updated the attraction lineup list for Extended Evening Hours and removed MuppetVision 3D as an attraction available at Disney's Hollywood Studios during the resort hotel guest perk.

Beginning Wednesday, September 25, 2024, Extended Evening Hours will return to Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World from 9 pm to 11 pm as the Magic Kingdom enters a busy hard-ticket event season with Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween party and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

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Disney released the list of available attractions for the upcoming Extended Evening Horus at Disney's Hollywood Studios only last week, which originally included MuppetVision 3D.

The removal of MuppetVision 3D is notable, with the attraction currently thought to be located in one of two areas being considered for the recently announced Monsters, Inc. Land. In this scenario, the new land would occupy everything in the former Muppets Courtyard, including the MuppetVision 3D show, Mama Melrose's, Studio 1 Shop, Days of Christmas, and PizzeRizzo. The other area thought to be a contender for Monsters, Inc. Land is the Animation Courtyard and Star Wars Launch Bay.

Monsters Inc Land in Muppets Courtyard Concept Art

Disney's Hollywood Studios: Will Monsters, Inc. Land Replace Muppets Courtyard or Animation Courtyard?

The removal of MuppetVision from the Extended Evening Hours lineup may not be related to Monsters, Inc. Land, but it is an interesting development in the ongoing story.

It should also be noted that MuppetVision 3D remains on the official operating hours calendar for daily operations as far as it has been published, which is currently late October, 2024. And the calendar continues to show MuppetVision 3D operating during Extended Evening Hours, despite it being removed from the Extended Evening Hours page today.

Disney has yet to announce any closure of MuppetVision 3D, or a location for the new Monsters, Inc. Land.

Monsters Inc. Land Concept Art

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JackCH11 hours ago

I had an imagineering thing from a while ago which was a Marvel Land to replace Indy/Star Tours at DHS... Star Tours became themed to Incredibles and had a little mini-Land around it, and then Cosmic Rewind and a Dr Strange Dark Ride would replace the area at Indy and the parking lot to make a superhero section of the park.

SpectreJordan11 hours ago

Guardians & Dr Strange as a Marvel land with an expansion pad for a potential Avengers ride (or a Marvel property that they can use in Orlando that eventually becomes popular) should've been what they did. It's crazy that this wasn't what happened; they're obsessed with lands & this could've made DHS even bigger.

Cmdr_Crimson18 hours ago

Does bring up the question as to what happened to the other pieces (Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, and the other rats) if they went into the Archives or if they could reuse them..

ToTBellHop18 hours ago

The statue? Sure. But not the fountain.

Blobbles18 hours ago

Yknow, if it was only the statue, it make sense to be in front of an attraction about American history…

The Leader of the Club18 hours ago

Sources inside Disney have reportedly told Muppet fansite ToughPigs that they are “investigating options for a new location for the statue.” So it’s possible, albeit unlikely, we see it return over there.

ToTBellHop18 hours ago

splah18 hours ago

What are the chances they move the miss piggy fountain to RnRC? It's such a nice dynamic fountian

Cmdr_Crimson4 days ago

Eric Jacobson took most of Frank Oz's roles...

EagleScout6104 days ago

You're right that's extremely close to Jim and Steve. Whoever voices Bert is pretty spot on too.

celluloid4 days ago

And to be clear a since it was recently asked if we really want Diney to do what Uni is doing, I don't think anyone wants Disney to do what Universal is doing per se, but Universal at their best is better than whatever current Disney is doing.

aladdin20074 days ago

And to add to that we wont even start on the tiana mess, so agree with all the above. One can't blame one for thinking Imagineerings chops are not what they use to be and lack the artistic creative skilled approach they use to have, they are techys using tablets now and not so much artists show designers.

Casper Gutman4 days ago

Chapek was hand-picked by Iger and continued most of his overarching philosophy concerning WDW. I’ve seemingly been around much longer then you and I can say, based on long experience of Disney replacements and changes to Imagineering over that time, there is absolutely no chance that whatever replaces Muppets will be better then or equal to the current attraction. I love MMRR, but that’s the PEAK of replacement attractions and it was only a lateral move. Replacements simply don’t surpass originals, and it certainly won’t happen with an attraction largely created by a once-in-a-generation genius. We have ample evidence that modern Imagineering simply cannot write comedy - the Bears overhaul removed almost all humor and the writing in GotG is appalling.

Blobbles4 days ago

A lot of the pain I am also guessing comes from the hurt of seeing the Disney World/Parks that you have come to grow up with and enjoy over your life changing so drastically. I get it. I’m there and have been there before too. Hell, I remember when Toy Story Mania and Star Tours the adventures continue were the hot new additions to Disney world, when things like the hat and toontown still remained, and wishes and illuminations still showed nightly. Disney World is changing, and that suck for us because we get so emotionally invested and attached to what we have now. But I promised it’s not gonna be that bad. It’s better to be optimistic than to be “this sucks”. And don’t give me any of that “imagineering is dead ip” cr*p, give them a chance in an era unconnected to chapek.