Final chance to visit The Magic of Disney Animation and the Animation Academy this weekend

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Posted: Friday July 10, 2015 5:03pm EDT by WDWMAGIC Staff

This weekend will be your last chance to visit The Magic of Disney Animation at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

The final day of operation for the exhibits and the Animation Academy will be July 12 2015. The Animation Gallery store will remain open until late August 2015.

The Magic of Disney Animation - Overview

The Mickey Mouse meet and greet will be moving temporarily to the Streets of America across from Studio Catering Co. Later in the summer a new meet and greet will open in the Animation Courtyard as part of Disney Junior.

Minnie Mouse will be moving to the Center Stage area in front of the Great Movie Ride.

The Magic of Disney Animation - Mickey Mouse meet and greet

The Magic of Disney Animation - Minnie Mouse meet and greet

Baymax and Hiro will be leaving the Studios altogether.

The closure of The Magic of Disney Animation is speculated to be part of the upcoming extreme makeover project of Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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FettFanJul 15, 2015

I still hope we can get a proper satellite location for the Disney Family Museum....and build it to include a hanger for Walt's plane.

Est1971Jul 14, 2015

Was there today and sad to see it roped off with a sign saying this attraction is permanently closed:(

brb1006Jul 12, 2015

I hope they do something special before the park closes similar to the last rider at Snow White's Scary Adventures before getting demolished for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

Sped2424Jul 12, 2015

What's nuts to me is we still don't really know what's taking animations place. Either way yesterday I bid both it and one man's dream farewell.

Sped2424Jul 12, 2015

when I went yesterday the line for the class was to the beginning of the animation gallery shop.

afb28Jul 12, 2015

Attractions Magazine ‏@Attractions 5h5 hours ago The current line for the Animation Academy drawing class stretches into the gift shop. Wait time = 2 hours.

note2001Jul 12, 2015

I was thinking the Journey Into Imagination pavilion could take on the Disney displays and keep in theme with the intention, but even though JII needs attention, it should be far more interactive than just display cases. The innovations area would be perfect for all the models perhaps this has been in the plans for innovations west?

brb1006Jul 12, 2015

I wonder how busy the "Animation Academy" has been today and yesterday. I'm waiting for reports from visitors about this.

LieutLawwJul 12, 2015

Aww I wont be able to visit when I am there in Sept, I am a sad panda :(

Cesar R MJul 12, 2015

These kind of spots could fit almost any non princess character I think.

Cmdr_CrimsonJul 11, 2015

Too bad they aren't using the old M&G area across from Sci-fi dine in that was used when Mike & Sully were there for a while..It would have been a nice spot for Hiro & Baymax if they weren't ending M&G's for them...

brb1006Jul 11, 2015

The "How To Draw" sessions for today and tomorrow is going to be very busy.

Figment82Jul 11, 2015

We did the same thing this morning. When we got in line for Animation Academy, it was an hour/2 show wait and quickly jumped to an hour and a half after that. They kept making announcements that the line was just going to get longer as the day went on. I felt so bad for the CMs; most of them were putting on a happy face while you could tell they were quite upset. I've never been a fan of the current state of the building, but it's still very sad to see it close.

BernardandBiancaJul 11, 2015

Stopped over today: the crowd for "Mushu" was the largest we've seen in years, and the line for the "do it yourself" drawing was back into the store. Guess people were getting in a final goodbye. (Which is why we did Mushu.)