DHS Disney Animation-Inspired Experience Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios

[_caleb]

1989 to 2003 is not exactly five years.

Yeah- I was way off. I edited my post to acknowledge.

 

[_caleb]

Parts of most of the early 90s renaissance films were also produced there.

That, I knew. And that was my point. I always thought of it as the B-team studio. Not in the sense of talent, but function in support of animation done in CA.

I guess it may have started that way and evolved into more, but that was my perception of it.

 

[HMF]

I didn’t mean to be disparaging- Brother Bear is one of my favorites, and I think it’s under-rated.

Most of the final traditionally animated films made in the early 2000s were underrated with the obvious exception of Home on The Range and not worth destroying an art form over. and everything made since with the obvious exceptions of PATF and the last Pooh movie which I firmly believe were victims of studio sabotage might as well have been made by Pixar and essentially were seeing as how they literally installed Lasseter and Catmull to oversee the studio. WDAS is really just Pixar South at this point. It would frankly make more sense to just make them one studio assuming they don't intend to bring traditional animation back ever.

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

Especially since someone actually had to sit down and hand draw Mushu, Whereas Olaf was clearly created using the same device that I am currently typing this sentence on.

What? I can grab some paper and pencils and write the sentence on things too? Accessibility to a technology should not be a way to bash how its used in animation. Not everyone can animate in 3D, not everyone can animate in 2D. It's a very specific talent that should be celebrated, ALL mediums.

People had to sit down and model and animate Olaf? What do you think, there's a magic computer button that just says "animate Olaf" and it does it for you?

 

[Jedi14]

Especially since someone actually had to sit down and hand draw Mushu, Whereas Olaf was clearly created using the same device that I am currently typing this sentence on.

Olaf was initially designed with 2d concept art.

 

[aladdin2007]

For those interested there is an excellent book of the production, history and operations of Animation done at the Studios, from the movies and shorts themselves to the park attraction tour etc:

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Not everyone can animate in 3D, not everyone can animate in 2D. It's a very specific talent that should be celebrated, ALL mediums.

But it’s 2 different mediums.

Hand drawn animation

Computer animation

- now of course Disney in 2026 isn’t going to ignore the recent films like Moana, Encanto, Frozen, etc. - but it would be lovely if they also acknowledged the history of that building.

I don’t think there will ever be a true Disney Renaissance era again. The only thing that Disney has done recently that touches that era is Frozen.

 

[HMF]

I don’t think there will ever be a true Disney Renaissance era again. The only thing that Disney has done recently that touches that era is Frozen.

I would dispute that even.

 

[DL-fan]

1989 - 2004 - so 15 years.

Mulan, Lilo, and Brother Bear were the three feature films done completely by Florida. That’s a pretty major bragging right to me.

and then portions of many other classics like Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000, and yes the entire can’t wait to be king from lion king.

Weird you don’t think that history and heritage should be celebrated?

You would also think Epcot Center’s amazing history would be celebrated more as well but this is Disney…

 

[HMF]

You would also think Epcot Center’s amazing history would be celebrated more as well but this is Disney…

Or that maybe consulting with the original creators of things actually would make better movies than a hack creatively bankrupt director who has already ticked off other major fanbases.

 

[Touchdown]

I think you all are discounting the latest run too much Tangled-Moana was a near flawless string of hits rivaling any other Disney period, it had its classic fairytales (Tangled, Frozen,) originals (Wreck it Ralph, Zootopia,) a somehow amazing Marvel movie (Big Hero Six,) and an adaptation of Polynesian myth (Moana.) I would throw in PatF and Winnie the Pooh into this list too, but people are trying to not count the hand drawn films. Look, the Renaissance is always going to be my favorite era (it was my childhood) but the Modern era deserves to be mentioned alongside the other great eras of Disney Animation.

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

I think you all are discounting the latest run too much Tangled-Moana was a near flawless string of hits rivaling any other Disney period, it had its classic fairytales (Tangled, Frozen,) originals (Wreck it Ralph, Zootopia,) a somehow amazing Marvel movie (Big Hero Six,) and an adaptation of Polynesian myth (Moana.) I would throw in PatF and Winnie the Pooh into this list too, but people are trying to not count the hand drawn films. Look, the Renaissance is always going to be my favorite era (it was my childhood) but the Modern era deserves to be mentioned alongside the other great eras of Disney Animation.

Doesn't fit clean with the narrative that Bob Iger is the worst guy ever and he and his people are the reason Disney is not doing well (despite all their successes during this time if you don't really look at anything)

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I think you all are discounting the latest run too much Tangled-Moana was a near flawless string of hits

I had to look up the list to see why you stopped at Moana and then went…. Oh yeah…. Raya

I’m not discounting them - partly time will tell on some of them. Frozen is a true 100% hit the level of the renaissance hits - let it go is here to stay just like part of your world, never had a friend like me, be our guest, and hakunah mata-ta. The others were indeed great performers at the box office and mostly I think they are well done.

 

[HMF]

I think you all are discounting the latest run too much Tangled-Moana was a near flawless string of hits rivaling any other Disney period, it had its classic fairytales (Tangled, Frozen,) originals (Wreck it Ralph, Zootopia,) a somehow amazing Marvel movie (Big Hero Six,) and an adaptation of Polynesian myth (Moana.) I would throw in PatF and Winnie the Pooh into this list too, but people are trying to not count the hand drawn films. Look, the Renaissance is always going to be my favorite era (it was my childhood) but the Modern era deserves to be mentioned alongside the other great eras of Disney Animation.

I prefer Disney stick to hand drawn and Pixar stick to Computer animation.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Doesn't fit clean with the narrative that Bob Iger is the worst guy ever and he and his people are the reason Disney is not doing well

well the actual answer is a bit more complicated- John Lasiter.

 

[eddie104]

To be honest most of the master planning at WDI for WDW especially seems to be placing random IP-based ideas on a board and then randomly selecting a park for the idea and then contort the theme of the IP enough so that it can supposedly be tied into the supposed theme of the park just enough so the rubes won't actually think about how it fits.

Why do you post here???

I’m just curious why such an unhappy person is constantly just wasting time on forum like this.
No reason for such negative dribble to clog up these threads like this.

 

[MouseEarsMom33]

Is there an estimated timing for when the rest will open?

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

They're making quick work of the facade change out. Color me impressed.

 

[Nickm2022]

agree, love the new trees, color scheme, and disney studio theming, actually love this project

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

This project shows they understand the value of thematic and visual cohesion.

Given the relatively small scale and low budget they had to work with, this is looking like exactly the right thing to do with this space.

• The color scheme is consistent and accurate.
• The trees break up the space and promote slowing down / relaxing.
• The studio-themed signage looks like it will be consistent between the buildings and emphasize the “sense of place.”
• The area seems like it will flow well from/to the neighboring environments.

I’m looking forward to walking into this space.