News Disney Movie Magic Ending (Getting ready for Wonderful World of Animation?)

[JohnD]

By clicking on the calendar at the WDW website, I noticed that Disney Movie Magic ends February 23. Considering that Wonderful World of Animation is supposed to begin in May (according to this blog post), it would appear this is to get the new show ready for a May launch.

At first I thought the new show would replace SW:AGS, but it still has shows at 9:30 in May.

 

[wdwmagic]

The new show is projection based and will replace Movie Magic.

The calendar is often not updated that far in advance for Movie Magic, so what you are seeing may not mean it will not be shown. With it just being a switch out of the movies shown on the projectors, I wouldn't expect much of a downtime between the two shows.

 

[JohnD]

The new show is projection based and will replace Movie Magic.

The calendar is often not updated that far in advance for Movie Magic, so what you are seeing may not mean it will not be shown. With it just being a switch out of the movies shown on the projectors, I wouldn't expect much of a downtime between the two shows.

Okay. It’s weird that they aren’t consistent with the calendar. Only a week or so ago SWAGS wasn’t shown beyond April 30, looking like Animation was going to replace it for a period of time. Now it’s shown with 9:30 shows. Meanwhile DMM seems to extend out only a month at a time.

 

[JohnD]

It's almost a month away. Status?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/hollywood-studios/wonderful-world-of-animation/

 

[YodaMan]

It's almost a month away. Status?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/hollywood-studios/wonderful-world-of-animation/

Status of what? The show is still set for May 1 for the 30th Anniversary. Expect Disney Movie Magic to end the night before.

 

[VJ]

It's almost a month away. Status?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/hollywood-studios/wonderful-world-of-animation/

status? well, my sources say they're hard at work on the 3rd segment in the show and, barring any unfortunate delays, they'll be onto the 4th in exactly 37 hours and 16 minutes

 

[drew81]

The show is going to be awesome.

 

[Kman101]

The show is going to be awesome.

Hard to tell if sarcasm ... or no ... LOL

I hope it's not sarcasm and it ends up being well done

 

[JohnD]

It’s a legitimate question. Other than a generic page about it on the WDW website, it doesn’t show up as an event like any other event would on the site. You would think that if we’re told it has a May 1 start date, it would be listed by now. It’s not.

 

[JohnD]

They must have heard me. More info:

Disney’s Hollywood Studios 30th Anniversary, New Park Offerings Inspire Guests To Visit Now More Than Ever

Disney’s Hollywood Studios will mark a thrilling park milestone on May 1, 2019 - 30 years of bringing magical entertainment to life for Walt Disney World Resort guests! The park will celebrate its 30th anniversary on May 1 with an

disneyparks.disney.go.com

 

[MisterPenguin]

They must have heard me. More info:

Disney’s Hollywood Studios 30th Anniversary, New Park Offerings Inspire Guests To Visit Now More Than Ever

Disney’s Hollywood Studios will mark a thrilling park milestone on May 1, 2019 - 30 years of bringing magical entertainment to life for Walt Disney World Resort guests! The park will celebrate its 30th anniversary on May 1 with an

disneyparks.disney.go.com

Allow me to translate:

We beg you come this Summer and not wait for Star Wars!!!!

 

[JohnD]

Allow me to translate:

We beg you come this Summer and not wait for Star Wars!!!!

Allow me to deviate: I’m going late April/early May. Will be in HS on May 1. No more trips to WDW after that until 2020. I can wait.

 

[JohnD]

It's a 9:05, the same time as Fantasmic. Well, given a choice, I'll watch the new projection show. I've seen Fantasmic multiple times. Would have been nice to have them separated enough so that you could see both. Say, at 8:30 for Animation show.. Dusk in Orlando on May 1 is at 8:26.

 

[YodaMan]

It's a 9:05, the same time as Fantasmic. Well, given a choice, I'll watch the new projection show. I've seen Fantasmic multiple times. Would have been nice to have them separated enough so that you could see both. Say, at 8:30 for Animation show.. Dusk in Orlando on May 1 is at 8:26.

Not too surprising. It’s replacing DMM and that’s exacrly what they do with that show.

 

[JohnD]

Not too surprising. It’s replacing DMM and that’s exacrly what they do with that show.

True. But this is one is a celebration of Mickey and all of Disney animation. Would have been nice if WDW took into consideration guests who may have wanted to take in all things Mickey. Oh well, I cancelled my VIP dining package for Fantasmic that night. It's not like I haven't seen it.

 

[mm52200]

True. But this is one is a celebration of Mickey and all of Disney animation. Would have been nice if WDW took into consideration guests who may have wanted to take in all things Mickey. Oh well, I cancelled my VIP dining package for Fantasmic that night. It's not like I haven't seen it.

Yes but they also want to spread out crowds in the park and make you pick one show or the other. If you wanna watch both come a second night is what they seem to want.

 

[JohnD]

Yes but they also want to spread out crowds in the park and make you pick one show or the other. If you wanna watch both come a second night is what they seem to want.

Which is what I may do. I’ll be in Epcot the previous night. I may hop to HS to see Fantasmic.