Latest Muppets project Jim Henson worked on before his death could soon close permanently.
The project in question is called Muppet*3D Visionan attraction located in Orlando, Florida in Disney Hollywood StudiosThe show, a 3D film with additional movie effects, opened at the park in 1991. Although Henson died in 1990 before the attraction officially opened, he directed the film and also served as puppeteer for Kermit the Frog and several other Muppet characters.
The film also played at Disney’s California Adventure park for over a decade, but that version of Muppet*Vision closed in 2014. And now it looks like the Florida attraction could also be closing to make way for new attractions at Hollywood Studios.
According The WrapperDisney has “just a few weeks to decide whether to keep Muppet*Vision 3D or close it.” One of Disney’s recently announced additions to Hollywood Studios is an entire area of attractions themed around Pixar films. Monsters Inc.. franchise. The outlet’s sources claim that the original plan for the ad would have included “alternative art… that would have more directly pointed out that Muppet*Vision “he is on the guillotine.”
Instead, that conceptual art “was replaced by something more nebulous.”
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Although Disney has not confirmed plans for Muppet*VisionEagle-eyed fans still spotted a telltale water tower that gave away the location. [of the new Monsters Inc. area]taking to social media to express their outrage.”
TheWrap report claims that there is potential to build the Monsters Inc. Land in another area of the park: the Animation Courtyard, which once housed a working animation studio, but in recent years has served as home to an attraction where fans can take photos with Star Wars costumed characters. But the area where Muppet*Vision The site is reportedly “more ideal” for the new plan, because the surrounding area already has buildings that could be repurposed for restaurants and shops.
The nature of theme parks makes them cyclical; in order to create new and exciting things to attract visitors, it is sometimes necessary to close old ones that, while still fun, are no longer considered appealing. Most of the attractions that existed at Disney Hollywood Studios when Muppet*Vision The first ones that opened are long gone now, including a tour of the backlot, that animation studio and The great cinematic journeywhich closed a few years ago to make way for a new Mickey Mouse train ride.
The problem is that the more old attractions close, the more people feel nostalgic for the few old ones that remain, such as Muppet*Visionwhich also has a special place in Muppet history due to Henson’s work on it. So if that plan to replace it with Monsters Inc. Wait, there could be a big Statler and Waldorf-style uproar on the Internet.