Will Disney replace Muppet-Vision 3-D?

I would love to see that but we first have to see if the new Muppet Show on Disney+ will be any good. Most of Disney's effort with the Muppets failed.

 

MuppetVision is one of my all time favorite theme park attractions and still the most effective 3D I've ever seen, I'd be pretty devastated to see it go. It also seems pretty packed every time I go, so I'm not sure why you'd get rid of it. I'd love a Muppet dark ride but I want it in addition to the show, make a little Muppet land. I also adore the Indy stunt show but it makes since why you would get rid of a behind the scenes show if you are putting in a in-fiction ride, they wouldn't really fit together but the Muppet stuff would.

 

Yeah the Muppets deserve a dark ride!

 

It may be blasphemy, but I would love to see Star Tours and Muppetvision go down if it means another huge themed area a la Pandora or GE. Both have had their time in the sun and honestly just feel like they’re on borrowed time.

 

Muppet*Vision 3D Full Show Animatic WDI (1991)

Muppet*Vision 3D is a 3D film attraction located at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Directed by Jim Henson, the attraction consists of a pre-show which then leads into Kermit the Frog guiding park guests on a tour through Muppet Studios, while the Muppets prepare their sketch acts to demonstrate their new breakthrough in 3D film technology. The show, however, completely unravels when Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's experimental 3D sprite, Waldo, causes mayhem during the next portion of the show.

The attraction—which opened as Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D on May 16, 1991 at Disney's Hollywood Studios (then Disney-MGM Studios)—incorporates the 3D film in conjunction with in-theater 4D effects, such as Audio-Animatronics, lighting, projections, smoke, soap bubbles, and a live full-bodied performer. Muppet*Vision 3D had a subsequent incarnation open at Disney California Adventure on February 8, 2001 and operated at the park until November 1, 2014.

Muppet*Vision 3D is the main attraction of Grand Avenue of Disney's Hollywood Studios.

 

my guess is i will keep Muppet's but go with Muppet babies.

 

Cow Missing does it again.

 

I know people got spooked a few months ago when Disney removed a mural from MuppetVision (and took a WDWNT report on it to imply that Disney was about to close the attraction, which I don't believe was ever suggested). Orlando Rising reported that Disney has no plans to close it: Disney: ‘MuppetVision 3D will continue’ despite mural being removed - Orlando Rising

There's so many unknowns with the Muppets brand to make a firm determination on this show's future. What if a Muppets show comes to Disney+ and is a big hit? Do you leave this attraction alone or update it? Then there's the rest of the park to consider. DHS can't afford to lose what little capacity it has for at least the first year of Galaxy's Edge being open. Even then, wouldn't replacing Launch Bay with a real attraction be a higher priority? That could mean MuppetVision is safe through at least the 50th anniversary year and then all bets are off.

 

There should be many much higher priorities at Hollywood Studios than replacing Muppet*Vision.

 

Sorry to pop in on Inside Universal's board, but I saw the site was being linked to on here and wanted to answer this question myself.

I'm John Gregory, owner and operator of Orlando Rising. I started reporting on Orlando tourism and theme parks for the site in April 2018, when it was a general local news and politics site. It's now totally focused on Orlando theme parks.

As to whether we're trustworthy, I certainly aim to be. I've worked in journalism professionally for more than 8 years, and my goal is to do more responsible and credibly sourced reporting than some other fan sites (that's in no way directed at Inside Universal, Brian and co. do things right), and not focus on promoting the parks or covering every new limited-time snack or piece of merch.

In the case of this Muppets story, we got a Disney spokesperson on the record explaining the mural removal wasn't a site of MuppetVision's imminent demise, and three additional comments from theme park and Muppets experts, including Disney World's former casting director at the time MuppetVision opened.

Hope that answers your question! And apologies to Brian for coming on this board to talk about my site.

 

No problem at all, your question was direct and appropriate.

Part of the reason I started doing this is because of all the reporting that amounts to just rumors and speculation, with sites not naming a source or correcting their mistakes when their initial reporting ends up being wrong. I think theme park fans deserve something better.