Although “Off the Page!” in The Magic of Disney Animation is not open yet, the characters that will be available are out roaming Animation Courtyard.
Roaming Characters
Each meet and greet space in “Off the Page!” represents a different stage of the animation process. Here is the list of characters:
- Mulan in Story
- Rapunzel in Layout
- Chip n’ Dale in Hand-Drawn Animation
- Donald and Daisy in CG Animation
- Goofy in Lighting
- Stitch in Effects
And these are the characters we saw this morning, May 25! They were out and about in Animation Courtyard, which opened as The Walt Disney Studios, last week.
Most of the characters come out at the same time, but Rapunzel and Mulan do alternate.
Several have also been out and about in recent weeks in other areas of the park.
The Magic of Disney Animation was an opening day Disney’s Hollywood Studios attraction. It originally offered a behind the scenes look at the Feature Animation building where classics like Lilo & Stitch were made. It also included the Back to Neverland documentary short film starring Robin Williams and Walter Cronkite and later the Animation Academy.
The new version of The Magic of Disney Animation will be inspired by Once Upon A Studio, a short film that honored 100 years of The Walt Disney Company. Animation Courtyard will become the Walt Disney Studios lot, inspired by the real lot in Burbank, California. Guests will enter a studio just as the animators have left and the characters have begun to come to life.
A new Animation Academy experience hosted by Olaf will be called Olaf Draws! It will have an Olaf animatronic and pre-recorded animator segments rather than a live animator. The Drawn to Wonderland playground will be inspired by Mary Blair’s Alice in Wonderland concept art. Next door will be a new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse stage show.
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