Muppet*Vision 3D | 4K 60FPS POV Show Attraction | Hollywood Studios
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Published: 2023-05-05T14:00:07Z
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Muppet*Vision 3D | 4K 60FPS POV Show Attraction | Hollywood Studios
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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 which opened in 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 in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
The show is a 3D film featuring Jim Henson’s Muppets. Due to the use of Audio-Animatronics, a live full-bodied Muppet and other similar effects, the show is sometimes referred to as “Muppet*Vision 4D” (which was used in The Walt Disney World Explorer application, displayed as “Jim Henson’s Muppet*Vision 3D 4D” with a slanted red strikethrough on “3D”). It was filmed in January of 1990 and directed by Jim Henson and written by Bill Prady. The show was one of the final Muppets projects with the involvement of Henson, as well as veteran Muppet performer Richard Hunt, and was the last time they performed their characters.Henson died in 1990, before production of the film was completed, and Hunt died in 1992.
On August 28, 1989, Disney announced that they had an “agreement in principle” to acquire Henson Associates and the Muppet characters, and that a 3D Muppets attraction would debut at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios) the following May. Jim Henson died before the attraction could debut, and as a result the acquisition was cancelled and the attraction, now known as Muppet*Vision 3D, was delayed. An agreement to license the Muppets characters for the theme park attraction was reached, and it officially opened on May 16, 1991, the first anniversary of Jim Henson’s death.
On February 8, 2001, Muppet*Vision 3D debuted as an opening day attraction at Disney California Adventure.
The attraction was once sponsored by Kodak upon opening in 1991. However, in 2012, the company declined to renew sponsorship and by 2013, all references to Kodak were removed.
Throughout the attraction’s operation at Disney California Adventure, the theater was used to present sneak peeks of Tron: Legacy, Frankenweenie, and Oz the Great and Powerful. On January 7, 2015, the theater at Disney California Adventure began operating as the Crown Jewel Theatre and presented For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, a musical stage show based on Frozen. The attraction operated until April 17, 2016. The location was renamed to the Sunset Showcase Theater and began showing Walt Disney Studios film previews in May 2016. In April 2019, the Sunset Showcase Theater began showing Mickey’s PhilharMagic.
For the 2017 season, the Hollywood Studios location received a new entrance. The original Kermit marquee was removed and it was replaced with a new Broadway-style sign, and the name of the theater was changed to “Grand Arts Theater”. In 2019, the original mural with Kermit and Miss Piggy was removed, and the exterior was repainted to match the rest of the area’s color scheme.
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