The Magic of Disney Animation in Hollywood Studios takes you behind the scenes of popular Disney classics and shows you how the animation was completed and teaches you how to draw a popular Disney character. You’ll even be able to take your drawing home as a free souvenir.
Length of Show: 20 min
Height Requirement: None
Scare Factor: None
Rider Switch (for small kids): No
Weather Procedure: Indoors
Ride Photo: No
Flash Photography: Yes
Queue: ?
Extra Magic Hours: No
Fastpass: No
When to Ride: When the line is short, usually early in the day or later in the afternoon.
Our Touring Strategy: This is one of the handful of attractions we have not experienced. We plan to do it next trip.
Secrets/Tips and Tricks:
- Opens an hour later than the rest of the park
- Holds a small number of people so it can build a line quickly
- You can ask the animator to autograph his and let you have it
- Characters meet at the show’s exit. If you don’t care to do the show again, you can go through the Animation Gallery store to get back to the meet and greet / computer area
Disney Parks Blog has released a number of tutorials so you can learn how to draw at home!
- Tinker Bell
- Buzz Lightyear
- Olaf
- Pluto
- Hiro from ‘Big Hero 6′
- Baymax From ‘Big Hero 6’
- Pascal
- Stitch
- Winnie the Pooh
- Jack Skellington
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- Anna
- Genie
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where exactly is this found at HS?
This is one of the disney attractions I absolutely love. We were at Disney exactly one year ago for our honeymoon and did this attraction twice while we were there. Now I will say that I am one adult that hates art (esspecially drawing) and is even occasionally known for falling apart when I can’t make something does not turn out the way I want it to, so in some ways I am just a big kid…but incase you missed it…I loved this attraction. Yes you will more than likely have to wait at least 20-30 minutes and you probably won’t get the animators drawing (unless you happen to be the cutest and fastest kid in the room and answer their trivia question correct) but it was worth it. I loved getting to take something home that I had actually made and for the most part looked like the character…these animators are incredible teachers. Just some thoughts to keep in mind, I would strongly recomend this attraction.
Just a warning, we took our son here when he quite little and not too good at drawing. He got really upset because his Donald Duck looked nothing like everyone elses, as the kids around him were older and quite skilled. All the cast members were great and tried to make him feel better, but he was at that stage where he didn’t like to fail.
If your kids aren’t too hot on the art, maybe skip this one!