When the Disney/MGM studios opened back in 1989, it was all about the behind the scenes magic of movie making.
Among the many interactive exhibits was a look into Disney's animation process. There was a short film featuring Robin Williams and Walter Cronkite, and a gallery where you could watch people animating Disney cartoons in a very "old school" sort of way. Artists sat at desks and hand drew the images, and then they were painted.
Two things happened that led to the closure of this area: more artists were hired in far off lands, and technology started to creep into the animation process. For a time, Disney kept this area open a memento to a bygone era, and they allowed young artists to try their hand at simple drawings.
Then, Disney bought out Star Wars, and decided to reimagine the space into the "launch bay" to introduce the franchise to what had become Disney's Hollywood Studios.
And today, Disney announced that the launch bay would be going away and an old - new attraction would be brought back into the space. Yep, they are bringing back some kind of animation studio experience to the space. I have no doubt it will be cute, but given how the art of animation devolved, and how lackluster the launch bay was, and how animation is all created on computer this will probably be a bit of a nothing.
But we'll have to wait until 2026 to reach that pinnacle of disappointment.
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