Latest: Last Day for Drawn to Animation at DCA

Originally Posted By Doobie

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Originally Posted By CuriosWolfSo

Oh no, I always liked this place. Mushu is one of my favorite Disney Dragons! Also I liked to see previews of the upcoming Disney animated movies.

Is the fact that Disney going all CGI and possibly no more hand-drawn animation features (for now) the reason DCA is dumping this show???

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

^^^^Probably. But I would have loved to see an update showing more about CGI development.

 

Originally Posted By WorldDisney

So, one of the few exhibits left that actually DISCUSSES the process of animation is leaving??

 

Originally Posted By smeeeko

^^yeah that is pretty sad.. I love that attraction, especially when there is a good speiler in there.. If there is one attraction I was wishing I could do (assuming I ever was an attraction hostess) it would be Drawn to Animation.. second would be Golden Dreams.. *grin*

They have it at WDW but it's not the same at all from what I understand. sigh.

 

Originally Posted By SuzieQ

While I thought the attraction was a lot of fun, the second time was a yawner. It doesn't have high repeatability, IMO.

I'm sorry it's leaving, but I'll look forward to something new!

 

Originally Posted By smeeeko

^^ I've seen it too many times to count.. It's the only attraction that features Meeko.. so we go almost every time we would visit the park.

It's different every time in that you get a different speiler and they add their own spin on getting Mushu interacting with them. Good Speilers don't always stick to a script but find their own way within the script and keep their timing. You can always tell a new person even when they don't have a shadow.. I like some of the more seasoned CMs though becuase they *can* put a cool personal spin on getting the info out and they have their timing perfect.

 

Originally Posted By jmuboy

"So, one of the few exhibits left that actually DISCUSSES the process of animation is leaving??"

Another bad deicsion by management in my opinion - this is a great exhibit!!! Are they trying to ruin The Animation pavilion? So what is this animation academy thing? Flip pads and crayons so little johnny can make mickey's head by drawing three circles?

So nothing that will be left will teach us about Animation.....am I correct?

When are the going to start the project to destroy the facade? This fall?

 

Originally Posted By cheesybaby

Will the "Animation Academy" teach you to animate in 2D or CGI? I assume 2D, which is ironic, since Disney doesn't do 2D anymore. Talk about a show being outdated before it even opens.

So if any guests learn to animate amazingly well, a CM can wish them well working for somebody other than Disney.

 

Originally Posted By jmuboy

"So if any guests learn to animate amazingly well, a CM can wish them well working for somebody other than Disney."

- exactly, not like Disney has use for animators.

 

Originally Posted By cheesybaby

And the princesses are gone! Yay!

 

Originally Posted By planodisney

My wife and I saw this show for the first time in July. When finished, we both looked at each other and gave that, "thats it" look.

We both thought it was not realy informative and wouldnt see it again.

I am excited about the direction the Animation building is headed.

It always amazes me that Disney fans would rather see empty pavilions and attractions, as long as the attractions were deemed, by them, as Disney credible.

If attractions are not popular, what is Disney supposed to do? Leave them so that they can keep the 2% happy, or change shows and attractions to try and get more people in the park?

 

Originally Posted By BrigmanMT 2

I just wrote a really long rant, but it seems to have disappeared.

Anywho, the mushu show was good, I saw it 5 or 6 times.

Why is Disney continuing to destroy the most Disney attraction in the park? The venue has been chopped up and whored out. For what? There are already drawing stations in the Sorceror's Workshop, if they debut in the mushu theater it cant be long before Ursula's Grotto and the Beasts Library are reconfigured for well done meet and greet areas.

Along with Soarin it was the park's greatest asset at opening, why are they continuously messing with it? What's wrong with the facade? Just add a few light features to grab some attention of the passerbys and you will bring more folks in.

I really dislike the direction this attraction is going in. It was once a sophisticated (yet fun) look at the magic behind Disney Animation. Now it is another playground for the Playhouse Disney crowd. Why cant family attractions be created anymore. This park continues the segregation of ages with the demolition of Mushu. It was one show where everybody could laugh and learn together.



Of course the replacment could always be an improvment, something fresh would be a lot of fun. I am just a little nervous, because past changes have harmed this attraction. And now with Soarin at EPCOT, Animation was just about the only thing this park had going for it.

 

Originally Posted By planodisney

The attraction was closed because nobody wanted to go see it.

The changes are being made to the Animation building because it wasnt getting the number of guests that it deserves.

TT was a huge improvement over OMD, attracting many more guests to the Animation building.

Disney cant afford to be idealistic like many of the Disney fans on these sites.

That attraction was, I am sorry, not that great at all.

And to say that it was one of the 2 most Disney things in the park is, in my opinion, a huge overstatement.

 

Originally Posted By woody

The dragon was not entertaining. I can't believe they thought the public will enjoy it.

Another problem was the lack of publicity for the attraction. If it was a gem, it wasn't advertised at all. How about some posters on the OUTSIDE. There is no advertisement in the park. No won't know it exists unless you're an animation fan.

DCA has always been poorly advertised. Even with Tower of Terror, the attractions don't add to the overall feel of the park.

Worse of all, Hollywood Picture Backlot is a bust as a theme. It never works as "HOLLYWOOD". It isn't convincing.

Goodbye Drawn to Animation.

 

Originally Posted By donkey

dang, I can't believe my buddy Mushu got canned. He was GREAT!!!!!

and I hope you guys are careful what you eat at the next Disney bar-b-que.

 

Originally Posted By lesmisfan

it was a good show. I loved it. But i beleive that it is time for something new. You can only watch mushu so many times!

 

Originally Posted By AladdinAZ

I can't believe they are changing the entrance/facade to the building. This has the most amazing exterior and entry of any building in the entire park!

With the rounded entry, both sketches and shadows in several layers on the exterior and the entryway, the color of lights continually changing of the buildings exterior after dark, "drawing" you and blending perfectly into the magnificent lobby.

This is one of the VERY VERY FEW things they actually GOT RIGHT in DCA!!! Management really has got their eye on the WRONG END OF THE PARK.

QUIT PUTZING WITH THE LITTLE CHANGES! This park is desperately in need of MAJOR ADDITIONS! Leave what's right with the park alone.

 

Originally Posted By BrigmanMT 2

"And to say that it was one of the 2 most Disney things in the park is, in my opinion, a huge overstatement."

I meant the Animation building as a whole at the opening, not just the Mushu show.

"Another problem was the lack of publicity for the attraction. If it was a gem, it wasn't advertised at all. How about some posters on the OUTSIDE. There is no advertisement in the park. No won't know it exists unless you're an animation fan."

I agree with that part of the post.

I agree completely AladdinAZ, except about the night lighting thing, I dont think the park is open late enough on any of my trips, or I have just never been in the park late enough, to see it.

 

Originally Posted By tangaroa

>The changes are being made to the
>Animation building because it wasnt
>getting the number of guests that it
>deserves.

It couldn't be any simpler than that.

The Animation building, as it was originally designed, was intended for a much different audience. One *cough* might even say a more sophisticated audience. But that's not DCA's target audience anymore, and now it's more important for them to go after the Playhouse Disney crowd, because those are the only people COMING to DCA.

This is just another step in the long process of making DCA more of a Disney park, and I welcome it. Now if they could just get some video games and some more couches in there, I'd definitely visit more often.