09/20/2026
Disney Animation is BACK at Hollywood Studios! ✨🎨
The brand-new Magic of Disney Animation is officially open — and there is WAY more inside than I expected.
You can ✏️ learn to draw Disney characters with an actual Olaf Audio-Animatronic, 🎭 meet characters throughout different departments of the animation process, 🐇 explore a huge indoor Alice in Wonderland play area inspired by Mary Blair’s artwork, 🎬 watch Once Upon a Studio in its own theater, and discover galleries filled with Disney Animation history, Easter eggs and artwork that literally comes to life.
And Disney fans are going to want to LOOK EVERYWHERE. 👀
There are references to Disney Animation films throughout the entire building, props and artifacts from Disney history, hidden characters, and even an animation desk preserved from the original Animation Academy that once lived right here at Hollywood Studios.
For me, the best part may be what this does for Hollywood Studios as a whole. It brings some of that original “working studio” identity back to the park while creating a place where you could easily spend WAY more time than you planned.
And yes… it’s indoors and air-conditioned. 🙌😂
📍 The Magic of Disney Animation
🎬 Disney’s Hollywood Studios
✨ NOW OPEN
Which part are you heading to first — Olaf Draws, the characters, or Drawn to Wonderland?