stagemomx3 said:
We missed TT on our last visit. I plan to make it more of a priority on this next trip. We didn't go downstairs in the Animation building either, what's down there?
Part of the animation building was changed recently - the "Drawn to Animation" show was removed, I believe. Not sure what replaced it. There are three other areas there that remain.
1. There is an animation example/creation area where there are mechanical, spinning wheels with slits where you can see how animation works. Kids (and adults) are given paper with boxes and some guidance on how to create an animation, and then you can slip it into one of the wheels and watch how your animation works.
2. The most popular room for my family is an audio insertion room. Here there are visual scenes from several Disney animated movies. You are given a line to read, and your voice is recorded and inserted into the movie. Then you can replay the movie and hear your voice talking as one of the Disney characters.
3. Also popular is an area where you sit down at a computerized screen and answer some questions. Then you are told which Disney character you are most like.
As I said earlier, including the Crush show - which we waited all of one minute for, we spent 90 minutes the Animation Studio and I had to finally pull everyone out.
I think Disney is trying to change this, but a lot of people do not even know it is there because it is off HPB and not an obvious place to enter. I think they reworked the entrance area to make it look more inviting.