Animation Academy

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Animation Academy
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Disney Animation building at Disney California Adventure in 2008.
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Area Animation Courtyard (The Magic of Disney Animation)
StatusRemoved
Opening dateMay 1, 1989
Closing dateJuly 12, 2015
Replaced by Star Wars Launch Bay
Tokyo Disneyland
NameDisney Drawing Class
Area World Bazzar (The Disney Gallery)
StatusRemoved
Opening date1994
Closing dateSeptember 30, 2016
Replaced by Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
DisneyQuest
StatusRemoved
Opening dateJune 9, 1998
Closing dateJuly 3, 2017
Disney California Adventure
Area Hollywood Land (Disney Animation)
StatusOperating
Opening dateFebruary 8, 2001
Walt Disney Studios Park
Area Animation Courtyard
StatusOperating
Opening dateMarch 16, 2002
Hong Kong Disneyland
Area Main Street, U.S.A. (Art of Animation)
StatusOperating
Opening dateJuly 14, 2007
Shanghai Disneyland
NameMarvel Comic Academy
Area Gardens of Imagination
StatusOperating
Opening dateJune 16, 2016
Disney's Animal Kingdom
NameThe Animation Experience at Conservation Station
AreaRafiki's Planet Watch
StatusOperating
Opening dateJuly 11, 2019
Epcot
Area World Discovery (Play! Pavilion)
StatusUnder construction
Opening date2024
Ride statistics
Attraction typeAnimation class
Theme Disney Animation
Duration25–30 minutes

Animation Academy is an attraction at Disney California Adventure, Walt Disney Studios Park, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disney's Animal Kingdom and Epcot. The same attraction formerly existed in Disney's Hollywood Studios, [1] and DisneyQuest, which closed in 2017. [2]

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Tokyo Disneyland also features an almost identical attraction, named simply Disney Drawing Class, within The Disney Gallery in World Bazaar. The attraction was closed permanently on September 30, 2016, to make way for Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. [3] [4]

In Shanghai Disneyland's Marvel Universe, a similar attraction called Marvel Comic Academy is operating. This attraction features Marvel Comic's characters instead of Disney movies characters.

At Disney's Animal Kingdom, The Animation Experience at Conservation Station opened within Rafiki's Planet Watch on July 11, 2019, and its drawing classes feature popular Disney animals. [5]

The Epcot version will open in Play! Pavilion in 2024 with Edna Mode from The Incredibles making appearances and teaching guests how to draw different Disney characters.

Summary

The attraction opened together with DisneyQuest in Walt Disney World in 1998. It was also added [ when? ] to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney California Adventure. It can be found within Art of Disney Animation at Walt Disney Studios Park. The attraction opened at Hong Kong Disneyland on July 14, 2007 and is located adjacent to the Opera House in Main Street, U.S.A.

The attraction itself is a drawing session with a Disney animator who teaches guests to draw a Disney character. Guests may take their own artwork home if they want after the drawing session.

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