Overview
- Disney confirms a full reimagining of the former Launch Bay/Animation Courtyard into The Walt Disney Studios area anchored by The Magic of Disney Animation, with opening windows reported from early June to late summer 2026.
- Olaf Draws! will be hosted by an Audio‑Animatronic Olaf with newly recorded dialogue by Josh Gad, while step‑by‑step instruction comes via video from Disney Animation artists including Eric Goldberg, Byron Howard, and others.
- The rotating lessons will teach guests to draw characters such as Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Genie, Moana, Stitch, Olaf, Ursula, and Judy Hopps with Nick Wilde.
- The pavilion adds the Enchanted Art Gallery, an enhanced Once Upon a Studio theater experience with effects, the Drawn to Wonderland indoor playground, and expanded character meet‑and‑greets.
- The update follows the closure of Animal Kingdom’s Animation Experience and the end of EPCOT’s festival drawing sessions, marking a broader move away from daily live animation instruction at Walt Disney World.