Overview
- The Magic of Disney Animation soft‑opened on Friday and is running its full slate of experiences during preview days, including Olaf Draws!, Off the Page! meet‑and‑greets, the Once Upon a Studio Theater, Drawn to Wonderland and gallery spaces.
- Olaf Draws! is being managed with a virtual waitlist that guests must join in person by giving a phone number to a Cast Member and receiving a text return time instead of using the My Disney Experience app.
- Characters that roamed the Walt Disney Studios courtyard over the summer have been assigned indoor meet‑and‑greet stations inside Off the Page! while Jiminy Cricket and the White Rabbit still appear intermittently in the courtyard.
- Walt Disney World posted a major cut to the venue’s posted hours, switching to roughly 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. starting September 28, a change that will shorten visitor access and is likely to shift crowding and wait patterns.
- Disney revived the original attraction name in the same building and staffed Olaf Draws! with an advanced Audio‑Animatronic and prerecorded animator lessons, a design that lowers per‑show capacity compared with live illustrators and helps explain the need for a queueing system.