Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D

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Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D
Logo of Muppet*Vision 3D
Attraction type	3D-Film Theater
Ride duration	17:30 minutes
Audio-animatronics	10

The Muppet*Vision 3D building at Disney-MGM Studios
Disney-MGM Studios
Land	Backlot
Opening date	May 16, 1991
Capacity	584
Sponsored by	Kodak

Sign outside the show at Disney's California Adventure
Disney's California Adventure
Land	Hollywood Pictures Backlot
Opening date	February 8, 2001
Capacity	573

Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D is an attraction found at Disney-MGM Studios, part of Walt Disney World located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and at Disney's California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California.

Contents 1 Premise 2 Queue 3 The show 4 External links

[edit] Premise

The show is built around a 3-D film featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Audio-animatronic and live full-bodied Muppet characters also appear in the theater while the film is running and appear to interact with their on-screen colleagues. Because of elements of the film appearing in the theater (such as Bean Bunny blowing bubbles on film with actual bubbles falling down from the top of the theater), the show is sometimes referred to as Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 4-D. It was directed by Henson and written by Bill Prady.

[edit] Queue

Before being seated in the theater where the film is shown, the queue winds through "Muppet Labs", home of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker. The audience passes several office doors featuring outlandish job descriptions, then enters a large room filled with Muppet "props" and boxes with silly labels. Muppets greet the visitors from television screens suspended from the ceiling, interacting with one another at times. The audience is repeatedly reminded to take a pair of 3D glasses from several containers around the room before entering the theater, which is modeled after the theater depicted on The Muppet Show. Muppet*Vision is the only Disney 3D film currently playing which actually calls their glasses "3D Glasses" (It's Tough to Be a Bug calls them "Bug Eyes", Honey, I Shrunk the Audience refers to them as "Safety Glasses" and Mickey's Philharmagic calls them "Opera Glasses").

At the Disney MGM Studios, there is a sign to the right that says "key under mat." If you life up the mat, there is an actual key screwed into the ground.

At California Adventure, the queue is different only in that it features a cast member at the turnstile handing out the glasses individually.

[edit] The show

MuppetVision 3D introduced Waldo C. Graphic, the world's first computer-generated Muppet, who also appears in The Jim Henson Hour. Waldo is "created" by Dr. Honeydew and Beaker during a demonstration of three-dimensional imagery, but proves uncontrollable and wreaks havoc throughout the remainder of the film, especially when the ending patriotic number by Sam the Eagle is reduced to shambles.

Aside from the Muppets on-screen, there are also a number of in-theater Muppets, mostly animatronic, that interact with the show. Statler & Waldorf heckle from a balcony near the screen, an orchestra of penguins rises into sight to perform, and the Swedish Chef "operates" the film projector from the booth above and behind the audience. Bean Bunny leaves the film at one point after being blamed for ruining several scenes (mainly Miss Piggy's), and Sweetums, who is a live full-bodied Muppet, comes out into the audience to search for him having already done so on screen. At the end of the show Swedish Chef tries to destroy the now out of control Waldo, who has destroyed the film and is all alone on a blank screen, by firing a gun at him. After missing several times (shooting holes in the screen and even the theater wall), the Swedish Chef resorts to using a large cannon. This "blows-up" the theater, leaving a (projected) hole in the main screen.

[edit] External links

• Muppet*vision 3D at the Internet Movie Database
• Disney World MuppetVision page
• Muppet Wiki: Muppet*Vision 3D
• All Ears Net Muppet*Vision page

Disney MGM Studios Attractions
Hollywood Boulevard:	The Great Movie Ride | The Sorcerer's Hat
Echo Lake:	Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! | Sounds Dangerous | Star Tours
Streets of America:	Honey I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure | Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D | Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
Mickey Avenue:	Journey into Narnia: Creating The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | The Disney-MGM Studios Backlot Tour | Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Animation Courtyard:	Magic of Disney Animation | Playhouse Disney: Live on Stage | Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Sunset Boulevard:	Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage | Rock 'n' Roller Coaster | The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Entertainment:	Disney's Stars and Motor Cars Parade | Fantasmic

Disney's California Adventure Park Attractions
Hollywood Pictures Backlot:	Disney Animation : Animation Academy | Sorcerer's Workshop | Turtle Talk with Crush | Hyperion Theater | Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D | Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! | Playhouse Disney - Live on Stage | The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
a bug's land:	Bountiful Valley Farm : Bountiful Valley Farm | It's Tough to be a Bug! | Flik's Fun Fair : Flik's Flyers | Tuck & Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies | Heimlich's Chew Chew Train | Francis' Ladybug Boogie | Princess Dot's Puddle Park
Golden State:	Condor Flats : Soarin' Over California | The Bay Area : Golden Dreams | Golden Vine Winery : Seasons of the Vine | Grizzly Peak Recreation Area : Grizzly River Run | Redwood Creek Challenge Trail | Pacific Wharf : Mission Tortilla Factory | Boudin Bakery
Paradise Pier:	California Screamin' | Golden Zephyr | Jumpin' Jellyfish | King Triton's Carousel of the Sea | Maliboomer | Mulholland Madness | Orange Stinger | S.S. rustworthy | Sun Wheel | Toy Story Mania
Entertainment:	Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular | Disney's Electrical Parade | The Magic of Brother Bear | Block Party Bash

v • d • e Films and television specials by The Muppets
Feature films	The Muppet Movie (1979)  · The Great Muppet Caper (1981)  · The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)  · Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D (1991)  · The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)  · Muppet Treasure Island (1996)  · Muppets from Space (1999)
Television specials	A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)  · The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)  · It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)  · The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)