Animation Academy

Animation Academy is an attraction at Disney California Adventure, Walt Disney Studios Park, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Disney's Animal Kingdom. The same attraction formerly existed in Disney's Hollywood Studios, and DisneyQuest, which closed in 2015.[1]

Animation Academy
Disney Animation building at Disney California Adventure in 2008.
Disney's Hollywood Studios
AreaAnimation Courtyard
StatusClosed
Opening dateMay 1, 1989
Closing dateJuly 12, 2015
Tokyo Disneyland
NameDisney Drawing Class
AreaWorld Bazzar
StatusClosed
Opening date1994
Closing dateSeptember 30, 2016
Disney Quest
StatusRemoved
Opening dateJune 9, 1998
Closing dateJuly 3, 2017
Disney California Adventure
AreaHollywood Land
StatusOperating
Opening dateFebruary 8, 2001
Walt Disney Studios Park
AreaAnimation Courtyard
StatusOperating
Opening dateMarch 16, 2002
Hong Kong Disneyland
AreaMain Street, U.S.A.
StatusOperating
Opening dateJuly 14, 2007
Shanghai Disneyland
NameMarvel Comic Academy
AreaGardens of Imagination
StatusOperating
Opening dateJune 16, 2016
Disney's Animal Kingdom
NameThe Animation Experience at Conservation Station
AreaRafiki's Planet Watch
StatusOperating
Opening dateJuly 11th, 2019
Epcot
AreaWorld Discovery
StatusUnder construction
Opening dateSummer 2021 (planned)

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 30th, 2016, to make way for Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.[2][3]

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 11th, 2019, and its drawing classes feature popular Disney animals.[4]

Summary

The attraction opened together with DisneyQuest in Walt Disney World in 1998. It was also added 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.

References
  1. "Hollywood Studios: Magic of Disney Animation closing next month". Orlando Sentinel. June 29, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  2. "東京ディズニーランド内に 「ビビディ・バビディ・ブティック」が2017年春オープン".
  3. "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique Opening in Spring 2017 at Tokyo Disneyland Park".
  4. "The Animation Experience at Conservation Station begins July 11".
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