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Why it's there: Lost boy
Thursday, April 10, 2008 It's not uncommon for Disney to reference extinct attractions in other attractions, especially in attractions that took the place of a now extinct attraction. The most famous example of this is in the Magic Kingdom in the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ride where along the wall is a picture of Mr. Toad handing a deed to Owl, paying hommage to Mr. Toads Wild Ride, which was the ride that was in the location of Winnie the Pooh. In the Studios, Imagineers left a small tribute to the first Magic of Disney Animation film starring Robin Williams in a place that some guests never bother to go to.
Inside the Animation Academy you will find next to the animator a small cart with lots of reference material for the animator and some basic drawings of many Disney characters, most of which you can draw in the class. But hidden away in the upper right corner of this cart is one drawing that you've never seen in a feature length film, but this character is a reference to the early days of the Disney-MGM Studios.
Fans of the Studios should recognize the character from the first Magic of Disney Animation film which featured Robin Williams and Walter Cronkite entitled "Back to Neverland". In the film, Williams is learning about how feature animation occurs and to help explain, Williams is transformed into a cartoon character and inserted as a lost boy, which was Williams' favorite film in Peter Pan. Below is a clip from the attraction. The film that featured Williams as a lost boy was replaced with the current film that features Mushu in an update to the attraction that occured in 2003. The film is no longer shown anywhere but Imagineers kept a sketch of the lost boy character in a hommage to the first film and is a neat reference for us fans of the Studios. |
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