Disney Stories in Three Dimensions

For nearly half a century, Disney’s theme parks have been where the company’s stories leap from the screen or climb off the pages to become real.

Disneyland park continued this tradition in 2003 with The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Guests who fell in love with Pooh and his pals in A.A. Milne’s classic books and Walt Disney’s beloved animated movies can now see their fictional friends come to life as they journey through the Hundred Acre Wood in search of hunny.

Also in 2003, Mickey’s PhilharMagic, an incredible cinematic experience that brings classic characters to life in 3-D animation for the first time, debuted in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. A perfect way to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Mickey Mouse, this landmark collaboration between Imagineering and Walt Disney Feature Animation unfolds on the world’s largest seamless 3-D screen. It showcases perennial favorites such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck alongside irresistible characters from The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan.

At Disney’s California Adventure, the computer-generated world of the Disney / Pixar film a bug’s life becomes real at a bug’s land, which opened in October 2002. Being small is big fun in this fascinating playground, where attractions including Flik’s Flyers show kids what life looks like from a bug’s point of view.

In late 2004, look for “Experiment 626” – a.k.a. Stitch – to stir up trouble when the irrepressible star of Disney’s hit film Lilo & Stitch descends on the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Stitch’s Great Escape! Featuring some of the most sophisticated Audio-Animatronics® technology ever developed by Walt Disney Imagineering, this Tomorrowland attraction will put guests right in the middle of the fun when the mischievous Stitch wreaks havoc by defying security measures put in place by the Galactic Federation.