Statler & Waldorf Are Free - Disney World To Shut Down The Muppets Attractions and Rebrand Aerosmith Rollercoaster on June 7, 2025

 "Life's like a movie, write your own ending, keep believing, keep pretending, we've done what we've just set out to do, thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you."
- Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson and Paul Williams, circa 1979

All good things must come to an end and unfortunately one of Disney's biggest 2000s properties The Muppets is about to follow similar fate. In one of the most disasterous announcements made by the mouse house for the 70th platinum anniversary of the iconic Jim Henson Company staple, Disney announced last Christmas that they would be shutting down its iconic Muppets Courtyard area of Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL, meaning that the hit 3D/4D VR show MuppetVision 3D and the pizza restaurant PizzeRizzo which were the final projects made by Jim Henson himself released posthumously after his death in May 1990 after the Disney World TV special, will be no more.

Disney has announced that effective Saturday Jne 7th, 2025, these classic attractions will be locked up in the Disney Vault never to be seen again (wuth the exception of watching it on YouTube) and will be replaced by a new Hollywood Studios land area dedicated to one of its greatest Pixar franchises of all time, Disney/Pixar's 2001 meme masterpiece Monsters Inc. which will be getting its own Disney World land over the summer as part of the Disneyland 70 celebration.

But don't worry, just because these iconic attractions are gone, that doesn't mean that Disney is done with The Muppets and Sesame Street forever, as they have announced that one of their worst illegal attractions ever made, Rock N' Roll Rollercoaster starring Aerosmith will be given the proper high quality rebrand it deserves, updating it to be centered around Dr. Teeth, Animal and the Electric Mayhem with the soundtrack being based on one of the worst one-hit-wonder kids shows ever made, the 2023 Disney+ SVOD box office flop The Muppets Mayhem which is essentially a Glee ripoff that deserved to be cancelled after only one season despite winning the 2023 2nd annual Kids Emmy Awards.

It's currently unknown where the famous Disney Muppets attractions from the 1990s will be available to experience again in the near forseeable future, as Disney and The Jim Henson Company themselves have acknowledged the frustation of Muppetheads everywhere and have rest assured that these attractions that have been around for about 35 years will still be available even though it will be hard and complicated to find a new theme park or carnival home for these iconic Disney theme park properties.

We would like to send a big thanks to all the Disney, Sesame Workshop and the Jim Henson Co. team who have brought these iconic adventures of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Rizzo, Animal, Statler and Waldorf, Beaker, The Swedish Chef and the whole Muppets gang to life over the last seven decades. Thank you for giving us these iconic experiences that will be missed for generations to come.

RIP Disneyland/DIsney World Muppets Courtyard Attractions
1991-2025