Muppet*Vision 3D Muppet*Vision 3D Muppet*Vision 3D is a 3D film attraction located at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Directed by Jim Henson, the attraction features Kermit the Frog guiding park guests on a tour through Muppet Studios, while the Muppets prepare their sketch acts to demonstrate their new breakthrough in 3D film technology. The show, however, completely unravels when Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's experimental 3D sprite, Waldo, causes mayhem during the next portion of the show. The attraction—which opened as Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D on May 16, 1991 at Disney's Hollywood Studios (then Disney-MGM Studios)—incorporates the 3D film in conjunction with in-theater 4D effects, such
The Muppets was canceled after Henson's death in 1990. Nevertheless, Disney entered into a licensing agreement with Jim Henson Productions to use the characters in the theme parks. The following year, Muppet*Vision 3D debuted at Disney-MGM Studios, the only attraction to be successfully developed from the original Imagineering plans. Retaining interest in the franchise, Disney co-produced the fourth and fifth Muppet films, "The Muppet Christmas Carol" and "Muppet Treasure Island", with Henson in 1992 and 1996, respectively. Following those films, the characters starred in "Muppets Tonight", which ran on ABC and later on Disney Channel from 1996 to 1998; and a sixth