Muppet * Vision 3D Muppet * Vision 3D is a Disney theme park attraction at Disney ' s Hollywood Studios ( formerly Disney - MGM Studios ) in Walt Disney World , Florida , the main feature of which is a 3D film that was the last project directed by Jim Henson . The attraction opened at Walt Disney World on the first anniversary of Henson ' s death on May 16 , 1991 . The attraction was duplicated at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in California , where it opened on February 8 , 2001 and remained in operation until November 1 , 2014 . The attraction , which has occasionally been billed as " Muppet * Vision 3D 4D " due to its pioneering in - theater effects , is billed as a tour meant to showcase Muppet * Vision , Muppet Labs ' newest technology . The attraction was sponsored by Kodak . The Show Building . The show building and queue for " Muppet * Vision 3D " are the only portions of the attraction which contain significant differences between the Walt Disney World and Disneyland versions . Florida . At Disney ' s Hollywood Studios , the attraction is housed in a brick building with a clock tower . The building , which was designed to match the surrounding New York Street area ( later named Streets of America ) , anchors a plaza that was originally intended to be the center of the park ' s Muppet Studios subsection before the 1990s merger between The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company fell through . ( Other attractions in this area were supposed to include The Muppet Movie Ride and The Great Gonzo ' s Pandemonium Pizza Parlor . ) At the center of the plaza sits a fountain featuring statues of Miss Piggy dressed as The Statue of Liberty , Fozzie , Gonzo , Animal , and assorted rats and fish " filming " a scene from the attraction . Instrumental versions of classic Muppet songs were recorded specifically for use as ambient music in the plaza and queue of " Muppet * Vision 3D " in Walt Disney World . These include " Bein ' Green , " " Mahna Mahna , " and songs from " The Muppet Movie " , " The Great Muppet Caper " , and " The Muppets Take Manhattan " . A few years after Disney ' s 2004 acquisition of The Muppets , Jim Henson ' s name was removed from the building ' s original sign . In 2016 and 2017 , other changes were made to the area . In February 2017 , the yellow hot air balloon with Kermit the Frog ' s face that was perched on top of the building was removed . Several months later , a new marquee replaced the old signage , renaming the building as the Grand Arts Theatre . The fountain was also temporarily transformed into a planter at this time . California . At Disney California Adventure , " Muppet * Vision 3D " was an opening day attraction in the Hollywood Land ( formerly Hollywood Pictures Backlot ) section of the park . The attraction was housed in a reproduction of a sound stage . The sign , which hung above the entrance and featured a giant statue of Kermit , was changed when the area received a makeover in 2006 , removing Jim Henson ' s name and adding drawings of Miss Piggy , Fozzie , Gonzo , Dr . Bunsen Honeydew , and Beaker . For Disneyland ' s 50th Anniversary , a photomosaic of Kermit as the Scarecrow and Piggy as Glinda from " The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz " was situated near the attraction ' s entrance . In later years , the California theater had housed several temporary sneak peek screenings for new Disney 3D releases , including " Tron : Legacy " ( in Fall 2010 ) , " Frankenweenie " ( in Fall 2012 ) , and " Oz The Great and Powerful " ( in February 2013 ) . " Muppet * Vision 3D " ’ s last day of regular operation in the California location was November 1 , 2014 . It was replaced in 2015 by " For the First Time in Forever : A Frozen Sing - Along Celebration " , a musical stage show based on the film " Frozen " . The theater currently operates as the Sunset Showcase Theater , a primary location for sneak peeks of new Disney and Marvel releases . The Queue . Both exterior queues feature a variety of jokes and references to the Muppets , some of which can be found in both locations , including posters of the Muppets spoofing classic movies . At Disney California Adventure , the queue featured a replica of the Swinetrek crashed outside the show building , as well as a catapult not unlike those used by Gonzo in his ludicrous stunts . ( A Gonzo - shaped hole in the building along with a crashed motorcycle suggested that his latest stunt was less than successful . ) Once inside , the queues become more similar and are meant to depict the lobby of Muppet Labs . The gags and references continue at the unattended security desk , by which hangs a photograph of Link Hogthrob in his " Bear on Patrol " uniform . A sign indicates that the key is under the mat , and , sure enough , if lifted , the mat reveals a key to the building embedded in the concrete floor . Both queues end in a holding area designed to look like a storage facility for Muppet props . Although the specific props are different in each park , some examples of the gags to be found include a net full of Jell - O ( Annette Funicello ) and flat , plywood fruit in a box marked 2D Fruities . Other props include a photograph of Fozzie from his Kermitage Collection photo shoot , Miss Piggy ' s costumes , and crates full everything from Gonzo ' s Stunt Props ( and Really Weird Stuff ) to Bunsen ' s inventions ( such as a tongue inflator ) . It is in this room that the audience is treated to the pre - show film . The Pre - Show Film . The pre - show film of the Muppets preparing for the main show is presented on four sets of three interconnected televisions situated above the audience in the prop room . The pre - show begins with a construction worker ( referred to as " Boss " ) inspecting the area and calling in his co - workers ; Roy , Rick , and Chuck . One at a time ( with Chuck doing the work while the others supervise ) , they are able to lift up three separate signs with the attraction ' s logo . The signs proceed to all fall over onto the workers . The proceedings are supervised by Scooter , who attempts to organize the backstage crew while dealing with interruptions from the cast . Fozzie presents a new singing group called The Three Ds , who flub " By the Light of the Silvery Moon ; " Bean Bunny attempts to bring Miss Piggy props for her big musical number ; Gonzo distracts Scooter long enough to complete a tap dance with a flower pot on his head while Tea For Two is played , Sam the Eagle offers a safety spiel , deeming stopping in the middle of the row unpatriotic ; and Rizzo the Rat tries to pass as Mickey Mouse . When Rizzo fails to fool Sam , Gonzo claims that Donald Duck is backstage , but Sam isn ' t buying it . While , for the most part , the footage is the same on each of the three screens , the film occasionally " breaks " into three separate videos for the purpose of a gag . In one instance , Bean Bunny is karate chopped " offstage " by a displeased Piggy and is sent flying from the rightmost screen to the leftmost one . In another , three apparently identical shots of a dancing Gonzo are shown to be distinct from one another when one Gonzo ' s flower pot falls off his head , and the other two Gonzos comment on it . A scrolling LED screen that hangs below the television sets features additional jokes , including a reference to " The Mickey Mouse Club " , while counting down to showtime . David Gumpel directed the footage . The Show . At the end of the pre - show , the audience is ushered into a reproduction of The Muppet Theatre from " The Muppet Show " , complete with Statler and Waldorf ( in audio - animatronic form ) in their box . After the members of the audience , including the two curmudgeons , are instructed to don their purple 3D glasses , Nicky Napoleon and His Emperor Penguins ( audio - animatronics ) play an instrumental version of " The Muppet Show Theme " from the pit , and the curtain rises on a door that reads " Kermit the Frog Presents : Muppet * Vision 3D . " The " 3D " from the sign , which starts to float over the audience , is revealed to be attached to a pole that Gonzo operates through a hole in the door . The show ' s resident weirdo is briefly chastised by Kermit , who then talks about the acts that they have planned . After introducing the Swedish Chef , who , reprising his role from " The Muppet Movie " , is operating the film projector from the back of the theater ( in audio - animatronic form ) . Kermit then promises the audience that , even though the Muppets will be demonstrating their newest three - dimensional technology , they will not be stooping to cheap 3D tricks . Kermit is then interrupted by Fozzie , who is intent on demonstrating the first of several cheap 3D tricks , the kind that Kermit was so hoping to avoid . These include a snake nut can , a party favor , and a flower in his lapel that , through the use of in - theater effects , squirts real water onto the audience . As always , Statler and Waldorf take this opportunity to heckle the bear , telling him that he ' s not even funny in 3D . When Kermit finally introduces the creators of Muppet * Vision , Dr . Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker , he finds that they are unable to control their invention , which backfires , injuring Beaker and releasing Waldo C . Graphic , the world ' s first living 3D effect . After Waldo performs a few 3D tricks of his own , such as bouncing on audience members ' heads , Bunsen instructs Beaker to suck him up with the VacuumMuppet . This also backfires and instead sucks up not only the Labs but everything in the film except for Waldo , who flies off . Kermit appears and , after Fozzie performs another cheap 3D trick with a remote control banana cream pie , introduces Miss Piggy ' s number . The audience is treated to a lovely lake and garden scene where Miss Piggy sings her " little " song , " Dream a Little Dream of Me . " She is , despite her best efforts , " assisted " by Bean Bunny , who has been trying to help with her musical number ever since the pre - show . His special effects , which include blowing 3D bubbles that are mixed with real bubbles blown into the audience , do more harm than good , as Piggy tries to get rid of him . Bean then hands her a water ski rope that drags her off into the lake . Sam the Eagle , who is preparing a musical number of his own , appears and tells Bean to go away . Bean , crushed , turns around to leave the movie . He ends up in a pitch black area outside the garden scene , where Waldo appears trying to find his way out of the movie . Bean decides to run away and invites Waldo to come along . When Gonzo shows up and asks Bean what he ' s doing , Bean tells him he ' s running away , forever , and Gonzo asks him if he can get him a sandwich . It is not until Bean and Waldo leave that Gonzo realizes Bean is not coming back , and he freaks out and runs off to find Kermit . Sweetums then walks across the screen playing paddle ball . When Gonzo finds Kermit and Fozzie , the three of them organize a search party for Bean . Kermit tells the audience that if they see a rabbit , to holler , and he and his friends then call out for Bean . A walk - around version of Sweetums walks around the audience , holding a flashlight while calling for Bean . Spotlights acting as flashlights shine across the theater searching for Bean . When prerecorded voices of children say that they see him in the balcony on the left , Bean Bunny ( in audio - animatronic form ) appears in the box opposite Waldorf and Statler ' s . Kermit asks him to come back , but Bean agrees to stay only if he is given something to do . The " something " they settle on is allowing Bean to light the fireworks for Sam ' s big production number . Sam ' s big production number , " A Salute to All Nations ( But Mostly America ) , " begins , featuring some Muppets patterned after the dolls featured in the " it ' s a small world " attraction . Dolls dance , dressed in clothes decorated with stars and stripes , and waving flags from countries around the world . A large band of dolls plays marching music ( featuring the 1812 Overture and Stars and Stripes Forever ) . Things begin to go haywire when Waldo accidentally causes one of the musicians to get a tuba stuck on his head and starts running around for help , bumping into others and knocking them over . Bean shoots off the fireworks , and breath - taking fireworks shoot off into the skies , and animations of fireworks exploding appear up on the ceiling . Waldo then appears as a rocket and flies around Miss Piggy outfitted as the Statue of Liberty , causing her dress to fall down . Waldo then crashes into the orchestra of penguins , exploding into flames , and shooting out as a rocket back into the screen . The orchestra is now on fire , and Sweetums yells for the Chef , telling him to stop the projector . Sweetums then puts out the orchestra fire with a bucket of water , but the angry penguins think Sweetums was the cause of their trouble . A red and white cannon rises out of the orchestra pit , aimed at the monster . Sweetums , tells the audience to duck . The cannon fires , and instead of hitting Sweetums , misses and hits the Chef ' s projection booth in the back . The projector breaks , causing the film strip to go off balance and rip apart , leaving the screen blank . The Chef , however , is angry at the penguins and Waldo . The Swedish Chef takes out a large blunderbuss and shoots at Waldo several times , hitting the screen instead . Waldo teases the Chef , and turns into a target . Waldo then realizes his mistake , as the angry Chef puts the gun away and instead takes out a huge cannon , which is sticking outside the hanging booth in the wall . The Chef fires his large cannon , and the shot is so explosive it practically destroys the inside of the theater . When the smoke from the cannon fire clears , Statler and Waldorf are crouching in their box , holding white flags and saying " We surrender ! We surrender ! " The penguins are back under the floor , Sweetums is still standing and says " What an explosion ! " , and runs backstage . The theater lies in ruins . Holes are blown in the walls , and the screen is now gone , leaving just a back wall . A large Muppet Labs firetruck then backs up through the back wall of the screen , and perched on the back ladder of the truck sits Kermit . Park guests and a walk - around Pluto are seen in the background . Kermit bids the audience farewell and ensures the audience that the theater suffered only " minor " damage , and that he hopes they enjoyed this presentation of Muppet * Vision 3D , telling them to come see it again sometime . The firetruck drives up out of the back wall of the screen and the curtains close , when Waldo reappears once again , this time turning himself into Mickey Mouse before the VacuumMuppet behind the curtain sucks Waldo back in , finally ridding the audience and the show of him . Bean , still in the box to the left , says " What a cute ending ! " Waldorf , who is back sitting in the balcony on the right , asks if they have time to go to the bathroom before the next show . Statler tells him they can ' t , they ' re bolted to the seats . The curtains to the balconies shut , and the show is over . The audience leaves and puts their 3D glasses in the special bins as The Muppet Show theme plays , saying good - bye to the audience . Translations . Two international dubs of the film have been created . At the Disneyland Resort there were wireless translation headsets that allow guests to enjoy the show in either Spanish or Japanese . The audio experience was part of the " Ears to the World " programs which was offered on two other attractions - " Captain EO ( Tribute ) " and " It ’ s Tough to be a Bug ! " Guests hear a translation in Spanish or Japanese recorded by character actors who " reflect the excitement and spirit of the English recording " . The show has also been adapted for the hard of hearing and visually impaired . Disney ' s Handheld Device provides " assisted listening " and " handheld captioning " for guests with hearing disabilities . The device also provides " audio description " which gives narrated audio to guests with visual disabilities by describing visual attraction elements , such as actions , settings and scene changes . Guests with visual or hearing disabilities can obtain handheld devices at the Guest Relations offices . Digital Update . In 2009 , it was announced that " Muppet * Vision 3D " would receive an update at both the Florida and California parks . The film would be remastered and reissued in Disney Digital 3D . A new pre - show and other queue area updates were also planned . New Muppet parody posters were added to the queue in October 2009 , including the spoofs " Hammah Montana " , " Pirates of the Amphibian " , " High School Mayhem " , " Wild Frogs " , and " BEAK • E " . David Gumpel , director of the original pre - show , reported on his blog that he directed a new version of the pre - show in November 2008 for the updated attraction . Gumpel did not indicate when the new pre - show was expected to debut . The attraction was closed at Walt Disney World from April 24 through May 14 for the update . The fountain was walled off in November 2009 for a separate refurbishment . The new pre - show was not included in the update . In March 2014 , a temporary new pre - show segment with Constantine was introduced to promote " Muppets Most Wanted " :