Muppet*Vision 3D

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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 venue, which has occasionally been billed Muppet*Vision 3D 4D due to its pioneering in-theater effects, is designed as a filmed tour meant to showcase Muppet*Vision, Muppet Labs' newest technology. The attraction was sponsored by Kodak.
The attraction opened at Walt Disney World on May 16, 1991 (the first anniversary of Henson's death). Later, it 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.
In 2024, it was announced that the Florida attraction would close to make way for a Monsters, Inc. themed area, and that the Muppets would instead be a part of the retheming of the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster in the same park.Disney Parks Blog: New Doors Open for Monsters and Muppets at Hollywood Studios November 22, 2024 It was later announced that the attraction's final day of operation, along with the PizzeRizzo restaurant, would be June 7, 2025.WDW Magic "Disney Announces Closing Date for MuppetVision 3D Ahead of Monsters, Inc. Land Transformation," January 24, 2025
==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 Great 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," "Mah Na Mah Na," and songs from The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, and The Muppets Take Manhattan.
The Muppet*Vision gift shop is called the Stage 1 Company Store.
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.:file:MV3D Grand Arts Theatre 2017.jpg 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. From 2001 to 2005, the gift shop outside the Muppet*Vision exit was themed as Rizzo's Prop Shop.
In later years, the California theater 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.Disneyland Gazette on Twitter, November 1, 2014
==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 of 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.
Scooter appears to test all six of the monitors. At one point, Scooter's silhouette with static remains and he asks a technician to take care of it. After a surreal sketch involving a painter and fish, Fozzie Bear gathers all the members of Nicky Napoleon and His Emperor Penguins and leads them into the theater for orchestra rehearsal. A chicken attempts to join them, but Fozzie stops her, saying that he told her to stay on the other side of the road. Fozzie then asks, to no one in particular, "Why did this chicken cross the road?", to which the chicken clucks the answer. Fozzie finds the response funny and shares the joke with the penguins.
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.
The pre-show was directed by David Gumpel and shot at Jim Henson's carriage house in New York City.Bhaktivision, Inc. David Gumpel's CVRick Lyon's Facebook
==The Show==
thumb|300px|Determined to get a laugh, Fozzie demonstrates some cheap 3D tricks.
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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." (This name was used internally before launch.)Unidentified internal publication posted by Jim Shull, a former Imagineer, on Twitter, 1 June 2022. 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 party horn, a snake nut can, 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, shows up 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. Fozzie suggests that Bean could set up 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 while Waldo literally turns into a duck that quacks. 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 (a nod to how they're audio-animatronics in this show).
The curtains to the balconies close, and the show concludes as a Cast Member bids farewell to the audience and instructs them on how to exit the attraction. The audience leaves and deposits their 3D glasses in the special bins as The Muppet Show theme plays.
==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".Disney Experience Offered in Multiple Languages
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.Handheld Device Adds Audio Description 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.Muppets at D23: Movies, DVDs, and Merchandise News!The Muppets at D23D23 Update: Special Muppets Presentation
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.David Gumpel's Blog 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.Stitch Kingdom The fountain was walled off in November 2009 for a separate refurbishment.www.wdwmagic.com 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. In September-October 2021, the pre-show was replaced with an extended preview of the Disney+ special, Muppets Haunted Mansion, hosted by Pepe the King Prawn.Tough Pigs "Muppets Haunted Mansion Sneak Peak at Muppet*Vision 3D" by Shane Keating, September 30, 2021
File:New Muppet Vision 3D Pre-show Segment With Constantine From Muppets Most Wanted|Constantine hijacks the pre-show to promote Muppets Most Wanted (Spring 2014)
File:New "Muppets Haunted Mansion" Pre-show at MuppetVision 3D - Disney's Hollywood Studios|Pepe the King Prawn interrupts the pre-show to promote Muppets Haunted Mansion (Fall 2021)
==Gift shops==
:see Stage 1 Company Store and Rizzo's Prop Shop
==Notes==
* The production was filmed in January 1990.Behind the scenes footage in 2011 Disney Legends presentation
* After Jim Henson's death, Frank Oz led the completion of the film based on Henson's original plans. Oz was originally offered $50,000 by Disney to help finish the project but Oz declined the offer. When asked what he wanted, Oz simply expressed that he was low on socks and that he could use some new ones. When the film was complete, Disney gave Oz a basket of socks.@TheFrankOzJam on Twitter
* The costumed actors who perform Sweetums in the live portions of the show are trained by the Jim Henson Company for authenticity.Ayers, Brad The MuppetCast show #26
* The movie parody posters in the queue at Disney California Adventure included Jurassic Pork, Frumpy Old Men, and Pigs in Space: The Movie.
* The rear half of a crashed motorcycle was embedded in the wall above the entrance to the sound stage in Disney California Adventure's version of the attraction. The hole in the wall above the motorcycle suggests that the motorcycle belonged to The Great Gonzo.
* In Walt Disney World, the fire truck used in the film's final sequence was situated around the corner from the attraction's exit. It has since been removed to make way for the Stage One Company Store.
* The Statler and Waldorf audio-animatronic characters have a third arm. When they surrender and are waving white flags, the arm being used is attached to the inside of the box.MouseTunes fan podcast, 1/28/07
* A gag can be spotted in the entrance to both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World attractions. A tall archway has a sign above it saying "You must be shorter than this to enter!" along with a broken off piece of the archway, implying that someone hit it. In Disney California Adventure, though, there was a small note that said "Ow!" next to it.
==Gallery==
===The show===
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===The Muppet Theatre===
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===Pre-show film===
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===Walt Disney World resort===
====Disney's Hollywood Studios exterior====
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====Disney's Hollywood Studios Extended Line Area====
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====Disney's Hollywood Studios pre-show area====
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===Disneyland resort===
====Disney California Adventure exterior====
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MV3D Constantine wanted poster.jpg|Constantine wanted poster, March 2014
====Disney California Adventure pre-show area====
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===Behind the scenes===
File:MV3D bts Dave Kermit.jpg|Dave Goelz performing Kermit with Frank Oz as Fozzie
File:mv3d filming 3.jpg|Gonzo looks on as Dave Goelz performs Kermit with Frank Oz as Fozzie
File:BTS-MV3DEnd.jpg|Steve Whitmire performs Bean Bunny in an alternate final scene
File:Henson sweetums mv3d bts.jpg|Jim Henson and John Henson, performing Sweetums
File:VISION 3D promo shot5.JPG|Jim Henson and John Henson, performing Sweetums
File:mv3d filming 1.jpg|Frank Oz as Fozzie with Dave Goelz
File:mv3d filming 4.jpg|Steve Whitmire performs a toy solider and Jim Henson preforms a doll alongside Sam the Eagle
File:mv3d bts 01.jpg|Jim Henson directs Sweetums in the final scene
File:mv3d bts 02.jpg|Jim Henson performs Kermit alongside Dave Goelz as Gonzo
File:mv3d bts 03.jpg|Jim Henson on the set of Miss Piggy's number
File:mv3d bts 04.jpg|The set
File:mv3d bts 05.jpg|Miss Piggy on set
File:mv3d bts 06.jpg|Dave Goelz performs Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
File:mv3d bts 07.jpg|Bunsen and Beaker on set
File:mv3d bts 09.jpg|Frank Oz performs Fozzie Bear alongside Jim Henson as Kermit and Dave Goelz as Gonzo
File:mv3d bts 11.jpg|Jim Henson directs Muppet performers Rick Lyon, Allan Trautman and Steve Whitmire
File:mv3d bts 12.jpg|Performing the toy soldiers
File:mv3d bts 13.jpg|Steve Whitmire, Rick Lyon and Allan Trautman preform toy soldiers
File:mv3d bts 14.jpg|Steve Whitmire preforms a toy soldier
File:mv3d bts 15.jpg|Jim Henson directs a cannoneer
File:mv3d bts 16.jpg|Miss Piggy as the Statue of Liberty
File:mv3d bts 17.jpg|Miss Piggy as the Statue of Liberty
File:mv3d bts 18.jpg|Miss Piggy as the Statue of Liberty
===Posters===
MV3D poster Star Wars.jpg|Star Wars
MV3D poster Tarzan.jpg|Tarzan
MV3D poster To Have and Have Not.jpg|To Have and Have Not
MV3D poster Follow the Fleet.jpg|Follow the Fleet
Beachblanketbeaker.jpg|Beach Blanket Bingo
Pigseidon.jpg|The Poseidon Adventure
MV3D poster Cleopatra.jpg|Cleopatra
MV3D poster Frankenstein.jpg|Frankenstein
Die-hard.jpg|Die Hard
MV3D poster It Came from Outer Space.jpg|It Came from Outer Space
Kurmit the Amphibian.jpg|Conan the Barbarian (He-Man redux)
Superbeaker II MV3D poster.jpg|Superman
ClosetEncounters.jpg|Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Plumpfiction.jpg|Pulp Fiction
MV3D poster Driving Miss Daisy.jpg|Driving Miss Daisy
MV3D poster Gold Finger.jpg|James Bond
MV3D poster Jurassic Park.jpg|Jurassic Park
MV3D poster Lawrence of Arabia.jpg|Lawrence of Arabia
MV3D poster Pretty Woman.jpg|Pretty Woman
MV3D poster Raging Bull.jpg|Raging Bull
MV3D poster Sound of Music.jpg|The Sound of Music
High School Mayhem.JPG|High School Musical
WALLE PARODY.JPG|WALL•E
Wildfrogs.jpg|Wild Hogs
HammahMontana.jpg|Hannah Montana
Piratesamphibian.jpg|Pirates of the Caribbean
Tron Prawn.jpg|Tron
MV3D poster Herbie.jpg|Herbie the Love Bug
MV3D poster The Absent-Minded Professor.jpg|The Absent-Minded Professor
==Credits==
* Directed by: Jim Henson
* Written by: Bill Prady
* Cinematography by: Peter Anderson
* Edited by: Victor Livingston
* Creative Consultant: Michael K. Frith
* Produced by: Ritamarie Peruggi
==Cast==
===Pre-Show===
:Muppets:
:Gonzo, Scooter, Rizzo the Rat, Sam the Eagle, Fozzie Bear, Chicken, Bean Bunny, The Three Ds, Roy, Rick, Chuck, Tom, Penguins, Whatnots
:Background Muppets:
:Cows, Quongo, Luncheon Counter Monster, Pink Frackle, J. G., Goldfish, Sheep
===3D Movie===
:Muppets:
:Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Zoot, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Waldo C. Graphic, Bean Bunny, Sweetums, Sam the Eagle
:Background Muppets:
:Janice, Scooter, Toy Soldiers, Penguins
===Audio-Animatronics===
:Muppets:
:Statler and Waldorf, The Swedish Chef, Bean Bunny, Nicky Napoleon and His Emperor Penguins
===Live===
:Muppets:
:Sweetums
==Performers==
:Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, the Swedish Chef, and Doll
:Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Construction Worker, and Sam the Eagle
:Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Whatnot Painter, Dinah, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, and Zoot
:Richard Hunt as Scooter, Statler, Beaker, Sweetums, Chuck, and Chicken
:Steve Whitmire as Waldo C. Graphic, Bean Bunny, Rizzo the Rat, and Toy Soldier
:John Henson as Sweetums (puppeteering only)
:David Rudman as Roy, Max, and Penguin 
:Kathryn Mullen as Dorothy
:Len Levitt as Toy Soldier
:Rickey Boyd
:Kevin Carlson as Statler (puppetry only)Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show Allan Trautman (Puppeteer/Actor) || Ep. 81 (14:55) December 21, 2022
:Rick Lyon as Rick, Penguin, Fish, Toy Soldier, Zoot (puppetry only), Miss Piggy (opening scene puppetry only)Disney Marvels Podcast - Episode 136 - MuppetVision 3D's 30th Anniversary with Rick Lyon (00:32:19)
:Steven Ritz-Barr
:Allan Trautman as Toy Soldier, and Waldorf (puppetry only)Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show Allan Trautman (Puppeteer/Actor) || Ep. 81 (14:55) December 21, 2022
:Mark Bryan Wilson
:Wayne Allwine as Waldo's impersonation of Mickey Mouse
:Bruce LanoilNOSTALGIA TALK: Episode #24 (Featuring RICKEY BOYD)
:Terri Hardin
:Joe SelphNOSTALGIA TALK: Episode #34 (Featuring RICK LYON)
==See also==
*Muppet*Vision 3D openings
*Muppet*Vision 3D merchandise
==Sources==
==External links==
* Official attraction page for Walt Disney World Resort
* An Officially Unofficial Muppet*Vision 3D Page
* Tough Pigs Soapbox: Secrets of the Third Dimension
* Laurent Linn's designs for the Stage One Company Store facade
* ToughPigs.com: One Lucky Fan’s Muppet*Vision Set Visit
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