{"id":583699,"date":"2026-04-14T13:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/583699\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:36:09","slug":"breaking-sorcerer-hat-installed-at-the-magic-of-disney-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/583699\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Sorcerer Hat Installed at The Magic of Disney Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After we saw <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/04\/photos-animation-courtyard-sorcerer-hat-en-route-to-disneys-hollywood-studios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Mickey\u2019s giant sorcerer hat traveling<\/a> to Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios last night, crews installed the hat outside The Magic of Disney Animation, a new version of an old attraction opening this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Sorcerer Hat at Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-dhs-animation-courtyard-sorcerer-hat-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1708\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wdw-dhs-animation-courtyard-sorcerer-hat-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"After we saw Mickey's giant sorcerer hat traveling to Disney's Hollywood Studios last night, crews installed the hat outside The Magic of Disney Animation, a new version of an old attraction opening this summer.\" class=\"wp-image-1411442\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hat is inspired by the facade of the Roy E. Disney Animation Building in Burbank, California but also pays homage to the park\u2019s former sorcerer hat icon.<\/p>\n<p>The former Animation Courtyard is being transformed into the Walt Disney Studios Courtyard, including character <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/04\/characters-sign-walk-of-fame-concrete-outside-magic-of-disney-animation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">autographs and handprints<\/a> in the pavement.<\/p>\n<p>Inside The Magic of Disney animation, guests will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/12\/6-new-character-meet-greets-to-disneys-hollywood-studios-in-off-the-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">encounter characters<\/a>, learn to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/new-animation-academy-experience-hosted-olaf-hollywood-studios-magic-of-disney-animation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">draw with Olaf<\/a>, and play on an\u00a0Alice in Wonderland\u00a0playground.<\/p>\n<p>Next door will be the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/breaking-opening-date-for-disney-jr-mickey-mouse-clubhouse-live-at-hollywood-studios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live!<\/a>, set to open with the courtyard on May 26. Disney has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/the-magic-of-disney-animation-will-open-after-the-rest-of-animation-courtyard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">not announced<\/a>\u00a0an opening date for The Magic of Disney Animation.<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited for the return of The Magic of Disney Animation? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After we saw Mickey\u2019s giant sorcerer hat traveling to Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios last night, crews installed the hat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[127935,4,450,127934,451,3,255643,452,453,178731,255644],"class_list":["post-583699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-animation-courtyard","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-disneys-hollywood-studios","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-the-magic-of-disney-animation","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-walt-disney-studios","tag-walt-disney-studios-courtyard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}