Walt Disney Studios Courtyard Nears Completion With New Signs and Movie Posters

May 12, 2026 in "The Magic of Disney Animation"

New Posters, Signs, and Murals: Hollywood Studios Courtyard Progress Photos - May 12 2026
Posted: Tuesday May 12, 2026 11:41am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Walt Disney Studios courtyard at Disney's Hollywood Studios is looking close to complete, with a flurry of finishing touches added over the past week and new movie posters going up today.

The vintage-style mural recreating the iconic Hyperion Studio rooftop sign is now fully complete on the Studio Theater building. The finished mural features classic Mickey Mouse standing above the painted sign.

The design recreates the sign that sat atop Disney's original Hyperion Studio in Los Angeles, where Mickey Mouse was created and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was produced.

The building's entrance now has a new "STUDIO THEATER" sign mounted above the covered queue, with dimensional white lettering in a clean Art Deco style.

Two large-format movie posters were installed on the Studio Theater building today:

  • A vintage-style Lady and the Tramp poster
  • A Tangled theatrical poster

More posters are being added to the Disney Jr building opposite.

A new studio-lot style directional sign post has been installed in the courtyard, featuring character medallions alongside street name-style labels. The sign lists:

  • Dopey Drive
  • Mickey Ave
  • Animation
  • In Btween
  • Multiplane

The street names reference classic Disney animation terminology — "in-betweening" and the multiplane camera are both foundational techniques from the golden age of Disney animation.

The Walt Disney Studios courtyard and Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live! open May 26 — now less than two weeks away. No opening date has been announced for The Magic of Disney Animation building beyond later Summer 2026.

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Johnwdwguy16 hours ago

Hmm the Media Previews for the Two Weeks of August...

Chester&Hester Enthusiast16 hours ago

I'm starting to think I'm going to like the courtyard more than what's inside the building lol. They really did a fantastic job with this project. Everything feels so charming and thoughtful! Between this and Muppets, I'm starting to feel my cold dead purist heart thaw a bit.

Mr. Sullivan17 hours ago

Enjoy the courtyard! I had a lovely time sitting there eating a pretzel last week.

Disgruntled Walt19 hours ago

Bah! My family just surprised me with a trip July 17-21, and I was hoping we'd see this. Oh well.

lentesta21 hours ago

Media previews supposedly happening sometime in first two weeks of August.

Mr. Sullivan8 days ago

I would be shocked if this was shot recently

Disgruntled Walt9 days ago

This was probably filmed awhile ago, but I share your concern.

The Leader of the Club9 days ago

This interior still looks very empty. Wouldn’t be shocked if this gets delayed until the fall

DCBaker9 days ago

Walt Disney Imagineering has shared a first look inside The Magic of Disney Animation construction site:

brb100614 days ago

Why does the white haired lady in the pink dress look off? Her face looks young but appears to be middle aged?

brb100614 days ago

This is the type of stuff Disney World used to do back in the day.

The Leader of the Club14 days ago

I’m shocked they didn’t announce that yesterday. They have to be close enough to the end of the project that they have a date in mind. Typically late summer means “July” for WDW (given that Halloween starts the first week of August).

stu190114 days ago

Apart from late summer does anyone have any ballpark date of when they are aiming to open the animation building?

JD8015 days ago

I said this same thing to a friend of mine last week.

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