By the D23 Team
Exciting news from Walt Disney World Resort, courtesy our pals at Disney Parks Blog: There are more Audio-Animatronics® figure updates on the way!
First, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, get ready to clap your paws when Zootopia: Better Zoogether! opens on November 7 in the iconic Tree of Life Theater. It’s a “4D” show guests won’t want to miss—as the residents of Zootopia are gearing up for Zoogether Day, a citywide celebration. On this special day, all kinds of animals join together with performances from many of the diverse biomes that make up the city. In Zootopia: Better Zoogether!, the Tree of Life Theater is the epicenter of Zoogether Day with fast-talking, loud-howling wolf host Heidi Howler presenting a watch party where the audience of mammals big and small will catch all the festivities via livestream.
Thanks to the special “Carrot Vision” glasses you’ll wear as part of the watch party experience, some favorite characters from Zootopia and Zootopia 2 will “jump” off the screen… except for Gazelle’s No. 1 fan and our favorite off-duty ZPD officer. That’s right—Benjamin Clawhauser himself will be in the theater, in the form of an all-new Audio-Animatronics figure! For the Zoogether Day watch party, he’ll be decked out from head to tail with a brand-new look: glow necklaces, bracelets, and his favorite glittery Gazelle T-shirt.
Next, in the heart of the Norway pavilion at EPCOT, Frozen fanatics have been sailing through the story of Princess Anna and Queen Elsa on Frozen Ever After since it debuted in 2016. It is full of Audio-Animatronics figures—including Sven and Kristoff, an ice-skating Olaf, Marshmallow, a herd of Snowgies, and of course, Anna and Elsa. Soon, the Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff Audio-Animatronics figures will receive updates after 10 years of delighting fans in Frozen Ever After, taking their inspiration from the advancements seen in figures at World of Frozen in Hong Kong Disneyland. Early next year, this investment will bring a more true-to-film look for these beloved characters.
And finally, when Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets opens Summer 2026 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, guests will find fan-favorite Scooter working alongside a dedicated team of penguin audio engineers to help convince the Electric Mayhem to get to their gig on time. This will be the first time Scooter has ever been imagined as an Audio-Animatronics figure—and word is, he might not be the only Muppet Audio-Animatronics figure joining the attraction…
Interested in learning even more about iconic Audio-Animatronics figures at Disney Parks through the years and the tech that makes them tick? Take a deeper look in the “Audio-Animatronics” episode of We Call It Imagineering.