Overview

• Disneyland held a media preview on July 14 for “Walt Disney – A Magical Life,” which pairs a 15-minute reedited documentary with a two-minute interactive animatronic of Walt Disney
• The attraction opens to the public on July 17, the park’s 70th anniversary, and will require virtual queue reservations via the Disneyland app at 7 a.m. and noon during the initial opening days
• Walt Disney Imagineering postponed the original May 16 debut to finalize the seven-year audio-animatronic project and make last-minute technical refinements
• The show will run solo in the Main Street Opera House before alternating performances with “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” as part of a rotating lineup
• Responses among Walt Disney’s grandchildren have been mixed, with the Walt Disney Family Museum board endorsing the project and others criticizing the animatronic as dehumanizing