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Disney-MGM Studios Back to Drawing Board.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2003

By Todd Pack, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 29--Disney-MGM Studios is refreshing its popular animation tour, which has changed little since the park opened 14 years ago.

The Magic of Disney Animation will close on Tuesday and reopen in late November, said spokesman Gary Buchanan.

One of the biggest changes: Disney is shelving the opening movie starring Robin Williams and former CBS newsman Walter Cronkite.

The 9-minute movie, Back to Neverland, has played since the tour opened in 1989, and while Williams still draws laughs, the movie has become dated.

Disney classics such as The Lion King hadn't come out when the movie was made, and many young parents weren't around or can't recall...

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