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Muppet*Vision 3D will close at #WaltDisneyWorld, ending months of fan outcry following TheWrap’s exclusive report back in August that Walt Disney World management and Walt Disney Imagineering, the arm of the company responsible for the theme parks, were mulling the fate of the Jim Henson attraction. Disney on Friday revealed that Muppet*Vision 3D, a 15-minute 3D movie featuring the #Muppets, will indeed shut down, along with the rest of what was once known as Muppet Courtyard. Additionally, a re-theme of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, located in the same park, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, has been announced. The attraction that previously was themed to Aerosmith will soon get a Muppet-y overlay, at least giving the Muppet characters a place elsewhere in the park. Hey, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem know how to rock. Disney released vague concept art of the area, which will see the arrival of a “Monsters, Inc.”-themed coaster and a new theater show in the former Muppets Theater. When the ...

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