Disneyland is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and as part of that celebration, Disney Imagineers brought a Walt Disney animatronic figure to life for the first time ever. Right now, Disneyland visitors can see this new animatronic as part of the Walt Disney — A Magical Life show at the Main Street Opera House that previously hosted Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

Walt Disney — A Magical Life

Now, Disney made it clear that the Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln show wasn’t going away, and that the new show would eventually rotate with the old show. Well, now, we know when that’s going to happen…and it’s WAY sooner than we think. In fact, the two shows will be rotating as of tomorrow.

Beginning tomorrow, February 13th, Walt Disney — A Magical Life and Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln will rotate shows throughout the day so visitors have a chance to see both. According to the Disneyland calendar, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln will show from park opening until 1:30 PM. Meanwhile, Walt Disney — A Magical Life will be showing from 2 PM to 8 PM.

Walt Disney – A Magical Life

That means that Disney will spend about 30 minutes switching out the shows every day (and honestly, that seems FAST). But the good news is that the classic Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln will be returning to the park. This version of the attraction originally debuted at the 1964 World’s Fair and was moved to Disneyland in 1965. So it’s also part of Disney history. I highly recommend checking it out!

“Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln”

The Walt Disney animatronic is also pretty cool to see, so if you can make time for both, I also highly recommend that, too. If you don’t have a chance to see it in Disneyland, though, Disney has plans to bring the Walt animatronic to Disney World’s Carousel of Progress.

We’ll be keeping an eye out for other big changes in Disneyland, so stay tuned to DFB for more.

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