20th Century Animation Theatre

20th Century Animation Theatre is a 3D motion simulator attraction that opened on October 4, 2019 at Disney California Adventure. Originally named the "Fox Animation Theatre", the attraction themed around characters featured in films from 20th Century Animation. It replaced the Puppet Pals 4-D attraction, which closed on September 22, 2017 at Disney California Adventure.

Background
On December 27, 2017, Disneyland Resort announced an new untitled 4-D theatre attraction would open in 2019, which replaced the Puppet Pals 4-D attraction back in September. On December 4, 2018, 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company issued a press release regarding the Fox Animation Theatre attraction: Disneyland Resort will soon roll out the red carpet for a unique, never before seen Fox Animation Theatre attraction. Opening in 2019, this newly designed venue will play host to a variety of action-packed Fox Animation themed attractions beginning with the multi-sensory adventure inspired by The Pixelators, and created in partnership with Walt Disney Imagineering and Fox Animation. The attraction will take guests on a thrilling journey that fuses captivating storytelling with state-of-the art visual effects for a highly engaging experience. The Fox Animation Theatre will host a variety of attractions from Fox Animation, such as Puppet Pals, Alaina Gleen, The Pixelators, Crystal, and Ice Age. It would allow the theme park to potentially introduce a new Fox Animation attraction every year that ties in with the latest theatrical release by the studio.

On July 7, 2019, Disney stated the new attraction: The brand-new Fox Animation Theatre will include a towering 90-ft wide curved screen, two 4K Christie laser projectors with state-of-the art Dolby® 3D technology, LED lighting and strobe effects, and Dolby® Atmos surround sound, three JBL subwoofers, and an unique flying theater vehicle with new ultra-plush, fully articulated seats that pivots and tilts in sync with the action in the film, giving you the illusion of motion, speed, and flight. On March 22, 2021, Disneyland Resort has announced that the attraction would be refurbished and would be renamed the "20th Century Animation Theatre".

The Pixelators: Enter the Level
The first attraction to show in the venue is The Pixelators: Enter the Level, which is based on The Pixelators. The film was developed in collaboration with 20th Century Animation, and it features the original voice cast from The Pixelators.

The attraction opened on October 4, 2019.

Queue
To enter the ride's queue area, visitors must walk through a small-scale replica of the Fox Westwood Village theatre. The line wound through a recreation of the Fox Theatre lobby past glass display cases containing actual posters of various Fox Animation and Blue Sky films. Various television monitors display clips from Fox Animation movies as well as movie parodies. The queue area ends with a cast member instructing guests to wait for a short time before entering the pre-show room.

Pre-show
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Main show
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Post-show
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Music sequences used during the show
Henry Jackman, composer of The Pixelators films, wrote the incidental music for the attraction's main show. More coming soon!

Special effects
As well as the entire ride being a motion simulator, other physical effects are used. Mist and water are sprayed from the ceiling on to the audience during key points of the show, wind blows in riders' faces throughout the ride, and various light effects flash in sync with the action on the screen.

The Pixelators: Enter the Level cast

 * Tom Holland as Bryce Jones
 * Anna Kendrick as Officer Alice Summers
 * Kevin Hart as Carl Stevenson
 * Jason Statham as Lord Hex
 * Ryan Reynolds as Peppy Penguin
 * Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as Ed and Elliot

Pre-show cast

 * Selena Gomez as Crystal
 * Jesse McCartney as Nathan Ritter
 * Mandy Moore as Kate Anderson
 * Kristen Bell as Alaina Gleen
 * Bill Hader as Max Hat
 * Anne Hathaway as Princess Joanna
 * Amanda Leighton as Sunnie Stewart
 * Ben Schwartz as Justin Barker
 * John Leguizamo as Sid
 * Ray Romano as Manny
 * Patton Oswalt as Steve Smiley (Safety video)