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After the film, guests met with an animator who gave some brief animation tips and took questions from the audience. Moving on, guests then passed by the working animation studio located within the park. Here, guests could peer down and see animators while they were at work. The Animation Tour then ended with a short montage which showcased the different Disney animated movies.

The current version of the Magic of Disney Animation begins with a presentation. The Presentation is hosted by Mushu (from Disney's Mulan) and a Disney animator who tells guests how Disney decides what characters they use in their films. The example that the animator uses is from the Disney movie Pocahontas. Originally, Disney was deciding between a hummingbird, a turkey and a Raccoon named Meeko for the role of Pocahontas' sidekick. After deciding to go with the turkey and the hummingbird, Disney realized that Meeko was a much better option then the turkey. The animator then explains to Mushu that the original guardian’s for Mulan were going to be a Gryphon and a Phoenix, before deciding that he should be a dragon. Mushu takes exception to the inference that he was not always a dragon, and he proceeds to show guests pictures of him with his cousin Elliot the Dragon, with his baseball team the Chunichi Dragons, playing his favorite game Dungeons and Dragon, and finally a picture of him and Cher (which has nothing to do with him being a dragon).

In order to explain Mushu's past to him, a film is shown on the screen across from him. The first person to appear is Chris Sanders who did early sketches of Mushu and was also the Head of Story Development for Mulan. Chris explained that originally there were going to be two guardians for Mulan, but then it was decided that was too much. Then, Mushu was changed to a dragon with two heads. Mushu's supervising animator Tom Bancroft then appears on screen. He explains that Mushu was made up of the body of snake, the horns of an elk, the claws an eagle and the face of camel. Tom then goes on to say, that in order to travel with Mulan, Mushu had to be downsized. After Tom left the screen, the other animators in charge of creating Mushu appeared. As Mushu is getting "reacquainted" with them, a short film is shown, which showcases the newest Disney animated characters. After the clip, Mushu and the animator say goodbye to guests ending the presentation.

==See Back to Neverland==