Guests are extremely unimpressed with the most recent addition to Walt Disney World Resort.It’s Tough to Be a Bug quietly closed earlier this year, ending more than two decades inside the Tree of Life. In its place, Disney introduced Zootopia: Better Zoogether, a 4D show built around the hit film’s familiar characters, music, and upbeat messaging — part of the company’s ongoing effort to refresh older attractions with recognizable IP.Credit: DisneyThe show invites guests to celebrate Zoogether Day alongside Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde. Disney promises a festival atmosphere where animals from every biome join together for performances and a big, heartwarming finale. It’s framed as a lively celebration of community — the idea that packs, prides, and herds are all “better zoogether.”However, the response has been anything but celebratory.Disney Fans Slam Animal Kingdom’s New ‘Zootopia’ AttractionEarly guests have taken to social media with overwhelmingly negative reactions. One guest wrote on X, previously known as Twitter: “Zootopia: Better Zoogether is straight garbage. This is my least favorite attraction on property. It’s a horrible clip montage with no overarching theme, pacing too fast to keep up with on the dim screen & 3D. An absurdly awful song, corny writing, and zero attempt to fit DAK.”Zootopia: Better Zoogether is straight garbage. This is my least favorite attraction on property. It's a horrible clip montage with no overarching theme, pacing too fast to keep up with on the dim screen & 3D. An absurdly awful song, corny writing, and zero attempt to fit DAK. pic.twitter.com/apX36d5S9J— BeastCoasters (@BeastCoasters) November 8, 2025Another added, “I imagine this is how Tiana fans felt when [Tiana’s Bayou Adventure] opened. Big Zootopia fan myself, this is an embarrassment.” Criticism has focused heavily on the show feeling cheap and thematically disconnected. A third user summarized the sentiment: “WDI is on a hot streak with garbage attractions.”Even visuals drew derision. One reaction read: “That screen graphic looks like communist slop propaganda.” Others pinpointed the show’s structure, calling it a glorified streaming recap. As one guest put it, “Besides the AA, the show is a cheap, poorly put together Disney+ clip show reusing the typical 3D tricks. Will the kids like it…sure. Could they have done better…absolutely!”Credit: DisneySome praise one standout element: the full-scale Clawhauser audio-animatronic. As one post put it, “This animatronic is the only good part of the new Zootopia Better Zoogether show at Animal Kingdom. Besides the AA, the show is a cheap, poorly put together Disney+ clip show reusing the typical 3D tricks. Will the kids like it…sure. Could they have done better…absolutely!”This animatronic is the only good part of the new Zootopia Better Zoogether show at Animal Kingdom. Besides the AA, the show is a cheap, poorly put together Disney+ clip show reusing the typical 3D tricks. Will the kids like it…sure. Could they have done better…absolutely! •Where is the show taking place and why are we in the tree?•Where is the message of conservation? •Why are the 3D effects coming through a live drone feed miles away? •Why didn’t each animal explain their part in the animal world and how it’s important to the ecosystem? •Why couldn’t the antagonist be hurting the natural environment so then the hero’s could push the message of saving our natural world •Why didn’t they talk about endangered species?Just a few thoughts after seeing a few videos. Hey I understand things cost money, time and everything has a budget. But this was lazy, elementary and didn’t pay tribute to the park it’s in. The Zootopia movie has nothing to do with animal problems or about Animal Kingdoms message, but you can make a good show with the Zootopia characters that reflects the parks message and core. This is just slapped together and anyone could have produced it.This animatronic is the only good part of the new Zootopia Better Zoogether show at Animal Kingdom. Besides the AA, the show is a cheap, poorly put together Disney+ clip show reusing the typical 3D tricks. Will the kids like it…sure. Could they have done better…absolutely! … pic.twitter.com/rMoIk5yLT4— Theme Park Obsession (@ParkObsession) November 1, 2025Yet, the presence of high-quality physical effects wasn’t enough to outweigh complaints about the show’s writing, pacing, and tone. Many guests argued the experience lacked a cohesive message and felt mismatched with Animal Kingdom’s core theme of conservation.That concern grows from longer-running anxiety among fans. Some have feared Disney would replicate Shanghai Disneyland’s full Zootopia land, placing a city-style environment directly into a park meant to celebrate real ecosystems and wildlife preservation. The new show only reignited the debate (although we’ll concede that we’d take this show over a full-on Zootopia land any day).Credit: DisneyEven a former Disney Imagineer, Jim Shull, has shared his unimpressed sentiments towards the attraction. In a now-deleted post, Shull stated that he thought the show had a “woke” vibe. He also linked to his YouTube channel, but any videos related to the Tree of Life show have since been either made private or deleted.A key point of contention is the updated lore surrounding the Tree of Life. In Better Zoogether, the carvings on the iconic structure are reframed as works made by Zootopia residents. The new story positions the tree as a symbol of unity, suggesting “Anyone Can Be Anything!” Critics argue this undercuts the tree’s original purpose as a tribute to the natural world.As one guest summarized: “Zootopia: Better Zoogether! is the perfect example of how this company is run by bean counters with total disregard for thematic integrity. Zootopia as an IP could work if done right, but the new show has nothing to do with conservation, nor the park’s overall message.”What do you think of Zootopia: Better Zoogether?The post Disney’s ‘Zootopia’ Attraction Is a Bomb, Guests Slam “Straight Garbage” appeared first on Inside the Magic.