<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Fastpass+ available </Td> </Tr> <P> It's Tough to Be a Bug! is a 9 - minute - long 3D film based on the 1998 Disney Pixar film A Bug's Life, using theater lighting, 3 - D filming techniques, audio - animatronics and various special effects . Flik an ant, from A Bug's Life, hosts the show and educates the audience on why bugs should be considered friends . It was the first Pixar attraction to open in a Disney park . </P> <P> The attraction opened in Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort on April 22, 1998, a full seven months before the actual feature debuted in theaters . A second version of the attraction debuted at the opening of Disney California Adventure on February 8, 2001 . The version at California Adventure closed permanently on March 19, 2018, as A Bug's Land will be replaced by a Marvel - themed land . </P> <P> At Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Tree of Life theater is located inside the Tree of Life . As the queue winds around the tree, visitors can glimpse animal carvings on the tree that aren't visible from other vantage points . The "underground" pre-show area features posters of various bug acts from the show, as well as those for all - insect parodies of Broadway musicals, such as Beauty and the Bees, Web Side Story, Little Shop of Hoppers and My Fair Ladybug . </P>

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