Three New Versions of the Glob Theater Lobby Concept Art

Disney released two more versions of the same piece of concept art in a single day. Not two different rooms — the same pre-show lobby at the Glob Theater, redrawn twice, hours apart.

Add the version shown at the Walt Disney Imagineering Presents… exhibit last week and there are now three competing images of the “Welcome to Monstropolis” pre-show space at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Disney has not said which one is current, which one will be built, or why the art keeps changing.

Quick Summary

• Three versions of the Glob Theater pre-show concept art now exist
• Version 1 came from the Walt Disney Imagineering Presents… exhibit last week
• Version 2 replaced the monster-themed eyeball chandeliers with traditional ornate fixtures
• Version 3 changed the color scheme to green and renamed the stand “Glob Concessions”
• Disney has not confirmed which version is the latest or which gets built
• The room keeps roughly the footprint it had as MuppetVision 3D
• The Glob Theater will host a show with Mike and Sulley and an original Randy Newman song
• Parts of Monstropolis are confirmed to open in 2027

Version 1: Eyeballs and Teeth

The first image surfaced at the Walt Disney Imagineering Presents… exhibit. It showed the pre-show concessions area with:

• Chandeliers built from monster eyeballs and teeth
• A counter reading “Monster Concessions”
• Theater entrance doors on the right
• A poster titled “Silence of the Cribs” on the left rear wall
• A “Little Scare Machine” poster on the right rear wall
• Teal and blue walls, red and blue carpet
• A monster face pattern on the wall behind the counter

The eyeball chandeliers were the thing everyone fixated on. They were the clearest signal that this lobby was going to be a monster room rather than a theater that happens to have monsters in it.

Version 2: The Chandeliers Go Normal

The second version kept the layout and changed the lighting.

The eyeball-and-teeth fixtures are gone, replaced with traditional ornate chandeliers — globe bulbs, a green glass bowl at the base. Standard theater lobby lighting.

The poster on the left rear wall also changed. “Silence of the Cribs” is out. In its place is a poster showing a blue character wearing sunglasses at a keyboard, with text that appears to read “Noodles” and “Glob.”

The wall behind the concessions stand reads as more subdued, with less of the monster face pattern visible.

What carried over from version 1:

• The Monster Concessions stand at the center of the room
• The “Little Scare Machine” poster on the right rear wall
• Screens along the right wall reading “Welcome to Monstropolis”
• The coffered ceiling, red curtains, and patterned carpet

Version 3: Everything Goes Green

The third version, released the same day, goes considerably further.

The concessions stand got renamed. The sign now reads “Glob Concessions.” The first two versions both read “Monster Concessions.” The counter has a new layout with more equipment and machines along the back wall, one of them labeled “Blort.” The sign is lit by plain bulbs instead of version 1’s scalloped marquee.

The color scheme changed. The walls behind the counter are green, replacing the teal and blue of the first two. The carpet is a green and gold pattern instead of red and blue.

The right side of the room is different. Dark wood paneling, and a balcony with iron railings sitting below red curtains.

The monster face pattern on the back wall is gone entirely.

The posters moved. The “Noodles” poster stays on the left rear wall, as in version 2. The right rear poster is new — purple and black, with a character, and text that is hard to read. The “Little Scare Machine” poster has relocated to the left wall, where framed posters now line the space.

Version 3 shares the chandeliers and the “Noodles” poster with version 2, then pushes the color and layout further away from both earlier images.

What the Changes Suggest

Nobody at Disney has explained the sequence, so this is reading the images rather than reporting a decision.

The direction across all three is toward a more conventional, more handsome theater lobby and away from gag-driven monster design. Eyeball chandeliers became globe chandeliers. A monster face wall pattern became green paint and wood paneling. “Monster Concessions” became “Glob Concessions” — a name that sits inside the world rather than announcing it.

That reads like a room being made to feel like a real place in Monstropolis instead of a themed lobby about monsters. Whether that is an improvement depends on what you wanted out of the space.

The counterpoint: the eyeball chandeliers were the single most distinctive element in version 1, and losing them removes the detail people actually remembered.

It is also entirely possible version 1 is the newest, and Disney released older art afterward. It is also possible that Disney is putting a variety of options they could be ‘polling’ fan reactions to help guide the overall project. The company has not said, and concept art routinely changes before an attraction opens, so the finished room may differ from all three.

About the Show Itself

The Glob Theater will host “Welcome to Monstropolis,” a stage show hosted by Mike and Sulley with an original song by Disney Legend Randy Newman. Newman scored Monsters, Inc., so this is the right person rather than a famous name attached for the sake of it.

Disney has not released details on what the pre-show actually involves — only what the room looks like, three different ways.

The space keeps much of the shape it had as MuppetVision 3D, with doors into the theater on the right side. That continuity is visible across all three versions, which is a useful reminder that the bones of this project are fixed even while the finishes are not.

Timing

Disney has confirmed that parts of Monstropolis will open in 2027. Not the whole land — parts.

That phrasing has been consistent and it matters for planning. A phased opening means some of what gets announced now will not be walkable in 2027.

The Bottom Line

Three versions of one room in about a week, with no word on which is real. The trend line runs toward a more grounded, greener, less gag-heavy lobby, and the eyeball chandeliers appear to be a casualty.

Concept art is not a blueprint. Treat all three as sketches until Disney says otherwise — and expect a fourth.

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