The future of Disney's 2-D Animation?

Yesterday I was pondering about how there hasn't been good Disney cartoon in quite some time. I remember when I was young, in Disney's hayday they came out with classics like: Aladdin, The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Since about the late 90's there hasn't been a Disney film that I have deemed worth seeing, and with the recent popularity of Pixar and 3-D animation, I'm now wondering if the genre is all but dead.

I think it would be quite ridiculous if it were, simply because of the fact that I think animation is art in all of its forms. I don't think one style of animation that "looks better" or is "more flashy" determines whether it needs to be seen or not. If I saw a trailer for a cartoon with stick figures that had a decent plot, characters, and dialogue I would go see it.

Though I do think that the new 3-D movies have transfered much of the essence of the 2-D ones, I just wish that they could coexist.

In the end, companies like Disney are just looking to make money, if something becomes less profitable then they will cut funding, or stop production all together.

I wonder if in the future my children will be able to experience movies like I did when I was younger, or if the Disney animated film is all but dead.