Top 10 Things to Love about Disney's Hollywood Studios

[Minthorne]

1. Tune in Lunge drinks with TiW discount
2. Brown Derby drinks with TiW discount
3. ToT after 1 & 2
3. RnR after 1 & 2 & 3
4. Repeat 1
5. Repeat 2
6. Repeat 3
Repeat 4
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10. You can take a boat back to the hotel!

 

[FutureCEO]

Not really have anything to do after dinner or before..haha

but in all seriousness.

Tower of Terror
Aerosmith if I have a fastpass
Toy Story...I love beating people....I'm horrid at Buzz Lightyear in the MK
Star Tours....a little tame and hardly any 3D but always good
walk down the main street with the music

no offense to Fantasmic but....its getting old

 

[toasty]

1. Citizens of Hollywood/Streetmosphere -- I think these folks make the park and give it such life.

and the rest in no particular order:

2. Tower of Terror
3. Star Tours
4. Beauty and the Beast
5. Toy Story Mania
6. Osbourne Lights
7. Brown Derby
8. Prime Time cafe
9. Rockin' Roller Coaster
10. Sci-Fi

 

[Gullywhumper]

Backlot tour used to be one of my favorites...oh well, it was getting pretty old anyways.

 

[BayLakeResident]

Love this thread!

1. Great Movie Ride.
2. Walking past Sid's (RIP - used to love walking through and finding old Disney movie posters for $10!)
3. Shopping in my favorite stores on property
4. Hearing "Moonlight Serenade" while on Sunset Blvd
5. Stopping and watching the streets actors on Sunset Blvd and Hollywood Blvd
6. Feeling like I was transported back in time while on the TOT queue
7. Going to the Animation building and imagining I am a Disney artist
8. Sitting in the Writer's Corner
9. Wandering through the Streets of America
10. Watching the loop in the Commissary

 

[LAKid53]

1. Star Tours
2. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
3. Tower of Terror
4. Walking - shopping actually, down Hollywood & Sunset Boulevards
5. Star Wars breakfast sitting in a car in Sci-Fi and getting photobombed by Storm Troopers
6. The Hat
7. The Man and His Dream - gets me every time
8. Brown Derby
9. Ice Cream
10. And finally, Star Tours

 

[Megbutnotmegan]

I didn't always love Hollywood Studios but with two 2 year olds and a 4 year old on the trip with us next week I'm really looking forward to it.
1) Play n Dine @ Hollywood & Vine
2) Disney Jr. Live
3) Toy Story
4) Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground
5) 50's Primetime
6) Tower of Terror (my fave to ride with my brother & we are running the 10- miler)
7) Beauty and the Beast
8) Muppets
9) Animation Show
10) Great Movie Ride

 

[scoobygirl39541]

1. The quiet alleyway by Mama Melrose's and the Christmas store
2. Fantasmic
3. Passing a closed TOT after a late Fantasmic
4. Walking through the empty Osborne Lights right before the park closes
5. The video montage at the end of the Great Movie Right
6. The music around TSMM
7. The smell of popcorn when picking a seat at Fantasmic
8. Mama Melrose's
9. Opening segment of Indy
10. TSMM

 

[Rolight]

When you travel all the way from the UK everything is great in all the parks. It is a shame all the classics are going, perhaps we need a new park called Disney Classics.
I am off to Disney Paris in November so at least I can go on the Back lot tour there


http://www.rogerlighternessart.co.uk/

 

[fireworksandfairytales]

1. I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I really love seeing the Sorcerer's Hat as I walk down Hollywood Blvd.
2. Getting the Yoda transmission on Star Tours.
3. The Fantasia scene of GMR.
4. Catching character palooza.
5. One Man's Dream, specifically the "We know it was started by a man...a man with a dream" quote at the very end.
6. TSMM.
7. Hollywood & Vine. The make your own pasta bar is so good, especially for a picky eater like me.
8. The atmosphere of Sci-Fi.
9. Beauty & the Beast.
10. Fantasmic.

 

[inchy warrior]

1 osborne family lights
2 fantasmic
3 TSMM
4 one mans dream
5 indy show
6 cakes at starring roles
7 tatooine traders
8 muppets
9 beauty & the beast
10 GMR

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Great Thread!

My top ten our in alphabetical order:

1) Chinese Theater
2) Fantasmic
3) Hollywood Brown Derby (Mmm Grapefruit Cake)
4) Muppets!
5) Old Hollywood theme and the actors that help provide it
6) One Man's Dream
7) Props from movie sets all over the park
8) Rock n Roller Coaster
9) Starring Rolls
10) Streets of America with and without the Osborne Holiday Lights

 

[Adam N]

I'm gonna be more specific than just naming attractions. It's the details that get me.

In no particular order:

1. Pocahontas appearing on the top of mountain in her majestic pose during Fantasmic.
2. Whichever guest is the Rebel Spy during Star Tours and their reaction.
3. Every single detail of ToT. Also how I scream from beginning to end. Even during the dark ride part.
4. The citizens of Hollywood being absolutely flawless. Some of the best live entertainment on property.
5. The Earful Tower being a lucky 13 stories tall.
6. The room where you can meet Minnie back in the Animation Courtyard. Her room and queue are so freaking cute I can't even deal with it.
7. When kids get so excited that Lightning McQueen is actually driving around in LMA.
8. The Wicked Witch of the West animatronic. It's so fluid. Holy crap.
9. Getting ice cream from Gertie's belly.
10. The queue video for Muppets. The best way to learn about the comedy rule of three, right there.

 

[Magenta Panther]

1. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. One of Disney's crown jewel rides. I used to think that Uni's Forbidden Journey beat it by a hair...but no. ToT still wins. In terms of theming, ambiance, storytelling, design, architectural detail, effects and did I mention storytelling? - it's just the best there is. I'd put it a hair above Haunted Mansion and Pirates.

2. The Brown Derby restaurant. Great ambiance, great service, and great food.

3. The park's architecture. It's so fun to see all of the Art Deco/Art Nouveau facades.

4. Fantasmic. Wonderful show, loaded with classic Disney magic.

5. The Art of Animation attraction. Lots of fun to explore, and the little animation show with Mushu is very enjoyable.

6. One Man's Dream. A must-see for me. It's one of the last things I visit before leaving the WDW to go home. So inspirational.

7. Great Movie Ride. Yes, it needs a refurb, and maybe some of the sequences replaced. But it's still great fun. (And speaking of refurbs...IMO, the scenes that get replaced should be replaced with CLASSIC old movie scenes, NOT with stuff like The Godfather and other R-rated stuff. Keep it family friendly, and keep it historically relevant to Hollywood's Golden Age, which most agree was during the 30's, 40's and 50's.)

8. RocknRoller Coaster. I like Aerosmith anyway, and while the ride is too short, it's still fun.

9. Star Tours. The re-do was a resounding success.

10. Toy Story Midway Mania or whatever it's called. It's kind of fun. But nothing I'd stand in line for again.

 

[Magenta Panther]

The fixture of DHS for me!!

I LOVE that thing!!!!

 

[Gullywhumper]

Walking in the park gates for the first time on the trip is nice.

 

[DManRightHere]

1 Tower of terror

2 Star wars weekends

3 Stormtroopers on the roof (which didn't happen this year)

4 Cockin Rollercoaster

5 The shops architecture

6 The lights of the shops at night

7 the drawing class

8 Star tours

9 turkey legs

10 starring rolls sandwiches

 

[DManRightHere]

Wow, I could have picked a bit more than 10. It's a great parl and will hopefully become better within the next decade!