DHS Disney Animation-Inspired Experience Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios

[Marc Davis Fan]

They added new concept art showing a daytime aerial view, offering a better sense of the planned color scheme:

New Version of 'Walt Disney Studios Lot' Concept Art at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Walt Disney World has debuted a new version of the Walt Disney Studios Lot concept art on the construction walls in the area

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[Stupido]

This really looks like such an upgrade to this corner. Do we know what that entrance gate at the back right of the concept art is? It's much more pronounced than in the nighttime version of it. I'm pretty ignorant to this part of the park, does this currently exist? Or could it possibly be new pathways?

 

[Gusey]

This really looks like such an upgrade to this corner. Do we know what that entrance gate at the back right of the concept art is? It's much more pronounced than in the nighttime version of it. I'm pretty ignorant to this part of the park, does this currently exist? Or could it possibly be new pathways?

It's the entrance to Disney Jr at the moment

 

[Nickm2022]

ik how stupid this is but really happy they're painting the buildings tan, makes then blend in so much better and match the studio buildings that already exist, really putting the studio back in Hollywood studios

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

i think it would be about perfect to have this eventually feature a ride built out the back along with an entrance to an all new Toontown. Can keep the area they just renovated while making it fit in very well with the rest of the park. Mickey and Minnie’s could be explained as Mickey and friends leaving the “Toon” world to go work at the theater as actors

 

[HMF]

really putting the studio back in Hollywood studios

Yes, but they have spent the last decade trying to do the exact opposite which is why this concept is so confusing and just indicates more that they have no overriding vision for the park. It's just a collection of random lands with no unifying concept or more bluntly a dumping ground for ideas that don't fit anywhere else.

Disney's Hollywood Studios

The End of an Era

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[AidenRodriguez731]

Yes, but they have spent the last decade trying to do the exact opposite which is why this concept is so confusing and just indicates more that they have no overriding vision for the park. It's just a collection of random lands with no unifying concept or more bluntly a dumping ground for ideas that don't fit anywhere else.

Disney's Hollywood Studios

The End of an Era

vocal.media

Its a park about the movies.

The spine of the park is about old Hollywood, the making of movies, etc while then you can enter the "worlds" of movies to get a personal look at the world building in each. Which is why this is the only park to have "single IP lands" (except Pandora but thats single IP to fit DAK)

 

[HMF]

Its a park about the movies.

The spine of the park is about old Hollywood, the making of movies, etc while then you can enter the "worlds" of movies to get a personal look at the world building in each. Which is why this is the only park to have "single IP lands" (except Pandora but thats single IP to fit DAK)

That isn't really a concept though or it's a much weaker concept than the original "Studio" premise which to be fair is itself a pretty weak concept but at least it gave the park an overall vision which the current incarnation is severely lacking. Also if the theme is "The Movies" then why was the removal of The Great Movie Ride necessary?

 

[Nickm2022]

I personally love how the front of HS is where movies are made and the back of the park is stepping into those films. Plus when they get around to replacing star tours and indy with single ip lands that idea will feel more fleshed out. Plus makes more sense of the name Hollywood Studios. Not to mention it's still a better name for the park than Disney Adventure World.

 

[James Alucobond]

Also if the theme is "The Movies" then why was the removal of The Great Movie Ride necessary?

While the change wasn't at all necessary, I think the attractions along the Hollywood & Sunset corridor can still be viewed as microcosmic experiences of the "step into the world of film" concept that the larger lands also purport to deliver, just wrapped in the package of an old Hollywood tourist experience. For example, you go to the Chinese Theatre for a screening and end up transported into the world of Mickey; you check into your hotel and get transported to the Twilight Zone; you go to an animation studio and can (presumably?) interact with the world within the animation cels; etc. Rather than having GMR as the singular thesis statement, you basically have a few attractions that demonstrate the immersive "step into another world" concept on a smaller scale, while much of the making of/process-oriented things are kind of getting phased out for being generally unrelated.

 

[HMF]

I still don't understand the rationale behind removing the Great Movie Ride. My assumption is they were tired of paying the licensing rights to their respective owners and tired of paying the Cast Members and tired of maintaining the Animatronics and to be fair MMRR is the ideal replacement in that sense. Is it surprising from today's shell of what Disney used to be? Not at all. Is it horribly sad and indicate that management doesn't understand what the point of a theme park is, Absolutely!

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I still don't understand the rationale behind removing the Great Movie Ride. My assumption is they were tired of paying the licensing rights to their respective owners and tired of paying the Cast Members and tired of maintaining the Animatronics and to be fair MMRR is the ideal replacement in that sense. Is it surprising from today's shell of what Disney used to be? Not at all. Is it horribly sad and indicate that management doesn't understand what the point of a theme park is, Absolutely!

I don't really know exactly why they removed GMR, though it could have been any combination of factors including it being expensive to operate, not especially popular in terms of ridership and/or guest satisfaction ratings, and the prominent location it occupied.

I understand the arguments about the park needing more attractions, the thematic appropriateness of the ride, and its scale and ambition (though, personally, I thought the concept was better than the execution). In general, though, I do think there can be valid reasons for replacing an attraction even in a park that needs more capacity. I also think there is some reluctance to accept on here that attractions can begin to feel out of line with modern tastes and expectations over time. At any rate, I suspect Disney is not seeing any indications they made a horrible mistake in this case.

 

[WorldExplorer]

Themes aren't really themes any more; their goal isn't to create a specific aesthetic and idea to form a cohesive vision, but instead to be as vague as possible so whatever they feel like using can be used.

Hence, the themes of the parks degrading to be so open they're useless. Studios in particular went from being about filmmaking to "anything related to some form of visual media". You would be hard pressed to find a property Disney would consider using that doesn't fit that sentence.

You'll notice that nowadays any time they discuss a theme for a new thing opening it's almost always extremely vague because it's just a means to put random assortments of characters together, e.g. "heroes and villains" or "wishes".

Great Movie Ride is gone because they don't give it special treatment for being the thesis ride of a park that no longer has a real theme, so any number of reasons could have taken it out.

 

[bmr1591]

i think it would be about perfect to have this eventually feature a ride built out the back along with an entrance to an all new Toontown. Can keep the area they just renovated while making it fit in very well with the rest of the park. Mickey and Minnie’s could be explained as Mickey and friends leaving the “Toon” world to go work at the theater as actors

There won’t be a Toontown built in HS. That ship sailed the moment Runaway Railway was installed.

 

[Bocabear]

There won’t be a Toontown built in HS. That ship sailed the moment Runaway Railway was installed.

I think the addition of Ruunaway Railway makes the idea of having a truly fleshed-out Toontown even more appropriate....rather than unnecessary...

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I think the addition of Ruunaway Railway makes the idea of having a truly fleshed-out Toontown even more appropriate....rather than unnecessary...

Basically, MMRR is this Generations Toontown spin.

 

[bmr1591]

I think the addition of Ruunaway Railway makes the idea of having a truly fleshed-out Toontown even more appropriate....rather than unnecessary...

Sure, and it would fit perfectly into Toontown. But Disney isn't moving MMRR and it would be even more out of place than it already is if they were to build a Toontown and still have this out in the middle of the park. So no, I believe it's presence solidified that it won't be built.

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

MMRR would have been the perfect ride to build behind the animation building. Someone smarter than me could maybe confirm this, but I feel like if they took away all those office buildings behind it they could have fit MMRR behind there like how it's built in Disneyland. We could have still had Great Movie Ride. ):

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

There won’t be a Toontown built in HS. That ship sailed the moment Runaway Railway was installed.

Funny considering we had a Toontown before Runaway Railway ever existed. The real world exists alongside Toontown.

It would be insanely easy to make a Toontown, with most of the stuff for Toontown (I would add in a Ducktales ride or something) then explain MMRR by saying that Mickey etc were ACTORS in a film presented at the Chinese theatre as it is implied if you want to use Roger Rabbits type of Toontown as inspiration. You can even have nice subtle touches to Mickey and the gang hinting at them visiting the theater for their debut. Not to mention it, it can make the plot make even more sense as you would be stepping into Toontown/different area of the Tooniverse for the ride. Which is accessed in different areas implying more depth to Toontown as a whole.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Funny considering we had a Toontown before Runaway Railway ever existed. The real world exists alongside Toontown.

It would be insanely easy to make a Toontown, with most of the stuff for Toontown (I would add in a Ducktales ride or something) then explain MMRR by saying that Mickey etc were ACTORS in a film presented at the Chinese theatre as it is implied if you want to use Roger Rabbits type of Toontown as inspiration. You can even have nice subtle touches to Mickey and the gang hinting at them visiting the theater for their debut. Not to mention it, it can make the plot make even more sense as you would be stepping into Toontown/different area of the Tooniverse for the ride. Which is accessed in different areas implying more depth to Toontown as a whole.

We could have a good Toontown..If everyone liked Bonkers....That's why they made him to replace Roger due to Spielberg's Amblin ownership.