Disney's Hollywood Studios: What's Next

[misterID]

Building the Monsters INC coaster and an updated Indy clone would do soooo much for this park.

 

[menamechris]

So I think the question is...Which do we want? Or which is most likely we will get? The rumored DtD expansion or HS additions? I personally can't imagine TDO taking on DtD, HS, and Avatar (with all the other inevitable DVC projects) at the same time. Something tells me something will have to be sacrificed here. What is rumored to be coming to DtD sounds like it could be upwards of a billion dollar overhaul if it is true - on top of Avatar. Do we really think anything will happen in any of the other parks?

 

[djlaosc]

Since everyone seems to be posting what they would want Disney's Hollywood Studios, I'll post mine!

NB.

• This is basically "Rollercoaster Tycoon: Disney's Hollywood Studios Edition"
• This list is based on past/present/future attractions - I don't believe I've thought of anything new
• I realise that we wouldn't ever get anything on this list (for example, there's 4 Monsters Inc. attractions on here - that's never going to happen - but maybe we could get a mix of 1 or 2 of them), and some of the attractions may be repeating themselves.
• I have not experienced everything on this list, some of the things on this list may be/have been terrible, in which case, take the basic idea and make it better!

Hollywood Boulevard/Sunset Boulevard:
·CinéMagique NEW
·Citizens of Hollywood
·The Great Movie Ride
·Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream

Echo Lake:
·American Idol Experience
·Disney Channel Rocks
·Mulch, Sweat & Shears
·Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
·Sounds Dangerous 2.0 NEW
·The Monster Sound Show 2.0 NEW
·STORE: Old Fashioned Theme Music Store (buy movie soundtracks, park music CDs, American Idol CDs, Disney Records CDs, etc.) NEW

3D Cinema:
·Avatar NEW
·Captain EO! NEW
·Honey I Shrunk The Audience NEW
·Magic Journeys NEW

Television:
·Superstar Television 2.0 NEW
·The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) Hall of Fame Plaza
·The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror

Backlot:
·Armageddon– The Special Effects NEW
·Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
·Studio Backlot Tour
·The American Film Institute Showcase

LucasFilm Studios:
·Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye NEW
·Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
·Jedi Training Academy
·Star Tours: The Adventure Continues

Muppet Studios:
·Muppet*Vision 3D

Walt Disney Studios:
·Animagique NEW
·Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage
·Coming Soon… (rotating display showing off future films) NEW
·Disney Junior – Live on Stage!
·Flynn’s Arcade NEW
·Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live NEW
·Stitch’s Great Escape NEW
·The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow NEW
·The Magic Carpets of Aladdin NEW
·The Magic of Disney Animation
·Voyage of the Little Mermaid

Toontown
·Fantasmic!
·Mickey’s PhilharMagic NEW
·Toontown Houses/Meet ‘n’ Greets NEW

Pixar Studios:
·Crush’s Coaster NEW
·It’s A Bug’s Life Movie Set Adventure
·Monster’s Inc. Door Coaster NEW
·Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club
·Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! NEW
·Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek NEW
·Radiator Springs Racers NEW
·Ratatouille Ride NEW
·Toy Story Midway Mania!

Night Time Event:
·Comedy Warehouse NEW
·GlowFest/ElecTRONica/Mad T Party Inspired Event NEW

That would get you roughly 48 attractions (depending on what you call actual attractions v theming (eg, ATAS Hall of Fame Plaza), etc.) - more than 2.5x the attractions currently there (19) - and the design process is already done for them!

 

[hatbox ghost]

Found this interesting/slightly depressing section in Al Lutz's new column today:

"Who is also paying attention to Anaheim’s radical attendance shift are the executives in Orlando. Imagineering, buoyed by the huge success of DCA’s extreme makeover, has put together a proposal to do the same type of massive multi-year makeover for the floundering Disney Hollywood Studios park out in Disney World. It may not get the nearly 1.5 Billion that was spent on DCA from 2007 to 2012 (with Midway Mania, Pixar Play Parade, and World of Color paid for separately and on top of the 1.2 Billion dedicated to the makeover), but Imagineering would love to tear in to DHS and give the muddled theme of that park a fresh start and new look, bolstered with at least one new mega E Ticket and a smattering of smaller rides.

"Wish them luck though, as the TDO executives are already inquiring how the park makeover can be value engineered, what might be eliminated, and how it could all be stretched out over more fiscal years than WDI’s bold 3 year extreme makeover proposal. Sheesh."

 

[Beholder]

Found this interesting/slightly depressing section in Al Lutz's new column today:

"Who is also paying attention to Anaheim’s radical attendance shift are the executives in Orlando. Imagineering, buoyed by the huge
success of DCA’s extreme makeover, has put
together a proposal to do the same type of
massive multi-year makeover for the floundering
Disney Hollywood Studios park out in Disney
World. It may not get the nearly 1.5 Billion that
was spent on DCA from 2007 to 2012 (with
Midway Mania, Pixar Play Parade, and World of
Color paid for separately and on top of the 1.2
Billion dedicated to the makeover), but
Imagineering would love to tear in to DHS and
give the muddled theme of that park a fresh start and new look, bolstered with at least one
new mega E Ticket and a smattering of smaller
rides.


"Wish them luck though, as the TDO executives
are already inquiring how the park makeover can
be value engineered, what might be eliminated,
and how it could all be stretched out over more
fiscal years than WDI’s bold 3 year extreme
makeover proposal. Sheesh."

Wow. Can something be hopeful and depressing at the same time?

 

[tomman710]

Found this interesting/slightly depressing section in Al Lutz's new column today:

"Who is also paying attention to Anaheim’s radical attendance shift are the executives in Orlando. Imagineering, buoyed by the huge success of DCA’s extreme makeover, has put together a proposal to do the same type of massive multi-year makeover for the floundering Disney Hollywood Studios park out in Disney World. It may not get the nearly 1.5 Billion that was spent on DCA from 2007 to 2012 (with Midway Mania, Pixar Play Parade, and World of Color paid for separately and on top of the 1.2 Billion dedicated to the makeover), but Imagineering would love to tear in to DHS and give the muddled theme of that park a fresh start and new look, bolstered with at least one new mega E Ticket and a smattering of smaller rides.

"Wish them luck though, as the TDO executives are already inquiring how the park makeover can be value engineered, what might be eliminated, and how it could all be stretched out over more fiscal years than WDI’s bold 3 year extreme makeover proposal. Sheesh."

Wow. How totally shocking that DCA is experiencing attendance boosts because they built something new and exciting. If TDO had to wait and see if Carsland would boost attendance at DCA then they are the most unqualified executives to ever run a corporation. Any first year business student could tell you build something new and exciting equals returns. Here's hoping they don't let their ignorance dumb down WDI's plan for DHS.

 

[Californian Elitist]

"Wish them luck though, as the TDO executives are already inquiring how the park makeover can be value engineered, what might be eliminated, and how it could all be stretched out over more fiscal years than WDI’s bold 3 year extreme makeover proposal. Sheesh."

What the...? Wow. -__________-

 

[JWG]

"Wish them luck though, as the TDO executives are already inquiring how the park makeover can be value engineered, what might be eliminated, and how it could all be stretched out over more fiscal years than WDI’s bold 3 year extreme makeover proposal. Sheesh."

Yup... that's the TDO we know and love to hate. Heaven forbid anything be done right. When does Glendale step-in and force TDO to do the right thing?

 

[SJN1279]

Having just been to Carsland, I can say that Radiator Springs Racers is an amazing Eticket that Hollywood Studios should clone(without the vision impairing windshields). However, the rest of Carsland is totally unnecessary. RSR takes you through Radiator Springs on its own, and the other two attractions in Carsland are less than impressive. They should add RSR and retheme the stunt show as part as Pixar Place. I would also like to see them update Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground to A Bug's Life.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Having just been to Carsland, I can say that Radiator Springs Racers is an amazing Eticket that Hollywood Studios should clone(without the vision impairing windshields). However, the rest of Carsland is totally unnecessary. RSR takes you through Radiator Springs on its own, and the other two attractions in Carsland are less than impressive. They should add RSR and retheme the stunt show as part as Pixar Place. I would also like to see them update Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground to A Bug's Life.

Before getting on the ride, and seeing the vehicles at D23, I asked about the windshields. On the ride I didn't really see them as a problem.

 

[Flswimmer]

Looks like The Backlot Tour is getting some reworking http://www..com/2012/07/31/major-ch...ram-tour-at-disney-hollywood-studios-in-2013/

 

[RSoxNo1]

Looks like The Backlot Tour is getting some reworking http://www..com/2012/07/31/major-ch...ram-tour-at-disney-hollywood-studios-in-2013/

I can't really tell what's being done here. It looks like the Backlot Tour will still exist after this, am I reading this right?

 

[menamechris]

Looks like The Backlot Tour is getting some reworking http://www..com/2012/07/31/major-ch...ram-tour-at-disney-hollywood-studios-in-2013/

They will be working on the queue and tram loading areas? Maybe I am too skeptical, but this just sounds like NextGen.

 

[TestTrack Dummy]

No RSR in Hollywood Studios please. I fell it should stay uniqe to DCA. Hollywood studios deserves something all its own imo.

 

[MarkTwain]

No RSR in Hollywood Studios please. I fell it should stay uniqe to DCA. Hollywood studios deserves something all its own imo.

Agreed. Cars Land/Radiator Springs Racers seems to be one of the first things at DCA that has gotten many WDW fans to consider crossing the country for the first time... which is exactly what Disneyland was intending when they built the expansion to begin with. Not to mention it can be what will likely kick WDW's rear into gear once those visitors start making their annual Disney trips to Disneyland instead. If WDW were to just copy the already-designed RSR into DHS, those same WDW guests would just continue going to WDW, not getting to find out what a modern quality-run Disney park is like, and just allowing TDO to relapse into sitting on their laurels like a bunch of recovering drug addicts.

We need to see WDW work and to innovate into become the premiere Disney destination on earth... instead of just copying all the efforts that Disneyland/DCA has made yet again (see Soarin', Midway Mania, Little Mermaid)

 

[danlb_2000]

Looks like The Backlot Tour is getting some reworking http://www..com/2012/07/31/major-ch...ram-tour-at-disney-hollywood-studios-in-2013/

Do any of our insiders have any info on this? I saw these permits yesterday when I posted them in the Permit thread but didn't see anything that made me think this was anything major. The contractor listed on the permit is not one of contractors that Disney uses for big projects. I did a search on the name, Roger Arnold, and it appears he might even be a Disney employee.

 

[Mike730]

Do any of our insiders have any info on this? I saw these permits yesterday when I posted them in the Permit thread but didn't see anything that made me think this was anything major. The contractor listed on the permit is not one of contractors that Disney uses for big projects. I did a search on the name, Roger Arnold, and it appears he might even be a Disney employee.

Lee had confirmed in another thread that it's nothing major. He pretty much said its nothing at all.

 

[djlaosc]

After hearing about the new rumours today of DHS Expansion, I've decided to edit my thoughts from above, to make it more realistic (eg, you're not going to get RnRC to Echo Lake no matter how much better it may fit there).

Main new points are the addition of a couple more lands (Production Central - currently parking lots around RnRC - a place for nighttime events like Electronica, and Sci-Fi Street - currently Commissary Lane - taking the theme of the Sci-Fi Dine-In and replacing American Idol with a couple of cheesy 3D Sci-Fi films).

Notes still apply:

Since everyone seems to be posting what they would want Disney's Hollywood Studios, I'll post mine!

NB.

• This is basically "Rollercoaster Tycoon: Disney's Hollywood Studios Edition"
• This list is based on past/present/future attractions - I don't believe I've thought of anything new
• I realise that we wouldn't ever get anything on this list (for example, there's 4 Monsters Inc. attractions on here - that's never going to happen - but maybe we could get a mix of 1 or 2 of them), and some of the attractions may be repeating themselves.
• I have not experienced everything on this list, some of the things on this list may be/have been terrible, in which case, take the basic idea and make it better!

...

That would get you roughly 48 attractions (depending on what you call actual attractions v theming (eg, ATAS Hall of Fame Plaza), etc.) - more than 2.5x the attractions currently there (19) - and the design process is already done for them!

Hollywood Boulevard:
· Citizens of Hollywood
· The Great Movie Ride

Echo Lake:
· The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) Hall of Fame Plaza

LucasFilm Studios:
· Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye
· Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
· Jedi Training Academy
· Star Tours: The Adventure Continues
· RESTAURANT: Rethemed Backlot Express – Mos Eisley Cantina

Muppet Studios:
· Muppet*Vision 3D
· RESTAURANT: Rethemed Pizza Planet into something with The Muppets

Sci-Fi Street (currently Commissary Lane):
· Captain EO!
· Honey I Shrunk The Audience

Backlot:
· Armageddon – The Special Effects
· Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
· Studio Backlot Tour
· The American Film Institute Showcase

Pixar Studios:
· Crush’s Coaster
· It’s A Bug’s Life Movie Set Adventure
· Monster’s Inc. Door Coaster
· Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club
· Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!
· Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek
· Radiator Springs Racers
· Ratatouille Ride
· Toy Story Midway Mania

Walt Disney Studios:
· Animagique
· Coming Soon… (rotating display showing off future films)
· Disney Junior – Live on Stage!
· Flynn’s Arcade
· Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live
· Stitch’s Great Escape
· The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow
· The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
· The Magic of Disney Animation
· Voyage of the Little Mermaid
· Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream

Toontown:
· Mickey’s PhilharMagic
· Toontown Houses/Meet ‘n’ Greets

Production Central:
· American Idol Experience
· Disney Channel Rocks - Permanent Stage
· Mulch, Sweat & Shears - Permanent Stage
· Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
· Sounds Dangerous 2.0
· Superstar Television 2.0
· The Monster Sound Show 2.0
· RESTAURANT: ABC Commissary
· STORE: Old Fashioned Theme Music Store (buy movie soundtracks, park music CDs, American Idol CDs, Disney Records CDs, etc.)
· STORE: DVD Store – sells Disney DVDs, and DVDs of other films represented in the parks (eg, Casablanca, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Singing in the Rain)
· NIGHT EVENT: GlowFest/ElecTRONica/Mad T Party Inspired Event
· NIGHT EVENT: Comedy Warehouse

Sunset Boulevard:
· Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage
· CinéMagique
· Citizens of Hollywood
· Fantasmic!
· The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror


UNKNOWN:
· Magic Journeys
· Avatar

 

[Turtle]

Here are new rides and Land that I would like to see:

Hollywood Boulevard:- The Great Movie Ride: (Updated with new scenes expanding into Comissary Lane.)- Hollywood Wax Museum: Wax museum of classic characters and celebrities.
Lucas Land: (Replacing Echo Lake)
- Star Tours
- Indiana Jones Rollercoaster (Pending Title) (like in Disneyland Paris) (Replacing Stunt Show)
- George's Prophouse: Roam through some of the most recognizable props from Lucas' films. (Replacing American Idol) - Jedi Training: (Taking place inside the former Sounds Dangerous Building)
- Mos Eisley Cantina: (Replacing Backlot Express)
Muppet Studios: (Lower area of Streets of America)- Muppet Vision 3D:
- Muppet Labs: Bunsen and Beaker want to test you in their new theater experiment! (Animatronic show) (Make space in a slightly expanded area)
- Kermit Meet and Greet: (Puppet Kermit) (Replacing Mama Melrose)- Interactive Swedish Chef Restaurant (Working Title) (Replacing Pizza Planet)
Production Central: (Top Part of Streets of America)
- Streets of America: Walk through a hollywood replica of famous streets
- Backlot Tour: Replicas of famous sets that you go around. (New entrance is around Streets of America so that the former entrance can become part of Pixar Place)
Pixar Place: (Former Entrance of Backlot to Prince Caspian Building)- Toy Story Midway Mania
- Monsters Inc Laugh Floor (Former Prince Caspian Building) (Relocated from Magic Kingdom)- Carl's House (Part of Former Entrance to Backlot) (A Room inside the house has an interactive Dug animatronic talking to guests, and different rooms have different surprises)- A Bug's Set (Renamed and updated Honey I Shrunked The Kids playground)

Mickey Avenue: (New Land Based off Of Classic Cartoons taking up half of animation courtyard)- Plane Crazy: Family outdoor airplane roller coaster based off of the classic 'Plane Crazy' ride. (Replacing the relocated One Man's Dream)
- Steamboat Willie: Water style outside merry go round that'll make you wet! (The cancelled Donald idea themed to Mickey) (Replaces Voyage of The Little Mermaid)
- Mickey Meet and Greet

Disney Studios:- The Magic of Disney Animation
- Tangled Dark Ride (Pending Title) (Replacing Disney Jr)
Sunset Boulevard:- Fantasmic!: Kuka arm ride of the classic show (Replacing the space of Beauty and Beast and Fantasmic Theaters)- Tower of Terror
- Rock 'n Rollercoaster


I think this would solve DHS's theming problems.

 

[Tiggerblood]

ElecTRONica would be perfect for DHS