Susan Savia
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Bring back the working studios...remember walking thru and looking down on live action being taped.
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Studios Backlot Tour Refurb
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sknydave
Active Member
And the Empty Nest house?!!?
trr1
Well-Known Member
Quote:
Originally Posted by SMRT-1
fingers crossed for the return of the golden girls house. :lookaroun:lol:
I dont think this will ever happen sorry
CaptainMichael
Well-Known Member
No no no no no no! No Carsland!
He/She was probably referring to the "rumors" (and I use that term loosely) of PatF additions:dazzle:
Tom
Beta Return
Something as drastic as a new land or major addition to DHS would garner a press release more along the lines of the D23 FL announcement. Disney needs guests, and they need good publicity. If something were actually in the works, they'd be spilling the beans now rather than later.
Changing the playground to Bugs would be a fairly simple task, and very good idea. They wouldn't waste such a cool "energy burning" area for the kids, but could easily re-theme it to Bugs.
I long for the days of the original Backlot Tour, with the special effects, the water tank, the props, looking into live soundstages, the boneyard, and the residential streets. It was an amazing tour. Today, it's a joke. I don't think they'll tear down LMA to put some fake houses back, but maybe they could put more back into the walking portion.
Changing the playground to Bugs would be a fairly simple task, and very good idea. They wouldn't waste such a cool "energy burning" area for the kids, but could easily re-theme it to Bugs.
I long for the days of the original Backlot Tour, with the special effects, the water tank, the props, looking into live soundstages, the boneyard, and the residential streets. It was an amazing tour. Today, it's a joke. I don't think they'll tear down LMA to put some fake houses back, but maybe they could put more back into the walking portion.
EPCOTPluto
Well-Known Member
Wait, what PatF additions? On Splash Mt.? :veryconfu
And I am a He. :lookaroun:lol:
SMRT-1
Active Member
I dont think this will ever happen sorry
i am just trying to figure out exactly where the houses were located....is it a closed off area now? that was such a long time ago and my memory is foggy.
EPCOTPluto
Well-Known Member
About three quarters of Residential Street is now used primarily for LMA! and thus rerouted the trams quite a bit.
From then...: http://www.floridathemeparks.com/images/Disney-MGM-Studios1.jpg
...To now: http://www.orlandowelcomecenter.com/espanol/images/Disney-MGM-Studios-Map.jpg
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
What?! On Splash?! How and why would they ever do that?
WDW Vacationer
Active Member
Synergy,my friend,synergy!
Every attraction MUST and I say MUST have a popular,profitable,recognizable character!
Instead of leaving the attraction as-is and re-releasing Song if the South,the will gut it and re-do the whole thing!
Really a smart business move.
CaptainMichael
Well-Known Member
Sorry, I got you confused with someone else.
Must have been you or _Scar...Synergy,my friend,synergy!
Every attraction MUST and I say MUST have a popular,profitable,recognizable character!
Instead of leaving the attraction as-is and re-releasing Song if the South,the will gut it and re-do the whole thing!
Really a smart business move.
WDW Vacationer
Active Member
I am a he.:wave:
Kman101
Well-Known Member
According to http://www.disneyreport.com/
The play area IS being closed for refurb in the same time frame.
The play area IS being closed for refurb in the same time frame.
It was the press release that confirmed the muppets pre-parade, the VoluntEARS calvacade, fantasyland expansion, and ESPN Wide World of Sports.
Sorry, don't have a link at the moment, but has more info on it, that's where I first read about the backlot tour refurb
This was posted this morning on
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Studio Backlot Bulldozed???
December 28, 2009 at 7:07 AM EST
A few days ago, we reported on an interesting refurbishment that was announced for both the Studio Backlot Tour and the Studio Catering Co. at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, scheduled to take place between February 15, 2010 and March 28, 2010. A few days later, it was announced that the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure would be closed for refurbishment during that same period. Rumors are now circulating that these closures are for more than routine maintenance, they may indeed be permanent closures. These rumors go back to a few previous reports we had made about possible changes to the Hollywood Studios backlot area (Which can be read HERE and HERE), including rumors of a Monsters Inc. themed roller-coaster going into the vacant Soundstage 1, a smaller version of Radiator Springs Racers replacing the Backlot Studio Tour, the Backlot Catering Co. becoming a Monsters Inc. or Ratatouille themed eatery, and the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure would being re-themed to “A Bug’s Life”.
Again, this is simply a rumor at this time, but if true, these locations will permanently close on February 15th and will not return on March 29th as Disney is stating. Since this is all rumor at this point, we don’t know when any phases of the changes would be completed or if Disney will simply let the locations sit and wait for work to near completion on the huge Fantasyland expansion at the Magic Kingdom. It is very hard to believe that Disney would conduct huge expansions of both the Studio Backlot at Hollywood Studios and Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom simultaneously, but it is also very strange to see three major pieces of the backlot area go down for refurbishment at the same time. As you can see in this report, our information is limited, but we will report more on this breaking story as more becomes available. Stay tuned…."
Must admit I'm somewhat skeptical, but also very very excited
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Studio Backlot Bulldozed???
December 28, 2009 at 7:07 AM EST
A few days ago, we reported on an interesting refurbishment that was announced for both the Studio Backlot Tour and the Studio Catering Co. at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, scheduled to take place between February 15, 2010 and March 28, 2010. A few days later, it was announced that the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure would be closed for refurbishment during that same period. Rumors are now circulating that these closures are for more than routine maintenance, they may indeed be permanent closures. These rumors go back to a few previous reports we had made about possible changes to the Hollywood Studios backlot area (Which can be read HERE and HERE), including rumors of a Monsters Inc. themed roller-coaster going into the vacant Soundstage 1, a smaller version of Radiator Springs Racers replacing the Backlot Studio Tour, the Backlot Catering Co. becoming a Monsters Inc. or Ratatouille themed eatery, and the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure would being re-themed to “A Bug’s Life”.
Again, this is simply a rumor at this time, but if true, these locations will permanently close on February 15th and will not return on March 29th as Disney is stating. Since this is all rumor at this point, we don’t know when any phases of the changes would be completed or if Disney will simply let the locations sit and wait for work to near completion on the huge Fantasyland expansion at the Magic Kingdom. It is very hard to believe that Disney would conduct huge expansions of both the Studio Backlot at Hollywood Studios and Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom simultaneously, but it is also very strange to see three major pieces of the backlot area go down for refurbishment at the same time. As you can see in this report, our information is limited, but we will report more on this breaking story as more becomes available. Stay tuned…."
Must admit I'm somewhat skeptical, but also very very excited
redkoala245
New Member
^ I hope that post is true. Backlot tour has got to go. They have been saying this rumor for a while now.
EpcotServo
Well-Known Member
I don't think so. Remember that they posted that Midway Mania had a "Bonus scoring, alternate ending track" the day before it opened.
:lol:
:lol:
you've never scored a trillion points and got into the beastly kingdom bonus area? :lookaroun
:lol:
While this definitely needs to be treated with skepticism, it is a little fishy they'd all be going down at the same time. I wonder what will come of it