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Studios name change officially confirmed - Disney's Hollywood Studios
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By the way that other studios park in Paris is officially called "Walt Disney Studios". So they might have wanted to avoid to have to parks with exactly the same name.
They are at the moment adding new Hollywood theming to an area of the park, including a Hollywood sign backdrop. A picture of the concept art is here: http://www.photosmagiques.com/wdsfans/news/upload/concept_tot_blvd1.jpg
And a nice overview of the whole placemaking project is here: http://www.dlrpmagic.com/guides/15thanniversary/hollywoodboulevard/guide/
I guess the Hollywood thing is quite popular at the moment...
They are at the moment adding new Hollywood theming to an area of the park, including a Hollywood sign backdrop. A picture of the concept art is here: http://www.photosmagiques.com/wdsfans/news/upload/concept_tot_blvd1.jpg
And a nice overview of the whole placemaking project is here: http://www.dlrpmagic.com/guides/15thanniversary/hollywoodboulevard/guide/
I guess the Hollywood thing is quite popular at the moment...
JEANYLASER
Well-Known Member
I love it! And Maybe they put in the Guidemap.
CaptainMichael
Well-Known Member
Lee
Adventurer
Just popping in to say....Can we please get over the hat?:brick:
It's there for a reason. You might not agree with it, but that's the fact.
It would have no purpose near Fantasmic...or in front of the park...or in place of Crossroads...etc.
And it's not a temporary structure like the wand. It's built to be there long after the theatre behind it is gone...not saying it's going anywhere...oh, you know what I mean..:dazzle:
It's there for a reason. You might not agree with it, but that's the fact.
It would have no purpose near Fantasmic...or in front of the park...or in place of Crossroads...etc.
And it's not a temporary structure like the wand. It's built to be there long after the theatre behind it is gone...not saying it's going anywhere...oh, you know what I mean..:dazzle:
SirNim
Well-Known Member
Thanks. By all means, do whatever you want with them.
JEANYLASER
Well-Known Member
I hope the Rescue Rangers be in the Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Pluto Parking
New Member
I like Disney's Hollywood....It's not a "studio" anymore. Drop the studio. It makes the name too long.
JPVonDrake
Well-Known Member
To better understand the reasoning for the change, here are some excerpts from the Cast message...
The Disney-MGM Studios has always been "dedicated to Hollywood, not a place on a map, but a state of mind that exists wherever people dream and wonder and imagine."
Disney’s Hollywood Studios truly represents the best of Hollywood – from movies (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) to TV (Playhouse Disney) to music (Rock-n-Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith) to theater (Beauty and the Beast).
The Sorcerer Mickey Hat truly represents the magic of show business and the entertainment wizardry of Disney. This imaginative icon falls in line with the tradition of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom, Spaceship Earth at Epcot and the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
The Disney-MGM Studios has always been "dedicated to Hollywood, not a place on a map, but a state of mind that exists wherever people dream and wonder and imagine."
Disney’s Hollywood Studios truly represents the best of Hollywood – from movies (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) to TV (Playhouse Disney) to music (Rock-n-Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith) to theater (Beauty and the Beast).
The Sorcerer Mickey Hat truly represents the magic of show business and the entertainment wizardry of Disney. This imaginative icon falls in line with the tradition of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom, Spaceship Earth at Epcot and the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
nibblesandbits
Well-Known Member
Thanks JP! That's a really good description of why the change occured to what it was and why the hat is indeed staying!
DABIGCHEEZ
Well-Known Member
Here's your change (1 penny). It was only worth 1 cent!!! J/K:sohappy:
Shaman
Well-Known Member
:ROFLOL:
Ah but the new name allows for the park to be divided into...STUDIOS...
Disney's Hollywood Studios
We all knew a name change was coming. They probably fast forwarded stuff a bit because some project go approved, or some deal is in the works for a franchise that is not Disney, and the name of the park was crucial to win the rights.
:shrug:
I've always liked the hat. It adds to the park. The wand just seemed out of place...it wasn't terrible either, and over the years you got use to it...but I think the hat is better.
Now if only they could completely do away with the theater concept and have a building that works WITH the hat...to make an even greater centerpiece.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Very cool!...It'll take about 5 years though for me to stop calling it MGM,though.
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
Yea now we can get the Transformers ride!:lookaroun I know, Wishful thinking on my part.
Yea I agree, and once I get myself to stop saying MGM I will probably be calling it just the studios.EPCOT Explorer said:
Pixie_Pirate
New Member
OMG I can't believe they're getting rid of Stars and Motor Cars!!
To replace if with crap-______ Block Party Bash,
Pixar is takeing over Disney!!
If they keep it up I'll probaly never go again.
To replace if with crap-______ Block Party Bash,
Pixar is takeing over Disney!!
If they keep it up I'll probaly never go again.
Shaman
Well-Known Member
Transformers...probably not. But wasn't there a rumor about Lord of the Rings? :lookaroun
AnimalMagnetism
Member
Stars & Motor Cars is, in my opinion, the most uninspired parade I've seen at Disney World in all my years of going, and I'm staggered it's limped on for so long. Delighted to see it replaced by something else.
I hope there are lots more new things for DHS in the coming years, what's been announced so far is promising, but there's a lot still left to do to bring it back to the level of the other parks in my opinion.
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
Hey I can dream cant I!:lol:
Yea I agree, of course my wife is going to be MAD, she loves this parade and so does my daughter. I am not a huge fan of any of the parades but at least if its new it wont completely put me to sleep.:lol:AnimalMagnetism said: