I am fairly new to this site, so please be patient if this question has been answered over and over. However, I read somewhere on this site that they are considering, or have taken the "MGM" out of the MGM Disney Studios name. Any truth to that? Thanks.
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The MGM Name
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PrincessAriel
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The answer is yes and no. The marquee on all of the buses still say Disney-MGM Studios, but then some of the souvenirs say Disney Studios. So for now it looks like they'll keep the MGM name but you never know what Disney may do.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
but I'll always call it MGM...
Kyle
Kyle
I really dont think it is going anywhere anytime soon.
The rumor has been floating around for about the last 5 years - and it still hasnt happened.
The merchandise name changes has also been happening for years and years. The "Disney Studios" logo has been available for at least the last 5 years or so, along with the usual "Disney MGM Studios". So I really wouldnt read anything into this. We have already made that mistake several times in the past.
I think that maybe Disney have realised that any name change could be potentially damaging to park recognition, and have chosen to stick with the agreement with MGM.
The rumor has been floating around for about the last 5 years - and it still hasnt happened.
The merchandise name changes has also been happening for years and years. The "Disney Studios" logo has been available for at least the last 5 years or so, along with the usual "Disney MGM Studios". So I really wouldnt read anything into this. We have already made that mistake several times in the past.
I think that maybe Disney have realised that any name change could be potentially damaging to park recognition, and have chosen to stick with the agreement with MGM.
DLMAGICDARREN
New Member
Just think, if Disney lost the rights to MGM, we would have no refrence to Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Singing in the Rain, Tarzan, IndIana Jones, etc.
I think it's been looked at, and decided against, at least for now
I think it's been looked at, and decided against, at least for now
DLMAGICDARREN
New Member
I forgot MGM did not distribute the Indy films.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
disney doesn't own the Twilight Zone...I thought CBS did, but who's CBS's parent company?
DLMAGICDARREN
New Member
Viacom owns CBS.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
why did they give disney the rights to the Twilight Zone? Did disney just fork up a lot of cash?
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
so we wouldn't have the Tower of Terror without MGM, and perhaps that's why it's not at Disney Studios Paris...
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
with the Twilight Zone theme? I hope they make it a hotel, too...I think that'd be the BEST hotel...it'd be like living out The Shining...minus the ax-killer and they exploding boilers--although the basement of the Hollywood Tower Hotel does have that kind of boiler...
Kyle
Kyle