The Park Formerly Known as Disney's Hollywood Studios? Yep ...

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mj2v

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I don't care what they call it. Just make it better. I had high hopes for the studios change a few years aback, but that led to the equivalent of my one girlfriend in high school... Lots of promise, but never did quite reach for the stars, if you know what I mean.

Just spent the last 2 days at Universal and upgraded to the premier pass. Diagon alley is awesome. My nephew works there, and said the ride goes down just about every day. Not bothered to wait yet, but we have been on hogsmeade express. That was cool.

One thing that annoys me about Uni is that their wait times are never accurate. If they say 15, expect 25. Give WDW some credit for having more accurate wait times.
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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WDW1974 said:
I know some of you have been looking for me to pontificate further on the OP and what it may/likely/does mean, and I hate disappointing anyone (even if people disappoint me on a daily basis!)

BUT ... I really have nothing more to add right now ... and I can't/won't go thru 18 pages of people talking of possible future names. I don't have the answer just more speculation.

I will say that the current moniker is largely meaningless, but that has more to do with the phenomenon of throwing anything in this park, so that it becomes just part of Dizzy World and the BRAND. It's not the only park, or even resort that suffers this affliction. DCA may look world better and have lots of quality, but it still has no focus. It's a mish-mash of theme and concepts and product. ... And we all know what EPCOT has become and even the MK.

UNI isn't immune from this, although one can argue that Diagon Alley stays truer to the 'Ride the Movies' conceit than dropping Hogsmeade into IOA.

The point being that quality or not, the idea of a focused theme park just doesn't seem as important to the players in the business as it once did.

Right now, I can argue that in O-Town the only parks that are true to their mission statements would be DAK, UNI and SW.
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At this point I just hope they abandon even attempting to somehow join all of the parts (current and especially future parts) in this park under some half baked back story. It's better to just give us good experiences and work on keeping the site line intrusions minimal. I'm not opposed to a sum of the parts approach at this point and I'm hoping the name change is part of this plan. It works for me at IOA.
 
TeriofTerror

TeriofTerror

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Magenta Panther said:
"Success"? The second movie was a flop. Just so you know. The Muppet area needs to go altogether IMO. I think it'd be a perfect area to put a Frozen attraction in. For one thing, it's enclosed. Imagine walking through DHS during a balmy Orlando day and suddenly coming upon a frozen Arendelle Town Square, with "snow" on the ground, icicles on all of the buildings and a frozen, sparkling fountain. The Imagineers could contrive to make the area a bit colder, and "snow" could fall every now and then, a la Main Street during the Christmas Party. And the theater could be re-themed to a Frozen 3D show, with snow falling inside of the theater, AND it could be downright chilly in there. I think this would be a huge hit, and better use of the area.

Although Magic Kingdom would be a much better place for Frozen. But I don't know if there's any more room out there for a decent-sized attraction.
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I liked "Frozen" well enough when I first saw it, but when it comes to the parks, I'm getting to the point where I never want to hear that particular "f" word again. And for the record, I like "Tangled" more.
 
PeterAlt

PeterAlt

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WDW1974 said:
I know some of you have been looking for me to pontificate further on the OP and what it may/likely/does mean, and I hate disappointing anyone (even if people disappoint me on a daily basis!)

BUT ... I really have nothing more to add right now ... and I can't/won't go thru 18 pages of people talking of possible future names. I don't have the answer just more speculation.

I will say that the current moniker is largely meaningless, but that has more to do with the phenomenon of throwing anything in this park, so that it becomes just part of Dizzy World and the BRAND. It's not the only park, or even resort that suffers this affliction. DCA may look world better and have lots of quality, but it still has no focus. It's a mish-mash of theme and concepts and product. ... And we all know what EPCOT has become and even the MK.

UNI isn't immune from this, although one can argue that Diagon Alley stays truer to the 'Ride the Movies' conceit than dropping Hogsmeade into IOA.

The point being that quality or not, the idea of a focused theme park just doesn't seem as important to the players in the business as it once did.

Right now, I can argue that in O-Town the only parks that are true to their mission statements would be DAK, UNI and SW.
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That's okay, Spirit! The information alone that a name change is being considered is real significant because this means a real makeover/expansion is being (at least) considered! Throw in what Jim Hill said about sending the Imagineers to Uni to study what they have done/are doing means the company is at minimal thinking about taking it seriously. It will be interesting to see where this goes. Projects don't always make it to ground breaking, as we tragically all know!
 
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lazyboy97o

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PeterAlt said:
That's okay, Spirit! The information alone that a name change is being considered is real significant because this means a real makeover/expansion is being (at least) considered! Throw in what Jim Hill said about sending the Imagineers to Uni to study what they have done/are doing means the company is at minimal thinking about taking it seriously. It will be interesting to see where this goes. Projects don't always make it to ground breaking, as we tragically all know!
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How is a name change proof of a makeover? There have been more name changes at Disney theme parks without any sort of make over than with.
 
PeterAlt

PeterAlt

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lazyboy97o said:
How is a name change proof of a makeover? There have been more name changes at Disney theme parks without any sort of make over than with.
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It's not proof, but, as I said, it's a logical move if it were part of a makeover-expansion project. If this is being brought up, then it is encouraging that the odds are that it is at minimal being considered.
 
PeterAlt

PeterAlt

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Okay, I got it! And this will be my last naming suggestion, I promise!

When You Wish Upon A Star

A theme park dedicated to the "stars of Hollywood and beyond"! It has two major sections: "Hollywood of Stars" and "Galaxy of Stars". Most of everything that is currently there would be inside "Hollywood of Stars". Star Wars and Indiana Jones would be inside "Galaxy of Stars". The theme of Galaxy of Stars would be Skywalker Ranch, Industrial Light and Magic, and LucasFilm, which is why it would include Indiana Jones and allow for a clone of DL's Indiana Jones ride.

If Disney ever buys that Starz cable network, oh, the symmetry and cross-marketing potential...
 
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John

John

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lazyboy97o said:
Disney has only really created a problem when they stopped clearly improving on what was replaced compounded by so much being removed without replacement.
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This^ I have read ALMOST every post till I got to this one. Then it struck me, if Disney just would have maintained and added just a little bit this wouldn't be a problem. Here we sit years after cutting so much from the park that its a shell of its former self. To bring this park back up to snuff it will cost millions and millions. When they could have upgraded where and when it was needed and we wouldn't even be having this discussion. Seems to me no one had any vision for this park since day one. Oh they might had....but it changed quickly as time passed. Think about what Disney has become today and the answer to what this park will become is clear. Will SW make a presence? Yes, but the over all branding of the park will have to appeal to eight year olds. Long gone is there any sophistication in a Disney park. Sheeple don't think. Anybody want to bet "One Mans Dream" gets moved.

All this talk about the GMR being removed, what about all the hand prints and footprints in front of the theater? What would they do with them? This whole thing just makes me ill.....good money after bad. The talk here is what the name will be, I am worried what the park will become.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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I would imagine they would just go with all the other studio parks... WDS

Then pixar and lucas both fit their billing... and allows them to abandon the GMR and yet another AA heavy attraction :/
 
Mike S

Mike S

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flynnibus said:
I would imagine they would just go with all the other studio parks... WDS

Then pixar and lucas both fit their billing... and allows them to abandon the GMR and yet another AA heavy attraction :/
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The day we lose GMR will be a sad one indeed. IMO it's the flagship ride of the whole park. The one that perfectly showcases the theme. When it's lost is when the park loses the last shred of its identity, if it even still has one.
 

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