FutureWorld1982
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I love that ride, and would seriously welcome it to DHS. I especially love the interactive finale with Roz. I always got picked, don't know why.
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The Park Formerly Known as Disney's Hollywood Studios? Yep ...
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I love that ride, and would seriously welcome it to DHS. I especially love the interactive finale with Roz. I always got picked, don't know why.
StageFrenzy
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Boo lives in LA?
Ulysses McGill
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I'm really late to the party here, but DHS has needed a 're-think' for quite a while. Ever since the "Studios" part of it went away, it's as if the park has had somewhat of an identity crisis. Way back when, it offered a chance to actually experience the creation of television and film. My very first trip there we got to watch a recording of a WCW wrestling show (Sting was fighting Arn Anderson), and the next time they were filming for some Hulk Hogan TV show on USA where he fought bad guys in a big speed boat (I don't recall the name).
Once all that went away, there was a ton of un-used real estate, and still is. Actually, before they overhauled the Backlot Tour, you actually saw the back lot where those shows were being filmed.
So long story, short - I would not be opposed at all to a re-brand of the park. Establishing more of a unifying theme that extends past the entrance and first few set of shops would be awesome, and more importantly, adding more attractions. Right now, you could easily spend the entire day at the park, but really, unless you love to really take your time in walkthrough museum attractions or watch the same few shows that have been there for 20+ years, it's hard to justify the price of admission to the park.
Once all that went away, there was a ton of un-used real estate, and still is. Actually, before they overhauled the Backlot Tour, you actually saw the back lot where those shows were being filmed.
So long story, short - I would not be opposed at all to a re-brand of the park. Establishing more of a unifying theme that extends past the entrance and first few set of shops would be awesome, and more importantly, adding more attractions. Right now, you could easily spend the entire day at the park, but really, unless you love to really take your time in walkthrough museum attractions or watch the same few shows that have been there for 20+ years, it's hard to justify the price of admission to the park.
Matt_Black
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Thunder in Paradise, co-starring Chris Lemmon and Carol Alt. It was actually a syndicated program, not specifically for USA. Sting also appeared on the show as the main bad guy (poor Sting; always having to job to Hogan).
Bocabear
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The park could still easily be about The Golden Age Of Hollywood and Movies in general...they just have to remove the "Studios" bit and beef up the attraction roster... Make the park tell a more cohesive story... The layout of the park is ponderous...that could easily be fixed..Make the park "lands" or "neighborhoods" more easily identifiable, more thematic, more immersive... that worked for DCA beautifully...
doctornick
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I'd prefer Ride and Seek from Tokyo, but wouldn't complain about the DCA ride coming to DHS. Would have been an easy, appreciated addition to Soundstage 1.
I've said this recently, but converting the SoA in DHS into Monstropolis would be easy since it already is a "city", you just need to make the scenes more "monstrous". The Premiere Theater could easily be converted to fit a relocated Laugh Floor and you can use the HISTK playground footprint to fit either the DCA Monsters ride or Ride and Go Seek (or the door coaster, but I think an all ages slower ride would be a better fit for DHS). Couple that with converting Mama Melrose into Harryhausens restaurant and you have a well themed immersive land with minimal expense -- and still have a great space to use for the Osborne Lights every holiday season.
Mista C
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One trip to the studios in 1992 I sat in on a taping of the old tv show "Body by Jake". It was so cool to be a part of an actual tv studio audience. Then when the episode aired months later I was able to see myself in the audience when the camera panned.
RayTheFirefly
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I agree and love that idea.
Bocabear
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huh?
LOl not as the name of the park but the overall theme...
Disney's Hollywood Theme Park... Disney's Hollywood Adventure....
there are lots of possibilities... but they need to remove the vestiges of the old "Studios" section, theme them appropriately as "lands" and get on with it already... The look of the old Studio warehouses just don't work so well when you are not actually doing any studio production anymore...time for a fresh new take and a full day's worth of attractions.
Lee
Adventurer
Sure. Yep. Sort of. Nope.
doctornick
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Beholder
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Great idea, I've always liked the concept of having the park divided into "genres". Adventure, Sci-Fi, Noir, Horror, Animation, all linked together with thematic transitions that make sense. Perhaps each "land" represented by 2-3 attractions, each from a different time period of movie making?
Fox&Hound
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I've been thinking about it. A lot of people want the hat to go. Sadly, I could see the hat staying and the theatre going. Or at least being changed so that you have a better pathway. The path around the building to get to Toy Story and beyond is a narrow little road. I could see DIsney wanting to improve flow in this park and it could include the GMR leaving or relocating. Imagine if directly behind the hat was a direct route to Pixar Place. I'm not suggesting that I am in favor of this idea, but as I read in another thread, if they bring Star Wars and Pixar to the park and have a huge surge in attendance they have to do something to improve congestion and traffic flow.
Ulysses McGill
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I love this idea.
Yes! That is it. I didn't realize it was syndicated though. However, I do recall it not being very good. But that's funny that Sting showed up in there, too.
So I saw a WCW and Thunder in Paradise Taping, you saw Body by Jake. Was a GOOD show ever produced there?
Ulysses McGill
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Now that I think about it, I recall very vividly that at one time they started doing animation there. In the animation area, where it is now, you could walk through on a tour and watch animators work. In 1994 during one of my visits, they were actively drawing cells for the Hunchback of Notre Dame. It was really cool to see Quasimodo and Esmerelda coming to life nearly two years before its release.
Goofyernmost
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I believe that is where Lion King was produced.
note2001
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Princess and the Frog, while still in production, had an animator in the fish bowl like area drawing the scene where the two characters had their tongues intertwined. That's the last time we saw the room being used.
ABQ
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Lilo and Stitch was a Florida animation production, I believe. Pretty sure Lion King was Burbank.
Jose
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parts of little mermaid were made there as well