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Why they changed the name???
- Thread starter PattyBell
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The contract had ended with MGM and the new name identifies more with Disney rather than another movie studio.
EpcotServo
Well-Known Member
Why they changed, I can't say. Maybe they just like it better that way?
:shrug:
:shrug:
Rob562
Well-Known Member
"DHS was MGM the Studios, now you can't go back to MGM the Studios, been a long time gone MGM the studios..."
One Lil Spark
EPCOT Center Defender
Honestly, is anyone else like myself surprised at how fluidly everyone around here adopted to saying DHS instead of MGM. It's like we were tired of MGM's attachment to WDI. :lol:
TinkRBell427
New Member
I just call it the Studios, they have that word in common. And in so I am not giving in to DHS.:lol:
Wilt Dasney
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Slipknot
Well-Known Member
I still call it MGM and will probably keep calling it MGM. Been calling the park that since I was 8-years-old so it's a habit now I guess...
WDWmazprty
Well-Known Member
I agree, I've always known it as MGM Studios and will keep calling it that. Everyone knows what you mean anyway if you don't call it DHS. :animwink:
Slipknot
Well-Known Member
Exactly, unless you are chatting with a first time guest, of course.
DizneyPryncess
Well-Known Member
Unless I'm talking to someone on these boards, people get confused when I call it Hollywood Studios. They say, "Isn't that MGM?". It's going to take a while to get used to, but around here it does seem to have switched quickly.
My husband saw my trip planner, and was like - is this another language? What's an ADR? What's CRT for dinner? He's funny...
I forget that not everyone speaks in Disney acronyms.
My husband saw my trip planner, and was like - is this another language? What's an ADR? What's CRT for dinner? He's funny...
I forget that not everyone speaks in Disney acronyms.
Figment1986
Well-Known Member
I herd a lot of people on the boats and busses I traveled on throughout the extended weekend refer to it a MGM... lol it will be quite some time before people will consistently refer to it by DHS or Disney's Hollywood Studios... it is easier to say MGM or studios...
but thats another topic all together.
but thats another topic all together.
Rob562
Well-Known Member
"Even old Epcot was once 'EPCOT Center'...
Why they changed it I can't say, people just liked it better that way..."
People still call the Magic Kingdom "Disney World", and call Epcot "EPCOT Center". I have a feeling it will be a generation or two before calling it "MGM" goes away.
As for me, I'm in the camp of just calling it the "Studios", even when it was still Disney-MGM.
-Rob
the-reason14
Well-Known Member
I noticed this too, I think its probably because you type the same amount of letters for both. But I still call it mgm, and it will always be known that to me. How many people did anyone here know that called it the Disney MGM Studious? That was just too much to say, and so is Disney's Hollywood Studious.
Susan Savia
Well-Known Member
Well I'll continue to call it MGM, just kinda slides off the tongue easier then DHS does..Ho hummm...
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
I think millions may be pushing the envelope. Think of the money they no longer have to pay MGM for royalties to their name.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
To flog more merchandise, its all about the money cha ching
Dragonrider1227
Well-Known Member
The probably got sick of paying for the MGM name when MGM hardly has anything to do with it. I think the one MGM title they have there is The Wizard of Oz and I don't think MGM even owns it anymore