May 09, 2017

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

1 hour 29 minutes

It's part 3 of our Disney series. Disney-MGM Studios opened in 1989, dedicated to the art, craft, and magic of the movies. Today it has a new name and new focus. Alaina teaches us about how the park came to be and how it transitioned. How does creativity shine through a web of license agreements and legal challenges? If the working studios were so needed at the time, why weren't they sustainable? How important is a consistency of experience in planning a park?

Links!

Opening map brochure

The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening TV Special

The Making of Disney-MGM Studios TV Special

Disneyland: Inside Story by Randy Bright

One Little Spark!: Mickey's Ten Commandments and The Road to Imagineering by Marty Sklar

Waking Sleeping Beauty trailer

The Making of The Great Movie Ride

Blog post on MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park in Las Vegas

Blog post on filming locations for Thunder in Paradise

Doug Live!

Description of, and production art from, My Peoples

Back to Never Land

The Making of the Tower of Terror TV Special

Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights

Blog post on the various museum and museum-like features of Disney's Hollywood Studios

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Logo by Marah

Music by Thylacinus

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