Disney's Hollywood Studios, formerly known as Disney-MGM Studios, is a theme park located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA that opened on May 1, 1989. One hundred thirty-five acres (546,000 m²) in size, the park's theme is Hollywood classic movies and popular TV entertainment.
“'The World you have entered was created by The Walt Disney Company and is dedicated to Hollywood—not a place on a map, but a state of mind that exists wherever people dream and wonder and imagine, a place where illusion and reality are fused by technological magic. We welcome you to a Hollywood that never was—and always will be.'”
The park was originally intended to be a new pavilion at the Epcot, which was to be called "Great Moments at the Movies" with the Great Movie Ride as its main attraction. This would have been located between The Imagination and The Land pavilions, before it was suggested to dedicate an entire park about filmmaking. The park would also function as a working studio with soundstages and production facilities for films and television and a new Florida unit for Walt Disney Animation Studios, which in addition to working on projects supervised by the main Burbank studio, would produce three of their own films, including Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear. Reflecting the active studio focus, the park's icon would be a old-fashioned studio water tower decked out with Mouse Ears named the Earffel Tower. Through the various tour attractions at the park, this would allow guests a up-close look at how film production worked, though by the early 2000s, active entertainment production had essentially ceased and many production areas would be consumed by guest traffic and new attractions. A list of the park's productions can be found here.
To bolster the park's image and pool of films to draw inspiration from, Disney would establish a loose partnership with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The only affiliation that MGM, now under the ownership of Sony Pictures, had to the Disney park was via contracts which allowed Disney to use the MGM name and lion logo in marketing, and separate contracts that allowed for specific MGM content to be used in a ride called The Great Movie Ride. However, rights for the entire pre-1986 MGM library were purchased by Ted Turner to create Turner Network Television and later, Turner Classic Movies, which in turn has become part of Time Warner. Therefore, the end of the MGM affiliation did not affected the content of The Great Movie Ride. On January 7, 2008, the park was rebranded "Disney's Hollywood Studios" with the official announcement made on August 9, 2007 by Disney officials. With the ongoing expansion work that began in 2015, it has been reported that Disney has been exploring new names for the park.
On October 27, 2020, Walt Disney World reopened after being temporarily closed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but Walt Disney World announced that all entertainment would be laid off (at least until the summer of 2021), such as Citizens of Hollywood at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor at Magic Kingdom, due to a dispute between the Actors' Equity Association and Walt Disney World.[1][2]
Thomas O'Malley, Duchess, Marie, Toulouse, Berlioz, Edgar Balthazar, Scat Cat, Shun Gon the Chinese Cat, Hit Cat the English Cat, Peppo the Italian Cat and Billy Boss the Russian Cat from The Aristocats
Seen in Echo Lake[]
Olaf
Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood
Seen in Grand Avenue[]
Goofy and Max Goof
Pete and P.J. Pete
Kermit the Frog
Miss Piggy
Gonzo
Fozzie Bear
Sweetums
Seen in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge[]
Kylo Ren
First Order Stormtroopers
C-3PO
R2-D2
Rey
Chewbacca
Yoda
Admiral Ackbar
Emperor Palpatine
Emperor's Royal Guard
Captain Phasma
Porg
Vi Moradi
Seen in Toy Story Land[]
Woody
Bo Peep
Jessie
Buzz Lightyear
Green Army Men
Seen in Pixar Place[]
Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl and Frozone from The Incredibles
Edna Mode
Seen in Commissary Lane[]
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse
Seen in Animation Courtyard[]
Pluto
Vampirina
Doc McStuffins
Fancy Nancy
Baby Kermit, Baby Miss Piggy, Baby Gonzo, Baby Fozzie, Baby Animal and Summer Penguin from Muppet Babies
Ariel, Prince Eric, Flounder, Sebastian, Ursula and Max from The Little Mermaid
Darth Vader
Chewbacca
BB-8
Stormtroopers
James P. Sullivan from Monsters, Inc.
Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Seen in Sunset Boulevard[]
Belle, Beast/Prince Adam, Lumiére, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip Potts, Gaston and the Bimbettes Beauty and the Beast
Cruz Ramirez and DJ from Cars
Evie Starlight
Ginny Vermouth
Phoebe Bizarre
Cloe Canard
Betty Shambles
Flora Fiera
Ace Victory
Stone Granite
Officer Pat Friskem
Officer William Club
Officer Percival Peabody
Oscar Meyer Weiner
Juan Scenario
Jack Diamond
Mayor Sonny Burbank
Beau Wrangler
Buddy Flowers
Former[]
Ace Ventura
Dick Tracy Mobsters
Animal, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot and Bean Bunny
Roger Rabbit
Baby, Earl, Fran, Robbie, Charlene and Ethyl from Jim Henson's Dinosaurs
Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo and April O'Neil
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Tasmanian Devil, Wile E. Coyote and Michigan J. Frog
Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse
Pink Panther
Special Agent Oso
Handy Manny
Jake from Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Leo, June, Quincy, and Annie from Little Einsteins
Jojo and Goliath the Lion
Jawas
Star-Lord and Baby Groot
Moana
Baymax and Hiro Hamada
Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino
Lots-O’-Huggin' Bear from Toy Story 3
Carl Fredricksen, Russell, and Dug from Up
Winnie the Pooh
Sofia the First
Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope Von Schweetz
Power Rangers characters
Pink Ranger (Power Rangers: Time Force), Lunar Wolf Ranger (Power Rangers: Wild Force), Green Ranger (Power Rangers: Ninja Storm), White Dino Ranger (Power Rangers: Dino Thunder), Red Ranger (Power Rangers: SPD), Pink Ranger (Power Rangers: Mystic Force), Yellow Ranger (Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive), Blue Ranger (Power Rangers: Jungle Fury), and Green Ranger (Power Rangers RPM)
Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable
Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher
Lightning McQueen and Mater
Rockhopper and Bambadee
Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc.
Former Attractions and Entertainment[]
Superstar Television (1989-1998) (Replaced by Disney's Doug Live!)
2021 Concept Art for a new look of Tower of Terror's Beacon of Magic at the World's Most Magical Celebration in Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary celebration.