The Disney-MGM Studios is going away

flippyshark · 08-10-2007, 11:11 PM

The Disney MGM Studios will close its gates for the final time on December 31st, 2007. That night, the park will be demolished, and a near-exact replica will be built in its place. This new park will open the next day, January 1st, 2008, and will be known as Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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blueerica · 08-10-2007, 11:41 PM

Ummm... Near exact replica? Cool, and all but... uh.... OK.

lashbear · 08-11-2007, 05:31 AM

As long as they can find all those cool antiques for the HTH lobby again !!!

DreadPirateRoberts · 08-11-2007, 06:10 AM

I hope they can recycle and use some of the old stuff.

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-11-2007, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by blueerica

Ummm... Near exact replica? Cool, and all but... uh.... OK.

Babe, if you're serious, you're going to kick yourself....read it again....

DCA is next, right?

blueerica · 08-11-2007, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Babe, if you're serious, you're going to kick yourself....read it again....

Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say I would kick myself... but it's certain that I can't read straight after ~15 hours of working and writing another big-ass research paper. I am, however, laughing pretty good.

Thank god for semi-decent nights of sleep, when the interruptions don't even seem to bother me.

RStar · 08-11-2007, 07:10 PM

It's interesting that they can change the name of a whole park like that. Can you imagine the printing bill? All the letter head, envelopes, business cards, invoices, theme park merchandise, napkins and cups, signs, and marketing & advertisements they will need to do? Yikes!

Well, if they can change the name of a whole park, perhaps they can do that with DCA. Perhaps Disney's Hollywood Adventure. or Disney's Hollywoodland. It has gone more form California to Pixar movies anyway. Each land could be a theme in catigory of movies, with the exception of the Hollywood backlot.

mousepod · 08-11-2007, 08:50 AM

When we went house-hunting last weekend, we visited Disney's Hyperion Studios, which was renamed "Gelson's". Like Disney-MGM, it no longer has a working animation team on site.

I wonder if Disney would rip down the Grauman's facade and put up an El Cap replica...

scaeagles · 08-11-2007, 07:19 PM

I hear Ty Pennington is in charge - they're making a show called "Extreme Theme Park Makeover" with hundreds of thousands of volunteers helping his design team.

innerSpaceman · 08-12-2007, 11:37 AM

Hmmm. I think the Walt concept is promising ... but would not, alas, save that Park. Nor will any name change. A rose and all that.

Hmmm, and Disneyland Paris has changed its name no less than three times. It must be indeed difficult to catch everything that needs to be changed, because remnants of all four names can be found around that resort to this day.

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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	The Disney-MGM Studios is going away The Disney MGM Studios will close its gates for the final time on December 31st, 2007. That night, the park will be demolished, and a near-exact replica will be built in its place. This new park will open the next day, January 1st, 2008, and will be known as Disney's Hollywood Studios. Read about it here
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Ummm... Near exact replica? Cool, and all but... uh.... OK. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	It's interesting that they can change the name of a whole park like that. Can you imagine the printing bill? All the letter head, envelopes, business cards, invoices, theme park merchandise, napkins and cups, signs, and marketing & advertisements they will need to do? Yikes! Well, if they can change the name of a whole park, perhaps they can do that with DCA. Perhaps Disney's Hollywood Adventure. or Disney's Hollywoodland. It has gone more form California to Pixar movies anyway. Each land could be a theme in catigory of movies, with the exception of the Hollywood backlot. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	When we went house-hunting last weekend, we visited Disney's Hyperion Studios, which was renamed "Gelson's". Like Disney-MGM, it no longer has a working animation team on site. I wonder if Disney would rip down the Grauman's facade and put up an El Cap replica... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney Last edited by mousepod : 08-11-2007 at 09:40 AM.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I hear Ty Pennington is in charge - they're making a show called "Extreme Theme Park Makeover" with hundreds of thousands of volunteers helping his design team.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Hmmm. I think the Walt concept is promising ... but would not, alas, save that Park. Nor will any name change. A rose and all that. Hmmm, and Disneyland Paris has changed its name no less than three times. It must be indeed difficult to catch everything that needs to be changed, because remnants of all four names can be found around that resort to this day.
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