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Operating since 5/1/1989 |
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Disney Studios Florida, Disney-MGM Studios, MGM Studios, MGM |
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Disney's Hollywood Studios's site |
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Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
USA
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919 |
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When the Disney corporation began making films and TV shows for adults - most notably Who Framed Roger Rabbit - they also set about devising a theme park to entertain adults as much as kids. Buying the rights to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) oeuvre of films and TV shows, Disney acquired a vast repertoire of instantly familiar images to mold into shows and rides. Opening in 1990, Disney-MGM Studios served to mute the opening of Florida's Universal Studios, and at the same time found an extra use for the real film studios based here. The people you'll see laboring over storyboards aren't there for show, they really are making films.
There are more stage shows and tours than rides as such, though thrill-seekers will be more than happy with the delightfully sadistic Twilight Zone Tower of Terror , set in a haunted, cobweb-strewn hotel, or the new Rock & Roller Coaster , which, with a 2.8 second 0-60 mph launch, is Disney World's wildest ride. Star Tours , a flight-simulator trip piloted by Star Wars characters R2D2 and C-3PO, is toothless in comparison, and the Great Movie Ride , with actors and robotic figures re-creating scenes from classic Hollywood movies in an ersatz Mann's Chinese Theatre, is a tad disappointing.
Don't miss the half-hour Backstage Studio Tour , climaxing with the special-effects bonanza Catastrophe Canyon : the interest level fluctuates but you won't get your money's worth if you miss it. The same applies to Magic of Disney Animation , an enlightening trip through the animation studios, and Jim Henson's Muppet Vision 3D show - enormous fun, with some great surprises. Capping them off is the twice-nightly Fantasmic , a 25-minute special effects-laden show in which Mickey battles the products of his own imagination.
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chrisps
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 15
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My two favorite rides at this park are tower of terror and rock n roller coaster I give tower of teror a 10/10 rock n roller coaster 10/10
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| 6-9-04 18:52:31 |
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SFOG Freak
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 2627
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Very cool park, really the only Disney park made for thrill seekers. (at WDW)
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| 7-6-04 10:29:03 |
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Montu Man
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 2957
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Good park, but needs more rides as it's only major rides are RNRC and ToT.
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| 11-9-04 16:08:44 |
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LFox
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 5
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It's cool, fun. None of the disney parks are aimed at thrill seekers, they are just for the average familly. But, if you are a thrill seeker and your in Orlando, its most definitely worth the visit.
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| 1-7-05 18:53:21 |
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churchpunk872
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 5
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Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Rollercoaster, are the 2 rides you have to go on, but if you are around the park late, DEFINATELY see Fantasmic! The line getting into the stadium/theater can be pretty crazy but once you get inside the gates, it opens up more
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| 2-1-05 23:07:33 |
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sfne stinks
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 10558
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MGM is lamer then Epcot....
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| 2-8-05 19:02:48 |
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slnewbus
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1670
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Good park.
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| 2-12-05 14:53:49 |
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sfne stinks
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 10558
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What makes it a good park? All it 'really' has is TOT and RnRc...
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| 4-7-05 12:38:37 |
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Tanks4me05
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 849
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Not the best park. To start off, there is less than 10 rides. The only semi good rides are Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Rollercoaster. Disney has absolutely no clue how to make a truly extreme park.
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| 4-20-05 14:48:09 |
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slnewbus
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1670
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^Star tours is pretty neat as well.
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| 4-26-05 15:55:36 |
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Jessamyne
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 4
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This park was okay...I haven't had a chance to go since they put in RnRc. Tower of Terror was okay. A neat idea but nothing more. There are plenty of other parks I'd rather go to.
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| 6-7-05 11:26:09 |
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blondathart
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 35
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This my favorite disney park! its sooooo much fun!
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| 7-2-05 22:57:56 |
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RLLrCoastrLover
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1059
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This was my favorite Disney park. I loved the thrill rides and the themeing of the whole park. 9/10
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| 7-30-05 20:31:49 |
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I love DW
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1911
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The themeing like all of Disney's parks was great but it could use some more thrill rides and better rides. And like the other three parks it is talked up more than it deserves.
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| 6-11-06 17:14:35 |
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SheikraTTD
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 940
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I love this park but it needs more rides. Not too many but a few more. Rock N RollerCoaster is so awesome! And so is Tower of Terror!
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| 8-4-06 11:34:44 |
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Raptor
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 5114
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This is a great park, it just needs some work - less shows, more thrill rides, which they are working on anyway. Unlike Universal's Studios, the vision here is different - its supposed to put you into "The Hollywood that never was, but always will be." Meaning, when we think of Hollywood, this is the fantasy version that exists in all of our minds when we step into the Disney-MGM Studios. It does a great job at that. And three of the best attractions in the entire world in one spot - Tower of Terror, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, and Fantasmic!, makes this a must visit for any theme park veteran.
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| 9-2-06 21:12:28 |
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SFGAFan4
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 929
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Does anyone realize this is a kids park (hello disney!) not a thrill seekers park?
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| 9-30-06 22:11:56 |
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GeminiRider
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 222
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Rock n Roller Coaster is a good coaster, except for the 0 to 60 launch at the beginning. I couldn't breathe from that for about 5 seconds! After that the coaster is awesome, especially the downward corkscrew!
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| 5-11-07 17:25:44 |
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