List of current Disney-MGM Studios attractions

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Action on the set of Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction.

The hero car makes the finale jump at Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show

Disney MGM Studios consists of five themed areas. Major attractions are listed below.

[edit] Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard is lined with shops selling Disney merchandise and food. This is also the location of the "Disney Stars and Motor Cars Parade." Michael Eisner, who had a major part in the park's creation ever since the earliest development, demanded the opening land operate on the same principle as Main Street, U.S.A.—a street lined with shops and food, but in a style more fitting to the Studios.

• The Great Movie Ride, a dark ride paying homage to several classic films is located at the end of Hollywood Boulevard.

[edit] Echo Lake

• Star Tours, a motion simulator, identical to the one at Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris
• Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!, a live-action performance showing how movie stunts are done. The show re-enacts various scenes from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.
• Sounds Dangerous, a show following Drew Carey through a day as an undercover detective when his video camera fails and the audience is left in the dark wearing earphones, following his adventure through sound cues.

[edit] Streets of America

• Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D, a 3-D movie experience similar to Epcot's "Honey, I Shrunk The Audience"—also replicated at Disney's California Adventure
• Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show, a car & motorcycle stunt show that debuted at the Walt Disney Studios Paris
• Honey I Shrunk The Kids Movie Set Adventure, Kids can have fun in this fun playground based on the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
• Meet the Power Rangers from five generations: Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, S.P.D. and the newest series Mystic Force. Appearances throughout the day.
• Cover band Mulch, Sweat, and Shears performs several times a day, five days a week, next to the Tri-City Diner popcorn stand.

[edit] Mickey Avenue

• The Disney-MGM-Studios Backlot Tour, showing how movie special effects are done. Guests see a movie scene set on the Special Effects Water Tank filmed using volunteers from the audience and various special effects. The audience sees this final sequence edited all together in an action sequence called 'Harbor Attack' Guest board trams and are taken through Catastrophe Canyon, to see fire and water effects, are driven past large-scale movie props, and are shown residential streets made up of facades.
• Walt Disney: One Man's Dream, a museum-like walkthrough attraction that explores the life of Walt Disney and his legacy through photos, models, rare artifacts and a short biographical film narrated by Disney himself.
• Journey Into Narnia: Creating the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, a walk-through interactive attraction featuring props from the movie and an appearance from the White Witch.

[edit] Animation Courtyard

• Voyage of The Little Mermaid, a live performance using puppets, lasers, movies, human actors, and water (mist). The show recreates the animated Little Mermaid movie, in an abbreviated form.
• The Magic of Disney Animation, a short presentation showing how animated films are made. In side the Animation Academy you can take a drawing class from one of the Disney Artists and learn to draw a classic character, like Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Winnie the Pooh and also Stitch.
• Playhouse Disney Live on Stage!, a live performance featuring Disney children's television characters. It used to house Aladdin scenery with costumed characters from the movie to hang out with people as they ate in the restaurant.

[edit] Sunset Boulevard

• Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, a simplified version of the film. (Also an influence on the Beauty and the Beast stage musical.
• Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, an indoor roller coaster in the dark with three inversions and a high-speed launch
• The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, a thrill ride which drops guests in an elevator in a randomized set of 4 sequences each involving multiple high speed drops and ascents. In addition, special effects including smell, lighting and sound enhance the thrill.
• Fantasmic!, a nighttime show with characters and fireworks held in the specifically-built Hollywood Hills Amphitheatre off Sunset Boulevard.