List of Disney's Hollywood Studios attractions

Disney's Hollywood Studios consists of five themed areas. Major attractions are listed below.

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Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard is lined with shops selling Disney merchandise and food. This is also the location of Disney-Pixar's "Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun!" parade. While parades are a major attraction today, the area was not originally built to handle parades, and an appropriate sound system and other facilities had to be retrofitted after initial construction. 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.

Echo Lake

Streets of America

Pixar Place

Animation Courtyard

Mickey Avenue

Sunset Boulevard

Entertainment

Theater of the Stars

The theater is also used for occasional corporate, seasonal, promotional and internal events, and presentations.

High School Musical

ABC Theater Right

ABC Theater Left

New York Street

Premiere Theater

Walt Disney Theatre

Animation Courtyard Theater

Soundstage Theater

Nighttime entertainment

Parades

Former attractions

Name Attraction Type Description
Superstar Television Interactive stage show Here, guests could re-enact famous scenes from television history. Using chroma-key technology, the on-stage guests would be shown on TV monitors in the theatre appearing opposite famous celebrities. For example, a female guest would play Ethel Mertz alongside Lucille Ball's Lucy Ricardo in the famous candy factory scene from I Love Lucy. In another example, a guest would appear on the set of The Tonight Show being interviewed by Johnny Carson. It originally opened on May 1, 1989. It closed on September 26, 1998 and was replaced by Disney's Doug Live!. The theatre was renovated to host a new live-action show, the American Idol Experience, inspired by the hit television series of the same name and opened in February 2009.
The Monster Sound Show Interactive stage show Guests could become volunteer Foley artists and add various sound effects to a short comedy film starring Chevy Chase and Martin Short. "Sounds Dangerous" now uses this theatre. It originally opened on May 1, 1989. It closed on February 20, 1999.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It! Interactive stage show One of the first attractions to make use of the former production soundstages. During Star Wars Weekends, a Star Wars Edition of the game would be played. The game began with Greedo answering questions and a Gamorrean guard in the audience cheering him on, followed by a typically played game featuring all Star Wars questions. The attraction was closed in 2006, and its soundstages were renovated for Toy Story Midway Mania, which opened in 2008.
Soundstage Restaurant Quick service restaurant Formerly located in the current Playhouse Disney Live On Stage theatre. Designed to look like a "live set" for the animated feature films Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, and before that the live-action film Big Business.
Catwalk Bar Bar Cocktail bar located on catwalks above the seating and service areas for the Soundstage Restaurant. It was reached by a stairway and elevator between the Soundstage Restaurant and the Brown Derby.
Aladdin's Royal Caravan Parade Promoted the release of Disney's Aladdin. It featured spitting camels that are now outside The Magic Carpets of Aladdin at the Magic Kingdom.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Musical stage show Based upon the 1996 animated musical film of the same name, was performed in the Backlot Theatre, which was renovated into the Premiere Theater, currently used for special events.
The Spirit of Pocahontas Musical stage show Based upon the 1995 animated film of the same name, was another performance located in the Backlot Theatre.
Here Come The Muppets Stage show The Muppet characters were portrayed in life-size costumes and performed songs in a concert form. Voyage of the Little Mermaid now performs in its place.
Doug: Live! Stage show Here, Doug and his friends performed daily. Guests were selected to play some of the other roles in the show.
Disney Stars and Motor Cars Parade Featured cars decorated to resemble various park characters, including those from Disney and Star Wars films.
Star Tours Motion Simulator Based upon the Star Wars film series. This ride was replaced with Star Tours: The Adventure Continues on May 20, 2011.
Journey into Narnia Walk-through attraction Guests could view props and set pieces on display from the The Chronicles of Narnia film series (originally distributed by Disney; now handled by 20th Century Fox), as well as meet the namesake of the second film in the series, Prince Caspian. This attraction was located in Animation Courtyard, and was closed on September 10, 2011.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Star-Tours/Refurbishments.htm
  2. ^ "One week remaining for 'Journey Into Narnia - Prince Caspian'". WDWMAGIC.COM. http://wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Journey-Into-Narnia-Prince-Caspian/News/02Sep2011-One-week-remaining-for-%27Journey-Into-Narnia---Prince-Caspian%27.htm. Retrieved 4 September 2011. 
Hollywood Boulevard:
Echo Lake:
Streets of America:
Pixar Place
Animation Courtyard:
Sunset Boulevard:
Parades:
Pixar Pals Countdown To Fun!
Annual Events:
Items in italics indicate entertainment venues with set showtimes, rather than continuously running attractions.