There’s been a lot of talk recently about Team Disney Orlando’s slow realization that they have not one, but two under performing parks. In the past they could have skated by on the coat tails of the two main parks, but with growing competition from… Read More »Disney’s Hollywood Studios Extreme Makeover
Yesterday Season 11 American Idol Winner Phillip Phillips visited the Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ theme park version of the popular reality TV contest, spent some time answering questions, and even greeted park guests who were performing as part of the show. I love that they do… Read More »American Idol Winner Phillip Phillips at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Before a film can enter production at Disney animation, it first has to be pitched. A small number of those films make it into pre-production, and then an even smaller number actually make it into full production. At that point, the film is most likely… Read More »Un-seen Disney Animation: My Peoples, plus the saga of Disney’s Florida Animation Studio
Disney’s Hollywood Studios continues to be one of Walt Disney World’s more neglected properties. It will be seeing some major changes soon, not in the park, alas, but in how you get to it. Road work is under way that will funnel all guests to the parking lot via the main entrance. Right now a significant portion of guests enter off Buena Vista Drive, which only has two lanes and sometimes back up into the intersection. In the future, that traffic will be redirected around the park to Osceola Parkway where a new off ramp will direct guests to the main entrance. The work they’ve done so far looks pretty nice, but it will be a bit difficult to get used to the change. The Buena Vista Drive route will still be used by busses and as an exit from the park.
One hopes they’ll also take advantage of this to reroute the entry road and allow for a little more expansion on that side of the park. Speaking of expansion, we heard that they’re once again looking at adding a Nemo themed coaster similar to the one in Paris to Pixar Place. Not sure how much weight I put behind that rumor. We do know for sure that DHS will be getting Fastpass Plus. The electrical requirements have been added to a number of attractions, as you can see on the floor to the right of the Tower of Terror entrance here:
There is some work being done on the secondary entrance for American Idol Experience. This could be related to Fast Pass Plus too.
There is no longer an American Idol Experience store.
Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing (aka N.B.T.) is sort of the mouse’s equivalent of American Idol, only without all the glamor, or the huge recording contract at the end. This weekend Disney World guest’s will have a chance to get to know the Season Five… Read More »Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing Concerts at Hollywood Studios this weekend
A small electrical fire has dimmed the marquee sign for the Magic of Disney Animation exhibit at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. According to a report on CFNews13, the fire was actually on a part of the sign that controls the current to the fluorescent lights, not… Read More »Magic of Disney Animation Sign at Hollywood Studios Suffers Fire
Comedian Sean Klitzner, whom you may remember from his stint hosting the American Idol Experience at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, has produced this nifty little YouTube interactive tour of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It’s sort of choose your own adventure style: Nice to see Sean back from… Read More »Sean Klitzner’s Interactive Disney’s Hollywood Studios Visit
One of the new merchandise features coming to Star Wars Weekends in 2012 is the Droid Factory where you can build your very own Droid figure. The Droid Factory is open now and will run at least through the Star Wars Weekends festival. Similar to… Read More »Build a Droid Factory at Star Wars Weekends