Disney's Hollywood Studios Construction Footage Walt Disney World Resort 50th Anniversary

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Disney's Hollywood Studios is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division. Based on a concept by Marty Sklar, Randy Bright, and Michael Eisner, the park opened on May 1, 1989, as the Disney-MGM Studios (Theme) Park, and was the third of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World. Spanning 135 acres (55 ha), the park is dedicated to the imagined worlds from film, television, music, and theatre, drawing inspiration from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Disney's Hollywood Studios was initially developed as both a theme park inspired by show business and an operating production studio, with active film and television production services, an animation facility branch, and a functioning backlot. Construction on the combined park and studio began in 1987, but was accelerated when the construction of the similarly-themed Universal Studios Florida began a few miles away. To increase public interest and the variety of film representation within the park, Disney entered into a licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, from which the park's original name was derived. The park's production facilities were removed throughout the 2000s, and many of the park's soundstages were retrofitted for newer attractions and guest use. The park's current name took effect in 2008, with the removal of the MGM-branding throughout the park. In the 2010s, the park began to distance itself from the original studio backlot intention and entered a new direction of immersive theming and attraction development inspired by Hollywood stories.

The park's icon was originally the Earffel Tower from the park's opening until 2001 when the Sorcerer's Hat—a stylized version of the magical hat from Fantasia—was erected in the park's central hub. It then served as the park's icon until its removal in January 2015. In 2018, the park hosted 11.258 million guests, ranking it the fifth most-visited theme park in North America and the ninth most-visited theme park in the world.

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Hollywood Boulevard
Echo Lake
Grand Avenue
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
Toy Story Land
Animation Courtyard
Sunset Boulevard
Live entertainment
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
ESPN The Weekend
Star Wars Weekends
ABC Super Soap Weekend
The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights
Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club
Teen Win, Lose or Draw
Adventures in Wonderland
Superboy
MTV's Remote Control
Thunder in Paradise
Let's Make a Deal
Wheel of Fortune
Passenger 57
The Dooley and Pals Show
Star Wars Launch Bay
Darth Vader
Chewbacca
BB-8
Disney Junior Dance Party!
Mickey Roadster Racers
Vampirina
Doc McStuffins
The Lion Guard
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
puppets
lasers
music
projectors
human actors
water effects
scenes
songs
Pixar's Toy Story
Andy's backyard
Toy Story Mania!
4D attraction
classic carnival midway games
Slinky Dog Dash
roller coaster
Alien Swirling Saucers
spinning teacup ride
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Hollywood Tower Hotel
Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
dark ride
Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple
For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration

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Footage Courtesy: Disney Enterprises, Inc.

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