Disney's Hollywood Studios (General Discussion)

[NuteGunrayWasFramed]

If they clone the DL/TDS ride, I'm fine with it as long as it get its own MacGuffin. DL does South Asia with the eyes of Mara, TDS does South America with the Crystal Skull so I'd love to see something East Asian with a Chinese or Japanese tomb. I'm gonna say they won't do Middle East/ Egypt due to Universal and The Mummy. An Atlantis water ride is obvious...but Sea World already did it so that's out...

 

[Scott W.]

If they clone the DL/TDS ride, I'm fine with it as long as it get its own MacGuffin. DL does South Asia with the eyes of Mara, TDS does South America with the Crystal Skull so I'd love to see something East Asian with a Chinese or Japanese tomb. I'm gonna say they won't do Middle East/ Egypt due to Universal and The Mummy. An Atlantis water ride is obvious...but Sea World already did it so that's out...

Could be a tie in to Indy 5?

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Whos to say Disney wouldn't care, and just go with Atlantis anyway, but with an completely different design?

I think no matter what, it has to be a new system; more due to age than anything.

 

[Scott W.]

Whos to say Disney wouldn't care, and just go with Atlantis anyway, but with an completely different design?

I think no matter what, it has to be a new system; more due to age than anything.

I’d love for the POTC system to be used here. It brings it state side plus DHS could use a water ride if they wanted to introduce that element.

 

[NuteGunrayWasFramed]

Whos to say Disney wouldn't care, and just go with Atlantis anyway, but with an completely different design?

I think no matter what, it has to be a new system; more due to age than anything.

I'm not entirely unconvinced that Atlantis isn't the MacGuffin for Indy 5, so it's possible.

 

[OLSinFLA]

I’d love for the POTC system to be used here. It brings it state side plus DHS could use a water ride if they wanted to introduce that element.

DL's Idy ride may be old, but its still amazing. IMHO it's still the best dark ride in any stateside park outside of DL's Pirates

 

[Cheezbat]

that looping coaster looks super boring. I hope they don't bring that over.

It’s not boring. It’s painful.

I’d prefer they do something custom, just like they did with Slinky Dog Dash...instead of just cloning everything. Make it original!

 

[AlexanderMBush]

 

[Nick]

New entrance opens tomorrow so I imagine quite a bit of signage (specifically road signs) will be changing tonight.

 

[GadgetGuru]

New entrance opens tomorrow so I imagine quite a bit of signage (specifically road signs) will be changing tonight.

I’m so behind on DHS stuff. This is a temporary entrance right?

Or is this the entrance to the parking lot and not the main gate into the park?

 

[Nick]

I’m so behind on DHS stuff. This is a temporary entrance right?

Or is this the entrance to the parking lot and not the main gate into the park?

The entrance pictured above is the old main entrance to DHS when the park first opened. Now it will be a Cast Member only entrance. The other existing entrance will become a bus only entrance.

The new entrance is as seen here:

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Sooo they can now have ten lanes officially open at a time? That's..actually good to see.

 

[Nick]

 

[Nick]

The Welcome message at rope drop has changed at the park now, too:


Here’s the welcome message:

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to your Hollywood Adventure. Where we invite you to dream, wonder, and imagine. Step with us now into this amazing world and bring your own exciting story from a galaxy far, far away to infinity and beyond – where dreams come true. Welcome to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

VIDEO: New Welcome Message at Disney's Hollywood Studios Points to Star Wars and Toy Story Land - Blog Mickey

 

[Alicia]

The Welcome message at rope drop has changed at the park now, too:


Here’s the welcome message:

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to your Hollywood Adventure. Where we invite you to dream, wonder, and imagine. Step with us now into this amazing world and bring your own exciting story from a galaxy far, far away to infinity and beyond – where dreams come true. Welcome to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

VIDEO: New Welcome Message at Disney's Hollywood Studios Points to Star Wars and Toy Story Land - Blog Mickey

Oh just change the park name to Hollywood Adventure already. It works just fine.

 

[Nick]

Oh just change the park name to Hollywood Adventure already. It works just fine.

That's what I thought when I read it too. They just had the perfect opportunity to do it since they basically just changed out all of the road signage.

 

[belloq87]

Does anybody have to previous welcome message handy? I'd be interested to see how it's changed.

 

[RevFreako]

Oh just change the park name to Hollywood Adventure already. It works just fine.

Just from a branding point of view, I wouldn't think they'd want a name one word removed from DCA.

 

[Nick]

Just from a branding point of view, I wouldn't think they'd want a name one word removed from DCA.

It was a name that was under consideration for quite awhile when they were thinking of changing the name.

 

[Alicia]

It was a name that was under consideration for quite awhile when they were thinking of changing the name.

Keep it the same, guests confuse it with Universal Studios... Change it to "Adventure," maybe people will confuse it with IOA in addition to DCA too.