Photo via Stephen Janko on Flickr Found this photo on Flickr and just had to share it. This is The Great Movie Ride in Disney’s MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios) circa 1990. As a former MGM Studios employee (vacation planner from 99-00) it pains me to see the Sorcerer’s Hat at the end...
Disney’s Hollywood Studios recently unveiled some new signage outside its gates near the “Group Sales” ticket window. Wonder if it will make it through the rest of 2011? This structure ties in the year’s theme of “Let the Memories Begin“. This banner looks very similar to the signage outside the Magic Kingdom save for...
Photo via DarkJediKnight on Flickr Darth Vader cracks the whip on an unsuspecting Stormtrooper yesterday as Disney’s Hollywood Studios brought 2011′s Star Wars Weekends to a close. This year’s celebration saw many things, but most importantly, the grand opening of the newly re-imagined attraction Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. Star Wars Fans can rejoice! ...
DISNEY CHANNEL DUO: Characters Phineas (right) and Ferb (left) from the hit Disney Channel series “Phineas and Ferb” now greet guests of all ages in a new interactive meet-and-play experience at Disney’s Holllywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The characters appear near Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano in the theme park. (Gene Duncan, photographer)
A few weeks ago I was invited to preview Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I have to admit…I was a little nervous! I had not been on Star Tours since I was required to ride it back in 1999 for my Traditions Class when I was hired on as a...
LIVING THE DREAM: Newly crowned “American Idol” Scotty McCreery poses May 30th, 2011 with Mickey and Minnie Mouse in front of “The American Idol Experience” attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. McCreery was honored in a parade at the Disney theme park and performed his new song, “I Love You This Big.” On Wednesday, the...
Disney Pixar Cars 2 star Lightning McQueen will replace Herbie the Love Bug on stage in Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios beginning June 5, 2011. Photo via Wade Menard
IT’S A TALL WORLD: Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard poses May 6th, 2011 with Chewbacca in front of the soon-to-open “Star Tours – The Adventures Continue” attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The new 3-D attraction opens May 20th, 2011 at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, and June 3rd, 2011 at Disneyland Resort in...
HOSTESS WITH AN OUT-OF-THIS WORLD VOICE: Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” will appear each weekend of Star Wars Weekends in 2011 as Celebrity Host of a behind-the-scenes talk show entitled “Clone Wars: Behind the Force.” Here she is with R2-MK (Mickey Mouse’s droid) and Jedi Mickey...
Returning to Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios as Celebrity Host of “The Clone Wars: Behind the Force,” actress Ashley Eckstein (voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) will also be bringing an all-new, unique range of Star Wars fangirl-focused products to the month-long event at Walt Disney World. Available...
