07/01/2025
This day, in 2008, would be the last day Disney MGM Studios theme park at Walt Disney World operated under that name - a name it’s held since its opening on May 1, 1989. The following day, the park would officially become Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Although changes to the original park did not happen overnight, ever since that name change, MGM Studios has seen the most changes of any Disney theme park since that day. The removal of the Backlot Tour, Streets of America, (and anything else having to do with the art of movie making) and the addition of two new lands and theme changes to existing rides, makes the park almost unrecognizable to what it was when it opened. Now with the closing of Muppets Courtyard announced to make way for Monsters Inc Land, there is not much left at all from this park’s glory years.
What do you miss most about MGM Studios and what are you looking forward to seeing in Disney’s Hollywood Studios in the future?