DHS to be renamed again?!

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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by theBIGyowski » Mar Mon 16, 2015 11:39 am

yeah...the problem with "Studios" is that there are no movies or shows filmed there and almost all references to the way a studio or film set works have been removed in the past decade and a half

so the name "Studios" is incorrect when describing the park as it is today

actually the more I think about it...the park opening is pretty much the only thing that has to do with a working studio because didn't they get rid of the Streetmosphere folks not too long ago?
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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by BenB » Mar Mon 16, 2015 11:26 pm

theBIGyowski wrote:yeah...the problem with "Studios" is that there are no movies or shows filmed there and almost all references to the way a studio or film set works have been removed in the past decade and a half

so the name "Studios" is incorrect when describing the park as it is today

actually the more I think about it...the park opening is pretty much the only thing that has to do with a working studio because didn't they get rid of the Streetmosphere folks not too long ago?
Indiana Jones (as long as it stays) still pretends it's shooting a movie. Lights, Motors, Action has that theming as well. I can't think of any others now that Backlot is gone.
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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by theBIGyowski » Mar Tue 17, 2015 7:59 am

true...I forgot about Indiana Jones

I'm pretty sure Lights, Motors, Action will go away in the near future and Indy may as well if Star Wars really takes over that part of the park.

The best thing they can do is to re-theme the park as putting you "in the movies" to make you feel like you are really there...not just on a working set or studio like before. The Imagineers pulled it of in DCA for Carsland...so you know they can do it.
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1986: Offsite
1997: Offsite
2001: Coronado Springs
2008: Shades of Green / Saratoga Springs (WDW Half Marathon)
2009: Port Orleans French Quarter (WDW Half Marathon)
2010: Port Orleans Riverside (Honeymoon)
2011: Old Key West / Bay Lake Tower
2014: Kidani Village
2015: Old Key West (5th Wedding Anniversary)
2016: Old Key West (Kids' first WDW vacation in December!)

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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by Wizzard419 » Mar Tue 17, 2015 8:53 pm

Wasn't that the Universal slogan from the late 90's? :D

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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by theBIGyowski » Mar Wed 18, 2015 8:05 am

Wizzard419 wrote:Wasn't that the Universal slogan from the late 90's? :D
yep...I'm sure I have a park map or something from the 90s that has that slogan on it :)
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1997: Offsite
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2011: Old Key West / Bay Lake Tower
2014: Kidani Village
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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by UncleScrooge477 » Mar Fri 20, 2015 3:11 pm

What if we just went with something like "Disney's Third Park" or "The Other One" or something generic? Disney's Topical Themed Land?

Just kidding - I think MGM studios is a fine name - no need to change it.
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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by Wizzard419 » Mar Fri 20, 2015 9:41 pm

Other than "MGM" exists as a casino and a film company in name only in a world that doesn't go to the movies?

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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by UncleScrooge477 » Mar Sun 22, 2015 5:30 pm

Ha! A pretty GREEN casino, with square lions outside (unless those are gone by now). But I go to the movies?! I like the ones that serve beer and food, like the nice AMC one in Downtown Disney (or whatever THAT is called now...)
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Re: DHS to be renamed again?!

Post by Polynesian Princess » Mar Mon 23, 2015 2:06 am

They could make up their own acronym for MGM! Mickey's Great Magical Adventure Park? ;)
Can't wait to take my twin boys on their first trip to Walt Disney World! Planning on heading there sometime Feb-May 2014!

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