Orlando Guide - CAT MGM STUDIOS
The Tower of More Terror - Hollywood Studios
Having come to Florida for the past 10 years, we have always had affection for Hollywood Studios (Formerly MGM Studios). As a something for everyone family park, you can’t really can’t go far wrong with Hollywood Studios. From great shows, to first class rides the park offers something for the young...
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Hollywood Tower of Terror - Hollywood Studios
Hollywood Studios is one of Disney’s smallest and best theme parks. Located right at the heart of Disney the park has seen a great transformation over the years with new rides and shows being added. One of the main attractions to the park is the ride called the Hollywood Tower of Terror. The ride is...
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Fantasmic at Disney's Hollywood Studios
If you like pyrotechnics, laser shows, special effects, water shows, spectacular lights and Disney characters, this live production at the Hollywood Hills Amphitheatre in Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park has it all.
Fantasmic is shown only on selected night so your best bet is to ch...
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The American Idol Experience
A trip to Hollywood Studios wouldn’t be complete without dragging the rest of the family in to watch one of The American Idol Experience shows. None of our family can sing very well, so it’s always good to watch and listen to others who can. There are three ‘acts’ to watch, who are members of the pu...
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The Great Movie Ride - Disney's Hollywood Studios
Before you even enter this attraction you will be amazed at the impressive building that is home to The Great Movie Ride. It is a superb replica of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. When the park first opened in 1989 it used to be the first thing you saw as you looked along Hollywo...
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Osborne Lights
These spectacular lights are shown at Hollywood Studios from around the first week in November through the holiday season. With no extra charge on your park ticket, it is so worth staying to see them light up and dance in the dark. You would be forgiven for thinking that they must just be some fancy...
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American Idol Experience
An avid follower of American Idol on ITV2 at home, I headed straight for the American Idol Experience at Hollywood Studios. You can audition here or simply take a seat and become part of the judging process. However, I think the auditionees take it very seriously as the winner of each day gets a gol...
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The Boulevards of Disneys Hollywood Studios
America' s fourth most-visited theme park with almost ten million visitors annually originally opened on 1st May 1989 as Disney-MGM Studios, represented by the iconic Mickey Mouse Earful Tower, a safety first water tower found in most Hollywood back lots. This was replaced in 2001 by the Sorcerer' s...
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Disneys Hollywood Studios
Just off Hollywood Boulevard, Echo Lake is a lagoon surrounded by several attractions and dining establishments. Three of the attractions are based on characters and movies by LucasFilm owned by George Lucas.
Raiders of The Lost Ark is a fast paced stunt show featuring an Indiana Jones l...
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Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
If there was one live show that I had to pick out of all the brilliant Walt Disney World shows, Fantasmic would be my first choice. It combines twenty-five minutes of drama, action, originality, fireworks, lasers and animated water to provide guests with one magnificent extravaganza.
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Star Tours – Disney’s Hollywood Studios
If you love the Star Wars movies and are fond of simulator rides then this is the attraction for you. Star Tours is on the far side of Echo Lake in Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. You will meet R2D2, C3PO and other well-known characters from the film.
There are sometimes longish l...
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The Osborne Lights at Hollywood Studios
From mid November to Early January, the Streets of America come to electric mega-watt life at Hollywood Studios with the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. Every inch of the New York and San Francisco back-lot are blanketed in millions of twinkling lights which dance in synchronized splendo...
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Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios as a fantastic display of how they film stunts using cars and motor bikes in the films.
It follows a stunt manager and production crew as they work on a live film set to capture the vehicle stunts and car chase scenes f...
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The Osborne Lights
If you go to Orlando at Christmas there are many “must do’s”. One of these is the Disney Hollywood Studios to see the snowy streets hosting the Osborne Lights. (Note the spelling – it is not Osbourne as in Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne). A friend travelling with us for the first time asked if it was Shar...
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Ride Guide – Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
In Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith is one of the main attractions. It is a high speed inside coaster aimed at older children, teens and adults and launches from 0 to 60 mph in less than three seconds!
The holding area sets the scene for this ride, you a...
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Ride Guide – Toy Story Mania
One of the newest rides in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Toy Story Mania is an exceptionally busy ride. Definitely plan to get there early and also use the FastPass facility, but, beware, the FastPasses can all be allocated quite early in the day for this popular ride.
Themed and inspired by t...
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Shopping at Hollywood Studios
Whenever we visit a Theme Park we always seem to return to the villa with someone lamenting “I forgot to go to such a shop”. Therefore I thought I would try to detail the shops I am aware of after our many visits to Hollywood Studios.
When you arrive at the Main entrance directly in front of...
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Voyage of the Little Mermaid – Hollywood Studios
We had just missed the Indiana Jones show and our fast pass returns to the Hollywood Tower of Terror didn’t kick in for another hour or so. To pass the time we headed for the Back Lot Tour and Catastrophe Canyon only to find it closed for refurbishment.
Now, under normal circumstances, we wo...
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Toy Story Mania at Hollywood Studios – Part One
Toy Story Mania is Disney’s Hollywood Studios newest attraction and one that should definitely be on your ‘to do list’ when visiting the park.
As you walk into the building, which houses the Toy Story Mania ride, you are reduced to toy size. As you wait in line look at all the amazing variet...
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Toy Story Mania at Hollywood Studios – Part Two
……. continuing on from my first article entitled ‘Toy Story Mania – Part One’
The first game is the Pie Throw Practice. This is the practice round in which you will have to splat the targets with pies (virtual pies of course, imagine the mess if they weren’t! ).
The seco...
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Star Wars Weekends 2010
Are you a Star Wars fan? If the answer is ‘yes’ and you are coming to Orlando, Florida in May or June this year, 2010, then you are in for a real treat – the Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which take place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from late May to early June.
The ...
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