Walt Disney Imagineering Files Permit for New Marquee at The Little Mermaid Show in Disney's Hollywood Studios

rct2471 hour ago

What if The Little Mermaid is a decoy for "Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me: The Musical"

James Alucobond1 hour ago

It is the one that makes the most sense based on their track record with expansion. Yes, they could do more with the area if they were adequately planning ahead and being a bit bolder with re-routing and demolition, but they're probably not going to within many of our lifetimes. It is better that the absolute wasteland that is Launch Bay becomes something interesting than to let it rot for a couple more decades in the vain hope that something more ambitious gets the green light someday.

ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ1 hour ago

Actually it's not. But I won't get into that discussion in this thread. (or at all)

Brer Panther3 hours ago

You're thinking of My Peoples, which you can find more information about here (yes, that is indeed MY blog, plug plug plug). There's a list of productions filmed or animated at Disney-MGM Studios on the Disney Wiki.

Disgruntled Walt4 hours ago

James Alucobond5 hours ago

I wouldn't want to save it as is, necessarily. But I don't think an archway is bad in theory as an entrance to the land since there's not as much transitional space as in Galaxy's Edge or Toy Story Land, and the visual separation it can provide would help conceal the fact that Mermaid and the Brown Derby encroach on the new land's real estate.

MisterPenguin5 hours ago

Don't know why people want to save a blocky archway. I think they still see "MGM" on it in their dreams. ;)

James Alucobond5 hours ago

Can't they just make the AC entrance archway broader and push it back to obscure things a bit? Like, if they move the entrance of Mermaid to the left so that it faces out rather than straddling the corner and then place the archway on the opposite side of the walkway, they could add flanking walls that essentially span the entire path arc from the corner of Mermaid's theater to the junction point of the Brown Derby and Disney Jr. facades. You'd basically end up with a more defined portal.

Sneaky5 hours ago

No, I AM YOUR BROTHER

MisterPenguin5 hours ago

MGM killed my brother!!

MisterPenguin5 hours ago

Most of the guest facing walkways are themed to Hollywood, old and young. There still are studio lot buildings in DHS, which fits the Hollywood theme even if they aren't plentifully representing active Hollywood filming. This is just an idea to keep Monsters Courtyard more in sync with its surroundings.

TrojanUSC5 hours ago

Streets of America was originally off-limits to guests and I think he intent was to use it for production. Residential Street, as you say, was mostly used for some establishing shots. Even on shows like The Golden Girls, which were heavily featured on the Backlot Tour, nearly all of the footage on the shows was of the real house in LA. To give the exterior some "as seen on TV" street cred they used it for a few select shots where they needed a special effect (eg pouring rain and wind for a hurricane episode). There's also a couple instances of promotional material shot there. For WDW's 30th Anniversary TV Special there's a shot of both Betty White and Estelle Getty waving from the front door of the backlot house. The only production that I think took real advantage of a Residential Street exterior was Ernest Saves Christmas and maybe Alice In Wonderland. Superboy did shoot at at Disney-MGM but the only on-lot exterior occurrences I remember used were a couple administration buildings. There's one scene with Superboy stopping a taxi from leaving in front of the cast scheduling building (which remains). The pilot had a big scene on the Seven Seas lagoon. Bonus: If you're a fan of old WDW appearances in things, check out the 1990s show Seaquest DSV. Absolutely terrible show after Season 1, but they used a TON of WDW interiors from the 90s including Morocco, Team Disney Orlando, Living Seas and Mannequins Dance Palace.

MrPromey5 hours ago

Is anyone even still holding onto the "studio" idea of things anymore? This makes sense but what if people still want to yell?

MrPromey5 hours ago

Was someone getting uppity about this here in this thread or are your feather's just ruffled because we're taking shortcuts with typing out the name? ;)