[jedijson]

Originally Posted by KentB3

Yes, I know that, but if there are too many twisters, this park would be destroyed in a matter of seconds. Has Six Flags in San Antonio ever had tornado damage before? Also, is San Antonio a bad area for tornadic activity?
It's different in Anaheim and Orlando, because tornadoes are rare in those areas.

I can't think of any of the major theme parks in Texas actually being hit by a tornado--not even the ones in Dallas (I live 3 hours from there). Heck, for that matter, even the tiny ones here in Oklahoma City haven't been hit--even though everything around them has.

And I agree with you TB--rain rain rain! We've had TONS of it around here--although not enough to actually flood anything. Usually by this time, all of our yards are brown.

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by jedijson

I can't think of any of the major theme parks in Texas actually being hit by a tornado--not even the ones in Dallas (I live 3 hours from there). Heck, for that matter, even the tiny ones here in Oklahoma City haven't been hit--even though everything around them has.

And I agree with you TB--rain rain rain! We've had TONS of it around here--although not enough to actually flood anything. Usually by this time, all of our yards are brown.

Yeah, the way Florida got banged up big 4 hurricanes back to back, WDW still remained intact! Their structures must be built pretty sturdy!

[Allyson]

Originally Posted by jdmccol

I wonder if it really is feasable to place a Disney Park in Texas. Here in San Antonio, the Six Flags and Sea World are closed Nov - Feb and only open on weekends during the fall. The winters arn't bad here - no snow - but it still gets cool here. I don't know if it would be worth the expense or not. I would hope they do their research and not open something up that will lose them money.

I went to Six Flags Texas in December or January (1992/1993) when did they start closing during that time??? We had an awesome time, and while it was quite chilly (down right FREEZING RAIN one day) we were burning up the next day. Very sporadic weather, but a nice trip.

Here's hoping for another Disney theme park ANYWHERE in the USA! I'd be there!

[Allyson]

Wait....now that I think more about it...we were in Dallas!! Are there two Six Flags in Texas??? If so, y'all definitely don't need Disney! LOL

[Disneyguru]

Kent all I have to say is WOW... awesome ideas best of luck!!

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by Disneyguru

Kent all I have to say is WOW... awesome ideas best of luck!!

Thanks so much! I'm glad you like them!

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by Allyson

Wait....now that I think more about it...we were in Dallas!! Are there two Six Flags in Texas??? If so, y'all definitely don't need Disney! LOL

That may be true, but Disney and Six Flags have VERY different theme parks, so that really wouldn't be much of a problem in that respect!

[KentB3]

I have made a few revisions to Downtown Disney at my proposed Disney theme park resort. Once again, Downtown Disney's layout will be similar to that of Disneyland's, but a bit larger and with more room for expansion; and located on a central hub between the two parks, unlike WDW's Downtown Disney, which seems quite out of the way from the theme parks!

So far, my Downtown Disney has 44 establishments; 10 more than Disneyland's Downtown Disney, but 16 less than WDW's. (26 if you include the Boardwalk!) Here is a list of my shops, restaurants, and entertainment establishments for Downtown Disney:

DOWNTOWN DISNEY MARKETPLACE

Food & Restaurants:
1.) Alfredo's of Rome (L'Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante)
2.) Baskin-Robbins
3.) Chef Mickey's: Similar to Chef Mickey's at WDW (Hong Kong will get a Chef Mickey's when it opens next year), this restaurant offers characters meals at Breakfast and Dinner. Guests are joined at both meals by Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Chip & Dale at Breakfast; and at Dinner by Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Chip & Dale.

4.) Cinnamon Bay Bakery (a full-service bakery and café specializing in cinnamon rolls)
5.) Earl of Sandwich
6.) Fulton's Crab House
7.) Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop
8.) Marceline's Confectionery
9.) McDonald's
10.) Wetzel's Pretzels

Shopping:
1.) The Art of Disney
2.) Basin (selling candles, soaps, and bath crystals; just to name a few items)
3.) Build-a-Bear Workshop
4.) Disney at Home
5.) Disney's Days of Christmas
6.) Illuminations
7.) LEGO Imagination Center
8.) Liquid Planet (store selling beachwear and accessories)
9.) Magnetron (selling an assortment of 50,000 magnets!)
10.) Once Upon a Toy
11.) Petals (selling a wide variety of leather goods, including jackets, handbags, and other accessories)
12.) Silver & Gold Gallery
13.) Team Mickey's Athletic Club
14.) World of Disney


DOWNTOWN DISNEY PARADISE PLAZA

Similar to Paradise Plaza at Disneyland Anaheim; this is primarily Downtown Disney's entertainment district, with a few shops and restaurants.

Food/Restaurants/Entertainment:
1.) AMC Theaters 24
2.) Big Easy Jazz Kitchen
3.) ¡Bongos Y Arriba! Latino Cafe: Jointly owned by Gloria Estefan and the management of Disneyland's ¡Y Arriba! ¡Y Arriba!, ¡Bongos Y Arriba! combines the best features of the two dinner clubs, and offers a global scope of Hispanic food and music from various Latin American countries!

4.) Cheesecake Factory Express (located inside DisneyQuest)
5.) Cirque Du Soleil
6.) DisneyQuest
7.) ESPN Zone
8.) House of Blues
9.) Planet Hollywood
10.) Rainforest Café
11.) Wolfgang Puck Café

Shopping:
1.) Borders Megastore (selling a wide variety of books, magazines, newspapers, music, videos, and DVD's)
2.) Celebrity Eyeworks Studio
3.) DTV
4.) Hoypoloi
5.) House of Blues Company Store (adjacent to the House of Blues)
6.) Paradise Plaza Magic Shop (a magic shop, which also offers free demonstrations for the customers!)
7.) Planet Hollywood: On Location (adjacent to Planet Hollywood)
8.) Rainforest Shop (inside Rainforest Café)
9.) Starabilias


In addition, there is a monorail stop between Downtown Disney Marketplace and Paradise Plaza; as the monorail is also connected to the two theme parks and all hotels, plus the campground!

As for the nightclub district, nothing has been planned so far. Keep in mind that my Disney theme park resort has been planned as more of a daytrip (ie: Disneyland) resort as opposed to and entire vacation destination like WDW. Also, my Downtown Disney list is for opening day, so there's no telling what would shop up here as the years go by; given profits and park attendance!

If anyone has questions, comments, and/or suggestions, please feel free to post! :)

[KentB3]

I have made a few revisions to Downtown Disney at my proposed Disney theme park resort. Once again, Downtown Disney's layout will be similar to that of Disneyland's, but a bit larger and with more room for expansion; and located on a central hub between the two parks, unlike WDW's Downtown Disney, which seems quite out of the way from the theme parks!

So far, my Downtown Disney has 44 establishments; 10 more than Disneyland's Downtown Disney, but 16 less than WDW's. (26 if you include the Boardwalk!) Here is a list of my shops, restaurants, and entertainment establishments for Downtown Disney:

DOWNTOWN DISNEY MARKETPLACE

Food & Restaurants:
1.) Alfredo's of Rome (L'Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante)
2.) Baskin-Robbins
3.) Chef Mickey's: Similar to Chef Mickey's at WDW (Hong Kong will get a Chef Mickey's when it opens next year), this restaurant offers characters meals at Breakfast and Dinner. Guests are joined at both meals by Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Chip & Dale at Breakfast; and at Dinner by Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Chip & Dale.

4.) Cinnamon Bay Bakery (a full-service bakery and café specializing in cinnamon rolls)
5.) Earl of Sandwich
6.) Fulton's Crab House
7.) Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop
8.) Marceline's Confectionery
9.) McDonald's
10.) Wetzel's Pretzels

Shopping:
1.) The Art of Disney
2.) Basin (selling candles, soaps, and bath crystals; just to name a few items)
3.) Build-a-Bear Workshop
4.) Disney at Home
5.) Disney's Days of Christmas
6.) Illuminations
7.) LEGO Imagination Center
8.) Liquid Planet (store selling beachwear and accessories)
9.) Magnetron (selling an assortment of 50,000 magnets!)
10.) Once Upon a Toy
11.) Petals (selling a wide variety of leather goods, including jackets, handbags, and other accessories)
12.) Silver & Gold Gallery
13.) Team Mickey's Athletic Club
14.) World of Disney


DOWNTOWN DISNEY PARADISE PLAZA

Similar to Paradise Plaza at Disneyland Anaheim; this is primarily Downtown Disney's entertainment district, with a few shops and restaurants.

Food/Restaurants/Entertainment:
1.) AMC Theaters 24
2.) Big Easy Jazz Kitchen
3.) ¡Bongos Y Arriba! Latino Cafe: Jointly owned by Gloria Estefan and the management of Disneyland's ¡Y Arriba! ¡Y Arriba!, ¡Bongos Y Arriba! combines the best features of the two dinner clubs, and offers a global scope of Hispanic food and music from various Latin American countries!

4.) Cheesecake Factory Express (located inside DisneyQuest)
5.) Cirque Du Soleil
6.) DisneyQuest
7.) ESPN Zone
8.) House of Blues
9.) Planet Hollywood
10.) Rainforest Café
11.) Wolfgang Puck Café

Shopping:
1.) Borders Megastore (selling a wide variety of books, magazines, newspapers, music, videos, and DVD's)
2.) Celebrity Eyeworks Studio
3.) DTV
4.) Hoypoloi
5.) House of Blues Company Store (adjacent to the House of Blues)
6.) Paradise Plaza Magic Shop (a magic shop, which also offers free demonstrations for the customers!)
7.) Planet Hollywood: On Location (adjacent to Planet Hollywood)
8.) Rainforest Shop (inside Rainforest Café)
9.) Starabilias


In addition, there is a monorail stop between Downtown Disney Marketplace and Paradise Plaza; as the monorail is also connected to the two theme parks and all hotels, plus the campground!

As for the nightclub district, nothing has been planned so far. Keep in mind that my Disney theme park resort has been planned as more of a daytrip (ie: Disneyland) resort as opposed to and entire vacation destination like WDW. Also, my Downtown Disney list is for opening day, so there's no telling what would shop up here as the years go by; given profits and park attendance!

If anyone has questions, comments, and/or suggestions, please feel free to post! :)

[KentB3]

Originally Posted by KentB3

I have made a few revisions to Downtown Disney at my proposed Disney theme park resort. Once again, Downtown Disney's layout will be similar to that of Disneyland's, but a bit larger and with more room for expansion; and located on a central hub between the two parks, unlike WDW's Downtown Disney, which seems quite out of the way from the theme parks!

So far, my Downtown Disney has 44 establishments; 10 more than Disneyland's Downtown Disney, but 16 less than WDW's. (26 if you include the Boardwalk!) Here is a list of my shops, restaurants, and entertainment establishments for Downtown Disney:

DOWNTOWN DISNEY MARKETPLACE

Food & Restaurants:
1.) Alfredo's of Rome (L'Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante)
2.) Baskin-Robbins
3.) Chef Mickey's: Similar to Chef Mickey's at WDW (Hong Kong will get a Chef Mickey's when it opens next year), this restaurant offers characters meals at Breakfast and Dinner. Guests are joined at both meals by Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Chip & Dale at Breakfast; and at Dinner by Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Chip & Dale.

4.) Cinnamon Bay Bakery (a full-service bakery and café specializing in cinnamon rolls)
5.) Earl of Sandwich
6.) Fulton's Crab House
7.) Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop
8.) Marceline's Confectionery
9.) McDonald's
10.) Wetzel's Pretzels

Shopping:
1.) The Art of Disney
2.) Basin (selling candles, soaps, and bath crystals; just to name a few items)
3.) Build-a-Bear Workshop
4.) Disney at Home
5.) Disney's Days of Christmas
6.) Illuminations
7.) LEGO Imagination Center
8.) Liquid Planet (store selling beachwear and accessories)
9.) Magnetron (selling an assortment of 50,000 magnets!)
10.) Once Upon a Toy
11.) Petals (selling a wide variety of leather goods, including jackets, handbags, and other accessories)
12.) Silver & Gold Gallery
13.) Team Mickey's Athletic Club
14.) World of Disney


DOWNTOWN DISNEY PARADISE PLAZA

Similar to Paradise Plaza at Disneyland Anaheim; this is primarily Downtown Disney's entertainment district, with a few shops and restaurants.

Food/Restaurants/Entertainment:
1.) AMC Theaters 24
2.) Big Easy Jazz Kitchen
3.) ¡Bongos Y Arriba! Latino Cafe: Jointly owned by Gloria Estefan and the management of Disneyland's ¡Y Arriba! ¡Y Arriba!, ¡Bongos Y Arriba! combines the best features of the two dinner clubs, and offers a global scope of Hispanic food and music from various Latin American countries!

4.) Cheesecake Factory Express (located inside DisneyQuest)
5.) Cirque Du Soleil
6.) DisneyQuest
7.) ESPN Zone
8.) House of Blues
9.) Planet Hollywood
10.) Rainforest Café
11.) Wolfgang Puck Café

Shopping:
1.) Borders Megastore (selling a wide variety of books, magazines, newspapers, music, videos, and DVD's)
2.) Celebrity Eyeworks Studio
3.) DTV
4.) Hoypoloi
5.) House of Blues Company Store (adjacent to the House of Blues)
6.) Paradise Plaza Magic Shop (a magic shop, which also offers free demonstrations for the customers!)
7.) Planet Hollywood: On Location (adjacent to Planet Hollywood)
8.) Rainforest Shop (inside Rainforest Café)
9.) Starabilias


In addition, there is a monorail stop between Downtown Disney Marketplace and Paradise Plaza; as the monorail is also connected to the two theme parks and all hotels, plus the campground!

As for the nightclub district, nothing has been planned so far. Keep in mind that my Disney theme park resort has been planned as more of a daytrip (ie: Disneyland) resort as opposed to and entire vacation destination like WDW. Also, my Downtown Disney list is for opening day, so there's no telling what would shop up here as the years go by; given profits and park attendance!

If anyone has questions, comments, and/or suggestions, please feel free to post! :)

I don't seem to be getting much feedback to my new revised Downtown Disney post, so please try to LMK what you think if you have comments or questions!

[KentB3]

I made a few revisions to my list of rides and attractions for Disney Studios as of opening day. Disney Studios will now consist of four soundstages (with room for expansion if/when the need for more soundstages ever comes up), plus two addition studios in a building together designed specifically for television production called ABC/Disney Channel Studios. In addition, Disney Studios will include a backlot, complete with Residential Street (similar to the now-defunct Disney-MGM attraction) and Catastrophe Canyon, an animation studio, as well as the Earfell Tower-- which will be an actual working water tower for the studio and park, unclike Disney-MGM's oversided prop! Once again Disney Studios will open around the same time as the Magic Kingdom, or shortly afterward, and this is the lineup of rides and attractions for opening day. Here is what I now have:

Rides and attractions marked with a (FP) will use the FastPass Service.

1.) Cinemagic Special Effects Stage (FP): This is a live stage show focusing on special effects for TV and motion pictures; which also includes audience participation in a number of segments!

2.) Disney Sound Studio: At The Disney Sound Studio, guests add sound effects to various Disney cartoons! This is an almost completely hand-on attraction, unlike the Sounds Dangerous show with Drew Carey which currently runs at Disney-MGM.

3.) The Great Movie Ride: Although similar to the Great Movie Ride at Disney-MGM, this ride will have primarily different scenes from its Disney-MGM counterpart. Since I have never been to WDW (but I'm currently in the process of planning a trip!), and therefore, never rode GMR, I'll have to go by what I have seen listed in Birnbaum's Official Guide. So far, the only movie scenes I know of which would remain the same are the Singing In the Rain and Wizard of Oz scenes, since those were both landmark motion pictures, and that The Wizard of Oz is a favorite anomg children; whom Disney's theme parks are primarily geared to! Not sure about the others, however, I will also include Mary Poppins on my GMR, but usuing a different scene. WDW's GMR uses the Chim Chim Cher-ee scene, whereas mine will use the Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious song and dance segment from Mary Poppins. Also for the Hollywood Musical scene, We're In the Money from Gold Diggers of 1933 will replace the By a Waterfall musical number from Footlight Parade.

4.) The Great Muppet Movie Ride: This is basically a spoof of the Great Movie Ride; where the Muppets give guests their takes on various classic motion pictures; such as Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Peter Pan, just to name a few; along with an original entitled Pigs In Space: The Movie. Also, about halfway through the ride, we'll re-create the HILARIOUS scene from The Muppet Movie where the film jams and breaks halfway through the movie! In this scene, Kermit asks what happened, and The Swedish Chef (who is the projectionist) responds, with film wrapped all over him! Here is a sound byte of this scene:

http://users.ev1.net/~russ3/WavFiles/chef.wav

The Great Muppet Movie Ride was in fact planned for Disney-MGM, but was put off due to Jim Henson's death in 1990.

5.) Hyperion Theater: This is a large theater designed much like a movie palace-type cinema from the Golden Era of Hollywood. Hyperion Theater presents a multi-character show (using characters from various Disney cartoons together), similar (but not exactly!) to the show currently running on The Disney Cruise Line-- especially since I have heard a lot of good things about that show!

6.) Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular (FP): I know Disney-MGM has this, but I decided to include Indy since I think that this is one of their very best shows!

7.) Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3-D (FP)

8.) Lights, Motors, Action! (FP): This show, more than likely, will have a number of differences from Disney-MGM's and the Walt Disney Studios (Paris) show. But then, no one has seen Disney-MGM's motor stunt show yet, who know. Otherwise, this should be basically the same show, more or less.

9.) The Magic of Disney Animaton: This is an actual working animation studio, which produces and demonstrates for guests 3 different types of animation!:
a.) Cel Animation
b.) 3-D Computer Animation
c.) Clay Animation

In addition, The Magic of Disney Animation features an interactive area where guests can learn a few tricks of the trade! IIRC, the animation studio at Walt Disney Studios at Disneyland Paris has an interactive area like this one.

10.) Monsters, Inc. dark ride

11.) Playhouse Disney: Live on Stage!

12.) Star Tours: (FP)

13.) Studio Tour: Behind the Scenes

14.) That's Entertainment! Hollywood Gallery: This is similar to The Disney Gallery in this theme park resort's Magic Kingdom and the Main Street Gallery and Town Square Exposition Hall in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom; but focuses on Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general. That's Entertainment! Hollywood Gallery includes various Hollywood-related exhibits, artifacts, and memorabilia.

15.) Tron: The Ride (FP): This ride is based on the 1982 motion picture Tron, which will be designed as a dark ride with a few interactive elements much like Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and the early 1980's Tron arcade game, which was also based on the movie.

16.) Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (FP)

17.) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Play It! (FP)

I may move Honey I Shrunk the Audience to Disney Studios and pair it up with the Honey I Shrunk the Kids walk through play area (like Disney-MGM has). Also, I may add another stage show and possibly a roller coaster similar to Rock & Roller Coaster, possibly with a Disney Villians theme!


PARADE: Disney Studios will feature a Hollywood-themed parade similar to the Lights, Camera, Action! parade at Walt Disney Studios Paris. Like the WDS parade, this parade will use actual parade floats instead of the antique cars used in Disney-MGM's parade. One of the most memorable floats from the WDS Paris parade which will also be used here is a giant movie projector float with Tinker Bell sitting in front of the projector's lens!

In addition, the parade at Disney Studios will include Hollywood-themed songs/show tunes such as Hooray For Hollywood, There's No Business Like Show Business, You Ought to Be in Pictures, and That's Entertainment!, just to name a few!

Last but certainly not least, Disney Studios runs the Sorcery In the Sky fireworks show every night.


I also have here a list of possible lands/streets for Disney Studios:

1.) Animation Courtyard
2.) The Backlot
3.) Hollywood Boulevard
4.) Muppets Courtyard (which includes The Great Muppet Movie Ride and Muppet*Vision 3-D)
5.) New York Street
6.) Production Courtyard
7.) Sunset Boulevard


As for the park's layout, I may get started on my maps soon, but haven't come up with anything yet. One thing I wanted to do was make my Disney Studios theme park easier to navigate than Disney-MGM or Walt Disney Studios, and with fewer dead ends in the park's layout. So far, I am considering having the studios on the left-hand side of the park instead of the right where Disney-MGM placed theirs, to make it different. Also, I was considering placing the backlot/Residential Street/Catastrophe Canyonin the back behing the studios on the left, and placing Lights, Motors, Action! in the back-- but on the right side, parallel with Catastrophe Canyon. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions concerning the layout of my Disney Studios park, please post them here! All other questions, comments, and/or suggestions are welcome too.

I look forward to hearing from you!

[KentB3]

Any more questions, comments, and/or suggestions? If so, please post!

[KentB3]

Any more questions, comments, and/or suggestions? If so, please post!

[KentB3]

Any more questions, comments, and/or suggestions? If so, please post!

[KentB3]

I now have my list of rides and attractions for Disney Studios, with a re more revisions I have made. Once again, Disney Studios consists of four soundstages (with room for expansion if/when the need for more soundstages ever comes up), plus two additional studios in a building together designed specifically for Television Production called ABC-Disney Channel Studios. In addition, Disney Studios will include a backlot (complete with Residential Street and Catastrophe Canyon), an animation studio, as well as the Earfell Tower, which is an actual working water tower for the studio and park, unlike Disney-MGM's oversized prop! Here is what I now have:

Rides/attractions denoted by (FP) will used the FastPass service.

1.) Cinemagic Special Effects Stage (FP): This is a live stage show focusing on special effects for TV and motion pictures; which also includes audience participation in a number of segments!

2.) Disney Sound Studio: At The Disney Sound Studio, guests add sound effects to various Disney cartoons! This is an almost completely "hands-on" attraction, unlike the Sounds Dangerous show with Drew Carey, which currently runs at Disney-MGM.

3.) The Great Movie Ride: Although similar to The Great Movie Ride at Disney-MGM, this ride will have primarily different scenes from its Disney-MGM counterpart. I was planning on having primarily different scenes from Disney-MGM's GMR. So far, the only scenes I can think of which will remain the same are The Wizard of Oz and Singing In the Rain. Fantasia will be considerably longer, with a somewhat longer sequence with Mickey as The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and maybe another short scene or two. For the other Fantasia scenes (which will be considerably shorter than The Sorcerer's Apprentice), I was leaning towards one of the Nutcracker scenes; possibly either The Chinese Dance with the mushrooms or The Russian Dance with the thistles-- or possible even both! Here are a couple of midi files of these songs:

Chinese Dance:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/x.../n/nut5chin.mid
Russian Dance: http://www.diskuspublishing.com/russian.mid

Mary Poppins will remain as well, but with a completely different scene. Disney-MGM's ride uses the Chim Chim Cher-ee scene, whereas mine will use the Supercalafragilisticexpilaladocious musical number scene from Mary
Poppins. Here is a midi file, in case you're not familar with the song, and for your listening enjoyment even if you are!

http://www.momentus.com.br/sound/Jazz/super.mid

As for the other scenes, not sure yet. However, I will replace the Hollywood Musical scene from Disney-MGM's GMR. Disney-MGM's ride has the By a Waterfall (1933) musical number from Footlight Parade. In its place, my GMR will use the We're In the Money musical number scene from Gold Diggers of 1933. Here is a URL with song lyrics and an attached midi file:

http://www.harrywarren.net/songs/0140.htm

4.) The Great Muppet Movie Ride: This is basically a spoof of the Great Movie Ride; where The Muppets give riders their takes on various classic motion pictures; such as Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Peter Pan, just to name a few; aong with an original entitled Pigs In Space: The Movie. Also, about halfway throught the ride, we'll re-create the HILARIOUS scene from The Muppet Movie, where the films jams in the projector and breaks halfway through the movie! In this scene, Kermit asks what happened, and The Swedish Chef (who is also the projectionist) responds, with film wrapped all over his body! Here is a sound byte of this scene:
http://users.ev1.net/~russ3/WavFiles/chef.wav

The Great Muppet Movie Ride was in fact planned for Disney-MGM, but was put off due to Jim Henson's death in 1990.

5.) Hyperion Theatre: This is a large theater designed much like a movie palace cinema from the Golden Era of Hollywood. Hyperion Theatre presents a multi-character (using characters from various Disney cartoons together) similar (but not exactly!) to the show currently running on The Disney Cruise Line-- especially since I have heard a lot of good things about that show!

6.) Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular (FP): I know Disney-MGM has this, but I decided to include Indy since I think that this is one of their very best shows!

7.) Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3-D (FP)

8.) Lights, Motors, Action! (FP): This more than likely will have a number differences to Disney-MGM's and the Walt Disney Studios (Paris) show. But then, since no one has seen Disney-MGM's motor stunt show yet, who knows!

9.) The Magic of Disney Animation: This is an actual working animation studio, which produces and demonstrates for guests 3 different types of animation!:
a.) 3-D Computer Animation (hopefully, a facility which would rival Pixar or Dreamworks!)
b.) Cel Animation
c.) Computer Animation

In addition, The Magic of Disney Animation features an interactive area, where guests can learn a few tricks of the animation trade! IIRC, the animation studio at Walt Disney Studios (Paris) has an interactive area like this one.

10.) Monsters, Inc. dark ride

11.) Playhouse Disney: Live on Stage!

12.) A VERY intense indoor roller coaster similar to Rock & Roller Coaster at Disney-MGM, but with a different track layout and theme. I was seriously considering a Disney Villians theme to the ride! (FP)

13.) Star Tours (FP)

14.) Studio Tour: Behind the Scenes

15.) That's Entertainment! Hollywood Gallery: This is similar to The Disney Gallery in this theme park resort's Magic Kingdom and The Main Street Gallery and Town Square Exposition Hall in WDW's Magic Kingdom; but focuses on Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general. That's Entertainment! Hollywood Gallery includes various Hollywood-related exhibits, artifacts, and memorabilia.

16.) Tron: The Ride (FP): This ride is based on the 1982 motion picture Tron, which will be designed as a dark ride with a few interactive elements much like Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and the early 1980's Tron arcade game-- which was also based on the movie.

17.) Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (FP)

18.) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Play It!


As for shops and restaurants, so far I have only three restaurants planned so far; The Brown Derby, Hollywood & Vine, Planet Gonzo (a Muppets-themed counter service restaurant in the Muppets-themed area with The Great Muppet Movie Ride and Muppet*Vision 3-D), Soundstage Restaurant (formerly at Disney-MGM), and an additional restaurant called Annette's which I discussed earlier. Once again, Annette's will be designed as a tribute to Annette Funicello and her movies, TV shows and appearances, as well as her musical recordings and her life in general; except for the more unpleasant stuff, like her ongoing battle with Multiple Sclerosis-- but by then there will be a cure for MS, hopefully, or her symptoms will be in remission. Let's keep her in our thoughts and prayers!

The restaurant will be deisgned like a combination 1950's soda/malt shop (complete with black & white checkered floors) and Planet Hollywood, but focusing on Annette and her career instead of the time period like 50's Prime-Time Café at Disney-MGM, since the 1950's only covered a small part of her career in the entertainment industry! The dining hall will be adorned with various Annette Funicello-related items and memorabilia, and TV sets will be placed at each table/booth much like 50's Prime-Time Café-- but showing segments from Annette's pieces of work such as The Mickey Mouse Club, her Beach Party movies, other movies such as Babes In Toyland, commercials (Skippy Peanut Butter); and even guests shots such as her appearances on shows like American Bandstand, Zorro, Full House, Growing Pains, and various Disney specials which aired over the years!

As for the menu, not sure, but it would be different from 50's Prime-Time Café, which focuses mainly on home cooking. I was thinking sort of what you'd find somewhere like Planet Hollywood or Ruby Tuesday, but also with a large percentage of Italian dishes (obviously!) on the menu. A must would be Italian Cheesecake with ricotta for the dessert menu, which was concocted by Annette's mother, Virginia Funicello, herself! This bit of trivia comes from The Official Mickey Mouse Club Book by Lorraine Santoli

Oddly enough, I recently discovered that Disneyland Paris has a restaurant called Annette's, but theirs is only a 1950's Diner bearing no relation to Annette Funicello and her career, except in name only! Very much unlike the restaurant I planned for my Disney Studios theme park.


PARADE: Disney Studios will feature a Hollywood-themed parade similar to the Lights, Camera, Action! parade at Walt Disney Studios (Paris). Like the WDS parade, this parade will use actual parade floats instead of the antique cars used in Disney-MGM's parade. One of the most memorable floats from the Walt Disney Studios parade, which will also be used here, is a giant movie projector float with Tinker Bell sitting in front of the projector's lens!

In addition, the parade at Disney Studos will include Hollywood-theme songs/show tunes such as Hooray For Hollywood, There's No Business Like Show Business, You Ought to Be in Pictures, and That's Entertainment!; just to name a few!


Last but certainly not least, Disney Studios runs the Sorcery In the Sky
fireworks show every night.


I also have here a list of possible lands/streets for Disney Studios:

1.) Animation Courtyard
2.) The Backlot
3.) Hollywood Boulevard
4.) Muppets Courtyard (which includes The Great Muppet Movie Ride and Muppet*Vision 3-D)
5.) New York Street
6.) Production Courtyard
7.) Sunset Boulevard

As for the layout, I may get started on my maps soon, but haven't come up with anything yet. One thing I wanted to do was make my Disney Studios park easier to navigate that Disney-MGM or Walt Disney Studios, and with fewer dead ends in the layout. So far, I am considering having the studios on the left side instead of the right where Disney-MGM places theirs, to make it different. Also, I was considering placing the backlot/Residential Street/Catastrophe Canyon in the back behind the studios on the left, and placing Lights, Motors, Action! in the back, but on the right side, parallel with Catastrophe Canyon. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions concerning the layout of my Disney Studios park, please post them here! All other questions comments, and or suggestions are welcome too.

I look forward to hearing from you!