Disney Production Studios
by Renee Wright
[originally published in Square Dancing Today]
Besides
running theme parks, Disney continues to make movies and television
shows at a tremendous pace, at studios around the world.
The Imagineers have taken advantage
of this and turned several of the studio backlots into theme parks.
The first of these, Disney-MGM
in Florida, features a tram tour through a mining disaster of
spectacular proportions.
Statue of Walt Disney at
Disney-MGM
(Photo © 2003, Renee Wright)
The recently opened Walt Disney
Studios in Paris, features:
- the special effects used in
Armageddon,
- a Television Production
Tour, and
- "Cinemagique," an emotional
journey through 100 years of movies.
These "backlot" parks all center
on the art of animation, Disney's earliest claim to fame.
In California, the Imagineers
used the original Disney animation studios to anchor another unique
themepark, Disney's California Adventure.
Here, after watching Disney artists
at work, you can enter the Sorcerer's Workshop and create
your own animation.
The rest of the park, entered
through a scale model of the Golden Gate Bridge, celebrates
the multi-cultural wonders of the state of California.
- You can sip wine at Seasons
of the Vine,
- dine at a Boudin Bakery
or Tortilla Factory.
- Paradise Pier recreates
a seaside boardwalk, complete with roller coasters and carousel.
- A Bug's Land, takes
visitors to the world of Disney/Pixar's hit, It's a Bug's
Life, with insect-themed rides.
- In the live stage show at Playhouse
Disney, Rolie Polie Olie does the cha-cha-cha.
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What's New in 2005
AMAZING STUNT SPECTACULAR
Lights, Motors, Action!
Extreme Stunt Show, inspired by the popular Disneyland
Paris Stunt Show Spectacular, will debut at Disney-MGM
Studios theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in 2005.
Insiders will reveal coveted show secrets detailing how Tinseltown's
stunts are created, designed and filmed. (Photo © 2004. THE
WALT DISNEY COMPANY)
SOARIN' LANDS AT EPCOT
Walt Disney World
guests will soon take flight over the wondrous Golden State
in a new high-tech attraction at Epcot in 2005. The Florida
attraction was inspired by the hugely popular Soarin' Over
California at Disney's California Adventure. (Photo
© 2004. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY)
Buzz Blasts into Disneyland
In the all-new attraction "Buzz
Lightyear Astro Blasters" opening in Tomorrowland
in 2005, Disneyland guests pilot their own Star Cruisers through
a comical interactive space mission to help to protect outer
space from the forces of the evil Emperor Zurg! (Photo © 2004.
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY)
Space Mountain will
be re-"Imagineered" at Disneyland Park for the 21st century,
featuring all-new "out of this world" effects and surprises
in 2005 as part of "The Happiest Celebration on Earth."(Photo
© 2004. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY)
A lifetime of vacations could
not take you to every corner of the World of the Mouse.
Browse the Disney websites, accessed through Disney
Online, for a virtual tour of the possibilities.
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