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Disney
Hollywood Studios is themed to resemble Hollywood in the
1930's, even down to the Hollywood Towers Hotel, which towers more
than 190 feet above the park.
The Disney Hollywood Studios isn't as large as The Magic Kingdom or EPCOT,
and like the Disney's Animal Kingdom, it can't be reached by the
Disney Monorail but it's still worth allocating a full day to see the
park's many attractions, which includes musical productions such as
The Voyage of the Little Mermaid, and the Beauty and the Beast at the
Theatre of the Stars.
Jim Henson's Muppet Vision 4d is a 25 minute show, which starts
harmlessly enough, but is full of traditional muppet antics, with a
grand finale in which the theatre is destroyed!
The Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular (another 30min show) takes you
behind the scenes to see how some of the classic Hollywood stunts are
performed, while in the 22-min Great Movie Ride the whole theatre
breaks up into a large-scale gentle ride through the golden age of
Hollywood.
The Backlot tour takes 35-mins to complete, and takes you through some
of the original sets and props used in many classic Disney
productions, culminating with a trip through Catastrophe Canyon.
The Animation tour takes you through a real working animation studio,
where Disney animators can be seen putting finishing touches to a
forthcoming Disney animated feature.
From late November to early January the Residential Street part of the
backlot is used to display the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights.
Enhanced and added to by Disney there are now more than three million
fairy lights in the display. Originally bought by Jennings Osborne of
Little Rock in Arkansas over a period of years to make his child's
Christmas wish come true, it was bought by Disney and moved to the
Disney Hollywood Studios when Jennings Osborne received too many complaints
from his neighbors about the volume of visitors to see his local
Christmas light show.
As with the Magic Kingdom, many of the well known Disney characters
are on hand throughout the day signing autographs and posing for
family photographs.
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