List of Disney's Hollywood Studios attractions

Disney's Hollywood Studios consists of six themed areas. Major attractions are listed below.

Hollywood Boulevard

The Great Movie Ride at the end of Hollywood Boulevard.

Hollywood Boulevard is lined with shops selling Disney merchandise and food. While parades are a major attraction today, the area was not originally built to handle parades, and an appropriate sound system and other facilities had to be retrofitted after initial construction. Michael Eisner, who had a major part in the park's creation ever since the earliest development, demanded the opening land operate on the same principle as Main Street, U.S.A. — a street lined with shops and food, but in a style more fitting to the Studios.

• The Great Movie Ride, a dark ride paying homage to several classic films is located at the end of Hollywood Boulevard.

Echo Lake

Action on the set of Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!

• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, a 3D motion simulator ride, set in the Star Wars universe. It is the refurbished successor to the park's original attraction.
• Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!, a live-action performance showing how movie stunts are done. The show re-enacts various scenes from the film, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
• For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, a musical stage show retelling the story of the film.
• Star Wars: Path of the Jedi, a film retelling of Star Wars, located at ABC Sound Studio, the former location of Sounds Dangerous!
• Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple, a live show next to Star Tours. Based on the teachings and practices of the fictional Jedi Knights from the Star Wars films, the show depends heavily on audience participation, focusing on children. Each participant is given a lightsaber and Jedi robes and is taught a routine set of sword fighting moves.

Muppets Courtyard

The entrance and exterior of Muppet*Vision 3D

• Muppet*Vision 3D, a 4D film experience starring The Muppets — previously replicated at Disney California Adventure Park.

Pixar Place

• Toy Story Midway Mania!, an interactive 3D shooting gallery featuring characters from the Toy Story films.

Animation Courtyard

• Star Wars Launch Bay
• Voyage of the Little Mermaid, a live performance using puppets, lasers, movies, human actors, and water (mist). The show recreates the animated musical film of the same name, in an abbreviated form.
• Disney Junior – Live on Stage!, a live performance featuring characters from such television programs as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, and Jake and the Never Land Pirates.

Mickey Avenue

• Walt Disney: One Man's Dream, a museum-like walk-through attraction that explores Walt Disney's life and legacy through photos, models, rare artifacts, and a short biographical film narrated by Julie Andrews.

Sunset Boulevard

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction.

• The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, a thrill ride which drops guests in an elevator in a randomized set of four sequences each involving multiple high speed drops and ascents. In addition, special effects including smell, lighting, and sound enhance the thrill.
• Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, an indoor roller coaster in the dark with three inversions and a high-speed launch.
• Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage, a simplified version of the film. Appeared on Hollywood Boulevard until the Theater of the Stars moved to Sunset Boulevard in 1994.
• Sunset Showcase, a theater that houses different residency events that will not be included in admission. Currently, the theater hosts Club Villain on select nights, a $129 hard ticket dinner show with Disney villains.
• Fantasmic! — held in the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater, this live show serves as the parks nighttime spectacular; however, due to inclement weather and other scheduling situations, it is not held every night.

Entertainment

The park's former logo and name.

Theater of the Stars

• Hollywood! Hollywood! A Star-Studded Spectacular (May 1 – August 31, 1989)^[1][2]
• Dick Tracy starring in Diamond Double-Cross (May 21, 1990 – February 16, 1991)
• Hollywood's Pretty Woman (September 24 – November 3, 1991)
• Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage (November 22, 1991 – present)
• Used for seasonal special events: Star Wars Weekends, etc. (2015)

The theater is also used for occasional corporate, seasonal, promotional and internal events, and presentations.

Hyperion Theater

Formerly known as Superstar Television Theater (1989–2014)

• Superstar Television (May 1, 1989 – September 26, 1998)
• Doug Live! (March 15, 1999 – May 12, 2001)
• Get Happy...With ABC! (July 1 – October 5, 2002)
• The American Idol Experience (February 14, 2009 – August 30, 2014)
• For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration (June 17, 2015 – present)

ABC Sound Studio

• The Monster Sound Show (May 1, 1989 – June 30, 1997)
• One Saturday Morning Sound Show (July 1, 1997 – February 20, 1999)
• Sounds Dangerous! (April 22, 1999 – January 4, 2009, seasonally until May 18, 2012)
• Jedi Training Academy Sign-Up/Carbon Freeze Me (2012–15)
• Star Wars: Path of the Jedi (December 18, 2015 – present)

Hollywood Boulevard

• High School Musical Pep Rally (January 22, 2007 – September 14, 2007)
• High School Musical 2: School's Out (September 23, 2007 – September 13, 2008)
• High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now! (October 24, 2008 – October 2, 2010)
• Disney Channel Rocks! (October 22, 2010 – April 6, 2013)

New York Street

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (July 1, 1990 – May 31, 1995)
• Muppets on Location: The Days of Swine & Roses (September 16, 1991 – January 23, 1994)
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective – Live in Action (November 10, 1995 – ? 1996)
• Goosebumps HorrorLand Fright Show and Funhouse (October 8, 1997 – November 1, 1998)

Premiere Theater

• Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage (1993–94; built on a temporary basis while Theater of the Stars was being constructed)
• The Spirit of Pocahontas (June 23, 1995 – February 24, 1996)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame – A Musical Adventure (June 21, 1996 – September 28, 2002)
• Used for seasonal special events: Star Wars Weekends, etc. (January 2008 – July 5, 2014)
• For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration (July 5, 2014 – June 16, 2015)

Walt Disney Theatre

• Making of:
  • The Lion King (1994–95)
  • Pocahontas: A Legend Comes to Life (July 1995)
  • Toy Story (? 1995 – June 22, 1996)
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (premiered 1996)
  • Evita (January 10 – July 13, 1997)
  • George of the Jungle (July 14 – November 20, 1997)
  • Flubber (November 21, 1997 – January 1998)
  • Armageddon (July 1, 1998 – June 1999)
  • The Haunted Mansion (October 8, 2003 – May 1, 2004)
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Play It! (April 7, 2001 – August 19, 2006)
• Closed to make room for Toy Story Midway Mania! (May 31, 2008 – present)

Animation Courtyard Theater

• Coming Attractions (May 1, 1989 – ? 1990)
• Here Come the Muppets (May 25, 1990 – September 2, 1991)
• Voyage of the Little Mermaid (January 7, 1992 – present)

Soundstage Theater

• Soundstage Restaurant (May 1, 1989 – November 14, 1998; featuring sets over the years from Big Business, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin)
• Bear in the Big Blue House – Live on Stage (June 7, 1999 – August 4, 2001)
• Playhouse Disney – Live on Stage!
  • (October 1, 2001 – April 3, 2005; featuring Bear in the Big Blue House, Rolie Polie Olie, Stanley, and The Book of Pooh)
  • (April 11, 2005 – January 1, 2008; featuring Bear in the Big Blue House, JoJo's Circus, Stanley, and The Book of Pooh)
  • (February 1, 2008 – January 29, 2011; featuring Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Little Einsteins, and My Friends Tigger & Pooh)
• Disney Junior – Live on Stage!
  • (March 4, 2011 – January 13, 2013; featuring Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Little Einsteins, and Jake and the Never Land Pirates)
  • (February 15, 2013 – present; featuring Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, and Jake and the Never Land Pirates)

Hollywood Hills Amphitheater

• Fantasmic! (October 15, 1998 – present)

Nighttime entertainment

• Sorcery in the Sky (May 29, 1990 – October 1998) — This fireworks show debuted in 1990 when the film Fantasia was celebrating its 50th anniversary, and featured music score from such films as Puttin' on the Ritz, The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Mary Poppins, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Wars, Chariots of Fire, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and of course Fantasia. The show was cancelled in 1998, and its park replacement was Fantasmic!, debuting later that same year. The show was brought back from 2001 to 2003 for performances on July 4 and New Year's Eve before being replaced with new shows in 2004. While Sorcery in the Sky is no longer performed, a Hollywood-themed fireworks show is still occasionally presented during corporate functions and on special evenings such as New Year's Eve and Independence Day.
• Fantasmic! (October 15, 1998 – present) — This nighttime spectacle with mist projection screens, fireworks, water fountains, pyrotechnics, and Disney characters has drawn record numbers of guests to the park.
• Lights, Camera, Happy New Year! (2004–07) — This show debuted in 2004 as the New Year's Eve fireworks display for Disney's Hollywood Studios. A visually similar display was shown on Independence Day until 2011 when it was replaced by a new show.
• Rock the Night Fireworks (2008–15) — This is the current New Year's Eve fireworks display. The show stars the park's in-house band Mulch, Sweat and Shears, and the fireworks are set to the band's live music performance. Occasionally, the show is performed outside of the New Year's holiday.
• Rockin' 4 July Celebration (2011–present) — This is the current Independence Day fireworks display. It stars Mulch, Sweat and Shears, and is a similar set up to the New Year's show.
• Frozen Fireworks Spectacular (2014–15; seasonal)
• Symphony in the Stars: A Galactic Spectacular (2014–15; seasonal, 2015–16) — A Star Wars-themed fireworks show featuring John Williams' music. This fireworks show was first presented at a private showing on December 17, 2015^[3] during an opening night event for The Force Awakens, and had been a nightly fireworks show until 2016.
• Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular (June 17, 2016 – present) — A "second-generation" version of Symphony in the Stars and the largest fireworks display in the park's history. The show features fireworks, projection mapping, fire effects, lasers, fog effects, and searchlights.
• Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! (November 14, 2016 – present) — A seasonal holiday-themed fireworks and projection mapping display featuring fireworks, projection mapping, lasers, artificial snow, and searchlights.^[4]

Parades

• Dinosaurs Live (September 26, 1991 – August 29, 1992)
• Aladdin's Royal Caravan (December 21, 1992 – August 27, 1995)
• Toy Story – The Parade (November 22, 1995 – June 8, 1997)
• Hercules "Zero to Hero" Victory Parade (June 27, 1997 – April 18, 1998)
• Mulan – The Parade (June 19, 1998 – March 11, 2001)
• Disney Stars and Motor Cars Parade (October 1, 2001 – March 8, 2008)
• Block Party Bash (March 14, 2008 – January 1, 2011)
• Pixar Pals Countdown To Fun! (January 16, 2011 – April 6, 2013)
• Frozen Royal Welcome Ceremony (Summer 2014–present; seasonal)^[5]

Former attractions

Name	Attraction Type	Description
Superstar Television	Interactive stage show	Here, guests could re-enact famous scenes from television history. Using chroma-key technology, the on-stage guests would be shown on TV monitors in the theatre appearing opposite famous celebrities. For example, a female guest would play Ethel Mertz alongside Lucille Ball's Lucy Ricardo in the famous candy factory scene from I Love Lucy. In another example, a guest would appear on the set of The Tonight Show being interviewed by Johnny Carson. It originally opened on May 1, 1989. It closed on September 26, 1998 and was replaced by Doug Live! The theatre was renovated to host a new live-action show, The American Idol Experience, inspired by the hit television series of the same name, which opened on February 14, 2009.
The Monster Sound Show		Guests could become volunteer Foley artists and add various sound effects to a short comedy film starring Chevy Chase and Martin Short. Sounds Dangerous! used this theatre. It originally opened on May 1, 1989, and was closed on February 20, 1999.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Play It!		One of the first attractions to make use of the former production soundstages. During Star Wars Weekends, a Star Wars Edition of the game would be played. The game began with Greedo answering questions and a Gamorrean guard in the audience cheering him on, followed by a typically played game featuring all Star Wars questions. The attraction was closed in 2006, and its soundstages were renovated for Toy Story Midway Mania!, which opened in May 2008.
Soundstage Restaurant	Quick service restaurant	Formerly located in the theatre which currently houses Disney Junior – Live on Stage! Designed to look like a "live set" for the animated feature films Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, and before that the live-action film Big Business.
Catwalk Bar	Bar	Cocktail bar located on catwalks above the seating and service areas for the Soundstage Restaurant. It was reached by a stairway and elevator between the Soundstage Restaurant and the Brown Derby.
Aladdin's Royal Caravan	Parade	Promoted with the release of film of the same name. It featured spitting camels that are now outside The Magic Carpets of Aladdin at the Magic Kingdom.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame – A Musical Adventure	Musical stage show	Based upon the 1996 animated musical film of the same name, was performed in the Backlot Theatre, which was renovated into the Premiere Theater, currently used for special events.
The Spirit of Pocahontas		Based upon the 1995 animated film of the same name, was another performance located in the Backlot Theatre.
Here Come the Muppets	Stage show	The Muppet characters were portrayed in life-size costumes and performed songs in a concert form. Voyage of the Little Mermaid now performs in its place.
Doug Live!		Here, Doug and his friends performed daily. Guests were selected to play some of the other roles in the show.
Disney Stars and Motor Cars	Parade	Featured cars decorated to resemble various park characters, including those from Disney films.
Star Tours	Motion Simulator	Based upon the Star Wars film series. This ride was replaced with the prequel ride Star Tours – The Adventures Continue on May 20, 2011.
Journey into Narnia: Prince Caspian	Walk-through attraction	Guests could view props and set pieces on display from the The Chronicles of Narnia film series (originally distributed by Disney; now handled by 20th Century Fox), as well as meet the namesake of the second film in the series, Prince Caspian. This attraction was located in Animation Courtyard, and was closed on September 10, 2011.[6] It was replaced by The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow, which opened on December 6, 2012.
Sounds Dangerous!	Audio show	A show following Drew Carey through a day as an undercover detective when his video camera fails and the audience is left in the dark wearing earphones, following his adventure through sound cues.
The American Idol Experience	Live stage show	A live show where guests audition in front of live audiences to vote for their favorite singers. Inspired by the television series of the same name.
Studio Backlot Tour	Tram tour	A walking-tram tour showing how film special effects are produced. Guests saw a scene from Pearl Harbor recreated on the Special Effects Water Tank with volunteers from the audience. After that, guests boarded studio trams and were taken through Catastrophe Canyon, to see fire and water effects, are driven past large-scale movie props, the Earffel Tower and are shown Creative Costuming department along with lighting and grip and the carpentry shop. The Earful Tower was removed in April 2016.
The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow	Interactive special effects show	An immersive walk-through special effects attraction based on the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
The Magic of Disney Animation	Tour and show	A short presentation showing how animated films are made. At Animation Academy, guests could take drawing classes from one of the Disney artists and learn to draw a classic Disney characters such as Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Winnie the Pooh, Stitch, and Jiminy Cricket.
Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show	Show	A car/motorcycle stunt show that debuted at the Walt Disney Studios Paris.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Movie Set Adventure	Playground	A playground area where kids can have fun in based on the film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

See also

• List of Disney theme park attractions
• List of lands at Disney theme parks
• List of Magic Kingdom attractions
• List of Epcot attractions
• List of Disney's Animal Kingdom attractions

References

1. "June 1989 Entertainment Schedule".
2. "Mid 1989 Guide Map".
3. "TFA Opening event".
4. Nolfi, Joey (October 14, 2016). "Disney's Hollywood Studios announces new nighttime holiday spectacular — exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
5. "Frozen Summer Fun". disneyworld.com. Disney Parks. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
6. "One week remaining for 'Journey Into Narnia - Prince Caspian'". WDWMAGIC.COM. Retrieved 4 September 2011.