Walt Disney World announced the permanent closure of Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island and the Liberty Square Riverboat.

Hollywood Studios was the third park built at Walt Disney World, opening as Disney-MGM Studios in 1989 (it was renamed Hollywood Studios in 2008). It is an ode to movies, which, in a way, is why ...

The eventual park, Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios), first made a go at being a full-day theme park, with a behind-the-scenes tour. Years earlier, Universal was desperate to ...

The Walt Disney Imagineers had so many ideas that it quickly outgrew the pavilion size and was transformed into its own park — originally called Disney-MGM Studios — which opened in May 1989.

This is one of the final corners of the old Disney MGM Studios, and as if the park’s name changes, and addition of more IP-driven attractions like Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, ...

The eventual park, Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios), first made a go at being a full-day theme park, with a behind-the-scenes tour. Years earlier, Universal was desperate to ...

It wasn’t until 1990 that Universal opened its own Orlando park, giving Disney a nearly two-decade head start. By then, Disney had already opened the Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios theme parks ...

Disney Hollywood Studios Fun Facts: ... The 3rd theme park to open at Florida’s Walt Disney World has seen a lot of changes through the years! ... it was originally called Disney-MGM Studios.

By then, Disney had already opened the Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios theme parks (which would later become known as Hollywood Studios). Also in the mix in the Sunshine State: SeaWorld Orlando ...

Disney-MGM Studios, a brainchild of Eisner, had very little to rely on but legacy film brands, including “The Wizard of Oz” and “Indiana Jones.” “Eisner was desperate for characters to ...