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FIELD GUIDE 03 / 18

Walt Disney World · Bay Lake, Florida

Hollywood Studios

“the hollywood that never was”

The Hollywood that never was and always will be — a deco boulevard that dead-ends into a haunted hotel, with a galaxy far, far away and Andy's backyard folded in behind the facades.

Mapped
23 experiences
Headliners
6
Queue scan
23 eligible names
Opened
May 1, 1989

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Hollywood Boulevard

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Experiences in Hollywood Boulevard at Hollywood Studios
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway Headliner Dark ride Into the cartoon, through the Chinese Theatre.
Hollygroove Swingin’ Live music A live swing band brings vintage Hollywood rhythm to the boulevard.
The Record Setters Live music A vocal group spins classic records into street-corner harmonies.
Wonderful World of Animation Nighttime spectacular The Chinese Theatre becomes a projection tribute to Disney and Pixar animation.

Sunset Boulevard

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Experiences in Sunset Boulevard at Hollywood Studios
Experience Minutes Level Trend
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Headliner Icon The Hollywood Tower Hotel — 13 stories, no two drops alike.
Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets Headliner Coaster Single Rider The Electric Mayhem launches a high-speed tour through the music business.
Beauty and the Beast — Live on Stage Show The Broadway cut, five shows a day.
Fantasmic! Show Mickey dreams big in the amphitheater after dark.
Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After Show The Magic Mirror hears the villains' cases and leaves the verdict to the audience.

Echo Lake

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Experiences in Echo Lake at Hollywood Studios
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Gertie the Dinosaur Landmark Ice cream of extinction, served inside 1930s roadside America.
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue Dark ride Concept art The Starspeeder still flies — destinations at random.
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular Show The boulder scene, live, with fire.
For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration Show The Frozen songbook, heckled by two royal historians.

Galaxy's Edge

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Experiences in Galaxy's Edge at Hollywood Studios
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Headliner Dark ride Concept art Single Rider Fly the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy yourself.
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Headliner Dark ride Single Rider Captured by the First Order — the most ambitious ride ever built.
First Order Searches for the Resistance Show First Order patrols sweep Batuu in search of Resistance activity.

Toy Story Land

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Experiences in Toy Story Land at Hollywood Studios
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Slinky Dog Dash Headliner Coaster Andy's coaster kit, sprung across the backyard.
Toy Story Mania! Dark ride Carnival midway blasting in 4D.
Alien Swirling Saucers Spinner The claw chooses who spins.
Green Army Drum Corps Live music Toy soldiers march through Andy's backyard with precision percussion.

Animation Courtyard

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Experiences in Animation Courtyard at Hollywood Studios
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Walt Disney Presents Show The man himself, in artifacts and one good film.
The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure Show Ariel's story in blacklight puppets, seventeen minutes flat.
Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live! Show Seasonal Hot dog dance included; sitting still optional.

What makes this park itself.

This park is a movie lot that dreams it's a movie: a deco boulevard aimed straight at a haunted hotel, with whole worlds — Batuu, Andy's backyard — hidden behind the soundstage facades.

Tower of Terror is the best ride-building Disney ever made: the queue, the library, the boiler room, and a drop sequence the elevator invents fresh every time.

The field map reads like a compressed backlot: Sunset Boulevard pulls toward the tower while the newer story worlds sit as distinct pockets beyond it.

opened
May 1, 1989
lands
Seven-ish
the icon
The Hollywood Tower Hotel
my headliners
Rise · Slinky · Tower