Here is the concept image, which shows that the ride pretty much will be a "Little Green Men"-themed version of the Mater's Junkyard Jamboree spinner at Disney California Adventure. (And the Big Hero 6 ride coming to Tokyo Disneyland in 2020.)
But a concept image of a spinner ride is not why Disney posted to its blog today. For the past few days, Disney fans on social media have been buzzing over a rumor that Disney would rename Disney's Hollywood Studios as Disney Cinemagine Park.
I didn't report the rumor because my sources within the company said it wasn't going to happen. But I didn't know if that was a firm no from the company, or just if my sources were out of the loop. So I shut up and figured I would let this one play out for a while. (Reason #101 why my journalism background is killing my earning potential as a blogger or social media "influencer." Alas.)
It's not pure rumor that Disney has thought about changing the name of the park, which opened as the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park. Disney CEO Bob Iger himself said that another name change was in the works. With Disney no longer having any actual production studios in the park, keeping the word "Studios" in the name seems a relic of what the park once was instead of what it is becoming, thanks to the additions of Toy Story Land and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, which opens next year.
Disney surveyed guests about potential name changes last year, one of which was Cinemagine, a portmanteau of Cinema and Imagine which also sounds a lot like the name of the now-shuttered Cinemagique show at the Walt Disney Studios theme park in Paris. (The anglicized "Cinemagic" was on the name-change survey list, too.)
The names that Disney tested all stunk, IMHO, and apparently Disney now feels the same. So here's the official word:
In response to questions we have been receiving, we also want to let fans know that the Disney’s Hollywood Studios name will remain the same for the foreseeable future since we are immersing our guests in a place where imagined worlds of Hollywood unfold around them from movies and music, to television and theater.
There ya go. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, but if it's only broke a little bit, at least don't make it worse.
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Robert, you get a vote from Mrs Plum and myself.
There’s always another name. Disney Grand Avenue Park
As for the concept art, it looks good. I get dizzy with too much spinning, but I think we'll have to try this one.
At some point, the popularity of Toy Story Mania will fade, and, with a little work, the buildings housing the ride could return to use for TV production. I don't see that happening in FL under the current occupants of the Governor's Mansion and Speaker's chair, however -- GA makes production in that state too lucrative to ignore.
I was actually one who liked Cinemagic mostly because it was likely that Disney had already copyrighted that made up word.
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