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Disney's Hollywood Studios

Lake Buena Vista, Florida

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New name: The former Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park became Disney's Hollywood Studios in January 2008.

Location: Disney's Hollywood Studios is part of the Walt Disney World Resort, located just off I-4, south of Orlando. You can get driving directions by clicking the Disney-MGM Studios link on Theme Park Insider's Google map of U.S. theme parks.

History: Disney-MGM Studios opened in May 1989, as Disney's preemptive response to Universal Studios Florida, which opened in Orlando the next year.

Hours: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com. Walt Disney World is open 365 days a year.

Tickets: Order online. Always try to buy your tickets in advance, to save time when you get to the park.

Reservations: Your admission ticket allow you to get one, free FastPass ride reservation ticket at a time. If your reservation time is more than two hours in advance, you may make get a second FastPass after two hours. FastPass is available on selected popular rides. You might not need to use FastPasses on less crowded days, but expect long stand-by lines if you choose to go on a FastPass ride at mid-day without a FastPass ticket.

You must make your dining reservations in advance if you want to avoid long waits at table service restaurants. Call 407-WDW-DINE up to 180 days in advance of your trip.

Strategy: Head down Sunset Boulevard to ride Rock 'n' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror. Then hit other rides at your convenience before wrapping up the day with Fantasmic! that night. (This is a good park to wrap around a mid-day water park visit.)

Rumors: Toy Story Mania, an interactive dark ride, will debut in the old Millionaire building in 2008. A new American Idol inspired attraction is on the horizon as well.

News: Work is going going on at the Hunchback theater.
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Animation Courtyard(Rating)(Height)
The Magic of Disney Animation8
Voyage of the Little Mermaid7
Playhouse Disney5
Hollywood Boulevard(Rating)(Height)
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular7
The Great Movie Ride7
Star Tours740
Sounds Dangerous4
American Idol
Mickey Avenue(Rating)(Height)
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream9
Disney-MGM Studio Backlot Tour6
New York Street(Rating)(Height)
Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D8
Lights! Motors! Action!8
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set8
Pixar Place(Rating)(Height)
Toy Story Mania
Sunset Boulevard(Rating)(Height)
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror940
Rock n' Roller Coaster948
Fantasmic!9
Beauty and the Beast -- Live on Stage8

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Hollywood Boulevard(Rating)
The Hollywood Brown Derby9
50's Prime Time Café7
Hollywood and Vine7
New York Street(Rating)
Backlot Express9
Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano8
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant7
ABC Commissary6
Toy Story Pizza Planet Arcade5
Sunset Boulevard(Rating)
Toluca Legs Turkey Co7
Catalina Eddie's7
Rosie's All American Café6

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