'Disney-MGM' will become 'Disney's Hollywood Studios'
Walt Disney World renaming Disney-MGM Studios
Orlando Sentinel
So-long,
Disney-MGM Studios. In a widely anticipated move, Walt Disney World is renaming its movies-oriented theme park, dropping the "MGM" name from the brand. But unlike much of what has been anticipated in Disney-gossip circles, the new name will contain neither Pixar nor ABC.
Speculation has centered on whether Disney would drop "MGM" from its name. Officials had long denied that the theme park would be renamed either as
Disney-ABC Studios, in honor of the broadcast network owned by the Walt Disney Co., or as
Disney-Pixar Studios, in honor of the computer animation movie company that Disney bought last year.
Disney's Hollywood Studios will debut in January, Disney World officials announced today. "The new name reflects how the park has grown from representing the golden age of movies to a celebration of the new entertainment that today's Hollywood has to offer - in music, television, movies and theater," Disney World President Meg Crofton stated in a news release.
Crofton said the new name,
Disney's Hollywood Studios, reflects the park's present and future. "As a park all about entertainment,
Disney's Hollywood Studios will deliver like never before," she stated in the release. "Now we can say that
Hollywood is literally our middle name."
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