Disney~MGM Studios name change

buzzlightsnack · 11-26-2006, 11:58 PM

I was watching the vaction planning DVD for the Year of a Million Dreams and I noticed that they refered to Disney/MGM studios simply as Disney Studios. Does anybody know if Disney is planing on dropping the MGM from the name of the park? I believe that I read Disney's contract with MGM is over or will be soon.

Ezra · 11-27-2006, 12:16 AM

The liscencing agreement between Disney and MGM expired on June 27, 2005 and will not be renewed. There's a two year grace period written into the agreement, so the park's name will have to change next year. Not only that, but the use of MGM characacters must end, which means that The Great Movie Ride will have to change.

Pinocchio85 · 11-27-2006, 08:11 PM

I do not think the Great Movie Ride will have to change. All I have heard is that the ride has a separate agreement from the park's name and I heard that the contract for the ride is for life. Besides, most of the MGM films represented in the ride like Singin' in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz and Tarzan are no longer owned by MGM, but they are owned by Warner Bros.

HowieP · 01-20-2007, 08:25 PM

I got that DVD too and they even started calling the park Disney Studios in 2005.

Pinocchio85 · 01-20-2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by HowieP

I got that DVD too and they even started calling the park Disney Studios in 2005.

They have been calling the park Disney Studios for years. It's nothing new. There's some rule in their contract with MGM that they must call the park Disney Studios in the trip planning information.

However, they ares till making merchandise with the Disney-MGM Studios name.

Xadllas · 01-22-2007, 06:22 PM

Either way Im still calling it The Disney MGM Studios.

Pinocchio85 · 01-22-2007, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Xadllas

Either way Im still calling it The Disney MGM Studios.

Me too! Actually I just call it MGM :)

Sesshomaru-sama · 01-22-2007, 08:50 PM

Why sell merchandise with MGM name if the contract is expired?

Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon,
Sesshomaru-sama

Pinocchio85 · 01-23-2007, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sesshomaru-sama

Why sell merchandise with MGM name if the contract is expired?

Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon,
Sesshomaru-sama

Because right now the official name is still Disney-MGM.

Sesshomaru-sama · 01-23-2007, 10:28 PM

That explains it. Thanks.

Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon,
Sesshomaru-sama

ah92us · 06-28-2007, 11:46 PM

Hey, what did they do with the Disney-MGM Studios name? Shouldn't it be changed by now?

Tom Morrow · 08-09-2007, 11:31 AM

'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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Sent from Ezra

08-09-2007, 01:47 PM

Today the Disney Company offically announced the name change of MGM Studios to Disney's Hollywood Studios. More information can be found here http://www.wdwnewstoday.com/gpage.html

Chris · 08-09-2007, 02:18 PM

Here's a link to Disney's Press Release:

http://www.wdwnews.com/ViewPressRele...leaseID=107616

PeoplemoverMatt · 08-09-2007, 03:13 PM

It's a good name...but oddly enough already showed up in the HPB area of DCA. What's stranger is the Hollywood Studios area of HPB is done up to look like Disney-MGM Studios. So a little MGM Studios was built in HPB, called itself Hollywood Studios...and now the real MGM Studios is being renamed Hollywood Studios. It's madness!!!

-- PMM

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Tom Morrow VF Robots Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Visions Fantastic Server Posts: 655 Images: 86	'Disney-MGM' will become 'Disney's Hollywood Studios' '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." continue reading Sent from Ezra

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