I visited Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Sunday to see what was new and exciting regarding all of the ongoing projects in the park, here’s what I found:
Welcome to Hollywood Studios
Where the park map almost fits on one panel!
Additional signage around the park to help guests find their way through the construction
Pizza Planet continues to be ripped apart, now the entire awning is gone
New billboard behind Great Movie Ride
Disney is getting ready to launch more interactive elements in the parks, including these screens at Cover Story which should soon have guest’s pictures appearing in them
Temporary graphics fill the screens right now
The braille map of the park was updated
Don’t worry everyone, the carrot cake cookie is now at Sweet Spells…
Captain America Civil War merchandise has invaded Reel Vogue next door
Work was finally completed on Sunset Ranch Market and most of the seating area is now covered
Legends of Hollywood no longer has Frozen merchandise, it’s now a Star Wars store
Death Star sweatpants anyone? I’d make a thermal exhaust port joke but it would be in bad taste…
Even the table has a Star Wars theme
Work continues on the projectors for the new Star wars fireworks show
Work also continues on the new meet and greets for Olaf, Mickey, and Minnie
Concept art now up on the walls by Muppetvision for the Star Wars themed land
Even at this size, you still can’t make out a lot of the details for the new land
New Hollywood Studios ornaments available
There’s a few of these…
The new meet and greet facility from the ABC Commissary side
There are now ads for the Jungle Book preview on the work walls on Mickey Avenue
No visible progress yet on demolition where Toy Story Land will be
Maps were added to the walls as guests are apparently getting lost
The front of Legends of Hollywood has Star Wars posters and signage now
A new Peter Pan ear hat now available
Was this on Sunday? Boring, boring, boring comes to mind….
This is probably a dumb question but I’m going to ask it anyway – is all of Streets of America now closed? Is there still access to the Singing in the Rain Umbrella, was it moved or just taken down. I loved taking pictures there.
For anyone at wdw is reading this– these photos make it all the more obvious that a one day ticket to DHS needs to be $49 at best until Toy Story or Star Wars opens. I’m headed to WDW late October and WONT be going to DHS at a $91 per day rate ! Geez
Obviously, it’s probably not worth buying a “one day” ticket right now.
I’m sure very, very few people do that.
A visit as part of a “multi-day” ticket is the much more acceptable.
You’d assume people who visit this website are familiar enough with WDW to know that.
So, a stunt show and A playground or worth almost $50? All of the big E-ticket attractions are still open, if Mickey’s Toontown Fair was shut down, would you lobby for lower Magic Kingdom prices? Because that land has a playground AND a ride.
As an infrequent visitor (from the UK) it’s so sad to see the park that was my favorite to be in such a huge transition. From an all day park including Fantasmic! this was one of my ‘must-do’s’, now HS is now a half-day park and even then I wonder if I’d still get to ride Toy Story with a FP.
I’m sure it’ll return to its former glory in time, but seeing so many walls is a bit of a heartbreaker!