Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed on Thursday that Disney’s Hollywood Studios, formerly Disney-MGM Studios, will be getting another name change.
During its March 12 annual shareholders call, a child in the audience asked Iger about Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ name and Iger confirmed a name change was coming, but caught himself before sharing anything else.
“Have we announced that?” Iger can be heard asking the others executives in attendance, only to stop himself.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios is one of the four theme parks that make up the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, and back when the park opened in 1989, it contained a working film production and animation studio, which have since closed. The park is home to several very popular attractions, including Toy Story Midway Mania and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, but Hollywood Studios has gone through a bit of an identity crisis in recent years.
Since the park’s working production studio and animation studio shut down, the Hollywood Studios name doesn’t make much sense anymore. The park is moving further away from its original classic Hollywood theme with its planned Pixar and Star Wars expansions, and the park’s new name, whatever it is, will probably give a clue about the future direction of the park.
Source: Orlando Business Journal
