I TRIED To Follow A Disney World Map From 1989 -- Hollywood Studios

[@jeffaltier5582]

The interviews with original cast members who worked MGM/Hollywood Studios makes this a great video.

[@lovedfriend2020]

I enjoyed that too.

[@vitime7282]

I can watch Breedlove’s videos all day. Loved hearing from Sage’s mom and other original cast members. And Uncle Graham’s appearances are the best!

[@JustinDoesDisney]

Great job as always, Breedlove. Thank you so much for taking time to talk to me at EPCOT today! It was such a pleasure to meet you! 🤗

[@inkyfingeredcat]

How sweet is Sage’s Mum … and totally can see Sage in her face … how lovely to have the business keep going in the family

[@kristinacardenas9366]

Breedlove is made of magic & stardust. These OG Park videos are the best!!

[@kevins5259]

Great job, Breedlove! This really had me nostalgic for the original park. We first went in 1990. Absolutely loved the Backlot tour. I agree with another comment, the Hunchback show was one of the best! It’s so cool that Sage’s mom was Esmeralda! The cast interviews were so fun, would love to have more of them.

[@shlopez13]

I love learning about how much the parks have changed. It was so cool to have the cast members included and the cameo by Sage’s mom was awesome. Thank you Breedlove for taking us on this adventure!

[@stevee8260]

I really enjoy Breedlove's work! I'm old enough to be sentimental (70) but I've never been one to remain attached (divorced twice haha). But if I were king of the world Great Movie ride would come back with the latest tech and Mickey and Minnie would relocate to Magic Kingdom.

[@Lamajamama]

Can you imagine telling your 1989 self that you would buy items such as MagicBands and Cell Phone cases in The Darkroom in the future? And what those would be used for? 🤯 On the flip side, I can’t wait to tell my kids that you could rent cameras and have film developed there in the past. 😊

[@monicastrom2757]

This is my favorite video. I haven't been to Disney world in 33 years and nothing looked familiar. This brought back all those great memories. I am really sad that the backlot no longer exists.

[@debbos125]

This was a very fun video to watch. Loved the interviews especially.

[@daverighteous]

Big thumbs up for Sages mom. Such a nice person!

[@patchworkponderings2835]

Love this visit with the original map!! And the interviews with original cast members is magical

[@janemace2522]

I loved the Hunchback of Notre Dame show (with Sage's mom). Best show EVER

[@Thesquidgee84]

What’s interesting is that the magic kingdom video didn’t bring around any bells, even though as a kid we did MK so much more. But this video has my brain going crazy with memories, and I really appreciated it! A lot of our photos have been misplaced over the years. I did not think I had done the long tour, but I distinctly remember that oil fire and we watched an animator draw pain from Hercules. I do remember honey I shrunk the kids park very clearly! Does anyone remember there being Roger rabbit weasel cars outside trolly car cafe, with weasel cardboard cutouts around the road? Is that something I made up? Thanks Breedlove, I appreciated the memory lane moment. Also, big business is one of the greatest movies ever made lol

[@lovestodive1879]

This one got me, I loved MGM Studios. I sat here with tears running down my face through this whole video. The Backlot Tour was my favorite and I loved the Streets of America with the little Singing in the Rain umbrella. HBD had a lounge where Club 33 is now, you could go up there and get a drink while you waited for your your table and it looked down over the restaurant. Don't get me started on GMR. It was a must do for us, now I might do M&MRR every third trip. So many good memories. I think part of the reason they changed it was so many people saying it was only a half day park because there was only one "ride" (I guess BL didn't count). Loved seeing the CMs who are still there and a cameo by Sage's mom, so fun. Breedlove, you are killing me with this series.

[@heathern7356]

I love this series! 2 of my favorite things combined, 1) learning about Disney history 2) spending time hanging out with Breedlove 🧡

[@dominiquecavalluzzi5169]

Can we talk about how gorgeous Sage’s mom is?! I needed this video in my life! I do not like HS and i miss MGM so much!

[@Mouserocksnerd]

I love Breedlove 😂 your interaction with the cast member who worked on the great movie ride is so cute and wholesome! I love these videos

[@beckydowney6390]

Great video! I loved the interviews with all the cast members. John’s story was very interesting. It would be cool to see an entire video based on cast members stories of the early days at each park including old footage.

[@LaciJo16]

Love Breedlove videos. Love Breedlove history videos. This one was extra special with OG MGM Studios cast members.

[@AmynAL]

Enjoyed this video and Breedlove’s narration! As always…ENTERTAINING.

[@bridgetclement2968]

I was 3 when MGM opened!! But i loved watching Little mermaid and Beauty and the Beast with my Parents. I was on TOWER OF TERROR on OPENING DAY

[@seankerby5482]

Breedlove, my dude…. The All New Mickey Mouse Club was WAY MORE than Britney and Justin and Ryan Gosling…. The clips y’all used had Chasen, Lindsey, David, Albert, Brandy, DeeDee, Tiffini, Jennifer,Roque, Braden, and Damon! Those original Mouseketeers set the bar for all the others. Fantastic video dude. I loved it.

[@AllEarsBreedlove]

Oh, I worked with Deedee and she let me cry in her arms when I first met her. She gave me an original The Party t shirt that I wear when I can fit in it lol. I was just throwing out the names that MOST people will recognize. Justice for Summer Vacation!!!

[@seankerby5482]

@@AllEarsBreedlove WHAT??? That’s rad AF. I’m a huge MMC fan. Mostly seasons 1-3… I had big crush on Brandy 35 years ago. The big question is, WHERE did you get the guidebook from?

[@niamhpendleton8092]

I would love to see this video concept in all the Disney world parks. It would be so interesting

[@AllEarsNet]

We have it for Magic Kingdom and EPCOT already!

[@ainsleyfoster2296]

I love these Breedlove history lessons! They bring up so many great memories! I miss the stars on the sidewalk of Sunset Blvd. I share the same feelings about the current state of Sid’s…sigh. Thanks for sharing this!

[@kevinsobiski5212]

That backstage tour was a lot of fun, but Rise is the best ride in any of the 4 parks, so there is a trade off.

[@onemagicrachel]

I love this series! I remember loving the Hunchback of Notre Dame stage show on our first couple of visits in the mid-late 90s, but my favourite favourite thing that I miss to this day was the animation experience and watching the animators at work.

[@larrycarlson9342]

I love this series! I have meetings on an off all day so I'll be putting this on in between to try and center myself. Breedlove Stans in the house!

[@kristinacardenas9366]

I miss the backlot tour the most, the Golden Girls house replica was my favorite.:)

[@lesliesmith5586]

My friend and I visited MGM back in the day and she was in the I Love Lucy show they did. It was great, wish we had cellphones then so I could have captured the moment. Thanks for sharing and bringing this memory back for me.

[@meghangriesemer1129]

I had no idea Disney sold noise canceling headphones. That is amazing, and thank you Breedlove for highlighting where you can find them! Inclusion is awesome.

[@michellebrill5328]

I loved this video. It brought back memories of my first trip in 1992. The addition of the cast members was priceless.

[@HeartlandHunny]

I’m so impressed that they had two-hour film development in the parks in 89. I was born in 88, and I remember as a kid having to drop off our film and wait at least a day if not more for it to be developed. I remember it being a big deal when 1-hour film development started becoming widely available. This all reminds me that I need to start printing photos again. It’s so fun to flip through old photo albums, but I haven’t printed any photos in at least a decade. I keep meaning to, but never get around to it. Also, as a lover of the Great Movie Ride, I was a little apprehensive to ride Mickey & Minnie’s on my last trip, but I have to say, I think I love it as much as I loved the Great Movie Ride. It was so colorful and fun and innovative. It’s so good to finally see a ride based on Mickey Mouse cartoons. I just wish we could have both. I really miss the cast member interaction you got to have on the Great Movie Ride, though at least we still have a ride in that park that offers great cast member interaction, thanks to Rise. It’s a bittersweet thing saying goodbye to a beloved ride. Thank you for this series, Breedlove! It has been so much fun! I’m really hoping you do Animal Kingdom, too. That’s the only Disney park I was able to visit the year it opened. I remember those old Nahtazu days! It’d be interesting to see how much of what isn’t there any longer that I remember.

[@Otterice]

The cast member interviews and old video of attractions were fantastic! The amount of research and prep to do this was incredible. I love Hollywood Studios and some of the new(er) attractions but seeing the old is amazing.

[@AndrewTHarrison]

These are easily one of my favorites series of videos. I didn’t go to any of the parks until the late nineties, but these take me back to all of the ads that I saw as a kid, begging my parents to take me!

[@ciamon1]

Breedlove, remember as Barney tells Ted in How I Met Your Mother, “new is always better.” ❤

[@jodyamenell219]

In a perfect world we could have had both Runaway Railroad and The Great Movie Ride....I love them both!

[@lindasadler6338]

OMG I loved the Animation experience at MGM! It just made so much sense to have that building there. Now it just seems so sad. 😞

[@NessieMay]

One of my favorite memories was making a music video with my cousins at MGM when we were kids. It was a Janey Jackson song. Wish I still had the video. So fun! 🤩

[@bridgetclement2968]

I loved GREAT MOVIE RIDE and it was one of my Dad's favorites!!!!! He loved MICKEY so he would probably like Mickey n Minnies runaway railway

[@anissavictoria593]

Small detail. Cahuenga is pronounced like Ka-wang-a. As a native Angeleno, this always makes me smile! Overall, I love Breedlove's videos comparing and contrasting the opening day of the WDW parks to the current day!

[@namefaceageirrelevant]

Sid’s!! I’d completely forgotten about that place until you mentioned it. I lived flipping through signed photos as a kid and wishing I had the cash to buy one. It was such an amazing place. 😢❤

[@ScottJR7302]

Brilliant video Breedlove, and great interviews with cast members and family! I really enjoyed it!

[@cybersecDad]

I miss the backlot tour. i went to WDW for my first visit in 1998 and loved it - heck I miss all of the real Hollywood Studios

[@josephrouton7457]

Awesome super informative video. I loved the veteran cast member input, always love hearing about Uncle Graham, that guy never ceases to amaze me.

[@katepohl1895]

These videos are my favorite! I love the history!! I enjoy the original cast members interviews. These are amazing!

[@alissat.4363]

Nostalgia! I wish I had been able to visit MGM back then. We did our family trip as a kid in 86 or 87, so it wasn’t open yet. My first time at Hollywood Studios wasn’t until last year! We enjoyed our time there but I wish I had been able to experience the park in its early years.

[@lyssgraham3904]

I went like 20 years ago and watching your recent videos in DHS I’ve been trying to figure out what we did for a whole day there since almost everything is new and the only “show” attraction we did was Indiana Jones. We did do the backlot tour and hearing it was a 2 hour tour helps me realize that’s how we spent our time. These original map videos are fun.

[@Lamajamama]

Thank you for filling in some memory gaps for me! I agree, Sid’s was a core memory at the end of our MGM day when I was a kid in the 90s, searching for the perfect autographed photo.

[@nonplayablecharacter522]

My sister refuses to go on Mickey and Minnie's because she loved The Great Movie Ride as a kid. I, on the other hand, have no memory of TGMR and when I went on Mickey and Minnie's I immediately went back on and then bought the sweatshirt-the only Disney merchandise I got. The art style reminded me of my dad (he always draws Mickey) and the end picnic with just the calm ukulele park (which we got stopped in front of so I just had Mickey quietly strumming) was fantastic. So if you need someone who loves the new ride it's me.

[@bridgetclement2968]

My Dad LOVED doing Backlot tour!!! There was an area where u could dress as your Favorite characters for FAMILY PHOTOS. My Parents and i did BEAUTY & THE BEAST obviously my Dad was the BEAST. I miss the HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS Playground

[@Magilass]

Love the added element with the interviews of former CMs!! This topic series of Breedloves is a favorite of mine!!

[@campvol]

The Great Movie Ride rocked. Wish it was still there. I like it better than Mickeys Run Away Railroad.

[@kateolson8029]

This video and series is so fantastic! Thank you Breedlove!!

[@NicholasMoreau]

Wow, I think Movieland Memorabilia was where my yellow Tigger action figures was purchased! It brought back memories.

[@Gkittymyu200]

I remember as a kid thinking I was really going to be shot on the great movie ride. I remember ducking in fear lol. I really really miss that ride

[@katyj8316]

What a fun video. For me, it was "revisiting" the park as it was on my very first visit with my husband on our very first vacation.

[@Magsplanstravel]

I think we need a Breedlove and Uncle Graham video!!!

[@megapepe76]

I love these videos so much! I would get all these maps from a travel agency at the local mall and would plan my route on the parks before my trips to Disney in 1987, and 1990.

[@ambermac77]

Ugh, Breedlove… you are hitting me in the FEELS!! 🤛🏻 I miss the backlot tour SO MUCH! 😩😭 And the Osborne lights, too. I hate to say it, but I love MMRR a lot more than GMR. Sorry. I only rode GMR maybe 5 times total. I hated the Alien part. 😳

[@rustymeister]

This is so cool! My family went to Disney World in 1989 when I was 6 months old, so this is fun to see what it would have been like. My mom says she almost lost grip on me in the backlot tour when the storm happens and I almost fell in and drowned.

[@rebeccalund8743]

Loved this video Breedlove! Just a note as a native southern Californian - Cahuenga is pronounced “ca-Wayne-ga”

[@KarenBaerenklau-lw6ci]

I love Breedlove’s videos; always fun and very informative! I really enjoyed this one…a huge thank you to Breedlove!

[@chrishintz1077]

Thanks so much for this. Great idea. Now I finally know what happened to the catwalk bar. ;)

[@MeMyselfAndUs903]

30:04 Did you notice the names on the Sights & Sounds door? (A.k.a., You will impress ‘em, Singer B flat., Bill More)

[@Dizographies]

Love this! I came around 1998 ish when i was 9 or 10 I remember Hollywood, but not much, so this was a very nice throwback thank you!!

[@Battle_Hippos11]

I'm not usually a fomo kind of person but mad this series with the OG maps make me yern to have been able to be there opening days.

[@crookieB]

The nostalgia from my first trip in 97!

[@melissabell1730]

Breedlove, I love your videos like this! I first visited MGM in 2001, so I remember many of the things, but definitely not all, that you reminded us had formerly existed. I do think they have lost the identity of the park. It’s like if Animal Kingdom suddenly had no animals! 😂 Some of the changes are understandable, like losing the rights to the movies in TGMR. But Disney has lots of great movies…Why do they invest so much and then simply revamp rather than expand? MMRR is GREAT! They could have built it somewhere else-expand that crowded park! Galaxy’s Edge and Toy Story Land are GREAT, but did we have to lose so much to get them? If they had expanded the park rather than totally replaced the parts that gave it that tribute to movies vibe in the first place, maybe the park wouldn’t be so awful today. When there are only a handful of rides, and when the best three are often all down at the same time….idk. I wish WDW would focus on expansion and good maintenance (keep the rides running properly!) rather than totally revamping existing popular rides!

[@kennethzimmermann7351]

I remember doing the animation tour and they were putting final touches on Beauty & the Beast there, saw people working on some cells

[@hazelleblanc8969]

Weird fact I know about the Monster Sound Show. My husband poked his head around the side as we were leaving and said hi to the sound engineers running it, because he is a sound engineer too. He noted that they were using a Yamaha sound board, and thought that was odd because it was sponsored by Sony. They said, "Yeah, we used to have a Sony board, but we hated it, so we got rid of it. Don't tell Sony."

[@LauraWright-x1p]

I have amazing memories of starting my MGM day at starring rolls

[@Michelleybellin]

I generally enjoy seeing the parks change as time goes by, but I really do miss Starring Rolls. It's such a waste to have left it empty all these years!

[@casablancachica]

I bought a Parent Trap movie poster as my big souvenir at Sid Caheunga's back when it was MGM, it was my favorite park! I still have it on my wall lol I really miss the Osborne Family lights

[@breezywithkids]

Love the way it is now it’s more family oriented

[@billsiegel4426]

We went several times in the early 90's and loved the interactive shows. my brother and I got to ride the bee from Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and my parents were also picked to participate in other attractions. hadn't been back until 2 years ago and was truly disappointed in the lack of interactive attractions, i mean i still had a great time. But my dad and I were hoping to get picked again to do it again.

[@alanarapacz1882]

I was there for my honeymoon in June 1989. I was just there again in September 2023. It honestly felt like a completely different park. Overall, I prefer the 1989 park. ❤ RIP The Great Movie Ride. I still like the GMR more than MMRR. However, I do really love MMRR in Disneyland 😊

[@songbird4945]

Some of that stuff should come back. Old and new technology tying everything together. Right now, nothing makes sense to me at that park. That guide brought some perspective to the original goal. The '89 presentation made the park more interesting (to me). I can clearly see the direct competition this ambitious undertaking was supposed to be in relation to Universal Studios. As a "Disney" park, everything seems so random in terms of theming. They have to go back and remember the classic things WD loved about Hollywood and pull that out more.

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

Great Movie Ride was my #1 favorite ride in all of WDW. It's the ride I miss the most. Sorry, Micky, but the Runaway Railway does not compare.😢

[@bridgetclement2968]

Breedlove: Hollywood n vine is DISNEY JUNIOR Characters for BREAKFAST. Vampirina, Fancy Nancy, Doc McStuffins.

[@feliciamichelle129]

We still have our Cover Story photos from my first trip when I was 2! I was Barbie and my brother was a baseball player 😅

[@bigbri4434]

Loved this, I remember all of this, same in the other parks please…

[@lovedfriend2020]

Disney as messed up MGM for good! It was so much fun in 1998, after all. :( Today, I don't even go. Maybe I will return just to check it out and get a hopper ticket.

[@marshmallow1jennie]

The Studios aren't the same for us anymore. It was definitely fun going back. Thank you. 😢

[@nickmoney]

Frozen was in development hell for 60 years. So I guarantee in 1989 Frozen or Ice Queen was being worked on in some form.

[@SaraConroy-n8z]

Awesome video! I miss the giant Mickey hat that used to be there (maybe that wasn’t there on opening day… )

[@daltonio6001]

The hat wasn’t added until 2001 but I miss it too

[@CarolHeney]

The last time I was in Hollywood Studios, (MGM), was in1997. I was not impressed. Other than the Hollywood Movie Ride, the Tower of Terror, and the Indiana Jones Spectacular, we were bored. I do remember dancing to "Singing in the Rain", under an umbrella, with a statue of Gene Kelly. We couldn't do the Back Stage Tour, because we had little ones, that wouldn't be able to walk for an hour. Now there's so much to do!! I'd love to go back!!❤

[@mendymouse]

Love 50's Prime Time! Ask for Cousin Quinn, she's THE BEST!!

[@KatieG-pr8kv]

Awesome video Breedlove & All Ears❤

[@kenk910]

ABC Commissary is our go-to quick service!

[@emilyowens6778]

I love this series of videos!

[@korrinanolan8665]

Do a spring mastermind game challenge

[@brittferr]

Love these types of videos!

[@katiebarnett3135]

i was chosen to be an extra twice i will always remeber getting that chance it was so fun

[@chris-a26]

Purhaps the wait times are higher on runaway railway because it loads much fewer people per hour?

[@Bryan-l2z]

This was a cool history ❤

[@melissahart1362]

amazing video

[@ClarissaMcIntosh-j1f]

I love your videos

[@bridgetclement2968]

Can u do EPCOT???

[@pwnmasteh]

He did like 2 months ago, check the backlog 😄