The Anniversary Of My Former Favorite Theme Park - Disney MGM (Hollywood) Studios Secrets & Memories

[@GregsGameRoom]

This was the park where I worked back in 1989-90-ish selling hot dogs & pizza. I’ll never forget meeting George Lucas right outside Star Tours before it opened. Whenever I visit it’s like stepping back in time.

[@TheDailyWoo]

That’s the coolest thing man . I feel the same thing when I go there . Immediately back to the 90s

[@kincaide67]

Star Tours....! Yes, that's the one I was trying to remember. Got some fabulous Kodak 110 pictures of all the interesting things to look at as you slinky-ed your way through the line.

[@donnamcdonald5264]

Definitely miss the Osborne Family Spectacular of Dancing Lights, great memories.

[@audreyharman1173]

During my first visit to WDW we visited Disney MGM & took the backlot tour. We purchased a few hand-painted cels produced during the tour. I still love them as they hang in my home today. I miss the tour and learning about the magic of the movie process & how things were done. thanks for bringing us along for the adventure today!

[@donnytucker]

The old MGM days were so amazing to me. Seeing the honey I shrunk the kids show were you could ride on that bee was mesmerizing to me! I really miss that osborne lights too!

[@joannebush4491]

The Osborne lights were the best. would definitely get you in the Christmas spirit. You brought back a lot of good memories.

[@atomicbru4717]

Thanks for featuring the Lose-It app…I’m also on a fitness journey and it’s a nice tool to track progress. I tell my wife I’m “Woosing weight with The Woo”! I know, bad Dad joke!

[@TheDailyWoo]

Awesome ! Let’s do this

[@Trainy2]

It sucks that the MGM theming went away. So many great, historic properties. I went there before they turned into Hollywood Studios and it was honestly the most memorable place at Disney World by far.

[@lesliegriffith9830]

My mother and I were there May 5, 1989. Was exciting being g at an amusement park when it is brand new. Thanks for the memories.

[@TheDailyWoo]

Wow that’s pretty dang cool

[@foolishmortal2266]

I adored MGM, the Mickey ears water tower and the Sorcerer’s hat!! Like yourself I have such great memories there! Thanks for sharing😊

[@alisonl5439]

Loved this visit of the original MGM! We went in 1991 when I was 12 and I had completely forgotten that my Dad was in the Lucy chocolate scene until you started talking about the Super Star theater! Thank you!!

[@AnnesTimelessTravels]

You are definitely not alone - Hollywood Studios has always been my favourite, and now we have brought the kids since 2019 and they immediately deemed it their favourite as well. All we can do is enjoy the past and keep looking towards what they will do next!

[@JH-xt8we]

Awesome episode, Adam. We can really feel the love that went into making this one. Now I’m getting nostalgic!

[@markphillipson768]

We were here in 1990 and 94, loved the Park at that time. They had active productions going on, I remember being able to watch the Animators drawing Cells, Backstage Tour was great.

[@TheDailyWoo]

It was the best place ever

[@margie.harper]

Happily retired, I start my days with a piping hot caffeinated beverage and wait for the latest Adam the Woo video. Thank you, Adam, for all that you do!!

[@johnnymoran180]

Next August I SHALL join you in retirement, and will also start adventuring myself!

[@KLEARSKITHEKREEPER]

Absolutely love seeing any relics of Who Framed Roger Rabbit...thanks Woo you always show such rad stuff. The piano scence with daffy and Donald is so comical.😂

[@TheDailyWoo]

Only time those franchises have been out on screen together from what I heard

[@KLEARSKITHEKREEPER]

​@@TheDailyWoointeresting...I wonder if the Rodger Rabbit Siloutte on the window ( Broken Out) is the actual filming location from that movie? Or is it just a prop??

[@CasezilleElizabeth]

The Mickey Mouse Club was my favorite show ever back in the day. Got to attend a taping at the studios in 1993 and it was incredible. So sad how everything that made that park amazing is gone now. ❤

[@TheDailyWoo]

Oh wow that’s really cool !

[@alisonl5439]

I was a big fan of the MMC around then and would have loved that!! We visited in 91 but the show was on hiatus when we were there.

[@HistoryBuff1999]

I know I remember watching a young Brittany spears and Justin Timberlake on that show when I was a little kid with my sisters.

[@ashoemaker.dreamvacations]

So glad you brought up MMC, that was such a great show. I visited MGM when they were taping the show but did not get to attend the live show. :-(

[@Slimpawws]

I worked at the Yacht & Beach club Resort back in 2007, and Disney MGM Studios was my second favorite right behind Epcot. Also the fact they're so close together is awesome!

[@phil080759]

It was a treat to meet you at MGM (Hollywood Studios) on Monday. I was at MGM on May 1st 1989 and met Bob Hope on that day!

[@TheDailyWoo]

Wow ! How freaking cool

[@magiccheeseball]

I love seeing your old pictures from back then!

[@michelleduckett22]

Sooo agree about Great Movie ride! Miss it terribly! Also hope they bring back the Citizens of Hollywood. We loved watching them!

[@dhartist]

It's great to see you back at the parks enjoying everything they have to offer! Thank you Adam!

[@creedencecbradioshow6257]

Really cool to see where the old Radio Station was. In my teens I started out my radio career being a board op every Saturday night for Mike Harvey's Supergold that he would do live from that studio. In the earlier 90s I was invited to tour the radio studios and meet Mike Harvey and got to watch him do a few live breaks. It was something I'll never forget.

[@TheDailyWoo]

That’s pretty awesome ! So many memories at mgm studios , thanks for sharing yours

[@dianefoulkes7242]

MGM Studios was my favourite park as well , loved the Osbourn family Christmas lights, when they were on the houses so magical, then when they changed to the dancing lights , I liked them but not as magical , you took me back to my younger days when I was able to go to Florida, I saw all the shows you mentioned and the backlot tour and I even saw the Great Movie Ride at it's prime , I saw the Footlight parade working with the water , I only saw it once , then when I went again it had stopped moving , thank you for showing this , when you show the Theme Parks you take me back in time to happier times , Thank You .

[@djacgators1]

Definitely my most nostalgic park. Being we are the same age it most have been our era that really enjoyed it. Late teens during its opening when the 90’s really had a great change in tv and movies.

[@HauntedMansionGirl]

I completely agree with your sentiments. This Era of Disney was truly sentimental and wonderful.

[@trishsp3160]

This brought back so many good memories of Disney MGM Studios. Thank you!

[@krkf8]

Monster Sound Show was fun. I'm with you, Adam. Loved that park. Love when you make these videos to document what remains. I appreciate them.

[@dianeritchey2775]

I absolutely loved your look back to Disney MGM Studios! I miss it so much. The Osbourne lights were amazing!! I pray they keep some of the retro items you showed. Thanks for a great video! 👍👏

[@trish5556]

I remember it as MGM, never been there since it was just Hollywood. We went to see the Osbourne family lights one Christmas where they gave you glasses to wear that made the lights look like angels. I still have 2 pair and I use them when I go to view Christmas displays locally.

[@rob-ccbb-fan]

Loved the original park and all of the opportunities for interaction - visited there often when I worked on the jungle cruise in 1992.

[@samking4179]

19:00 ... that is an EXCELLENT picture of your Grandmother with her fanny pack on! Love it! Reminds me of my Dad wearing his fanny pack. Too funny!

[@brianmurphy8592]

I loved the Osborne lights. I saw them in Arkansas as a kid and got to travel to Florida to see them at Mickey's Got your Money.

[@JustAnotherINFJ]

@15:35 I'll never forget the Animation Building tour!! Actual Disney Animators animating in front of your own eyes!! Good times!

[@SimplyElisa79]

Adam your the best! And I def miss MGM, dare I say I enjoyed it more in the 90s then I would now….nostalgia for us 40 somethings is key 😂

[@Zahnclassof95]

yes late 80s and early 90s was in my opinion the best when it was still MGM

[@SimplyElisa79]

I can’t agree with you more!

[@djacgators1]

Definitely my most nostalgic park. Being we are the same age it must have been our era that really enjoyed it. Late teens during its opening when the 90’s really had a great change in tv and movies.

[@janeclay9684]

This was so interesting.. great to see and hear about the differences over the years. How lovely to have those great photos of your grandma 😊❤

[@connieoliver7369]

My family was there the year it opened. With my family , in June. We loved it. So different now. We enjoyed the back lot tour..

[@vacation_fun_makers]

Miss so much of the original MGM loved backlog tour the earful tower great movie ride Osbourne lights we still call it MGM studios. We also miss the honey I shrunk the kids play area we have so many amazing photos from that area and the entire Roger rabbit area we used to get photos with the chalk outline so many awesome memories Dec 1996 was my first time at MGM

[@OfTheUSSEnterprise]

That “despite all my rage…” drop got me! 🤘🏻

[@barnes_and_noobs]

I was born in 1986, so being a child of the 90’s I felt as though I grew up alongside this park. Seeing some of the old remnants of what once was is a very bittersweet feeling.

[@carlavision6143]

Adam, really enjoyed your awesome video with all the awesome things on the walls at the start of your video! Thank you for taking me along with you as you go through Disney MGM! I love Mickey and all the gang! Looking forward to your next vlog.

[@mskitty73999]

MGM was my favorite too. The Great Movie Ride and the Backlot Tour were the best. I also loved the Monster Sound Show. I love seeing how things are made. I also miss star wars weekends. A Jawa stole my camera and walked around taking pictures of tourist and making them pose lol it was so funny. Also the Star wars dance off was amazing. I would love for them to bring that back.

[@jimmyd4685]

Good video today! Great memories there and also enjoyed it more as MGM Studios, which I still call it. Loved the backlot tour ride. Good times!

[@cindyandkurt]

Was there in 1989 and always ate at Backlit Express! Remember when they played the old theme songs from the TV series.

[@disneydreamer98]

I miss The Great Movie Ride and The Streets of America so much!! I was devastated when The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights were retired.😭 I’m thankful to have the memories from being there on closing night. Now we just do our own version of dancing lights on our own home! You should stop by for our Halloween and Christmas displays Adam! We are in St Cloud and live just up the road from your parents.

[@AdventuresbyD]

I miss the Studio backlot tour. I really looked forward to that when I first went to HS. And thanks for calling out the Roger Rabbit items still left-under appreciated Disney flick-one of my faves.

[@PureHangout]

This has got to be one of my favorite videos of yours. Fantastic look at the park. I’m surprised they never built a Roger Rabbit ride at the park. There’s still time!! Honestly, with all the Dick Tracy hype and merch and such out in the world, I’m amazed it didn’t get a ride. THERES STILL TIME!!

[@NadaSurferTube]

"Despite all my rage..." omg...hahahaha... Ok, LOVED this video today sir, and how you took the time to explain all the details you could from all the photos I wish I had the time to explore. I was on the Disney play app yesterday while waiting in lines at Disneyland answering a bunch of trivia questions on the parks and I realized I learned a LOT of my info about WDW just from watching your channel. :) Sigh... The Great Movie Ride is the greatest love letter to the movies ride that ever was or will be, and I deeply regret never ever getting a chance to experience that myself. I'm borrowing Nicole Kidman's AMC promo line today..."Heartbreak feels good in a place like this..." 💚 cheers

[@TheDailyWoo]

That’s a great line . Honestly pulling great movie ride out was a tragedy . Yes I know the reasons and whatnot but truly the death of the original vision

[@NadaSurferTube]

@@TheDailyWoo also crazy to think how they've got a xenomorph in storage somewhere and now that they own FOX they could totally take it out again

[@dollyhoeben6152]

One time I was the only guest on the tramtour because I skipped fantsmic. I was sitting in the front car with the guide and they were testing the Osborne lights. It was so magical because normally the trams wouldn’t ride when the lights were on. After the ride I was alone walking to the exit. Loved the old Studios with earfell tour, tram tour and the great movie ride. Miss them all 😊

[@bmakeup]

“Wonder if he’s taken it down a sweet slide” 😂😭😂 I almost spit out my hot caffeinated beverage on that one! 😅 Great video as always Adam!

[@kevindiossi]

How you feel about MGM Studios is how I feel about Universal Studios Orlando. That said, I certainly have many fond memories of MGM growing up and, until recently, I was still calling it MGM as well. My wife and I are passholders for Disney and Universal and we try to go as often as possible. There's nothing like a great, relaxing theme park day to press the "reset" button. Loved reliving vintage MGM in this video!

[@Sportyfamilia]

Isn’t it crazy that we are living in what soon will be just memories 😩 loved the history and seeing old photos 💙🫶🏼

[@annac.937]

Love starting my morning with a small glimpse of Celebration ❤

[@dawntill5295]

Yeah Miss the old MGM studios great video Adam! Will never forget the great movie ride that first alien scene was scary back in the day when it came down from the ceiling but I was only 10 at the time

[@Highland804]

Sandy Duncan does not have a glass eye, but she had a tumor removed from behind her left eye, which caused her to lose the sight in that eye. Surgeons were going to remove it, but didn't, because her sightless eye tracked with the sighted eye.

[@EPiche09]

Every city in America has seen lots of change in 35 years. Disney Studios is no exception.

[@greggregg4852]

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU DID IT! I thought there was Nothing I could be sentimental about at Disney World. but, when you started talking about strolling down residential street with the Osborne Family Lights, I started thinking of the times my girls were little and we looked forward to seeing that Every Year! got all choked up. 🙂 Also, when we were there in 93, I KNOW there was a theater there, next to the Brown Derby, before they had that street that goes to Tower of Terror. that was the original location for the Beauty and the Beast, before they built the permanent theater.

[@angelinainhollywoodland9023]

I got to see them once with my fiance, who is still my good friend. I surprised him with the tickets for Christmas in 2014. These are among my favorite memories.🏰

[@CutieBabes654321]

Spectacle of Dancing Lights! I miss that Christmas light show so much. I got to work some of the last shifts and I was really sad when they announced they were taking it away. -- Studios used to be my favorite as well.

[@catherinetozzi8056]

Adam, great vlog! Brought back many happy memories, My favorite ride was The Great Movie Ride which I would ride thru 2x during day, just lived the memories that it captured. I had my granddaughter with me and we would shop in the stores for Disney wares using our DISNEY DOLLARS. Glad I saved a lot, tho I did sell some on eBay,. Did you shop with them? Yes, the years have flown, especially since the curse, Covid. Also, one of my favorite places was the first store all the way to the left when you enter the park.. They showed/sold Hollywood memorabilia, pictures,postcards, old pins, some stars shirt or sunglasses. I would always buy something, Not as good anymore. Can’t remember from last year if it’s still there. Disney should pay you for all the information you provide, FANTASTIC, ❤️🙏🏽

[@laurablancett4917]

I still call it MGM to this day because I’m stubborn. Great Movie Ride and Studio Backlot Tour were both at the top of my favorite rides list in all of Disney. I appreciate your love for what once was.

[@rwalker11]

I was working for Disney driving the monorail when that park opened up. Back then we had the Mark4 monorail which was more fun to drive

[@SS-or7mz]

I remember a bunch of roger rabbit stuff being around the exit of the back lot tour. MGM was fantastic back in the day.

[@thecoolestdad]

I really miss the old Disney/ MGM Studios. I fully enjoyed the backlot tour and the Honey I Shrunk The Kids playground. I loved climbing through that stuff with my girls when they were younger.

[@SpyderDan1985]

A fun trip down memory lane! Thanks, Adam! I feel the same way you do. Haven't been to Disney in a few years and I probably won't again.

[@familyarthurs5922]

The Christmas light show was the Osborne Family Dazzling Light show. From what I remember, they bought the lights from a house's Christmas display, and that is what the show was, and it was coordinated with the music too. I miss that, and the Great Movie Ride as well.

[@michelleneal6860]

Looking great Adam! Always looking great, but your hard work is paying off.

[@rondalynn8884]

Nice to check out old MGM , that was my favorite also , I still miss it

[@suzannessweetkitchen6266]

Yes, time does go faster but the last 3 out of the 4 years flew by. When I refer to how long ago something happened I have to add 3 years. Weird!!!! I LOVE your last shot with the sky liners going by Infront of the fireworks! BEAUTIFUL!!

[@Cove_Blue]

It was my favorite park in the 90's too! I got to play Lucy a few times and road on the bee! Plus it started my fascination with foley and sound engineering.

[@francesbauer4683]

Loved this vlog.....loved MGM too....thank you for all the good memories!

[@mm123079]

Right there with you! MGM was the best. There really was nothing like it anywhere else in the 90’s. Ahead of it’s time.

[@TheDailyWoo]

Agreed .

[@user-he1pp9gh1l]

Such great memories early 90s MGM Magic Kingdom Epcot Downtown Disney New Years every Midnight Earl of Sandwich. 70s 80s & 90s You had to be there.

[@theirishhammer9108]

I do miss the back lot tour. I find that Hollywood studios is way too small for what you can do. It needs to expand.

[@GregsGameRoom]

As a former cast member of this park I’m obligated to remind you it’s the DISNEY- MGM Studios. (We were told to remind guests when they forget to say “Disney”)

[@vlogmoms2587]

My daughter's animation professor Tom Bancroft was the animator for Roger Rabbit. He still has alot of his stuff from the film. Very cool to see.

[@Stacy-pz9rr]

Reading through the comments of people’s early experiences reminded me of my first trip to Disney in 2011….HS brought a Hollywood nostalgia that felt like an era that Walt Disney himself had a presence….I honestly was so moved by the theming at this park , and it was definitely my 2nd favorite, I got to visit again in 2016 , and shortly after it was announced that the Great Movie Ride was going to be reinvented, and I was sad . I felt that ride represented an era that shouldn’t be lost 😞. I’ve also been disappointed again by splash mountain, I love princess and the frog but brair rabbit is so classic …Thank you Adam for keeping this nostalgia alive through your experiences and the amount of research you do for your videos , no one vlogs this detailed for Disney or any of your journeys ❤ from TX

[@riverrat1478]

Time does fly, I was a cast member while in college in the Magic Kingdom starting in 1979 and worked in Tomorrowland. Ended up as testing and opening crew at ECOPT. Things at Disney are totally different.

[@JenniferandMark2014]

Aww sweet pictures from the good old day of MGM. I have fond memories of our family trip to MGM in 1993 when I was 15. 🤗Jenn

[@Suewebb17]

Loved the vlog as always! Also It started with a car horn beeping and almost ended with a car horn beeping! 😀

[@bobbyhand1]

HEY ATW...TODAY'S EPISODE SHOWCASING DISNEY'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS was stupendous! Keep up the good work. Your ability to recollect dates, times and places matching them to certain events is amazing. Its one of the things that keeps your channel at the forefront of vlogging. Thank you for always keeping it interesting as well as entertaining.

[@TheDailyWoo]

Thank you so much

[@adamtorres109]

He's done all this before. Lol

[@bobbyhand1]

@@adamtorres109 I don't remember asking for your spineless response passed off as a joke. lol

[@jojojo6147]

Great retro photos Adam. They must bring back memories.

[@marcigriffith8195]

Nice video! Miss a lot about the old MGM days.😢 Sandy Duncan did not have a glass eye but I do remember that rumor..

[@m.hreels9822]

I feel the exact same way, Adam ❤ MGM studios was my first Disney park I ever visited as a kid and I’m so glad that I got to see it in its heyday! 🙏🏻

[@soitsmelaura]

This was so cool I have vivid memories of walking thru the animation bldg and watching the animators thru the window and actually working at their animators desk

[@themeparkpastor]

Great video and info on MGM Studios! Your firsthand knowledge is very helpful and interesting! I was only able to ride the Great Movie Ride once in the summer of 2011, but I remember it fondly!

[@KirkandRA]

I had a picture of my 2 kids in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids section. but its all about today kids, somethings they wouldn't understand. great video Adam 😎

[@johnnynintendo4905]

I remember my first visit to MGM Studios and being picked out of a large crowd of kids to get on the Honey I Shrunk The Kids soundstage with the huge bee in front of a green/blue screen. I was maybe 5-6 at the time.

[@AdventuringWithChris]

Thank you so much for giving my favorite Disney property the love it deserves on it’s anniversary. Childhood memories galore

[@cynthiaannblaha5127]

I miss the old Studios, too. I loved the Streets of America and the Citizens of Hollywood! Years later, we would find them on KZbin and watch when we needed a Disney fix. On one visit, I was chosen to play Lucy Ricardo in the scene from the show when she was working in a candy factory. My son and I were picked to ride the big bee from Honey I Shrunk the Kids. It is a different park.

[@amandag6038]

Oh I miss old school MGM with the actual studios, saw a taping of the Mickey Mouse Club. And the Osborne Lights were always so fun. I was lucky enough to see it on streets of America and the backlot.

[@icruicks1]

Was great to meet you yesterday Adam! Loved the original MGM as well..... Star of the Day parade!

[@Jettblack98]

I loved the MGM studios back when it was new. The great movie ride was definitely the highlight of the park for me. I know things have to change with time but the greatest times going to Walt Disney world we're going to Epcot and writing them Maelstrom, and of course the magic Kingdom with all the old school attractions like horizon, The original pirates of the Caribbean, splash mountain, the progress show. Disney will never be the way I remembered it 30 years ago.

[@indytim]

I was fortunate enough to visit the park the first week it was open. It was pure coincidence that my family's first-ever trip to the USA (I'm English) was to Orlando at the start of May 1989 and we visited the park about 3 days after the opening day. As a teenager obsessed with all things films, television, and pop culture it genuinely blew my mind.

[@MultiDoncarlo]

My favorite Disney park! We ate lunch in the commissary they used to have!

[@levcath13]

What a nostalgic video! So informative, thank you Adam!

[@rosiewoodgate2112]

I remember the SoundSations booths, I absolutely LOVED them. Wasn't until recently I discovered ASMR and realised why I loved it so much! Would always force my dad to take me in there

[@TrevorDGanz]

Can’t imagine how many t shirts you actually own. It’s crazy that you have an appropriate one for every day!

[@JillMamaDinga]

No you are right. The last 4 years went super fast. I just can't believe it!

[@zig_zagman]

At one point, the sound effects show was called "Sounds Dangerous!" And I remember the American Idol Experience was in the theater for several years. I only auditioned for it once, but didn't get past the first round. I remember that one time I was there, Barry Corbin from Northern Exposure did his handprints.

[@kathryncargill3015]

Great story about dad and super star tv show.

[@paspitale]

Mickey Power Pole series. Disney MGM Studios 34th Anniversary Edition! I was lucky enough to buy some Star Wars merchandise inside the park when it was still MGM Studios back in ‘05 and I didn’t even have a ticket. They let me in for like a half hour just to shop.

[@christophermartin1138]

One of your best videos bro , infotainment personified, thank you

[@denisematthews6215]

I still, once in a while say MGM without thinking. It truly was, in 89- 92 my all time favorite park. The animation building was the most fascinating to me. I do agree that what was taken out of the park was necessary mostly because of the break from MGM. Not only that; but I think it’s true, like you said, a lot of what was there wouldn’t get the reaction now needed to sustain the park. It will, however be missed by many of us. RIP, Great Movie Ride❤

[@MiaCatAdventures]

Such a great video - thanks for taking us back in time! A piece of Disney history!