Disney-MGM Studios
middle 1989
The official theme park guidebook for Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World from the middle of 1989.
Guide book's main theme: "The Great Movie Ride"
Changes in the guide book include (since the early 1989 guidebook):
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Addition of two-hour photo express services in the park.
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"The Great Movie Ride" is labeled as "Chinese Theatre, home of 'The Great Movie Ride.'"
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The previously unnamed show on Hollywood Boulevard is now known as "Theatre of the Stars."
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"Hollywood & Vine" is now classified as being in the Lakeside Circle section of the park instead of Hollywood Boulevard.
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Renaming of "Epic Stunt Spectacular" to "Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular."
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"Endor Vendors" is labeled as opening in early 1990 (the previous guidebook implied that the store was open and that only "Star Tours" was still closed).
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"Walking Tour" has been added to the "Backstage Studio Tour" page to help imply which stops are on the tram ride and which parts happen along the walking tour.
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The generic photo opportunity shop is now known as "Fototoons."
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The area with the Animation Tour is labeled as being the Studio Courtyard.
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The "Soundstage Restaurant" and "The Catwalk Bar" are now classified as being in the Studio Courtyard.
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The "Photocopying Process" part of the Animation Tour is now known as "Cell Transfer."
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The Walt Disney World Swan resort is being labeled as "Just Opened" (Scheduled Opening Late Fall 1989).
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Advertisement for The Little Mermaid (opening November 17, 1989).
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This Disney-MGM Studios guidebook is (c) The Walt Disney Company and Kodak.
