Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney.

This week, Disney announced of the closure of a beloved Hollywood Studios attraction . . .Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy. The show will be closing to make way for a new Villains show debuting next year.

Who knew a theme park about Hollywood would have so much DRAMA?

Disney-MGM Studios (now Hollywood Studios) opened back in 1989 as the 3rd park at Walt Disney World, but unlike its predecessors, its history is filled with lawsuits and corporate disputes.

Plus its mere existence may have single handily started the Theme Parks Wars with Universal Studios.

So join us as we look back at what guests experienced on the park’s opening day and how drastically it’s changed since then.

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Timestamps:

00:00-Welcome!

00:49-Disney News

05:20 - Hollywood Studios is Eisner's Park

09:31-Hollywood Studios' Origins

10:45-Did Disney Copy Universal?

14:14-The Birth of the Theme Parks Wars

16:55-It's Disney-MGM Studios Not Hollywood Studios

18:27-Lawsuits!

22:01-MGM Grand Adventures

26:34-The Park was Just the Backlot Tour

29:42-What Else Was There to Do?

32:56-Superstar TV and Monster Sound Show

38:28-Theater of the Stars

40:18-How the Park Has Changed

42:55-The Great Movie Ride

47:32-Star Today

51:13-See You Next Monday!