Tour of 1989 Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World

Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World Opening Day 1989 Entrance

May 1, 1989, the gates of Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World opened to a capacity crowd.  To celebrate the anniversary, let’s return to the 1989 park to complete our tour of opening day. This is the third of a three-part series on 1989 Disney-MGM Studios. In Part I, “Disney-MGM …

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A Look at 1989 Disney-MGM Studios

Disney MGM Studios logo 1989

Disney Hollywood Studios is celebrating it’s opening day on May 1st.  To celebrate, I thought it would be fun to take a look at 1989 Disney-MGM Studios as it was called then. In its original concept, the 1989 Disney-MGM Studios was a real working studio where you could see how …

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Disney-MGM Studios Opening Day 1989

We have another Disney anniversary approaching on May 1st– The Disney-MGM Studios opening day 1989.  It was the largest opening day press event in Disney World history. The Studios (now called Disney’s Hollywood Studios) was the third Walt Disney World theme park and its opening was highly anticipated.  So much …

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Magic Kingdom Utilidors — The Underground City

Utilidors, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

For years I heard about the “underground city” beneath the Magic Kingdom. That’s the way all the deliveries, employees going to work, etc. seemed to magically appear. Since hearing of the Magic Kingdom utilidors, I HAD to see them and learn more about the system. A few years later, as …

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Disney Cast Member Shopping Frenzy

Magic Kingdom Christmas Garlands

One of the nice things about being a Cast Member at Walt Disney World is shopping at Cast Connections — a store where clothing closeouts, viagra canada and furnishings/accessories from resorts being refurbished, tadalafil etc. are sold. I’ll never forget my first surprise encounter with Disney holiday decorations. I had …

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