Disney’s Hollywood Studios: 3rd Party’s Over

[Johnny Caps]

D23, the Disney celebration held every two years, had scores of announcements, many of which have been covered here. One thing that I noticed hasn’t gotten much coverage, though, is that The Great Movie Ride, one of the very last attractions left from 1989, back when the park opened as Disney-MGM Studios, will be closing down soon. It’ll be replaced by a ride themed to Disney Channel’s current Mickey Mouse cartoons (I mean Paul Rudish’s cartoons, not Mickey And The Roadster Racers).

Disney’s current deal with Turner Classic Movies to sponsor The Great Movie Ride will be ending in August. This is a few months after the last TCM Cruise was held on Disney’s Cruise Line, and it makes me wonder what will happen to the programming block Treasures From The Disney Vault, which currently airs every three months on TCM. These changes got me to thinking about how, slowly but gradually, Disney’s Hollywood Studios has been leaving behind 3rd party properties in favor of Disney’s own IP, and I...

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