Experience Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Like Never Before at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
As seen on the Disney Parks Blog written by Dren Yensid and posted on September 16, 2021 From bright suns
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Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular (Star Wars Fireworks 2017)
Star Wars Fireworks at Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular
Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular was a nighttime show at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios that debuted in 2016. Based on the Star Wars franchise, the spectacular featured fireworks, projection mapping, fire, lasers, fog effects, searchlights, and more. The Hollywood Studios Chinese theater is the background for the projections along with some surrounding buildings. As the show evolved and the Star Wars franchise grew, the show was quietly updated with scenes from Rogue One, the Last Jedi, Solo, and The Rise of Skywalker.
Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular was a nighttime show at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios that debuted in 2016. Based on the Star Wars franchise, the spectacular featured fireworks, projection mapping, fire, lasers, fog effects, searchlights, and more.
The show begins with a brief narrated prologue of the 1977 premiere of Star Wars at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. The main show is divided into segments dedicated to battles, heroes, creatures, romance, and villains.
The dramatic opening shot from A New Hope begins the sequence showing various battle scenes from Takodana, Hoth, Jakku, the Death Star, and Starkiller Base.
The next segment, dedicated to the series’ heroes, features Rey, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and the Millennium Falcon escape scenes. Three brief segments follow; a cantina segment dedicated to the creatures and aliens, a segment devoted to the Force with Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and a romance segment with Han Solo, Leia Organa, Anakin Skywalker, and Padmé Amidala.
A darker sequence follows, recreating the fiery lightsaber battle between Anakin and Kenobi on Mustafar. The scene segues into a segment dedicated to the series’s villains, including Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Palpatine, Supreme Leader Snoke, and Kylo Ren. The trench run attacks on the Death Star and Starkiller Base, Paying off as the finale sequence. The show concludes with a montage of all nine original Star Wars film poster art collaged across the Chinese Theater.
This version of Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular is from 2017. Thanks for watching, subscribe for more.
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Mulch, Sweat & Shears (10th Anniversary Show 2014)
Mulch, Sweat & Shears Disney Hollywood Studios 10th Anniversary Show
For just shy of 11 years, Mulch, Sweat & Shears ruled Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. The fan-favorite “atmosphere entertainment” created quite the cult following. The studios’ official “landscaping crew” doubled as a high-energy “rake and roll” show! If you visited Hollywood Studios from 2004-2015, you likely ran into them on the streets of America or at the end of Hollywood Boulevard right in from of the sorcerer mickey hat, remember that? Specializing in classic rock, the landscapers loved to engage the audience with an honorary member playing the cowbell. According to the official Disney description: Mow”-sy on over for some classic hard rock, as this energetic cover band performs an unforgettable “rake and roll” show.
For just shy of 11 years, Mulch, Sweat & Shears ruled Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. The fan-favorite “atmosphere entertainment” created quite the cult following. The studios’ official “landscaping crew” doubled as a high-energy “rake and roll” show! If you visited Hollywood Studios from 2004-2015, you likely ran into them on the streets of America or at the end of Hollywood Boulevard right in from of the sorcerer mickey hat, remember that? Specializing in classic rock, the landscapers loved to engage the audience with an honorary member playing the cowbell. According to the official Disney description: Mow”-sy on over for some classic hard rock, as this energetic cover band performs an unforgettable “rake and roll” show.
This video was taken on the Bands’ 10th anniversary, October 18, 2014.
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The Great Movie Ride (1989-2017)
Sams Disney Diary The Great Movie Ride Feature
The Great Movie Ride. The opening day marquee attraction of the Disney MGM Studios, and when it closed 28 years later, that last remaining opening day attraction at the park. Located inside the park’s icon, “The Chinese Theater,” the Great movie ride showcased animatronic figures, practical sets, live actors, pyrotechnics, and projections to recreate iconic scenes from classic features throughout motion picture history. (At least throughout the Disney and MGM studios library) Did you know the ride was developed initially as a pavilion for Epcot’s Future World? The “Show Business” pavilion would have been located between the land and imagination pavilion, featured the attraction “Great Moments at the Movies”. When newly assigned Disney CEO Michael Eisner was briefed on the project, it quickly escalated into a Theme Park of its own. Hey, why settle for an attraction when you can have a full working studio. The Disney Studio was born, well, at least the idea, it would take some planning and partnering to see the attraction expand into the Disney-MGM Studios. The 22-minute journey into the movies had a few changes over the years, most notably the Turner AMC sponsorship that added an audio recording and the live cast member. I’m partial to the original version, a cast member taking us on a tour into the movies. I hope you enjoy our trip to the movies. Ready CB!
The Great Movie Ride. The opening day marquee attraction of the Disney MGM Studios, and when it closed 28 years later, that last remaining opening day attraction at the park. Located inside the park’s icon, “The Chinese Theater,” the Great movie ride showcased animatronic figures, practical sets, live actors, pyrotechnics, and projections to recreate iconic scenes from classic features throughout motion picture history. (At least throughout the Disney and MGM studios library)
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Walt Disney World Openings, Closing, Refurbishments, & More (as of March 20th, 2021)
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