Hollywoodland: Overview
Step into the golden age of filmmaking at Hollywoodland, a fully reimagined land where guests explore a 1930s-era dream studio brought to life. Blending the magic of film production with theatrical storytelling, this revitalized land captures the heart and soul of classic cinema, offering thrilling attractions, vibrant entertainment, and richly themed environments that evoke the romance and wonder of old Hollywood. Progressing through the land takes you on a journey through the transition period of Hollywood from black and white to full, vibrant technicolor. Split into two parts: Hollywood Blvd, Vine, La Brea Ave and Sunset Blvd and The Studio the land invokes the glitz and glamor of classic Hollywood filmmaking and the creativity of the city that made movie magic. Utilizing the expanded space behind the Monsters Inc. Mike and Sully to the Rescue ride building opened up by the Eastern Gateway project.
Land Overview
Land Type: Fully enclosed land retheme with multiple indoor and outdoor attractions
Theme: 1930s Hollywood and movie studio backlot, where guests are part of the moviemaking magic
Attractions: E-ticket studio tour, live show, family flat rides, preschool stage show, interactive animation building
Dining: One full-service (Brown Derby), one quick-service (The Grove Market), plus a lounge/speakeasy (The Elias)
Entertainment: Live street performers, character interactions, live bandstand
Guest Capacity: about 8,000 guests/hour across all experiences
Accessibility: All attractions and dining designed to be inclusive and accessible
Entrance & Theming: Hollywood Blvd
Guests enter under a towering golden arch with art deco flourishes, labeled Hollywood Blvd. They’re greeted with upbeat music, vintage vehicles, and a street bustling with activity, as if a film is actively in production down Hollywood Blvd with costumed actors, a director calling out directions, reporters searching for headlines, and cameras equipment. Storefronts mimic classic prop houses, costume shops, and production offices, casting offices, reporter offices, private investigator offices, etc. Starting from the entrance at Buena Vista Street the Hollywood Blvd facades mimic the look of classic black and white film sets, as if the street itself was an actual movie set for the next big black and white classic Hollywood movie. Transitioning down the street towards the Hyperion theater’s facade, the street begins to pop with vibrant technicolor colors, like it is straight out of classic technicolor movies like the Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind, an old school technicolor look.
Richly planted garden beds, shaded seating, and flowing water features line the street, leading guests deeper into the land’s various experiences.
Attraction 1: Mickey’s Movie Magic (Preschool Show)
In this interactive musical show, watch as the room around you transform from a black and white unused soundstage being used as storage to a vibrant, colorful jump to modern day as Mickey and the gang sing and dance their way through the different eras of Disney animated films with special guests along the way to join the gang on the fun filled adventure. The rotating cast of guest stars keeps the show fresh for repeated visits.
Show Type: Musical stage show with live actors, effects and set changes
Duration: 15 minutes
Audience: Toddlers and young kids with parents
Capacity: about 100 guests/hour
A whimsical yet period-appropriate setting keeps the tone consistent with the rest of the land while offering essential kid-friendly entertainment.
Shopping 1: House of Goof (Rethemed Existing Building)
Facade retheme of the Gone Hollywood shop, interior designed as a high-end Goofy inspired Hollywood clothing shop with various luxury items on display throughout the store and clothing merchandise filling the shop.
Dining 1: Award Wieners Craft Services (Rethemed Existing Building)
Facade retheme of the dining location Award Wieners and the seating area to a movie set craft services building, seating area filled with movie poster parodies of famous Hollywood movies with Disney characters.
Type: Outdoor, walk-up service window
Cuisine: various hot dogs and sides
Seating: about 50 in open-air shaded courtyard
Aesthetic: Modeled after a movie studio break room that doubles as movie prop storage, with movie posters adorning the walls.
Attraction 2: Walt Disney’s Animation Studio (Rethemed Existing Building)
This lightly rethemed building pays tribute to Disney’s original Burbank studio, featuring vintage decor and exhibits highlighting classic animation.
Experiences:
Animation Academy
Sorcerer’s Workshop
Turtle Talk with Crush
Character Meet & Greets
Capacity: ~700–800 guests/hour
Interior updates include cel animation murals, vintage animation desks, and concept art celebrating the golden age of Disney while keeping the popular animation ambiance show in the lobby.
Shopping 2: Ink & Paint Production Shop (Rethemed Existing Building)
Retheme of the Off the Page shop that is attached to the Animation building, containing limited edition figurines, cel animation pieces, art pieces, flip books, and Disney character sketches and merchandise.
Dining 2: Schmoozies! and Fairfax Market (Rethemed Existing Building)
Retheme of the Schmoozies! and Fairfax Market building block, adding small indoor space for both places and adding another food option next to Fairfax Market with a small indoor space. All the indoor space was made available by shifting the Hollywood Backlot stage back from the block of buildings.
Type: Small indoor, walk-up service windows
Cuisine: various smoothies and light snacks
Seating: handful of tables located outside, can utilize Award Wiener’s seating located across the street
Aesthetic: Hollywood-esque style building interiors
Attraction 3: Hyperion Theater (Enhanced)
The Hyperion Theater remains a centerpiece of Hollywoodland, with improved interior queue theming, an upstairs secret theater speakeasy/lounge and a small outdoor courtyard for additional seating for the land
Show Type: Full-scale musical or theatrical performances
Duration: 45 minutes
Audience: Everybody
Capacity: about 2,000 guests/show
Grand interior lobby and staircase for the Hyperion Theater reminiscing the movie theaters of the era. Outdoor dining tables fill the small courtyard and act as overflow for The Grove Market and a prime spot to relax between attractions. Small ground floor entrance to the Elias is secluded in the corner, offering a hidden gem of the land.
Dining 3: The Elias
Facade takes inspiration from places like the Edison and jazz clubs that used to be in Los Angeles
Type: indoor, intimate, speakeasy, waiter service
Cuisine: lounge/bar small bites
Seating: about 150 in an opulent tiered classic Hollywood lounge seating
Aesthetic: Modeled after the Edison and other similar establishments
Entrance & Theming: La Brea Ave, Sunset Blvd and Vine Hollywood Town Square
Retheme of the Hollywood Backlot area of Hollywoodland. Three of some of the most popular streets form a quad which holds a town park that acts as a performance venue with a band stand situated in the park. Around the park, the Hollywoodland theming extends into the former Hollywood Backlot Studios space, extending the 1930s Hollywood theming on the buildings, the Red Car Trolley that goes up Hollywood Blvd and ended at Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout now turns in the opposite direction in front of the Hyperion Theater and heads down Vine and loops around the space eventually making its way back to Hollywood Blvd. A Pacific Railway themed maintenance building is situated in the land to offer practical storage for the Red Car Trolleys while remaining in theme with the land. The space continues the technicolor Hollywood theming.
Attraction 4: Industrial Lights, Camera, Magic!
A special effects demonstration located inside of a special effects company, spoofed Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), hosting a public open house, inspired by Backdraft, Twister Ride It Out and Muppet’s Vision 3D, “goes wrong” in this thrilling indoor motion-based show. Guests are seated on a moving soundstage set that shifts, tilts, and reacts to a chaotic scene involving stunts, camera crashes, and special effects, pyrotechnics and screens. Hosted by Donald Duck, the ride demonstrates the different types of special effects that movies use to simulate chaotic events but when Donald Duck isn’t satisfied by the demonstration he increases the intensity beyond the limit, really showcasing the magic of special effects.
Ride Type: Seated motion stage show (Intamin Dynamic Motion Stage)
Duration: 6 minutes
Thrill Level: Mild/Moderate
Capacity: about 1,200 guests/hour
Live pyrotechnics, synced effects, and a rotating stage platform create an adrenaline-fueled, comedy-action show where every performance feels spontaneous.
Attraction 5: Cinemascape
Two of Fabbri’s Copernicus-style flat rides offer family-friendly thrills as guests spin aboard themed film reels and spotlight rigs.
Ride Type: Spinning flat ride
Duration: 1:30 minutes
Thrill Level: Mild
Capacity: about 900–1,000 guests/hour (combined)
Surrounding scenery includes film crates, crew trailers, and ambient sound cues, adding lively kinetic energy to the central plaza. covered by a opened-side canopy to offer shade and protection from the elements while allowing for lighting effects to be rigged on it, offering additional effects to the ride.
Dining 4: The Brown Derby
Recreation of the classic Hollywood eatery, frequently visited by the Hollywood elite, this iconic restaurant is recreated to invoke the glamour of Hollywood movie stars, directors and producers.
Type: Full-service sit-down dining
Cuisine: Classic Hollywood fare with modern California touches
Seating: about 180 indoor, elegantly themed in art deco style
Aesthetic: Modeled after the Brown Derby in Los Angeles
Dining 5: The Grove Market
An open-air farmers market containing multiple food stalls and takes inspiration from the Original Farms Market in Los Angeles.
Type: Outdoor, fast-casual quick-service
Cuisine: California fresh — tacos, grain bowls, wraps, baked goods, pasta, pizza
Seating: about 250 in open-air shaded courtyard
Aesthetic: Modeled after LA’s iconic Farmer’s Market, complete with food stalls and vintage signage
Entertainment: Plaza Park Band Shell
At the heart of the land, an elegant band shell hosts live swing bands, character premieres, and comedic performers. Nearby shaded seating allow guests to relax and recharge.
Capacity (Standing + Seated): ~300–400 guests during shows
Tone: Upbeat, charming, and interactive
Studio Entrance Theming: ParaMouse Pictures
Entering under the glitzy ParaMouse Pictures gates, you step onto the studio lot’s main thoroughfare lined with palm trees, on one side is part of Cinemascape and the other side is the Brown Derby building, further down the street are two additional shops, restrooms and the entrance to the land’s main attraction: ParaMouse Pictures Presents: The Studio Tour.
Shopping 3: Backlot Supply Company
Located between Cinemascape and ParaMouse Pictures Present: The Studio Tour, this store offers a variety of land specific merchandising in the costuming department of the ParaMouse Studios.
Shopping 4: Studio Gift Shop
Located at the end of the ParaMouse Pictures Presents: The Studio Tour, the ride lets out into the shop that is themed to the Studio’s gift shop and filled with ride specific merchandising.
Attraction 6: ParaMouse Pictures Presents: The Studio Tour
Guests board a touring tram through the studio lot, only to find themselves transported into the films themselves. The tour goes awry, plunging guests into on-set chaos — a musical number number, a classic monster horror movie attack scene, a western train robbery and shootout, and finally a golden-age movie finale. Utilizing a trackless ride system similar to Rise of the Resistance and Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway the attraction also takes advantage of vertical space by using multiple levels of the show building.
Ride Type: Hybrid dark ride/studio tram tour
Duration: 7–8 minutes
Ride Vehicle: Multi-car tram, 40 guests per dispatch
Thrill Level: Moderate with light motion
Capacity: about 2,000 guests/hour
Each scene features practical sets, projection mapping, lighting effects, and animatronics to blend the illusion of reality and film. A special finale combines all genres into a magical/chaotic musical number.
Restrooms
Located between Mickey’s Movie Magic and Walt Disney’s Animation Studios, between the Hyperion Theater and The Grove Market, and between the Brown Derby and the Studio Gift Shop.
Key Features Summary
Immersive 1930s Hollywood studio setting with practical, elegant theming
6 core attractions, including a large-scale studio tour, interactive shows, and flat rides
Balanced entertainment mix for all age groups
Dual dining experiences with indoor and outdoor seating and an intimate lounge
Enhanced guest flow and sightline management
about 8,000 guest/hour attraction throughput
Fully integrated placemaking and character performances
Efficient reuse of existing facilities alongside major new construction
