MGM Studios

Attractions

• Disney Stars and Motor Cars Parade
• The Great Movie Ride
• Sounds Dangerous - Starring Drew Carey
• Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
• Star Tours
• Muppet*Vision 3-D
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure
• Lights, Motors, Action Extreme Stunt Show!
• The Disney-MGM Studios Backlot Tour
• Voyage of the Little Mermaid
• The Magic of Disney Animation
• Playhouse Disney - Live on Stage
• Journey into Narnia: Creating The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
• Beauty and the Beast - Live on Stage
• Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith
• The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
• Fantasmic!
• One Man's Dream

Closed

• ABC TV Theater

Street Shows

• Cars - Full size versions of Lightning McQueen and Mater entertain kids with a photo opportunity.
• Christmas Lights Parade
• Bucky Greenhorn - Hollywood's Next Leading Man - Two person act with tap-dancing, ukelele playing, and yo-yo tricks.

Restaurants

• The Brown Derby
• Min & Bill's Dockside Diner
• Commissary
• Sci-Fi Dine In Restaurant
• Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano
• Pizza Planet
• Hollywood & Vine
• 50's Prime Time Cafe
• Backlot Express
• Studio Catering Co. Flatbread Grill
• Starring Rolls Cafe
• Fairfax Fries
• Rosie's All-American Cafe
• Catalina Eddie's
• Toluca Legs Turkey Company

Shops

• Sid Cahuenga's One-of-a-Kind Antiques and Curios
• Mickey's of Hollywood
• Crossroads of the World
• Disney & Co Fashion Extra
• Keystone Clothiers
• L.A. Cinema Storage
• Adrian and Edith's Head to Toe
• Cover Story
• The Darkroom
• The Fashion Spot
• Tailors to the Stars
• Hollywood Fashions
• The Studio Store
• In Character
• Writer's Stop
• Golden Age Souvenirs

Signs

On the main drag at the front of the park, there is a shop whose name is not really disclosed, but the sign outside features a large watch keeping time, and the watch is a classical Mickey Mouse watch.

In the same area, pay attention for other signs, such as the antique stop light directing traffic where the road splits. The traffic light is the old type where it had swing gates to tell you to stop or go instead of red/amber/green lights. This area is also a common place to see some street shows that occur throughout the day.

Ambient Music

Ambient music playing at MGM Studios has a movie theme, which is wholly appropriate for the setting. Some of the songs that you will hear as you walk around the park are:

• Somewhere over the Rainbow
• The Sound of Music
• James Bond
• Aladdin
• Maverick
• Addams Family
• American Bandstand

Experiences

11 March 2007

Just went around for a couple of hours. One thing that annoyed me was that the Turkey Leg stand was out of turkey legs. This is just not a good thing, but even more surprising was how they were handling it. There was no notice or anything about it, they would just tell people as they got to the front of the line that they were out of turkey legs. Why bother calling it the Toluca Legs Turkey Company if you don't have any turkey legs to sell? If they are out of legs, they should just close the place temporarily and put a sign up stating they are out.

I also went on the following rides:

• Great Movie Ride
• Muppet*Vision 3-D

14 January 2007

I took the bus from Shades of Green to get to MGM, and upon exiting the bus the first thing that struck me was that they were flying the American flag at half mast out of respect for the recent passing of President Gerald Ford. As I started to walk through the park, I noticed that there are park benches to sit on everywhere you look.

The Christmas Lights Parade is no longer running, though some of the lights are still up. Apparently the process for getting the lights down is somewhere in the months long range. I got this information from one of the security personnel there named Sally.