I just heard this rummor: MGM CLOSING???

[MMOUSEFAN]

I just heard from a friend of mine that she heard that MGM was going to close this year or the next one and that half of the cast member where transferd to Disneyland. I told her that this sounded really false to me but she insisted and actually shes going to make a trip to WDW because of this because she loves MGM. So I told her I was going to do some research and I of course the first place I thougth to do it was The Dis.
So I was wondering if anyone has heard about this rummour. Any info will help to calm my friend.
Tnks

 

[magicmouse2]

Firstly you should post this under rumours and news. Secondly I very much doubt they would close MGM - I mean Tower Of Terror and Rock N Roller coaster are Disney worlds Top attractions!!!!

 

[MMOUSEFAN]

I just heard from a friend of mine that she heard that MGM was going to close this year or the next one and that half of the cast member where transferd to Disneyland. I told her that this sounded really false to me but she insisted and actually shes going to make a trip to WDW because of this because she loves MGM. So I told her I was going to do some research and I of course the first place I thougth to do it was The Dis.
So I was wondering if anyone has heard about this rummour. Any info will help to calm my friend.
Tnks

 

[scanne]

What "may" happen is that Disney's contract with MGM will expire and they won't renew it, therefore the name of the park might change to Disney Studios.

But close a park? Ha! NO way!

 

[Don Pacho]

yeah, maybe just dropping the name MGM to only Disney Studios
closing a park will cost disney millions...

 

[cjb71870]

What "may" happen is that Disney's contract with MGM will expire and they won't renew it, therefore the name of the park might change to Disney Studios.

But close a park? Ha! NO way!

That is true. I read about that awhile ago. But, the park isn't going anywhere.

 

[peter11435]

It's not true.

 

[Robo]

...and that half of the cast member where transferd to Disneyland.

From that ridiculous statement alone, you'd know the info was incorrect.

 

[OKW Lover]

That rumor is so far out its funny. Think for a minute - why would Disney shut-down a park that is in the top 5 theme parks in the world? Would they risk people actually leaving Disney property to visit one of the other theme parks in the area? Of course not - Disney's goal is to get you on property and keep you there.

 

[paulh]

think its the rename from MGM studios to Pixar studios
Paulh

 

[bettyann29]

I seriously doubt it..

 

[KarenAylwood]

Your friend got her info wrong. It's actually the Magic Kingdom that's closing. Poor attendance ya see.

 

[cleo]

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Someone's seriously got the wrong end of the stick. And just as an aside, the rumor about dropping the name goes around at least once or twice a year.

Tell your friend all of Walt Disney World is closing. They were bought out by Universal.

 

[DebbieB]

The day I spent there last month was wall to wall people in the afternoon. It's not going anywhere.

 

[rantnnravin]

she heard that MGM was going to close this year or the next one and that half of the cast member where transferd to Disneyland.

could this possibly be a mutation of the animation studios having been shuttered and the staff being fired or moved to anaheim?

 

[kinggoofy]

You posted this 3 months too late or 9 months too early because this would be a good April Fool's thread.

I agree with one of the posters, and I heard about it before, thay the name MGM may be dropped and it will be Disney Studios.

Some attractions and the Hollywood Street Performers may come and go...but the STUDIOS will always be there.

 

[iHEARTflorida]

i really dont think that they would close MGM, but i have heard they are changing its name

 

[Rence]

You're right, MGM is closing, I heard this somewhere else just recently. Oh yeah, it was in the other thread you started on the same topic.

 

[sistertrip]

I also heard the rumor (or news?) that the name is changing to Disney-Pixar Studios, but haven't heard anything about it closing. I'd be shocked if they did.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

I just heard from a friend of mine that she heard that MGM was going to close this year or the next one and that half of the cast member where transferd to Disneyland.

This an an excellent example of an "I heard from a friend who heard from someone" rumor, that, as others in this thread have written, makes no sense at all.

Disney is a business, and Disney makes decisions that attempt to maximize revenue and profits. We are to believe that Disney will shutter an asset in which they've invested over a billion dollars through the years, and which represents a significant part of why guests visit Disney's highly profitable vacation destination in Florida? This rumor fails the most basic sanity check. Next, we are to believe that half the cast members will be moved to California?

Now let's look at the rumor that Disney will drop MGM from the name of Disney-MGM Studios. I've been hearing that rumor for a decade now. The rumor is always that the change is already in progress or is right around the corner. It's been a long corner! Jim Hill even wrote that it would happen on June 27, 2005 — which was over a year ago. (See Jim Hill's article, "Is Disney-MGM due for a name change?" published Thursday, February 24, 2005.) In defense of Jim Hill, his article left the door open to a contract extension with MGM, which is currently owned by a consortium that includes Sony.

The promotional VHS tapes and DVDs for WDW have not used MGM for as long as I can remember, but that has something to do with the licensing terms with the owners of MGM, not an indication that Disney is actively in the process of erasing MGM from the theme park itself.

By the way, all these licensing issues are more complicated than they seem on the surface. For example, the animatronic scenes in the Great Movie Ride are also made possible by Disney's licensing agreement with MGM, right? Wrong. Those scenes are licensed from numerous different companies. And although everyone associates The Wizard of Oz with MGM, the rights to the movie are now owned by Warner Bros. because of Ted Turner's acquisition of the early MGM library and Time-Warner's acquisition of Ted Turner's business.

Some day, Disney may drop MGM from the name of the theme park. But I wouldn't hold my breath.