slo’s THURSDAY 12/14 poll - MGM Studios vs Hollywood Studios 🎬🎥

[slo]

I saw the below picture on Instagram today and it made me laugh because it’s so true for many of us.
So I ask…..

With it being almost 2024…..
What do you call Hollywood Studios?
Do you still call it MGM Studios?
Do you call it Hollywood Studios?
Have you been to the park with one or both names?
(multiple choice)


For Me……The majority of time I say MGM Studios or just MGM. If I’m talking to people that are new to WDW, then I’ll call it Hollywood Studios. So, what I call it is based on my audience. My DD20 doesn’t remember HS being MGM, since it happened in 2008 (she was 5yrs old) but she’s so used to hearing me say it that she says it too - LOL!

 

[Meriweather]

I have been to the park with both names.
I call it Hollywood Studios. I like that name better

 

[PalmettoPath]

My sister still calls Disney Springs the Village, lol.

 

[slo]

My sister still calls Disney Springs the Village, lol.

This made me laugh because my DH and I do too.
I will call it by the current name to others, because many never knew it as Disney Village, but when my DH and I are talking to each other we 100% always say “The Village”.

 

[jo-jo]

This made me laugh because my DH and I do too.
I will call it by the current name to others, because many never knew it as Disney Village, but when my DH and I are talking to each other we 100% always say “The Village”.

When was this? We call it downtown disney.

 

[MamaMermaid]

It's taken a long time to transition to HS but we tend to call it by HS more often than not now. Sometimes MGM slips out!

 

[TCRAIG]

I have been to the park with both names.
I call it Hollywood Studios. I like that name better

Same - except I’m not thrilled with the names - old or new…

 

[EACarlson]

I only call it Hollywood studios. My first visit was 2009 so my new wife and I had been calling it MGM before the name change but adapted easily to the new name.

 

[snowwite]

We’ve been to it when it was MGM and since it became HS. I miss a lot of the older stuff. Backlot tours and the Great Movie Ride were always my favorites. Plus when DD first got a job there after the college program ended she worked on GMR. We also used to love when you got to see the artists sketching. My son was really good at drawing and this guy called Walt had him be the Artist of the day and gave him a really cool portfolio and a name tag. I just came across them while trying to find the Christmas present I hid in such a safe place that I cannot find it!

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I am still in the habit of saying MGM.

 

[snowwite]

When was this? We call it downtown disney.

We say down town Disney as well.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

It’s MGM I don’t think I’ll ever get out of that it’s downtown DISNEY I know I’ll never get out of that and if I’m talking to somebody new about DISNEY they look at me like I’m crazy they’re like what are you talking about DISNEY Springs just doesn’t relate to me I mean they’ve changed the name of that so many times it’s ridiculous
And I liked MGM so much better than Hollywood studios I’m so mad that they got rid of the great movie ride and a few other things at MGM Mostly the great movie ride

 

[PollyannaMom]

My sister still calls Disney Springs the Village, lol.

When was this? We call it downtown disney.

Us too!


As to the original question - I've been to HS under both names and I still kind of think of it as MGM, but Hollywood Studios as a name is growing on me. DH, however, has this shirt:

 

[BrianL]

I never understood the resistance to changes like this. It was called MGM - now it's not. Why is it so hard to adjust? The new name is better anyway.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

I only call it Hollywood Studios. I do slip and call Disney Springs Downtown Disney from time to time.

 

[Moliphino]

I use both. Around family we used to go to WDW with it's probably more likely to be referred to as MGM. On these boards I'll just use DHS.

When was this? We call it downtown disney.

I get tripped up on this often, because Disneyland still has Downtown Disney. It always takes me a minute to realize a post is about Disneyland.

 

[Kitty 34]

All the times we went it was MGM so I will always refer to it as MGM.

 

[leebee]

I pretty much call it The Studios now. Called it MGM for decades. Hollywood Studios never caught on with us.

 

[MGMmjl]

I mostly call it Hollywood Studios now, but I grew up with MGM Studios and still miss that name.

A meme I saw a few years ago:

 

[BrianL]

I only call it Hollywood Studios. I do slip and call Disney Springs Downtown Disney from time to time.

I do sometimes make the Downtown Disney mistake, but mostly because I am thinking of Anahiem.