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Disney Studio 1

Lights, camera, Hollywood!

The lights are dimmed, the stars are ready to shine. You're on the set of your first big movie production, a starry-eyed tribute to Hollywood across the ages.

Disney Studio 1 is not only the largest building in the whole park, but one of the largest in the whole resort. Its imposing size dominates the entire entrance of the park and lures guests inside and beyond, as this giant soundstage is the only way for guests to reach the rest of the park. The attraction functions as the "Main Street" of the park, an initial, introductory boulevard with a boutique, restaurant and a huge amount of atmosphere.

Upon entering the soundstage, you're greeted by an initial view of a Sunset Boulevard "that never was", a dream-like recreation of this fabled Hollywood street populated by recreations of legendary Hollywood landmarks as well as newly-created locations, based on classic architecture of "Tinsel Town". Look above you, though, and the effect is brought into reality with the flashing red lights of the "Hot Set" signs, and to your left and right are backstage areas, piled full of set elements and props from past productions. This is Hollywood designed by Hollywood itself, and you're the star!

Indoor nighttime Hollywood film set filled with references and tributes, including large boutique and restaurant.

  • Opening Date

    16th March 2002

  • Attraction Type

    Indoor street

  • Length

    70 metres

  • Suitablility
    • Children 3-7
    • Children 8-12
    • Young Adults
    • Adults
    • Seniors

Trivia

  • If Disney Studio 1 were a working soundstage, it would have been the second largest of its kind in Europe upon opening, stretching a huge 70 metres long, 35 metres wide and 20 metres high.
  • The cartoon sketches displayed in the Brown Derby section of Restaurant en Coulisse are replicas of the original drawings which were on display in the original Brown Derby in Hollywood. These include caricatures of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Ronald Reagan, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Cary Grant, Omar Sharif and many other stars.
  • The interior of Disney Studio 1 becomes a glittering wonderland of lights during Christmas, with thousands of extra lights, tinsel and decorations added on the ceiling, in the palm trees and right across the sets which line the street.
  • The official name of the attraction was originally intended to be Lights! Camera! Hollywood!, but was changed to the simpler, more easily-translated Disney Studio 1 just before the opening of the park. The Lights, Camera, Hollywood! name remains as the title of the fictional film being shot here, with references to "L.C.H." stamped onto props and scenery.
  • On the 5th July 2003, the Shutterbugs set element was turned into a real, working photo studio.

Playing on the screen at The Alexandria Theater is The Skeleton Dance — Walt Disney's classic 1929 Silly Symphony short

Tips

  • Arrive before park opening and you'll often be allowed inside Disney Studio 1 before the rest of the park. Then, when the clock hits opening time, a special light and sound sequence "powers up" the set and shouts "Action!" on your busy day of movie-making.

Advice

  • Fully accessible.