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Disney-MGM Studios: Traveler Reviews

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #26 of 163 attractions in Orlando
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Attraction type: Amusement/theme park, Disney, Performance
Address: Orlando, FL

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( 5-9 of 77 )
“Good park, but not up to the level of the other 3”

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4 of 5 stars
Roanoke, Virginia
Feb 4, 2008
4/5 found this review helpful

Tower of Terror and Rockin Roller Coaster are great, but the park doesn't have the same array of attractions as the other three in DisneyWorld. Here are a few tips:

You will need to arrive early at the shows to get reasonably good seats. Based on my limited experience 30 minutes seems adequate for most of the shows if the park isn't very crowded. Get there 45-60 minutes early for Fantasmic. Also note that the first few rows at Fantasmic will get wet, and there is no sign or announcement telling you this. Not SeaWorld wet, but you can expect a steady light spray during the water effects. There are restrooms and lots of concessions in the stands before the show.

The line for the Great Movie ride can get extremely long and there is no fast pass. If it is more than 20-25 minutes, I would skip it. The ride itself is fine, but the live element is really lame. The sound system in the ride vehicles is terrible.

Look carefully in the Tower of Terror (particularly in the queue area). Twilight Zone fans will find a lot of hidden references to the show.

The food at the '50s Prime Time cafe is good (like everywhere in DisneyWorld), but I found the "keep you elbows off the table" shtick to get annoying after a while. There are better restaurants at the park.

I missed "Walt Disney: One Man's Dream" when I was there, but I was subsequently informed it is one of the best parts of the park. It is not heavily promoted.

A new attraction, "Midway Mania," is scheduled to open this summer. There may be a "soft opening" as they get closer to the official launch date.

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“Not Disney's Best”

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3 of 5 stars
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Jan 31, 2008
1/4 found this review helpful

This park is OK, but it's definitely my least favorite of the four Disney Theme Parks in Orlando.

My favorite attractions are Tower of Terror, Rock N Roller Coaster, The Little Mermaid, and Fantasmic. Fantasmic is not to be missed!

One of the problems with this park is there is no central hub like the other three parks, so when you walk all of the way over to Tower of Terror, the only other attraction over there is Rock N Roller Coaster. To see anything else, you have to backtrack practically to the beginning of the park.

There defnintely aren't enough headliners in this park.

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“MGM”

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Jan 28, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

MGM, as with all the Disney Parks needs careful planning. We went during Christmas 2007 (the busiest time of the year) and still saw every show and got on every ride we wanted to in one day. As there are a few shows you have set aside time to see them, Fantasmic is a must see and if your going to the first show be there 30-45 mins before the start. However, I have never bought a one day ticket as I prefer to pick my days for each Orlando park. But if I did I would do a bit of research on the timings of shows etc. the information is all out there so no use complaining about running out of fastpasses etc. Get there earlier and do the fastpass rides in a sensible order!!!

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“Another Mickey Mouse rip off”

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1 of 5 stars
London
Jan 11, 2008
4/16 found this review helpful

First the good bits - Rock n Roller Coasters, Tower of Terror, and the
drawing class at the Animation studio. Now for the bad parts - where to begin? First of all forget about Fast Pass which might as well be called Farce Pass - you're only allowed to use it for one ride at a time. We arrived at 10, got a fast pass for Roc N Roller Coaster to return in 2 hours, but in the meantime were not allowed to get another
for Tower of Terror. By the time we'd waited 25 minutes on Fast Pass return to get on the rollercoaster, the fast pass tickets for Tower had run out for the day - and it was only 12.30! We then waited 50 minutes in the standby queue for Tower. So FP doesn't exactly allow you to plan your day at all. Most of the other attractions are tame at
best and waste of time at worst - You'd enjoy queueing for the famous movie ride through the replica Chinese Theatre than the ride itself, and believe me you will be queueing for a very long time in order to see some dumb robots re-enacting scenes from the movies, with some extremely lame human interaction. The back lot tour I discovered was a misnomer as they dont actually make movies there anymore, so I have no idea what the people in the "costume department" were doing. The bit where lots of water comes out is the only excitement you'd see. I thought the Universal backlot tour in California was bad, but at least
it had variety. The Indiana Jones show is fun if you have no idea how films are made; and fantasmia show is fun if you're 10 years old. They
are very good at getting you in the park, but once you;re in they don;t seem to care - there's no one around to give you any
information; restaurants are fully booked in the first couple of hours; and queueing to get a hot dog took 45 minutes - and we went on a cold day "off season"! God only know what it's like in the summer. I first went to the Magic Kingdom over 20 years ago and got the impression they only wanted to sell you overpriced food and souvenirs and i see this is still the case. Unlike Seaworld or Kennedy Space Centre Disney's kingdom has no educational value and appears to be exercises in pure greed. Victim of it's own success or not I will not go to another Disney attraction again.

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“Awesome Time at MGM”

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5 of 5 stars
Enfield, Connecticut
Dec 11, 2007
2/3 found this review helpful

I love themed everything, so Disney is perfect for me. I had a blast at MGM. The Tower of Terror, which I had always been scared to go on before, and the Aerosmith rollercoaster, which was new to me, were both awesome. It's just the little details that Disney puts into everything that make it. Of course, everything's overpriced, but you just have to expect that. But who can put a price on ambiance? Oh, Disney, right. Whatever, I still had a great time!

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