Yesterworld: The History of Disney’s Studio Backlot Tour (The Abandoned Backstage Studio Tour)

Exploring the history of Disney’s Original Backstage Studio Tour (AKA The Studio Backlot Tour) at Hollywood Studios, formerly Disney MGM Studios. Including Inside the Magic tour, Backstage Pass, Catastrophe Canyon, the movie prop Boneyard, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Loony Bin, Studio Showcase and more!

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[lanceturley]

"Sure, Universal has Back to the Future, Jaws, and King Kong, but do they have... *checks papers* The Lottery, starring Bette Midler?"

Michael Eisner, 1989 (probably)

[chaseosborn]

Ah yes the Studio Backlot Tour. Where else could you see props and sets from one of my favorite movies of all Lottery starring Bette Midler?

[roseheart]

Fun fact: Audrey Hepburn is the only handprints that are at the Chinese theater in MGM and not at the real Chinese theater

[EpcotResterHouse]

Great video! My wife and I are a "Backlot couple", we met working at this attraction in 2007. We'll be married 10 years in April. We're friends with another Backlot couple who've been married 8 years! There was something really special about the Backlot tour that made it more of a family than a group of Cast Members working together. That was a really tight-knit group and a ton of us were there for the very very last tour. I even saw my wife and I in the footage you used from that very last tour!

[thisismysea]

Oh gosh, seeing The Magic of Disney Animation clip at 4:51 gave me chills. Going to that when I was 12 literally changed my life. I decided then and there that I wanted to be a Disney animator and I wouldn't stop talking about it for the rest of the trip, so my father went back and got hold of a handout they had for aspiring artists like me that described the path to that kind of career. I modeled the rest of my life after that handout and ended up working with Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon eventually as an adult. Still dreaming of working for Disney one day, but wow seeing the place that set me on my course twenty years ago is really something. Disney truly does have a special way of inspiring and bringing joy.

[YokusaHHart]

Disney: Hey man, can I copy your homework?
Universal: Sure, just change some things so no one will notice.
Disney:

[Duskaria]

Imagine if "Honey, I shrunk the kids" starred Bette Midler

[BenLaurence]

RIP MGM Studios 😢 Seeing the behind the scenes of the movie making process fascinated me as a kid! That park was always my favorite and seeing it slowly die over the years is just sad. I never realized how aaaah popular Bett Mildler was 😂. Star Wars land will be cool and all but nothing can replace the magic of movie making

[hcstubbs]

"Disney should be run from a creative POV rather than a financial POV" - god, I wish that were still their attitude...

[ShadowBlazer]

Yesterworld: The Lottery Staring Bette Midler

[chuc]

Florida’s laws are basically hostile toward the movie industry. This is why the production aspect of MGM and Universal’s parks died. When it’s cheaper to build an entire city facade in Georgia rather than film on location in Florida, active, tourable movie studios will never be practical in this state.

[kallieeidson]

There was deadass a 47 minute ad YouTube put before this video. YouTube truly thought I would prefer to watch their ad for an hour and not the video I clicked

[nairbpenguinlizard]

The worst thing was getting rid of the magic of animation and making it launch bay when it has it's own whole land

[roberttysec]

Please, for the love of all that is holy, team up with Kevin “The Purge” Perjur for the Michael Eisner special and make him do the Pro-Eisner position.

[JasonT]

So, I'm wondering. Did they film something there called "The Lottery" Starring Bette Midler?

[HeyKim]

"The Lottery starring Bette Midler" is now stuck in my head like a bad song.

[ignatiusklepto]

This is so sad. Literally my favorite park is unrecognizable. Animation, backlot, and even the Great Movie Ride. All gone. I loved it bc it was a part of what made me want to be a film fan.

[williamaitken]

I feel like if I was an artist, the last thing I would want is dozens of guided tours constantly looking at me working. That feels more like a punishment than anything else.

[eitakdid]

I worked at the Studio Backlot Tour in the Shuttle portions of the ride in 2012, and we all wondered why it was still open. You got a brief look backstage and at costuming, then you saw the Disney Plane, then Catastrophe Canyon, and the Boneyard. But the Boneyard only held a few props toward the end and much of the ride was bland. Plus, if we didn't hit our exact mark in Catastrophe Canyon, the shuttles wouldn't shake and roll. It became harder to activate this feature, as the shuttles grew older. There was one shuttle in particular that almost never activated this portion of the ride. They even closed our ride for refurbishments for a month and the only change was one addition to the boneyard in the form of a prop from the box office bomb The Lone Ranger. It was like they had stopped caring about the ride. It was really sad, because there were portions of it that were really cool, but too many dead spots.

[cityzengirl]

Sure am sad I missed a two hour tour where I could have seen all those iconic set pieces from that totally amazing iconic Bette Midler movie. My life will never be complete.