Disney MGM Studios The Tours History 3 of 3 HD

The third and final part of my heavily researched trilogy. Recorded in full HD days before the backlot tour closed its doors forever. Start with a look around the exterior and waiting area of the tour, then take a complete look around the queue including the full Pearl Harbor monitor show. Next, a multi angle pass of the whole water tank show. This is followed with walking into the props warehouse for full coverage of the whole buildings display. Then await for your tram to arrive and board for one last multi angle, inducted audio spiel complete ride of the backlot tram tour as it was at closure.

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

The Backlot Tour was always one of my favorite attractions, I'm sad to see it go. It's last incarnation was a mere shadow of it's former self. I missed the original tour, not getting to Disney-MGM until 1993. I've taken the tour in 1993, 94, 95, 97, 98, 2000, 03, 06, 09, 10 & 12 and watched it shrink as your series shows. In 1993, the TV show "Home Improvement" was extremely popular and what became the AFI Showcase was a shop selling Home Improvement merchandise (yes, I still have that tee-shirt). I also remember going thru the Prop Warehouse at the end of the Tram Tour one or two visits in the late 90's prior to going into the AFI Showcase. Not to be morbid, but experiencing the changes the Backlot Tour went thru over the 22 years since I first saw it it was like watching a loved one's health decline.
And so ends the Studios part of Disney-MGM/Disney's Hollywood Studios. Sniff.

[@jonathonpettit3858]

This history of the ride was like the equivalent of putting a golden egg on the top of a hill of garbage. It started out pristine and then when it was rolled down the hill it got more dirtier. By closing day, it was not the same egg that was up on top.

[@sarahvanorden670]

I loved the Back Lot Tour - My mom and cousin did the show the last trip we did while it was opened in 2010, we went again in December of 2014, I was very sad everything was still up and looked like it should have worked. I wish I could have seen the animation tour or the walking tours but I never did. It looked amazing. I remember the AFI show case and just being in awe of the props. I have always been into the way movies are made.

[@keithdean9149]

The last time I went to Disneyworld was 2011 and the Backlot Tour was closed while I was there. I miss some of these slower attractions that gave you a chance to sit back and relax.
I hope you'll do some more about the other "lost" attractions at the studios. I've heard rumors that "The Great Movie Ride" is going to be closed for a Star Wars themed area.

[@SouthJerseySam]

I remember during the inside tour line after the water show, there were two props from Dinosaurs shown off the side near the horses at 16:30. There was the refrigerator and the frozen food critter.

[@cabooseresurrected5183]

Now that the old Studio Tour attraction is gone, it has all come to our arrival on Batuu.

[@alextan1478]

This tour was how I discovered "The Rock" and "Pearl Harbor", both from Michael Bay.

[@keithdean9149]

Michael Bay's Pear Harbor aka Two Guys, a Girl, and an Air Attack.

[@exoscoriae]

Wow... it's amazing how far this attraction fell. This is so basic/boring compared to the original tour. And that's not based on nostaglia or anything, as I never got to rid either of them.

[@kylesievertsen6]

Is There Such Thing As The Disney Version of MGM?

[@gnease42]

Didn't realize how much world of motion was in there.....

[@disneylover3434]

Where was the world of motion

[@kylesievertsen6]

Is There Such Thing As The Disney Version of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?

[@jgkidd82]

Shame what they've done to Epcot and Hollywood Studios.