Originally Posted By Rebekah This topic is for discussion of the 2/25/2005 news item <b><a href="http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1317" target="_blank">JHM: Is Disney-MGM due for a name change?</a></b> Jim Hill reports that by June of this year -- the Walt Disney Company may be forced to remove any & all references to "MGM" at its WDW studio theme park.
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA It was dumb to have the 'MGM' name in the title of the them park to begin with. Now, people from all over go to Florida and visit 'MGM.'
Originally Posted By -em Well the 20 year licensee is up for renewl and unless they get a kicktush renewel fee I bet itll be dropped as the deal is pretty MGM orianted and as its just one thing keeping us with MGM... Itll be interesting to see. -em
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA Especially now since MGM has all but been sold to Sony Pictures. Just change it to 'Disney Studios Theme Park' and be done with it. stationery's cheap!
Originally Posted By WDW1974 ^^^How about Disney('s) Most Glaring Mess in Florida? That way they could keep the Disney-MGM name ;-) Seriously, I am pretty sure this isn't gonna happen. Why for? Well, Jim Hill apparently needed a story as he has a habit of not delivering products for the various web-sites he has worked for, and I think this was an easy one to pull out of his behind. Maybe we'll see another Muppets story or yet another what wasn't built in 1986 piece!
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Hah! It is amazing what limited mileage they really got for the MGM rights to begin with. Wasn't it basically limted to a few scenes in the Great Movie Ride?
