Disney Studio 1

Disney Studio 1
Studio 1, as seen from the Front Lot.
Walt Disney Studios Park
AreaFront Lot
StatusClosed
Opening dateMarch 16, 2002 (original)
April 2025 (reopening)
Closing dateApril 24, 2024 (original)
Ride statistics
DesignerWalt Disney Imagineering
ThemeHollywood
Disabled access Wheelchair accessible

Disney Studio 1 is the largest building and attraction located in the Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris.[1] Until the building's temporary closure, guests entering the park walked through the building to have access to the remainder of the park. The interior is a reconstruction of a street in Hollywood.

The right side of the building featured eight facades based on various Hollywood buildings, both real and fictional, from the 1920s to 1940s: Schwab's Pharmacy, Celebrity Five and Dime, The Darkroom/Cover Story, The Brown Derby, Club Swankedero, The Gunga Den, The Hep Cat Club, and The Liki Tiki. Behind these facades was the Restaurant en Coulisse, a fast-food restaurant.[2]

The left side featured six facades of fictional retail buildings, including: The Darkroom/Shutterbugs, Glamour Girl Cosmetics, The Alexandria Theater, Hollywood and Vine Five & Dime, The Gossip Column, and Last Chance Gas. The Legends of Hollywood boutique-store could be found behind them.[2]

On July 5, 2003, the Shutterbugs building facade was turned into an actual working photo studio.[3]

On April 12, 2024, Disneyland Paris announced that Disney Studio 1 would be renamed to World Premiere, once reopened after an extensive refurbishment in April 2025. [4]

See also

Photograph of the "Last Chance Gas" building facade

References

  1. ^ "Disney Studio 1". DLRP Magic!. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  2. ^ a b "Disneyland Paris theme parks". www.magicalkingdoms.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  3. ^ Regev, Ronny (2018-10-29). "Working in Hollywood". doi:10.5149/northcarolina/9781469636504.001.0001. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Concept art for "World Premiere", formerly Studio 1:". X. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
Disney Studio 1 and the Earffel Tower as seen from outside the park entrance.