Hollywood Land
Hollywood Land is a themed land at Disney California Adventure park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The area is inspired by the 1930s Golden Age period of Hollywood and hosts attractions themed to this concept, including a backlot of a typical Hollywood studio. The land opened as Hollywood Pictures Backlot with the park in 2001.
This article is about the attraction at Disney California Adventure Park. For the 2006 film, see Hollywoodland. For a landmark in Hollywood, California, formerly known as "Hollywoodland", see Hollywood Sign.Theme
The land's entrance once had towering studio gates that featured intricately carved elephants atop massive columns. The gateway was a tribute to the spectacular epics made throughout Hollywood history, especially pioneering director D. W. Griffith's 1916 silent film Intolerance. After the park's re-design, the archway sign, elephants and columns were removed, whereas the repainted pedestals remained.
Attractions include the Hyperion Theater, which opened with the park in 2001 and has hosted five productions, the 3D film Mickey's PhilharMagic, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, based on the Disney·Pixar film Monsters, Inc., which opened in 2006 as part of the resort's Happiest Homecoming on Earth, the Animation Academy.The Red Car Trolley attraction, based on the Pacific Electric Railway, which runs through the streets of Hollywood Land but is part of Buena Vista Street officially. Former attractions include Muppet*Vision 3D, Disney Junior – Live on Stage! (formerly known as Playhouse Disney – Live on Stage!) and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Superstar Limo, and Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! (which is now part of Avengers Campus).
Background[edit]
Hollywood Land is a portion of the Disney California Adventure park meant to emulate a backlot set in the 1930s Golden Age of Hollywood, similar to the larger Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida that opened in 1989. Unlike Hollywood Studios and Universal Studios Hollywood, Hollywood Land was never intended to serve as a functional backlot, only a mock one. Instead, it primarily hosts a set of theaters and stages presenting varying formats, such as traditional theatre, 4D film, and live music.
Hollywood Land is located in the northeast corner of California Adventure. It is connected to Buena Vista Street, the park entrance themed to 1920s Los Angeles, giving the two lands a close relation in geography and era. The main thoroughfare in the land is Hollywood Boulevard, an avenue loosely modeled after the real street but also incorporating architectural elements from elsewhere in Los Angeles. The street leads up to the Hyperion Theater, a 1,984-seat venue that presents Broadway-style musicals. Several faux sound stages, including one housing a Monsters, Inc. dark ride and another housing the Mickey's PhilharMagic show, are adjacent to Hollywood Boulevard.[1][2][3]