Disney Studio 1 Explained

Disney Studio 1
Location:Walt Disney Studios Park
Section:Front Lot
Status:Closed
Opened:March 16, 2002 (original)
April 2025 (reopening)
Closed:April 24, 2024 (original)
Designer:Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme:Hollywood
Accessible:yes

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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Disney Studio 1. DLRP Magic!. 2009-04-04.
  2. Web site: Disneyland Paris theme parks . 2022-12-28 . www.magicalkingdoms.com.
  3. Regev . Ronny . 2018-10-29 . Working in Hollywood . 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469636504.001.0001.
  4. Web site: Concept art for "World Premiere", formerly Studio 1:. 12 April 2024. X. 12 April 2024.