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Park Name Changes

Two of the parks at Walt Disney World have changed their names. EPCOT Center became Epcot '94 in 1994 and Epcot '95 in 1995 before becoming simply known as Epcot in 1996. And earlier this year, Disney-MGM Studios became Disney's Hollywood Studios.

With regard to the Studios, many if not most of the Muppet/Henson-oriented attractions at the park existed exclusively under the Disney-MGM Studios name. In fact, I think that only Muppet*Vision 3D and the Disney Stars and Motor Cars Parade survived the transition, and the latter is already gone!

Anyway, my question is essentially - do we change all instances of "Disney-MGM Studios" to "Disney's Hollywood Studios" or leave some as-is. I'd advocate that the more historical attractions (and references to the TV special) remain Disney-MGM Studios and that all other instances become Disney's Hollywood Studios.

With regard to Epcot, the name change doesn't really affect the article as much, since the only Muppet attraction there was the Muppet Mobile Labs, which only existed when the park's name was Epcot. Still, The Muppets at Walt Disney World was filmed when the park was Epcot Center, so what do we do about that?

Thoughts? -- User:Pantalones

I think it's simple. We use the name that was used at the time it was relevant to that specific topic. If Epcot Center is mentioned as such in The Muppets at Walt Disney World, it should stay that way, but when discussing Muppet Mobile Labs or anything newer, use Epcot. And so on. We've done the same thing on other pages (i.e. we link to Sesame Workshop but when dealing with projects or topics prior to the name change, we use CTW or Children's Television Workshop, and so on). Same thing on the Hollywood Studios, only use the phrase when discussing something which has happened since the name change. It's all a matter of context and time. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 03:36, 29 May 2008 (UTC)