Changes

Later in 1989, on December 15, Star Tours made its debut in the Echo Lake section of the Disney-MGM Studios. Originally opening in Disneyland on January 9, 1987, Star Tours is a motion simulator attraction set in the world of George Lucas’ Star Wars franchise.

The next major change to Echo Lake came on December 16, 1990 when the Commissary restaurant opened. Subsequently, on July 1, 1997, the Monster Sound Show closed. The show was briefly replaced with the One Saturday Morning Sound Show from July 1, 1997 until February 20, 1999. In this incarnation of the attraction, guests added sound effects to the Disney cartoon 101 Dalmatians: The Series. At this time the name of the theater was changed to the ABC Sound Studio. On April 22, 1999, the One Saturday Morning Sound Show made way for a new attraction- Sounds Dangerous with Drew Carey. This new attraction took place almost entirely in the dark, as guests followed the adventures of undercover detective Drew Carey.

Like the Monster Sound Show, by the late 1990s, Superstar Television was also seeing a decline in popularity. On September 26, 1998, the attraction closed to make way for a new show titled Doug Live! Based on the ABC cartoon, Doug Live ran until May 12, 2001. The short lived Get Happy with ABC then opened on July 1, 2001. More or less a 25 minute advertisement for ABC’s 2003 TV lineup, Get Happy with ABC closed October 5, 2001.