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Echo Lake
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Opened:
May 1, 1989 (with the rest of the Disney's Hollywood Studios)
Origins: There really is an Echo Lake in Los Angeles, and it served as an inspiration for the fantasy version at the Disney's Hollywood Studios. The real Echo Park Lake is a man-made lake that's adjacent to the Edendale Studio of Mack Sennett's Keystone Pictures. Dozens of silent movies were shot in the early days of Hollywood on this lily covered pond.
Updates: The first major expansion of the Disney's Hollywood Studios was the Back Lot Annex which opened on December 15, 1989. The expansion included new sections being added to Echo Lake.

Whether intentional or not, the additions to Echo Lake have included two attractions (Star Tours and the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular), that were themselves inspired by the early serial matinee films of yesterday. Echo Lake continues to pay tribute to the classic story-telling that was a hallmark of the early days of Hollywood.
 
 


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