Patch Notes // latest change 2021.08.15
Sunset Blvd · Hollywood Studios · Walt Disney World
Ride · opened 1991 · Hollywood Studios · 4 changes on record
The show returned after its extended COVID-19 closure (dark since March 12, 2020), reopening with distancing-modified staging and choreography that later reverted to the full pre-pandemic format.
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A re-staged second version debuted, reordering the musical numbers to follow the film's chronology and adding an Enchantress prologue recounting the Beast's curse — the version still performed today.
The show reopened in the newly rebuilt, now-roofed Theater of the Stars on the new Sunset Boulevard — its permanent home — after running since September 1993 at the Premiere Theater on New York Street during the boulevard's construction.
Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage premiered at the open-air Theater of the Stars (then near Hollywood Boulevard), debuting the same day the animated film reached theaters — the first time a Disney feature and its stage adaptation opened simultaneously.
That's every change on the record on Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage since 1991.
The spotters in our Discord catch the next one first — and the record only grows when someone notices.
Per the documented record, Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage at Hollywood Studios opened on Nov 22, 1991.
The latest documented change (documented Aug 15, 2021): The show returned after its extended COVID-19 closure (dark since March 12, 2020), reopening with distancing-modified staging and choreography that later reverted to the full pre-pandemic format.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1991 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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