LAKE BUENA VISTA -- Disney is dropping MGM from the name of its movie-based theme park.

The company announced Thursday that beginning in January Disney MGM Studios will become Disney Hollywood Studios.

Company officials said the idea is to match the name of the park to its broader theme, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.

“The new name reflects how the park has grown from representing the golden age of movies to a celebration of the new entertainment that today’s Hollywood has to offer -- in music, television, movies and theater,” Walt Disney World Resort President Meg Crofton said in a statement.

The name change will coincide with several new attractions at the park, including:

The interactive Playhouse Disney-Live on Stage show will close for most of January, reopening in February featuring new cast members from more recent Disney Channel television shows including “Little Einsteins,” “Handy Manny” and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.”

A new audience-participation ride based on the Pixar movie Toy Story. Toy Story Mania will take riders through a series of carnival games hosted by characters from the movies. Riders will get a chance to compete against friends and other riders.