Editing Walt Disney Studios (Burbank) (section)

=== The Julie Andrews Stage, Stage 2 ===
Constructed from 1947 and opening in April 1949, Stage 2 is the second oldest soundstage on the Walt Disney Studios lot, and at {{convert|31000|ft|m}}, one of the largest in Los Angeles. It was built and financed by a joint agreement between [[Walt Disney]] and director [[Jack Webb]], who used the stage for the filming of the television series ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]''. In October 1955, Stage 2 began production on the first series of [[The Mickey Mouse Club]]. From 1954 to 1955 and prior to the opening of the facilities at Glendale California, [[Walt Disney Imagineering|WED Enterprises]] (now [[Walt Disney Imagineering]]) occupied soundstage 2 to build multiple attractions for [[Disneyland]], including the [[Mark Twain]] Riverboat. Since then, Stage 2 has been used for the filming of multiple attractions for [[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]].

During the filming of ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' the filmmakers discovered the 40 feet high tall stage was not tall enough to hold one of the "asteroid" seen in the film. The floor was removed and an additional 20 feet was dug down to accommodate the 360-degree set for the scene. In 2001, soundstage 2 was dedicated to English actress [[Julie Andrews]], because parts of ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' and parts of the then-current filming of ''[[The Princess Diaries (film)|The Princess Diaries]]'' took place inside this particular soundstage.