Originally Posted By GPMike We're coming to DLR November 16-23. My kids loved Snow White - An Enchanting Musical when we were there two years ago, but weren't that interested in a Mickey Mouse Detective show that we saw the time before that. I understand Snow White will end its run before we arrive. Does anyone know what will replace Snow White, and whether there will be a show in the Fantasyland Theatre by mid-November?
Originally Posted By berol not if miceage is right, more of a princess/knight activity for girls and boys. Maybe they'll have a new show ready for xmas, Easter or Memorial Day.
Originally Posted By PrncssCinderAlly They are holding auditions for people to help turn boys and girls into proper prince and princesses. I was under the impression that it was something to be done in the Big Thunder Ranch area, but apparently they are thinking about utiliing it as a meet and greet and character dress up during the fall/ halloween season. I think its a cute idea for now. I wasnt a fan on the Snow show though...
Originally Posted By mousegrl I wasn't a huge fan of the Snow show either. This last week we saw it in the horrible humidity, and the big tarp overhead felt like it was trapping all the heat in and all of the air out. The show, in my opinion, wasn't worth the suffering. lol I hope something good goes in for your kids to enjoy! I'm also curious as to what they will replace Snow with. Have a great time!
Originally Posted By oc_dean I am CRINGING at the near thought of ANOTHER meet and greet .. as if the park isn't overwhelmed with enough of them. The problem is ..... the Fantasyland Theater is DL's only venue for stage shows. Tomorrowland use to have one .. but as soon as Captain EO was added in 1986 .. that was the end of that facility. Now over at DCA ... had they built the Hyperion Theater in a way so that there was a seperate path unattached to the park 'proper' ....... Hyperion could have been the Disneyland Resort's primary stage facility for DCA OR DL patrons for the day.
Originally Posted By gadzuux If miceage is right, it sounds like one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. besides being the primary show space for DL, FL theater performs a lot of useful tasks. Unlike most theaters and performance spaces, this is an easy informal location to sit down in the shade, it's conducive to kids, strollers, and people coming and going as they please. Fantasyland is always one of the most congested areas of the park, and the FL theater can easily absorb thousands - and it's "right there" where the crowds are. How many people are they really hoping to pull in for what's basically a marketing and merchandise location? For one thing, it sounds expensive and time-consuming. By the time your kid has wended her way through the various steps, upwards of two hours and perhaps a hundred dollars has been chewed through. And the rest of the family who aren't princess material? Tough - there's just nothing for them to do except wait around to admire the little darling in her new polyester pink outfit. Not to mention that there's no show. Snow white might not have been the greatest show, but it least it was something that provided some value to the day's ticket. This plan is useless to anyone not travelling with a little girl between the ages of about three and eight. Just an awful idea. And a waste of all that space.
Originally Posted By dresswhites i too think this glorified meet and greet if true would be a horrible, horrible idea. It sounds like something PRessler would cook up. Like gadzuux said this area will only be interesting for young little girls and maybe a few parents. For boys, older children, those without any children, pretty much a large segment of those who visit, this area will be a huge waste. If they want to have a princess dress up area, fine. Convert one ofthe Fantasyland shops. Don't slap this garbage in a space that is meant for large stage shows, or better yet a new attraction. This really just seems like a step backwards. Maybe Matt could see the hand writing on the wall.
Originally Posted By tonyanton Well, I'll try to be optimistic and think this sounds like it will only be temporary. Of course, it could be really temporary if it's not popular and doesn't make the money projected. Time will tell. oc_dean...the current Fantasyland Theatre was basically the replacement for the closed Space Stage, that "Captain Eo" replaced.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Hopefully this isn't temporary like the construction wall on Main Street. There was a temporary construction wall added in the winter of '55 to the little seating area near the Mad Hatter, on the other side of the parade gate. Well, it's still there. Now, that really wasn't a tacky scam to take people's money, but it too was supposed to be temporary. Maybe they could set up some temporary cooking classes in the theater as well....
Originally Posted By gadzuux What makes "temporary" seem like a long time is that this is about the only significant thing they're doing for the 'year of a million dreams' campaign. The rest of it is comprised of handing out mostly insignificant freebies to a handful of the day's guests - meaning most guests won't know anything about it.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Actually, the current Fantasyland Theater is a replacement of the short-lived Videopolis which (1) was never planned to be a daytime show venue, and (2) in its psuedo-night-club/music-video atmosphere, attracted Six-Flags-type crowds and problems to Disneyland. So Videopolis went bye-bye. Enter the idea to use it as a live theater--much of the infrastructure was already there, including the roasting hot afternoon sun. So the heinously unattractive bra-topper was later added. Space Stage removal corresponded in time, but one wasn't given up for the other. And, the Fantasyland Theatre does not allow strollers (someone suggested it was a good place to eat up crowds). Also, the Theatre doesn't seem to have any direct bearing on the crowding in Fantasyland proper--it is simply too far away. Just my thoughts . . . and, Snow White, A Boring Musical, may you rot! What a turkey of a show!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, us Cauldron girls don't appreciate what managements wants to do to the stage in Fantasyland. This may turn out to be just the FIRST of many bad decisions made, now that Matt Ouimet is no longer with us (sniff.) ORGOCH: Wouldn't be surprised if this was the idea that drove ol' Matt out a the park. I know it's 'nuff ta make THIS witch think twice befer comin' back agin!!
Originally Posted By monorailblue Now here's an idea for that area that I haven't seen proposed: Remove some of the back stage (I know, always a logistical problem), and bring the FL Theatre space over to the back of Storybook Land. Do some land rebuilding, add more water--maybe a lake on the back or something--and put in another on-the-water's-edge eater--a Fantasyland Blue Bayou . . . . OK, now that I've typed just that much, it sounds a bit silly.
Originally Posted By monorailblue ^^^ "eater" = "eatery"; my typing has been abysmal today; do please forgive.
Originally Posted By CrouchingTigger Actually, wasn't the tuna boat (the Chicken of the Sea pirate ship) originally to be move to that area? I'd love to have skull rock back again.
Originally Posted By monorailblue I'd be all for that--or perhaps even setting it up in the Motor Boat area . . . . anything that plusses up the landscape, opens new areas, and creates new experiences is great to me. Snow White, An Excruciating Musical, on the other hand, did none of those things. It was so bad, Snow White's Scary Adventures should be closed for about a year, just because of the bad vibes the show has left behind. And she should sit out Fantasmic! for a while, to boot. ;o)
Originally Posted By ChiMike I think this is a miserable idea too, but Al mentioned that they were going to remove permenant seating to accomodate this. I am hopeful that that is a sign that they might want to build an attraction back there when they are done with this isipid sales promotion. With the Hyperion at DCA, I really think the area would be put to better use as an area for a large E-ticket. Maybe this promotion is simply filler until they are ready to move forward with something much better. I can't imagine them wanting to support two full scale productions any longer (Fantasyland Theater & Hyperion)
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL ^^^Yeah its easy but wouldn't it be great if they built a new indoor 3D theatre, moved the entrance to ToonTown forward to include said new theatre, and gave us Mickey's Philharmagic in the all new ToonTown Oprea House!!!! Then, while they're at it, they can (finally) gut the HISTA theatre, open the entire structure back up to the way it was originally, and give us back the Tomorrowland Theatre for live shows and night time bands!!! It's a win-win for all of us!
