Originally Posted By Hista98 So do you guys know about the new stage in paradise park. its at the front. Does anyone know what it is going to be used for? i've yet to hear any news about what it will be used for will they be able to use it for viewing space or is it off limits all the time?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I believe it doubles as viewing space at night. I have no idea what they will have there, but it looks like there's a decent ammount of storage directly under it (they just built a wall out into the lagoon from the old shore line, making an empty space below the deck). It kind of looked like it might be able to move up and down a little from the construction pictures, but now that they've finished most of the wood decking, that doesn't seem as likely. Apparently there's also a removable stage that can go on top of the fountain in the center of the park for other special occasions as well. Overall, I think it will support the same kind of entertainment as the old amphitheater, which is nothing. It will be useful at night for viewing WOC, but during the day it will most likely be abandoned. They might put some stuff in there for special events like the Ccalifornia Food and Wine Festival, but I wouldn't expect to find stuff on a regular basis. But then again, I'm a little cynical.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt If the place eventually ends up as busy as they hope, they will need some kind of outdoor live entertainment venue for shows and concerts much like other Disney theme parks have. The old Space Stage and Castle stages at WDW and TDL come to mind.
Originally Posted By TP2000 They need a space for aging B List celebrities, or fetus-aged C List celebrities from Disney Channel, to sit up on directors chairs and hawk their latest career move to an audience of breathless housewives and their kids. I've been ignoring every lame marketing event they've had on a stage in that space for nearly a decade. Only if they get the Go-Go's or The Beach Boys to come back and sing will I maybe stop and watch for a bit. Until then, it's going to be a well-preserved Kathie Lee Gifford up there shilling her new cookbook or some such drivel. Pass.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I would gladly pay money to see The Kids of the Kingdom in their matching sweater sets doing This Land Is Your Land on that stage! Sadly, I think we'll be stuck with Kathie Lee Gifford.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Epcot makes a pretty penny off it's food and wine concert series dining packes.. oh look at the location near the wine country and those trellis that just scream "put special event banners on me!" Yeah, i see dollar signs too.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Bring on the celebrity cookbook tours! And someone in TDA better order new directors chairs.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 You think they might use it for pre-WOC entertainment (like pre-Fantasmic entertainment) to entertain the people standing around for an hour without much else to do?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros But isn't that the same place that the folks who get there hours early will be trying to sit on? The pre-Fantasmic! entertainment works because it's out on a raft in the river, and everybody is facing that way anyway. If they were to put some sort of mini-show on the stage right before WOC, then they couldn't use that space for guest viewing, which sounds like will be limited anyway.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Yeah, it won't work for pre-WOC bands. It's only there for mindless celebrity cookbook tours and 8 year old girls from the suburbs with too many rhinestones on their leotards.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 That's what I figured, though I suppose they could just leave it empty for WOC - that probably wouldn't go over well, though, if it's a large enough stage (I haven't seen pics for a while). I wonder if they'll have raft entertainment pre-WOC the way they do with Fantasmic, then. Probably a good idea, especially at first.
Originally Posted By gadzuux I think the various nozzles will protrude above the surface of the water, leaving precious little space for a raft. As for guests viewing from the stage, yeah it's a front row seat, but it's also the lowest spot available which might adversely impact the view. You may also get wet there. Although I can imagine people against the railing above seeing the flat wide open spaces directly below them and feeling like they're being cheated because they can't stand down there.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Aren't the nozzles well below the water surface in "non-show" mode? How long does it take to raise them - anyone know? Seems they could have raft entertainment with the nozzles lowered, then 5-10 minutes before show time, move 'em out and raise the nozzles.
Originally Posted By TP2000 The Fantasmic raft goes out there because people have often been sitting for a couple hours and they want to keep people entertained. With this Showpass thing, waiting around for hours in the area isn't going to be an option for World of Color. Who they should be worried about entertaining is the thousands of people lined up down the parade route with their Showpass waiting to be let into the amphitheater an hour before showtime. Ha!
