Originally Posted By mousermerf I get the feeling someone is on a "right the wrongs" kick in management and that person caught on to just how much we all DON'T want to see the Toy Story musical. Aladdin is just collateral in the transaction.
Originally Posted By TP2000 How embarassing for Disney Parks Blog, and precious Heather Hust-Rivera, that they would try and present this change as due to feedback on a company blog. How utterly embarassing. Although, it's also a tad scary that Disney would think anyone besides a Midwest housewive on Xanax would actually believe such a line. That said, it's probably a wise move on their part. But there's definitely a story there, and it's not the ridiculous version that Disney Parks Blog is flogging.
Originally Posted By yamabuki I don't think she was only referring to the feedback from the blog - perhaps she meant overall feedback from the online community. I know people in most fan sites were upset about the change, and I know many people who sent letters and emails to voice their complaints. It's possible they realized the show is still very popular so it doesn't make sense to remove it yet.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Indefinitely?! Sounds like they were having second thoughts ... Like perhaps it was not a good show ... or there's too much "Toy Story" around DCA already.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I would much rather see Aladdin than Toy Story, even though I've seen Aladdin about 3 times already. Also my next trip is in September, so I'm very happy it's not closing in August!
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Amen to posts 22=25. I'd like to see it one more time. I've only seen it 2 or 3 times (spread about as far apart as is possible)and one more wouldn't hurt.
Originally Posted By dshyates Concerning the musical review concept, I have an idea, what if they commissioned Julie Taymor and her team from "Across The Universe" to craft a musical with a storyline that incorperates music from many different Disney movies. I really liked "Across The Universe", and I think that a talented team could make a great show given Disney's musical catalog. And about this decision to keep Aladdin, I think it was several things 1. The downtime of the announced switchover was wrong given the crowds coming for WOC, 2. The overall response to the announced Toy Story musical was pretty negative, and 3. Aladdin is still pulling in an audience. All in all it was a perfect storm of reasons NOT to do it.
Originally Posted By dshyates "How embarassing for Disney Parks Blog, and precious Heather Hust-Rivera, that they would try and present this change as due to feedback on a company blog. How utterly embarassing." I don't know about that, while there are only 47 comments, the overall concensus is that its a bad move. And given how pixie dust infused most of the comments are over on the Disney Blog, in general, the tone of these comments is shocking. <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2009/12/announcement-%e2%80%9ctoy-story-%e2%80%93the-musical%e2%80%9d-coming-to-disney%e2%80%99s-california-adventure-park-early-2011/" target="_blank">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...ly-2011/</a>
Originally Posted By jmuboy Maybe the renovation of Hyperion's facade will happen when Aladdin is finally replaced?!?!?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt This is great news. Love Aladdin and I think that the Toy Story idea as a stage show is just plain awful.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt >> We received a lot of comments on the Blog asking for Aladdin to continue its run. << "I wonder how true this is." What this probably means is there were a lot of complaints about the Toy Story musical. I recall seeing a number of negative posts there when the show was first announced. They are simply putting a positive spin on this and I'm guessing that Aladdin will stick around only until a suitable replacement show has been worked out.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I get the feeling someone is on a "right the wrongs" kick in management and that person caught on to just how much we all DON'T want to see the Toy Story musical. Aladdin is just collateral in the transaction." I'm pickin' up what you're layin' down Merf. I totally agree.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I wonder what the word is. Can the concept altogether? Or attempt to retool it? I hope they bury it. They probably have so many other ideas for a stage show .. Hopefully they'll pick something a different idea. And if it's something other than a Pixar property ... than it will be even better! Because the way the park is going - It might as well be renamed Pixarland.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Villains Tonight got good reviews from what I had heard, so it's possible the comparison in guest feedback between Toy Story Musical and Villains helped justify the decision. At this point sets wouldn't be built, and costumes would be leftovers from the Cruiseline. The loss on cost would just be the rehearsal time they had dedicated to the show so far.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz I don't think people were complaining about the fact that the show would change and Aladdin would go away (though there are always those who don't want anything to change). They were complaining about the new show being Toy Story.
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle This is GREAT news. The Aladdin show is excellent and for the non-jaded, only-visits-once-a-year-or-less visitor, it is a gem. I am very happy to hear this!
Originally Posted By tashajilek Its an excellent show. Only seen it once and i wouldnt mind seeing it again. But i think seeing it a few times would be enough. Change is good so lets see how long then really keep Aladdin.
Originally Posted By SuperDry I like Aladdin in DCA as it is, and was disappointed to hear it was leaving. The change of heart is good news in my book. More broadly, even though both Aladdin and Toy Story are "toon-based" shows, I for one am glad that at least some brakes are being put on the Pixarization of everything in the parks. Broadly, there's a lot more that Disney can do well than toons, and narrowly, there are a lot more toons than just Pixar ones. Having said all of that, I really do wonder what the actual reason for the change was. It's certainly a smart way to save money, if that's what they were trying to do. It brings into question what the original motivation for the change was in the first place. Was attendance at Aladdin really falling? If so, I think a lot of that could be attributed to DCA's attendance issues in general. It would not surprise me that even if someone figured out that not every Aladdin showing is filling up, that the show is popular enough that the problem might fix itself once overall attendance rises as the 2010-2012 overhaul gets put into place.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> I really do wonder what the actual reason for the change was. << Probably trying to capitalize on TSIII coming out this summer. They're probably counting on this movie being a biiig hit.
Originally Posted By Hista98 I disagree. The show is still very popular with guests, No its not when i last saw it in 2007 they only filled it up half of the lower level, and this was in the middle of july. Whenever I walk by the theatre right before they open the doors i only see maybe like 150-200 people waitng. Popular with guests...NO. The problem is DL is a very local based theme park so most people have had more then their fare share of the show by this point. In a very local based park you can't keep shows around for almost as long as DCA has been. Especially in such a huge venue that will get harder to fill as time goes on. if they want to keep it they should move it to a smaller venue.
