Originally Posted By marc66 Has anyone experienced the "alternate exit" backstage following wishes/summer nighttastic? It starts roughly where the Ice Cream Parlor is and runs the length of Main Street and ends @ Tony's Town Square. We used this only because we stumbled upon it one night 2 weeks ago. I could not believe they would allow guests backstage. My wife had to lead me out because I could not look up for fear of ruining the "magic". (Not to mention the smell of garbage after an extremely hot day!) Just wondered what the reasoning was for this. Other than getting people out of the park as soon as possible.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer No, but I was back there when I preformed in the XMas parade a few years back.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer Yep, I attempted to take it the other night following Nightastic, but I turned around deciding to do CoP instead. I really felt like I wasn't supposed to be back there
Originally Posted By marc66 EXACTLY!!!!! I was flabergasted that they allow guests back there. I refused to look up and see it. My wife understands why I wouldn't look up. My brother and sister in law asked why I wouldn't look. They just don't get it.
Originally Posted By magic0214 I've been that exit on December 29th 2007, I thought it was weird they would let people behind the scenes as well
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Well, they do it for capacity and guest reasons. MSUSA gets too crowded. But yeah, bad show. Shame they can't be like Paris and use the arcades to traverse down MSUSA.
Originally Posted By Manfried This is one of those things I never understood. It would take very little money to build a false front for a fake street back there. We need someone like Kim Irvine down there to set things right. Eric does not have the chutzpah to do it.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer >>>Or, they could all walk through the Emporium like I do. <<< you might have found that a tad difficult this week
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>I think it's the smell that gets me<< Same here. The stench behind Main St. east is the foulest odor at MK, even worse than the trash collection spot behind the Frontierland berm. Not a place you want to be down wind of.
Originally Posted By CaptainMichael <<<Same here. The stench behind Main St. east is the foulest odor at MK, even worse than the trash collection spot behind the Frontierland berm. Not a place you want to be down wind of.>>> The Utilidors are pretty bad. Of course, I may have just gotten used to the stench behind Main Street having spent countless nights out there on break.
Originally Posted By blueskyphase SAFETY, courtesy, show, efficiency. As much as I hated it when I was a CM and now as a visitor, it really is the only thing they can do, unless the build those paris-style arcades. Wish in one hand ...
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Or, they could all walk through the Emporium like I do << You mean the strip mall?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I did the backstage walk last July 3rd (during my Fanboi Fireworks Run!) ... I also wanted to throw a rock thru Phil Holmes' Yukon ... and while it wasn't magical, it didn't smell and had been greatly cleaned up in the years since I last had been back there. Still, it isn't magical. And it plainly showcases the genius of DLP's arcades.
