Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>The FoLK is not a traditional theme park show but Golden Mickeys is.<< Based on your criteria, exactly what makes FOLK a non-traditional theme park fare, as opposed to the GMics? Just curious... also, do you think LOLK at DAK is standard fare for a theme park? Because I think it is.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ No I don't. The show doesn't feature characters significantly and introduces new performers. So I don't feel it is traditional theme park fare. Typical Disney park shows currently playing are things like Minnie O Minnie/One Man's Dream II at TDL, Sail Away (and the new show) at TDS, Cinderellabration at MK and B&B at D-MGM.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I guess that's where we difer... Anything that includes a character (especially in rubberhead form) I would cocider theme park fare, reason why I concider FOLK at HKDL to be your typical Disney theme park offering, right up there with the rest of them from Japan and around the World. Just because the production values are a bit more lavish that most filler shows (like MOM or event the puny Cindy version from the MK) does not make it any lesser than a "theme park show". Now things like "Encore!"..then I do concider something atypical for a Disney theme park production because it distances itself from the rest by being bold and not having one single Disney rubberhead crash the show.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Personally I think the biggest issue is the Fantasyland Theater. Having it almost open-air is just ridiculous. I don't think I've seen a decent show there since Pocahontas and even that was typical theme park fare.< I would say that it's not really a problem with the theater itself - it's that the entertainment that they're now trying to put there just doesn't fit. The Fantasyland Theater SHOULD be showing typical theme park fare, not attempting to do art in 40 minutes. Animazement was a great show for me, as was Pocahontas. Just let me see some Disney characters, hear some well performed music, and enjoy a good storyline and I'll be happy. I'll expect a bit more than that from an upscale theater like the Hyperion, though.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ I agree. I do feel sorry for any show producer and director that has to work with that theater though. All the noise of the train and Toontown makes it hard to keep the audience's attention.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Funny... I don't think I have ever been distracted by nearby noises the many times I sat in that theater to enjoy such productions like "One man's Dream", "Mickey's Nutcracker", "Spirit of Pocahontas", "Beauty and the Beast", or even "Dick Tracy". The only time I was bored to tears was sitting thru the horrible Snow White show, wondering how much longer before that turkey would end.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Really!? Wow! The Irony. And here we are getting Cinderellabration yet again in 2007 at TDL. Oh well.. Both have run their course and need to be retired. HAPPY 50th Disneyland!!
Originally Posted By leemac TDL isn't likely to get anything substantially new until later next year/early '08 when the 25th begins. All of the money is being invested in TDS, Cirque and the new TDL Hotel.
Originally Posted By Labuda Just to verify - are y'all talking about the Snow White at the theatre near the train station in DL, or is there a theatre I'm unaware of in FL in the MK? Happy birthday, Disneyland!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Just to verify Labuda, we are talking about DL in CA. You know? the far superior Disney park over the MK?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Besides... when do you see Snow at the MK anymore?? Apart from her 2 mannequins in that sorry excuse of a ride in Fantasyland..
Originally Posted By Labuda Yeah, that's what I thought, but just wanted to verify since we're in the WDW section in a topic that started out discussing D-MGM. And, btw, hellooooooooooooooo - I'm on massive drugs right now, kids, remember? The brain is a wee bit addled....
