Originally Posted By Darkbeer Millionaire attraction to close at Disney-MGM - Orlando Sentinel, 6/28/06 <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-millionaire2806jun28" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com /business/custom/tourism/orl-millionaire2806jun28</a>,0,7679601.story?coll=orl-business-headlines-tourism >>Walt Disney World is closing the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire -- Play It! game at Disney-MGM Studios in August and reportedly will replace it with a new indoor ride. The interactive game, modeled after the once immensely popular TV show, will play for the last time on Aug. 19. Officially, Disney confirmed Tuesday only that Millionaire is closing Aug. 19, based on the company's regular course of re-evaluation. "Preparation will begin for a new guest experience in that sound stage later this year," said Walt Disney World spokesman Jacob DiPietre. He could not comment further about the new attraction. Some Disney-MGM employees were advised of a new ride this year. One, Bob Frazier, a veteran Disney employee who is a trainer, coordinator and attraction host at Disney-MGM, said the planned new ride was described to him as a top attraction, and as a cross between Universal Studios' Men in Black and Disneyland's Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. Both of those rides take people in cars through a maze of indoor scenes with robotic characters and other special effects. On Men in Black, riders shoot ray guns at aliens and tally scores. On Roger Rabbit, riders have some control over driving their cars.<<
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Wonder when we will see opening of the new attraction ? Would love to see before next summer....
Originally Posted By Labuda This sucks. Oh, well, at least now I only have one must-do each trip to D-MGM - ToT.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 See the narnia set up-- it is short / small and obviosuly hastily put together but it is somewhat charming
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA WWTBAM-PI closing? W,ITIWAC! [wow, I thought it was already closed!]
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ Jim you would be amazed at the traffic that show still gets. It isn't the powerhouse it once was but it is still insanely popular considering the TV show fell by the wayside so long ago.
Originally Posted By ChiMike I agree it is still popular and actually draws a good amount of tourists rather than the same AP crowd at DCA's version. While the theme and tv show tie-in have gone beyond being lame, the actually activity of playing competitive trivia for prizes is, I think, as popular as ever. I think Disney is making the right choice at the right time on this. If anything (due to the millionaire/Regis tie-in) it is overdue, but I would love to see the trivia concept come back in a more clever presentation as a new WDW attraction. Lee might be able to correct me on this, but I didn't think Midway Mania was opening until 2008.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ Summer '08 at present. It might still not be a direct clone as the space is very different to the show building planned for DCA. Mike you are right on the show front I think. It always amazes me when people say they spent 1-2 full days at D-MGM but then I forget that I don't do things like Little Mermaid, Millionaire, B&B, Indy, Playhouse Disney etc. regularly. It really is genius planning that D-MGM has so many shows to absorb people's time. I guess the same with DAK when it first opened. Funny that MK has nothing to offer anymore on that front.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^ has that great playground though..... but MK sure could use something that eats 30 - 45 minutes at a crack...I am trying to remember the last ( before Cinderellabration) - maybe the Darkwing Duck show stuff in Toontown - but don't think that was more than 15 minutes or so either, can't recall
Originally Posted By leemac They had some freaky galactic review show in TL for a while with a weird blow-up Elvis alien at the end. Never got the show at all.
Originally Posted By leemac I honestly can't remember the last decent parade or show at MK. I did love Mickey Mania at the time but it wasn't the greatest. <----- sits and waits for '74 or TDLFAN to come and remind me of all the great parades and shows at MK in the '70s and '80s.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>ut MK sure could use something that eats 30 - 45 minutes at a crack<< Well, how about a 20 minute flume ride where 20K was. If anything, the attractions with a decent ride time are all removal targets or have been removed. Timekeeper CoP HoP and if you listen to the crazy rumors CBJ Not to twist your post. Not at all. I understand you meant shows, I just don't see it happening at MK. Not with MGM and AK needing to keep their attraction roster up. The trend for MK has been to lower cycle/circuit times for shows and attractions to deal with guests' alleged attention deficit disorder.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>I honestly can't remember the last decent parade or show at MK. I did love Mickey Mania at the time but it wasn't the greatest.<< I think I remember something good back in the early 80's at Fantasy Faire that had a clock on the wall. My memory tells me it wasn't as surypy as today's fare. It could be that I'm 25 years older.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<See the narnia set up-- it is short / small and obviosuly hastily put together but it is somewhat charming>> Narnia was SUCH a disappointment! I thought we'd get to tour movie sets or something, but all you get is a montage from the movie, an encounter with the White Witch (which was kind of cool) and a few props/costumes from the film. They put so little effort into it! Why did they even bother?
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>They put so little effort into it! Why did they even bother?<< That should be the motto for the next annual celebration. Very succient statement Nikki!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Wait...the Hall of Presidents closed? (I assume that is what "HoP" stands for.) When did that happen. I don't pay too much attention to a lot of things in the WDW section, but it seems like I would have heard about that. Or is it just the new, revised version isn't as good as the older one?
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ Nope it is a rumor. A strong one at that. Seeing HoP has made me hungry for pancakes now....
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Narnia was SUCH a disappointment! I thought we'd get to tour movie sets or something, but all you get is a montage from the movie, an encounter with the White Witch (which was kind of cool) and a few props/costumes from the film. They put so little effort into it! Why did they even bother?< see I guesss it was expectation levels. Some posters here on LP reviewed it so I was prepared for a weekend project type attraction ( like most that go in on that street) - so I wasn;t disappointed- I got what I expected. Would I love a full blown Narnia attraction - you bet ! But the encounter with the White Witch - although far too brief -- and the cold air set on a few days when it was 95 - 97 was OK for me. Also the props from the movie.....the sleigh was cool.
Originally Posted By danyoung >...so I wasn;t disappointed- I got what I expected.< I knew nothing about it when I went to see it a couple months ago, and I was incredibly disappointed. Nikki hit it on the head - sorta cool moment with the reveal of the witch, surrounded by film clips and a few lame props. Very poorly done, more suited to a theater lobby presentation than an element of a Disney park.
Originally Posted By stitchcrazy I'm bummed about WWTBAM-PI but only because my mom was looking forward to it for our September trip, she's never been. The Star Wars edition during Star Wars Weekends was awesome too, did that last year and it was the highlight of me and my husband's day. As for Narnia - I liked it better than the Haunted Mansion exibit that was in there when that movie came out. At least Narnia has the White Witch. Overall I'd consider both time fillers and not something I'd urge anyone to go out of their way to see.
