Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 What a waste of funds by WDI ... When are we going to see some accountability by the decision-makers? This was a poorly conceived, poorly placed idea made to push the agenda of the Living Character Program because we all know from scientific (sarcasm dripping at the keyboard) polls that people go to Disney parks because they want to meet and interact with characters. Take Monsters ... add in Stitch ... and you have two horrible attractions that cost untold millions and will likely sit for years. WDI needs a good house-cleaning ... it is ridiculous how it is allowed to fail creatively so often while wasting the company's money.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Also, the Jungle Cruise can go on even without audience participation. It may not be as fun, but the trip still happens and the hippos still wiggle their ears. It sounds like Laugh Floor can come to a grinding halt without audience participation...that's not good. So, yeah, it's got repeatability, but if somebody goes in and it's on a really awful show, why would they go back?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Maybe Laugh Floor just needs a nasty smell to perk it up. It sure did wonders for Journey Into Your Imagination and Stitch!! ;-)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Trippy, are you offering your personal services? ;-)>> You know what happens when you feed an older guy beans... ;-)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <The problem with these sorts of attractions is that it assumes an audience that is receptive to active participation. Unfortunately, most audiences are just happy to be passive participants while the entertainment goes on around them.> Amen to that. I would agree with the whole interactive trend -- be it rides where you shoot things and keep score [Buzz Lightyear], to movies that spit and throw things at you [Tough to Be a Bug],to parades where one has to practically fill one's pants to keep up with the over-the-top energy level [Block Party Bash]. Here and there, it's okay to participate, but I also enjoy the passivity of 'it's a small world' and 'Haunted Mansion.'
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 It's not just the interactivity, it's the overstimulation. Disney parks are becoming overbearing in this way. People go on vacation to get away and relax. It's hard to relax when things are being thrown at you or you're expected to participate in all the attactions and parades you see. There comes a point where you just want to rest and have something calming happen. I think that's why It's a Small world and the other dark rides are so popular...you can just watch the scenery. If everything becomes so interactive you're going to have a lot of agitated and exciteable guests because they have to ramp up the engery just to go on rides. Disney needs a balance.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Not every member of every family likes the same thing. I liked Timekeeper, my kids like Space Mt. We go our separate ways and meet up later.
Originally Posted By Shadow wolf Oi, I have been hearing a few things that if the attraction does not get any better...it won't be opening at all. Quite frankly they just took the "Living Character" concept in the wrong direction. I have been on Turtle Talk and I can figure out why it was so good. You were in a small group in a Q&A session with him. Being in a small group made the attraction intimate and more magical, it was really like Crush is behind the glass. That and the interactivity was great since he picked us out in the audience and answered back. With MI, your in a large room where it's more like your watching something. There just is no real connection from the characters to the audience except laughter. So if not many people are laughing, the show will hit a brick wall...HARD.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 I am a strong advocate of simply not opening the ride and just starting over from scratch. Disney has been steadily improving and doing the right things lately and if this monsters inc. opens will hurt there new philosphy of "quality is a great business plan". I mean its bad enough that Meet The Robinsons couldnt be cancelled since it was too far in development. Lasseter & Catmull did what they could to salvage it but have already made it clear that if it tanks it won't be the new management team's fault. They don't need this bad monsters inc. attraction on top of that.
Originally Posted By FoxHound Kind of off topic in a way, but: Hong Kong Disneyland has the interactive Stitch Encounter, which I believe is also going to the Paris Studios. It seems like Walt Disney World could transform Stitch's Great Escape into Stitch Encounter and have the Stitch animatronic operate with the same "living character" functions.
Originally Posted By juicer It sounds like Disney will have to spend a lot of money to make this low cost show any good (kind of like DCA)
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Why is this in Tomorrowland anyway? Sounds like Tomorrowland is taking the same path of Future World lately.
Originally Posted By u k fan The mention of The Jungle Cruise reminds me of one of my favorite one-liners from that attraction on a voyage with a less than responsive audience. "And now Walt disney World Proudly Presents - Awkward Silence!" Sounds like that could apply to this new attraction as well!!!
Originally Posted By Lewis Goofy What a great attraction Monsters Inc Laugh Floor is going to be. I have seen it and just loved it. It is Disneys Comedy Club meets Turtle Talk. Very funny and entertaining.
Originally Posted By Labuda Hey, Lewis, why not tell us what you like about it? Keep in mind you're on a board full of skeptics, man. We need more info than your above in order to keep these guys at bay.
Originally Posted By Lewis Goofy <<Hey, Lewis, why not tell us what you like about it?<< Labuda since you asked I am going to be totally honest...this show is a mess. The characters are not known...the flow of the show is all off and the jokes stink. About 90 per cent of the guest reaction to this show so far is unfavorable. What where they thinking??? The only way I see to fix it is to close the show and start over...but that will never happen. I think this is my first negative post...you guys are breaking me down.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <<<Hey, Lewis, why not tell us what you like about it?<< Labuda since you asked I am going to be totally honest...this show is a mess. The characters are not known...the flow of the show is all off and the jokes stink. About 90 per cent of the guest reaction to this show so far is unfavorable. What where they thinking??? The only way I see to fix it is to close the show and start over...but that will never happen. I think this is my first negative post...you guys are breaking me down.< See Lewis, I do not view this as a 'negative' post, just an honest one. We all love WDW and Disney, but they can miss on some things just like anyone else. If it is that bad I hope they do exactly as you stat, get out the scratch pad and start over...don't open anything that is a mess.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Wow. Have I gone to sleep and awakened in a bizarro Laughing Place? When everyone from Doobie to Leemac to old tro...I mean Lewis Goofball agree with countless others about Monsters ... it makes me wonder just how bad this thing is. What's worse is there doesn't appear to be any accountability ... the MK doesn't get new attractions very often and to have two failures sitting across from each other ... man, that's bad ... very bad. It also makes me wonder about a rumor that's making its way around WDW this week. ... more to come ...
