Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1405" target="_blank">The Latest: Latest: Monsters Inc. Laughing Floor Comedy Club A</a>
Originally Posted By Nobody Sorry, I just had to post on this topic to see which section it would end up in. (It wasn't obvious from the blurb where this attraction would be opening.)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I think this should be in the WDW section since that's where the attraction is being built.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It is being developed for the Timekeeper (360 film area) in the Magic Kingdom. I have to say that I was really hoping that they would find a way to make the interactive characters work on the 360 screens, but I guess this will at least provide a place to sit down.
Originally Posted By leemac <<I guess this will at least provide a place to sit down.>> That was the key to the space being used in the first place and it is going to look pretty cool with the cocktail tables and all. Shame there won't be any waitress service....
Originally Posted By Nobody I guess my clever plan to figure out where this attraction was going took a bit longer than I expected. I think "The Latest" might be a bit more useful if the writers added a few more sentences (or included more links to information that is presumed too obvious to include in the blurb.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "It is being developed for the Timekeeper (360 film area) in the Magic Kingdom." WHAT?? The last time I checked that facility was in Tomorrowland. So much for Lassiter's genius. What is going on with the creative minds at Disney? The attraction sounds cool, but why oh why is it in Tomorrowland?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Because Hans, they are making the MK into Disney's Generic Magic Dreams Character Factory. The lands no longer have any meaning or story ... it's more like being on a backlot with scenery than immersing you in different time/place. This attraction may be great. Although I am not a fan of the whole Living Character Program ... but where does it belong? Fantasyland? Maybe? Toontown? Possibly. The Disney-MGM Studios? Best pick. But T-Land? I can't wait to hear the backstory WDI is manufacturing for this one.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Seating in clusters? I wonder how this will stretch out the loading/unloading time for the attraction...
Originally Posted By Skellington88 Its so stupid to put this attraction in tomorrowland. It belongs in MGM studios!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "I wonder how this will stretch out the loading/unloading time for the attraction..." I wonder how long this will last before they just switch it to rows of seats, not only for load time, but also maintenence reasons...My guess is less than two months.
Originally Posted By Kane22 I always thought that The Monsters Inc. will best fit in the studios only because its the number 1 park to meet Mike & Sulley. And I knew it will happen but its not at MGM & samething about Toy Story. When I saw that MGM had a pizza planet I thought it will later soon have a attraction but look where it ending up but none of the less that there will be another Toy Story attraction at MGM & all of you know & it is Midway Madness. So what about Monsters Inc? Hey if they did it to Toy Story then why not Monster Inc. I mean I know there shouldn't be any comedy club at TL but how long will it be until people will see that it should be placed at a show-biz theme park like MGM. So what I think is that Disney made a mistake & will soon learn from that mistake.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I must be the only person totally bored with this concept. First up, what does it have to do with the Tomorrowland theme? and 2nd.. is this the best they can do for the MK at this point in time... another Country Bear Jamboree style theater show?? B-o-r-i-n-g!!
Originally Posted By leemac <<another Country Bear Jamboree style theater show??>> How is this even remotely comparable to the Country Bears???
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Unless you and I read a different report, seems to me this is going to be another theater-like show, where you sit, watch the characters do their thing, either live, AAs or via video (the preffered cheaper way of doing things now a days), and then you get out. Seems to me it's another Country Bear show. Unless of course, you'd prefer to explain further about what this show will be about.
Originally Posted By Kane22 Well its not a musical TDLFAN thats for sure & the name Laugh Floor Comedy Club gives you a hint & its of course a comedy show & its not with AA's its basically like Turtle Talk with Crush. So to me it has nothing alike to the Country Bears!
Originally Posted By leemac <<Unless you and I read a different report>> I don't need to have read anything as I've seen the mock-up. The show uses a new souped-up version of the software from Stitch Encounter and will feature Roz, Mike and two brand new characters (conceptualized by WDI and created by Pixar) and they will interact with the crowd. Three screens are being installed at the front of the theater with one being dedicated to Roz and Mike each. The technology enables WDI to create images of the characters as the guests know them rather than interpretations which is what AAs are. The animation is all CGI and very realistic. It isn't just about cost. It is about providing an attraction that provides participation for guests and a different experience. There are so many permutations for this attraction. Kane22 it was obvious to me in the name too.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I'm still waiting to hear how this fits into a Tomorrowland setting. As to the technology behind it, it sounds like the same bill of goods we were sold with the simulator technology, which has Body Wars closed, Star Tours showing a 1987 film and -- at Universal -- Back to the Future about to close. I enjoyed Turtle Talk greatly the first time I saw it. But by the fifth or sixth time it seemed pretty much the same despite the interctive aspect. I wish WDI would get it thru their heads that there's a reason why people love attractions like Pirates and Mansion and Peter Pan ... they take you into and immerse you in a different time and place. The idea that 'today's kids grew up with GameBoys and XBox and ipods and need to be part of the attraction' is NOT the way to create timeless experiences for park guests.
