Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-76968.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: More Details Emerge for Town Square Theater Meet Mickey</b></a> <p><font size="2">The Official Disney Parks Blog has new info on what's in store at the new Mickey Mouse Meet and Greet opening soon at the Town Square Theater. </font><font size="2">Since this attraction will open from the start with an interactive queue (as opposed to retrofitted as they were at Mansion, Pooh, Soarin, etc.) it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.</font></p> <p><font size="2">See excerpts from the blog post below...</font></p> <p><font size="2" color="#333333"> </font></p> <p><font size="2" color="#333333"><i>In keeping with the small-town theme of Main Street, U.S.A., Town Square Theater will take on the tradition of turn-of-the-Twentieth-century theaters that served as the center of excitement in small towns, offering thrills through vaudeville and other forms of entertainment. At Town Square Theater, families will be able to go backstage to meet Magician Mickey Mouse, who is excited to meet and greet guests in his rehearsal room.</i></font></p> <p><font size="2" color="#333333"><i> </i></font></p> <p><font size="2" color="#333333"><i>And of course, WDI has designed the entire experience to be magical. Guests will first enter the theater building through a lobby that will serve as a hub for character meet-and-greet queues, the Box Office Gifts merchandise shop and Tony’s Town Square Restaurant</i></font></p> <p><font size="2" color="#333333"><i> </i></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="2"><i></i></font></p> <p><font size="2"><i>According to WDI Concept Designer Jason Grandt, the lobby will be decorated in gold and cream colors that were chosen to recreate the feel of a historic theater.</i></font></p> <p><font size="2"><i>“Upon entering the lobby, guests will be faced with a beautiful tile mosaic featuring the Town Square Theater logo,” Jason said. “The color scheme reflects that of historical theaters with a little inspiration from our master magician, Mickey Mouse.”</i></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="2"><i>Just beyond the lobby, guests will pass through an ornate arch and enter a queue to meet either Magician Mickey Mouse or the Disney princesses. Special interactive posters featuring Mickey’s various magic acts will be in place to enhance the guests’ journey through the queue line, which will take them deep into the backstage corridors of the theater.</i></font></p> <p><font size="2"><i>“You will recognize the poster style as that of turn-of-the-century magicians such as Houdini,” Jon Georges, WDI director/senior show producer said. “But these posters carry Mickey’s magical touch that can bring them to life and interact with you as you wait.”</i></font></p> <p><font size="2">Click the link below for pictures and additional details.</font></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
Originally Posted By Tony C Might give people a reason to spend a little more time at Main Street instead of just shopping at the end of the day.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ Hopefully! Though, I wonder about that Mickey The Magician theme...
Originally Posted By Tony C It's not completely out of character for him, Fantasia and then Magician Mickey(? as to the name)
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Yeah, but it's a little out of character for MSUSA, no? Then again, they DID have a Magic Shope there at one point... Waiting and seeing...
Originally Posted By vbdad55 hey maybe a future tie in, the next parade or whatever named 'magical' can be sponsored by Rolaids
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<Every time I read the word magical, I throw up a little .>> I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking that. Disney has used that word so much in EVERY marketing document that it's lost all meaning for me.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^Yea, not every attraction has to be MAGICAL. Like how bout using adventurous every once in a while? That's a nice buzz word.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<But the attraction has a character who is playing a magician.>> I know. It's a comment for the overall company. Every single thing is "magical" with them. They use the word so much Iger said the tragedy in Japan was "magic" before quickly correcting to "tragic".
Originally Posted By FerretAfros This whole thing just seems overly complicated. Don't get me wrong, it's great that they have a fairly detailed back story (even if it is very convoluted to try and make sense of the whole thing), but I just feel like it might be the type of thing that they should keep to themselves. While it is great to have a lot of the social media type stuff coming from Disney itself, it just seems like a whole lot of it is junk, like this. I'm sure the experience itself will be nice enough, but the way they describe it just makes me cringe. And what's with all these nifty features in the queue? I thought that they were going to use a reservation system, so that the queue would be all but non-existant. Maybe they're realizing how much sense the whole queue-less thing really makes...
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<And what's with all these nifty features in the queue? I thought that they were going to use a reservation system, so that the queue would be all but non-existant. Maybe they're realizing how much sense the whole queue-less thing really makes...>> The "reservation system" is just a fancy word for fastpass. There will still be a queue, and thanks to fastpass the queue will go painfully slow.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>It's a comment for the overall company. Every single thing is "magical" with them. They use the word so much Iger said the tragedy in Japan was "magic" before quickly correcting to "tragic".<< That was terrible.
