Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View.asp?ID=291" target="_blank">LP Lotion: LP Lotion: The High School Musical Pep Rally at th</a>
Originally Posted By TP2000 Okay, first I watched that Family Fun Day Parade thing, and I thought that was pretty sad. But then I saw the video for this thing! Ouch! The comparison between this WDW offering and the vastly superior version of the same show at DCA couldn't be more alarming. The DCA version comes off like a fantasy musical production version of a real high school pep rally done on a healthy budget. The WDW version looks like a cheap little stage show in a small amusement park in Wisconsin. What has gone wrong with WDW entertainment? And have they begun a criminal investigation into the WDW Executive who has obviously been embezzling all of the money from the Theme Park Entertainment budget?
Originally Posted By kennect I only saw the temp. stage for this little piece not the show itself...That was enough to tell me it was going to be like the others items mentioned here...Cheap....
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I won't subject myself to things like this ... that's not what I come to WDW for. That said, I've been told the DL version features 2-3 times as many performers ... and why they decided to stick this ... this .... this thing at the MK in Tomorrowland when it belongs at Disney-MGM Studios is something beyond my limited intelligence.
Originally Posted By tcsnwhite I am NO High School Musical fan, but the one stage at DCA is truly far superior. I large float that is well designed, around 14 to 16 performers, including two live singers. Like a mini-parade. and a confetti blast. Overall, DL ent. knows how to put on a show no matter how small or large.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Well, it certainly doesn't hurt that there are approximately 15 million people living within 90 minutes of the park, so there are plenty of people to hire. In WDW, there is a much more limited supply of actors, so they have to make due. And did I mention that within those 15 million people, there is also this little place called Hollywood that brings performers from around the world who are looking for work? There are serious differences in the way that DL and WDW run because of things like this.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN This show is DA BOMB!! and I mean the one that goes "KABOOM!!!" This is not meant as a compliment at all!
Originally Posted By pengle1955 That show is so sad looking...and here is what they need to do to make it appealing. The kids love this music. They want to dance to it. They want to do choreography to it. Have the performers teach the kids some 'simple' moves to the music and then the kids can act like they are in the play. It doesn't have to look like the DCA version. WDW can be different by realizing their talent-pool limitations and tailoring the show so that the children are the real show.
Originally Posted By ChiMike I haven't seen the movie, but just comparing it to DCA's I would say that they should have flushed it out a little more and perform it in the old Superstar TV theater @ MGM.
Originally Posted By ChiMike Made it kind of a mini musical instead of a "pep rally". If people like the movie the way you guys are saying they do, then it should have been given a more straight-forward, serious treatment in a theater like this. Instead of a poser synergy opportunity that comes across as shody and half-hearted. I know if it was a movie that I liked, I would want to see it replicated well or not at all. This pinprick stuff is more trouble than it's worth.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA To me the entire 'High School Musical' pep rally is nothing more than a commercial for the movie. But why? More 'High School Musical' DVD sales? It seems every tween already has it. 'High School Musical' merchandise? Dunno.
Originally Posted By Doobie <<< Have the performers teach the kids some 'simple' moves to the music and then the kids can act like they are in the play. >>> That's exactly what's done. At the start of the video is the dance done after the choreography is taught. It's done again at the end of the show. Doobie.
Originally Posted By pengle1955 Yeah but, yeah but, yeah but..they don't seem to "get" it because the movements are too fast. We aren't talking professional dancers, we're talking children. So it comes off as a half hearted, unenjoyable-to-watch effort by the kids. I feel sorry for them because they can't learn the movements in the short time they are there.
Originally Posted By Doobie No arguement here. Just wanted to point it out since it is not clear from the video. Doobie.
Originally Posted By tcsnwhite <"Well, it certainly doesn't hurt that there are approximately 15 million people living within 90 minutes of the park, so there are plenty of people to hire. In WDW, there is a much more limited supply of actors, so they have to make due. And did I mention that within those 15 million people, there is also this little place called Hollywood that brings performers from around the world who are looking for work? There are serious differences in the way that DL and WDW run because of things like this."> I don't quite agree with that reasoning. The talent pool has nothing to do with it. There are talented performers in Florida that could have taken up the job. Just because DL is close to LA doesn't make them better. People don't seem to understand that the majority of all of the character and parade performers come from the areas around Anaheim. There a few folks from the LA/Hollwood 'industry', but most people use Disney has a starting off point for their careers. That 'talent' you speak of that comes from LA/Hollywood is more focused on getting Film and tv work, not working in theme parks. Aside from that, like I said, there has got to be performers around the Florida area. Not only that, WDW does a lot of their hiring from the college program. Lots of college aged performers out there are very talented and could also do the job. They could have casted a few more from there. The only thing that comes to my mind with this WDW production is money. They didn't invest the proper amount of money in it- for stage, costumes, and performers. DLR did and you can truly see the difference.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I'm attaching below a link to a decent amateur video from YouTube of the last four minutes of the DCA version of the High School Musical Pep Rally. It might be of interest to some folks to use as a point of reference to the discussion here about the WDW version of this same show. And yes, there are about triple the number of performers at DCA. I counted 16 in the video instead of the 5 they have at WDW. Just the stage (a rolling float that stops in the park a few places), plus the props, the costumes, the choreography, and the overall vibe and scale is much, MUCH different than the WDW version. It's a fascinating comparison to make, and it might help some to understand my original reaction when I saw the LP videos of the WDW version of this show. I had just seen the bigger and splashier DCA version last weekend. The video isn't as polished or well shot as the LP video here from WDW, but you'll get the idea. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIEC4AmjQgI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =mIEC4AmjQgI</a>
Originally Posted By kennect TP, That video quickly shows how lame the WDW attempt is...I thought the idea was the parks here in the states were gettting in synch with each other...Apparently not according to this...Dreadful....I hate to say this but to me WDW comes up with a big zero with these new entertainment offerings...None of them seem to be worth anything....Tell me I am wrong....
