Originally Posted By ImgineerBob so in case you haven't heard Sounds Dangerous is closing in May. I was just wondering if anyone knew the exact date of the closing...?? or will it be more of a final day without actually being open thing.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Wait, are you telling me that the Sounds Dangerous show is still operating? That old thing from the Bill Clinton era with Drew Carey? No, seriously, they still run that show for paying customers? Seriously? And who says WDW isn't dated and tired?!? Why, it's as fresh as a daisy and as relevant as doing the Macarena and going to the movie theater to see Titanic!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Well there was a whole comedy routine based around the Macarena in last year's UK Big Brother and "Titanic" is out again in cinemas this April for 3D and to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary since the sinking. But yeah, besides that, that show with Drew Carey really, REALLY sucks and I cannot believe it is STILL playing. But then, this is MGM and it IS WDW's worst park, so go figure!
Originally Posted By SeventyOne I believe it's had its final performance--when the used the venue for Comedy Warehouse shows Christmas week, all the headphones had been ripped out.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I was there last week (in decently large crowds), and it was still listed on the maps, but all the Times Guides showed that it was closed the entire time. While it may not have had its official closure yet, it seems like they have no intention to open it any time soon.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I'm not going to blame the management of the park formerly known as MGM for their relic attractions and shows. WDW management on the whole has always championed the MK park over it's counterparts. It is not so important to me that rides/ attractions are closing and WDW park features are being town down. My bigger concern is what are the plans to replace these rides/ attractions and features? Anyone hear yet what will be replacing Sounds Dangerous? Will it be another Sorcerer's hat, A temp DVC sales stand, more shops, or perhaps just more empty unsued abandonded buildings. Half of that park is already empty ( or half full depending on how you look at it ).
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Anyone hear yet what will be replacing Sounds Dangerous?<< This is one of the rare circumstances where an empty building would actually be better than the so-called attraction. People bag on 'Superstar Limo' but holy cow, Sounds Dangerous was beyond dreadful.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I had never experienced Sounds Dangerous. I'm one of those rare people that actually got to experience MGM back when it really was a live studio/ park. So I experienced the stage tour back when it was 3 hours long and Sounds Dangerous was park of the sound stage tour narrated by Chevy Chase. That and the part of the actual stage production when they look guests from the audience to play a little segment of a Gilligan's Island episode was in my opinion the best parts of the show. You could hear yourself on the audio of the production. I miss those days when MGM actually made sense and was more than a half day park.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom You know what would be a great thing to do at DHS, have an area where people can get dressed up as Star Wars characters, Star Trek characters, or B film monsters for pictures. As hokie as it sounds at least it has more to do with the movies than empty buildings. Why can't everyday at DHS be like a sci-fi convention?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost It saddens me to see so many people that completely misunderstand what "Sounds Dangerous" was all about. I think it shows a real shortage of imagination in our present society. Briefly, SD was there to show you how sound effects can paint a picture without actually having one in front of your face. I too, was one that saw the original sound show. I was even one of the people pulled from the audience to play a part in it. Don't think it was about Gilligan Island though...that was next door in the big theater. Both were fun, but no one liked either of them. Just not enough excitement I guess. Well, all of you that need to be hand held to be entertained have won yet another one. Or did you? Anyway, SD has been closed, unofficially, for a long time now and it is sad. At least it was an attraction instead of an empty building. It was never an embarrassment to Disney but it should have been to those that would not let themselves go beyond visual stimuli.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^No, I understood what it was supposed to do. Alien Encounter did a better job of the same thing 5 years earlier. Same idea, better more interesting execution. Sounds Dangerous was nothing more than a cheap attraction filler that was boring and poorly written.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I always thought that was the prevailing theme of MGM, was it suppose to be a live studio or was it suppose to be a theme park. I don't think Disney ever quite knew what it was and I think the casual guest expected a theme park and not a live studio. I got the original concept for MGM, most people couldn't tolerate 3 hour long stage/ back stage tours for obvious reasons. It just wasn't most visitors thing. Understandably DHS has morphed into strictly a theme park that seem to hold most everything else rejected from the MK, EPCOT or DAK. It is a shame really. So much could be done with DHS. The more important concern is that there really doesn't seem to be any great visionary rides/ attractions or feature planned for DHS. It really is a gem just waiting for some WDW management team to take notice. Should I even bring up the point that of all WDW's parks this one is the true disaster to try to get out of from the parking lot when Fantasmic lets out?
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "Well, all of you that need to be hand held to be entertained have won yet another one. Or did you?" Calm down.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Why is it that whenever I express a different opinion I'm told to calm down. I am calm, I see things differently apparently, and it not only saddens me how quickly folks are able to dismiss something that they don't understand, but also call for its ultimate destruction. Why?...cause they don't happen to like it...no one should. It's not the fault of the general public, it is the fault of Disney for not figuring a way to promote and educate. I will grant everyone that when Disney/MGM first opened it was completely different than what we see today. To enjoy it, early on, you had to have a real curiosity and interest in how movies were made. It was old hat to West coasters because they had all those studio's and studio tours in the Hollywood area. The east coast didn't have that exposure. I loved the back lot tour no matter how long it took. I loved the monster sound show, and the green screened Superstar Television show. All of those were very much in need of people to man it. If the public didn't flood the place, it was not going to have a happy ending, and it didn't. Why...it was all too boring. No action, no risk of harm or injury. We don't deserve anything better because we didn't support anything better. Slowly, every building in DHS is getting emptier and emptier. It will be replaced by meet and greets and star wars fans. I suspect that the only reasons that anyone goes to DHS anymore is because of ToT, RnRc, and Toy Story. So far I have heard how Indiana Jones is lame, The Muppets are lame, the Great Movie ride is lame, the new backlot tour is lame (which it is) but it is the only way to get to Catastrophe Canyon. There is not a whole lot left is there. Well, there's always the big ugly hat blocking the views worth seeing so that Pins can be sold. So, in conclusion, I am calm. I am calmly watching everything go the way of thrill and away from the edutainment that made Disney what it was. With me it has gotten to the choice of what parks to skip...should it be AK or DHS.
Originally Posted By leobloom "Well, all of you that need to be hand held to be entertained have won yet another one. Or did you?" Sounds a bit hyperbolic.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> With me it has gotten to the choice of what parks to skip...should it be AK or DHS. << I'm not even a big DAK fan, but I'd skip DHS.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost "Sounds a bit hyperbolic." A bit off topic, but is hyperbolic even useful as a word? And used as it has been is a little to loosely defined to mean anything. To me hyperbole would be..."if we don't support these attractions we shall surely all die or at the very least our children will be born with three heads." As I expressed what was before, what the reaction to it was and what happened to it wasn't hyperbole, it was history. Any projection of future was based on past history not my panic driven mental diarrhea.
Originally Posted By SeventyOne >>Anyone hear yet what will be replacing Sounds Dangerous?<< Entertainment seems to be pushing to bring back CW shows (or possibly some other resurrected PI concept) during Spring Break, but that hasn't been confirmed. Blue sky rumor is an indoor location for Jedi Training Academy with more special effects. Of course, based on recent WDW history, just as likely to go the Wonders of Life route.
Originally Posted By leobloom Goof, we who need to have our hands held "to be entertained" have "won yet another one"? It's a crummy, widely-ridiculed attraction that's closing. I'd say what you wrote qualifies as hyperbole, but that's just me.
