Frozen Swatter?

[Disneyhead'71]

OK, not really, but with all the Frozen hullabaloo, the movie adaption moving forward, and Universal Orlando having all the sets from when it was in Universal Studios Japan, I think the timing is right to turn the Twister building into a Broadway style theater and putting the shortend version of Wicked in there and put this out front.

Imagine that, a Broadway show in the New York City area of the THEME park. No shoehorn necessary.

And they could sell interactive wands.

Here is the recent news about the movie.

http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/114586/20140920/wicked-the-musical-movie-adaptation.htm

 

[lazyboy97o]

No, there is a wizard so it should go in Diagon Alley.

Given the success of the show I almost wonder if a shorter version could work with paid admission (that is appropriately priced) in CityWalk.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

No, there is a wizard so it should go in Diagon Alley.

Given the success of the show I almost wonder if a shorter version could work with paid admission (that is appropriately priced) in CityWalk.

Well, they could certainly turn FFL into:

It's playing London's West End now.

 

[StageFrenzy]

More likely that the blue men go green... How are the numbers at Blue Man Group?

 

[fugawe09]

More likely that the blue men go green... How are the numbers at Blue Man Group?

Don't know numbers, but not unusual for them to hand out free last minute day-of tickets tickets to Team Members and their friends/family to help fill the lower level of the theater.

 

[danpam1024]

My people won't even go on Twister anymore, it's time is up for our family. I still find it relevant for the "Studios" aspect of the parks- shows some of the "movie magic"- kind of like Alfred Hitchcock Presents did.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

UNI could always do what Vegas did with Phantom. Make a 90-95 minute version to play in the BMG theatre with better FX and sell seperate tickets for it.

 

[misterID]

UNI's Frozen swatter = The bulldozer clearing the Kong plot.

Wait, I think they already did that...

Frozen swatter = The truck laying the cement for Kong.

I like the Wicked idea.

 

[misterID]

An idea...Remember the holographic 2PAC? Universal should replace Blue Man with an Elvis show using that technology. The press would be mind-boggling.

It actually fits Orlando, too. There used to be an Elvis Presley museum on International Drive with his plane the Lisa Marie and it stayed packed. People came from all over the world to see it. (they did kind of destroy it though by ripping out souvenirs)

 

[StageFrenzy]

An idea...Remember the holographic 2PAC? Universal should replace Blue Man with an Elvis show using that technology. The press would be mind-boggling.

It actually fits Orlando, too. There used to be an Elvis Presley museum on International Drive with his plane the Lisa Marie and it stayed packed. People came from all over the world to see it. (they did kind of destroy it though by ripping out souvenirs)

Elvis shows don’t necessarily sell, even in destinations where people come from all over the world.

 

[misterID]

Elvis shows don’t necessarily sell, even in destinations where people come from all over the world.

I respectfully disagree. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis:_The_Concert

That show and tour constantly sold out. A lot different than Cirque du Soleil. The technology itself would bring in crowds of morbid curiosity. Actually seeing Elvis perform in front of you? Crazy.

 

[JustInTime]

This will not happen. There is no way. I would love it! But it won't. The show does too well when it comes to Orlando. And the movie is about another decade away from happening. The show is doing great on it's own. When the ticket sales slip a little they will kick the film into high gear to boost it back up again.

 

[StageFrenzy]

I respectfully disagree. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis:_The_Concert

That show and tour constantly sold out. A lot different than Cirque du Soleil. The technology itself would bring in crowds of morbid curiosity. Actually seeing Elvis perform in front of you? Crazy.

Speaking of morbid it's a dying audience.

 

[misterID]

Sorry Elvis has been dead and gone for a long time and his fans are dying off now. Everything has a shelf life and he is just not a draw for many people under 40. 40 is to be kind it's more like 60.

Don't believe me??? Ask some younger people if they even know who Elvis was.

Speaking of morbid it's a dying audience.

Kids not knowing who Elvis is? Fanbase dying off? I forgot, no one knows who The Beatles are. Or James Dean, all of his fans must be dead by now. Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix? It can't be possible they're more popular today than when they died... Who's Bob Marley again? This is such a silly argument it's not worth arguing over. Too petty. It was a mistake to bring it up.

They're making this show (the holographic Digital Domain Elvis show) anyway, and it looks like it's going on tour. I guess we'll see if no one knows who Elvis is... Or they wheel in corpses. (They did do a study and over 30% of the Elvis fanbase is under 35, fwiw.)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...s-joins-michael-jackson-as-hologram/14622567/
http://www.mtv.com/news/1686733/elvis-hologram/

 

[StageFrenzy]

I like Elvis, I don't love Elvis enough to see his corpse or others drug across a stage.

 

[JT3000]

Sorry Elvis has been dead and gone for a long time and his fans are dying off now. Everything has a shelf life and he is just not a draw for many people under 40. 40 is to be kind it's more like 60.

Don't believe me??? Ask some younger people if they even know who Elvis was.

Let's not underestimate the knowledge of younger people now. I'm sure all but the absolute youngest Americans have heard of Elvis and have a basic idea of what he was about. Same goes for most of the people misterID named. With that said, most young people aren't going to have an invested interest in them. I don't have any statistics to back that up, but I think it's a fair assumption based on my own experience with the under 30 crowd (which includes myself.) You'll probably find a decent number who listen to The Beatles at least casually. Elvis? Not so much.

Personally, I'd rather see BMG stay put than have any of these ideas implemented. I've already seen it several times, but I find it much more appealing. Besides, if anyone wants a new show at Universal, they should be pushing for a Fear Factor replacement first. Twister needs to go, but I don't know if you can actually fit anything like this there.

EDIT: Speaking of Fear Factor, that entire theater badly needs a refurbishment of some sort before a new show can be installed. In addition to all its other shortcomings, the sound system seems to be going. I can only understand half of what the Bill & Ted characters are saying these days.

 

[marni1971]

Imagine if Twister were to close very soon...

 

[cheezbat]

Imagine if Twister were to close very soon...

Imagine if they actually replaced it with something awesome...not some crappy late night show thing.

 

[jensenrick]

Imagine if they actually replaced it with something awesome...not some crappy late night show thing.

Just curious- why the phrase "late night show"?

 

[cheezbat]

Just curious- why the phrase "late night show"?

The rumor has been an interactive Jimmy Fallon style show...ala 'late night'...though I'm hoping that's just BS.