Rat Chat has recently reported that Mickey’s Philarmagic is drawing around the same amount of people who saw the previews previously located within the theater. I am not surprised at all. I happened to visit DL and DCA on the same day Phillarmagic opened and went to see the show in the afternoon after spending the first part of my day at DL. Even despite the local school concerts having just finished up with it being crowded in the Hollywood Backlot, the theater was only half full on opening day!
TDA clearly expected this to have a larger audience compared to the aforementioned previews, as they’re building a new theater facade in summer for what by then will be an empty theater.
TDA seems to have thought that the success from the MK version would transfer over to the DCA version, but the flaw in that type of thinking is that WDW and DLR have different audiences. WDW is majority tourists who may never see anything in the MK ever again and DLR is comprised of APs who if they want to can just see it again next time they come back in a few days.
A film show will never be permanently successful at the DLR. The solution to getting people into those spaces isn't by putting a clip show or inferior version of a show at the MK into the theaters, replacing the theater aspect entirely is the solution.
TDA clearly expected this to have a larger audience compared to the aforementioned previews, as they’re building a new theater facade in summer for what by then will be an empty theater.
TDA seems to have thought that the success from the MK version would transfer over to the DCA version, but the flaw in that type of thinking is that WDW and DLR have different audiences. WDW is majority tourists who may never see anything in the MK ever again and DLR is comprised of APs who if they want to can just see it again next time they come back in a few days.
A film show will never be permanently successful at the DLR. The solution to getting people into those spaces isn't by putting a clip show or inferior version of a show at the MK into the theaters, replacing the theater aspect entirely is the solution.