EPCOT Beauty and the Beast sing-along coming to Epcot's France Pavilion

[Prototype82]

Probably will be able to switch it up in the future as necessary.

I'm sure. But still...Shows what they're focused on right off the bat. Without people seeing it, they won't know it's necessary.

 

[ThatMouse]

I hated "sing a longs" as a kid, pure torture to be forced to sing in class. It has caused me emotional damage. So you know how I feel about this schedule. Then again, if it's just a digitized version of the same film then meh. *fixed spelling*

 

[Andrew C]

I'm sure. But still...Shows what they're focused on right off the bat. Without people seeing it, they won't know it's necessary.

i am surprised (and disappointed) the hours for impressions are so short. But it makes sense the main focus is the new thing.

 

[Prototype82]

i am surprised (and disappointed) the hours for impressions are so short. But it makes sense the main focus is the new thing.

That's a reasonable point. I would imagine more showings of a "French" film will happen if the long-time rumored replacement finally comes to fruition.

 

[MichWolv]

Operating schedule for Impressions de France and Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along

Operating schedule for Impressions de France and Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along

Both shows will be shown daily at the France pavilion's Palais du Cinéma.

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If the sing-along uses equity cast members (which the Frozen sing-along does, I think), this means that Disney is choosing the more expensive attraction for the main part of the day (although I suppose it could run less often some days) -- at least we can't accuse them of cost-cutting.

 

[MrConbon]

If the sing-along uses equity cast members (which the Frozen sing-along does, I think), this means that Disney is choosing the more expensive attraction for the main part of the day (although I suppose it could run less often some days) -- at least we can't accuse them of cost-cutting.

Are there actual cast members in this show? From my understanding it was just clips of the live action film with lyrics on the screen.

 

[MichWolv]

Are there actual cast members in this show? From my understanding it was just clips of the live action film with lyrics on the screen.

Ah...in that case, never mind!

 

[lazyboy97o]

This schedule is very exciting and shows Disney’s commitment to making the Evolved Epcot “more EPCOT”.

 

[Prototype82]

An hour and a half...

 

[tirian]

An hour and a half...

...during the same time frame most guests are eating supper or staking our spots for fireworks.

This is ridiculous.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

...during the same time frame most guests are eating supper or staking our spots for fireworks.

This is ridiculous.

Wouldn’t it be great if IdF gets higher guest sats and average attendance than BatB?

 

[tirian]

Wouldn’t it be great if IdF gets higher guest sats and average attendance than BatB?

I’m still trying to understand why we have a third BATB show on property, especially something as boring as a singalong.

 

[Prototype82]

I’m still trying to understand why we have a third BATB show on property, especially something as boring as a singalong.

Oversaturation is an understatement. And considering New Fantasyland does such an amazing job of immersing you into that world, cramming it everywhere undermines how special its presense in MK is. I get it, it's a timelessly popular IP, but 3 shows is more-than-extra.

 

[tirian]

Oversaturation is an understatement. And considering New Fantasyland does such an amazing job of immersing you into that world, it undermines how special its presense there is. I get it, it's a timelessly popular IP, but 3 shows is more-than-extra.

One day it’ll be featured on a new Imagineering episode as a golden example of “leveraging IPs to utilize their cross-demographic attractiveness, scope, and popularity in new and exciting experiences.”

 

[Tavernacle12]

If the sing-along uses equity cast members (which the Frozen sing-along does, I think), this means that Disney is choosing the more expensive attraction for the main part of the day (although I suppose it could run less often some days) -- at least we can't accuse them of cost-cutting.

I mean, it likely cost more to bulldoze most of Future World than reuse the existing structures, but that doesn't make it better.

 

[lazyboy97o]

One day it’ll be featured on a new Imagineering episode as a golden example of “leveraging IPs to utilize their cross-demographic attractiveness, scope, and popularity in new and exciting experiences.”

In my best Angela Bassett impression:
“Then one day, Bob challenged the Imagineers with a creative directive unprecedented in their decades long history, “What if we take a property that has been a show for nearly 30 years and add it to the park next door?’ It was an exciting opportunity that allowed the Imagineers to dream in ways they had already done several times before.”

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I'll wait on final judgement to see what the projected image looks like, but the new monitor/sign looks too big. Perhaps it's the harsh corners and frame. Too bad they couldn't have taken the time to make the video an inset that would have fit within the boundaries of the old sign.

This new one has all the charm of a "trophy TV" mounted above the fireplace in a gaudy McMansion.

- Great idea, one that crosses my mind too.

A screen mounted in a wall can have any shape frame mounted in front. This was not possible here. So the choice here was between charm and authenticity of a sign, or the ease and functionality of an obvious screen. Modern WDW tends to pick the latter.


- The screen frame looks generic. The poster drame looks in theme and authentic. A Belle Epoque marquee on a Neoclassical façade to be sure, but even that is fine.

- Did anybody notice the lamps? I dare say the - shock - new ones look better. I don't know when either style was installed. Anybody?

 

[WEDway Inc & Company LLC]

What the hell...

 

[The Empress Lilly]

The show times are a disgrace. IdF to play after 19:00? A joke. The EPCOT replacement park really is for intellectually dull wannabe princesses (here's looking at you, Meghan!) and drunks. EPCOT fans and the smart, interested kids, whom Disney no longer covets, have to make do with token scraps.


Is the Notre Dame exhibit still there? And the regional dress picture gallery? I took pictures of both on the last showing of IdF before the yap-a-long preparation just in case. (Yes, I went! Just to see IdF one last time in an appropriate setting)

This sign's last line will forever be the only appropriate use of toon IP in the France pavilion. But okay, that war is over, EPCOT is gone.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

If this is really just a movie sing along with no live performers this willl be a new low for what Disney can call an attraction along with the new Mickey Mouse shorts theatre.

The muppets 3d pre-show is a better “attraction” than words on a screen, at least it uses multiple tv monitors in a clever way that you can’t replicate at home.