1 - One Sentence Competition, Season Five Episode 3

[D Hulk]

FANTASYLAND FASTPASS -- Alice's Caucus Race
Propose a new Fantasyland streetmosphere show

Outside of Alice in Wonderland, the denizens of Wonderland gather together, led by Mr. Dodo, to run forward, backward, inward, and outward, running for ever more in a race that has no start or beginning, inviting guests to join in the mayhem.

Alice’s Caucus Race
@Evilgidgit

This is the sort of thing where, if I didn’t like Alice in Wonderland especially well, there’s not much else to win me over, not like a musical or dance performance which isn’t quite as IP-dependent, especially when many of the cartoon characters as seen in your image would be very difficult to pull off on a limited streetmosphere budget.​

Fantasy-Land: An “unexpected” duel

The show starts with one of the actors “challenging the other to a duel” (both of which wearing exaggerated medieval clothing), as they partake in an (again) exaggerated “totally real & spontaneous” fencing match, with audience participation thrown in (like one of the actors asking a guest to hold their (prop) sword as they partake in a duel of words with the other)

An “Unexpected” Duel
@Pufflefan

This live show of chivalric arts could run into the same challenges as @b-wolf95 ‘s proposal, particularly when guests are picked at random to hold (prop) swords & such, which – unless there is great care and preplanning like with those Sword in the Stone Excalibur shows – is just asking for chaos.
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BATTLE FOR NEVERLAND
when the crew of jolly roger invades fantasyland, its up to peter pan and his lost boys to fight them off in a battle that incorporates acrobatic stunts, special effects, and dazzling choreography, culminating in a duel between peter and captain hook.

Battle for Neverland
@Imagineer Sroo

There is so, so, so, so, so much pyrotechnics in this streetmosphere stunt show(a genre which I already have misgivings about), that it sounds better-suited for a permanent theater show like a smaller-scale version of Universal’s Waterworld…not so much something which can be staged anyplace with ease.​

 

[D Hulk]

Fantasyland Fastpass: The Mad Hatter's Tea Party Basics
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Alice and the Mad Hatter have opened up a new area near Small World at Disneyland where they teach the basics of a perfect tea party which features singing, other Fantasyland characters, and overall fun!

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Basics
@NateD1226

For a character-driven show, this one comes a lot closer to working for my tastes, in part because it could be staged using little more than preexisting live performers (both costumes & face characters) and a few hidden speakers, all in a way which deepens the existing Fantasyland style.​

Fantasyland
It's a small world
Cast members from around the world join together for a quaint spectacle of dancing and music from around the world - a tapestry of nations come to Fantasyland

It’s a Small World
@spacemt354

While the description is a little vague, this tapestry of nations concept is very close to streetmosphere as I see it – a worldly cultural show (dancing & music, basically) with just the right amount of Disney pixie dust to fit the setting.​

FANTASYLAND FASTPASS
Propose a new Fantasyland streetmosphere show

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One Jump Ahead - A new mini-Agraba Marketplace is set up to fit into the world of Aladdin: complete with Aladdin himself where guests can see him stay "One Jump Ahead" of the guards hidden throughout the marketplace waiting to keep an eye out for Aladdin trying to steal more bread!

One Jump Ahead
@AceAstro

By centering around Aladdin’s song “One Jump Ahead,” which allows for a broader and more comedic sort of performance versus the various proposed stunt shows, I think you’ve created a more realistic concept…even though it’s something that belongs in Adventureland (or DisneySea’s Arabian Coast, actually).​

 

[D Hulk]

FANTASYLAND FASTPASS
Alice and The Mad Hatter take over the paths of Fantasyland with a pop up tea party and story time with a few rotating stories and occasionally interrupted by the Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit, or the March Hare.

@gam3rprincess

I loved the approach @NateD1226 took to his Alice in Wonderland for very similar reasons, as they two of you have basically the same (very lovable) idea - a live tea party with preexisting costumed characters, with yours standing out nicely with the rotating story element!​

FANTASYLAND FASTPASS -- HADES RECRUITS
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Hades, Pain, and Panic wander Fantasyland in search of new recruits, all the while Hades complains he is "surrounded by incompetency" and the other two unmeaningly prove all of Hades points, eventually they settle in an open area and ask nearby guests to line up for an "interview" with Hades to determine whether they would make for good villains, in which Hades welcomes in all the child "candidates" and makes fun of all the adult "candidates".

Hades Recruits
@Outbound

I should've made a separate, unrelated character meet 'n' greet prompt, because this to me seems more in that style than in the style of streetmosphere, since despite the rather dialogue-heavy show element this is more of a chance for guests to interact with costumed Disney characters (rare ones!) and get some photos with them.​

FANTASYLAND FASTPASS - The Muses
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Opening up in Fantasyland is a Greek theater inspired stage that hosts a show featuring the muses from Hercules as they retell stories and folklore from throughout Greek mythology and proceed to reenact them along with some musical numbers.

The Muses
@Tux

We're going all in on Hercules all of a sudden, and in this case doing the film more justice (as streetmosphere things go) with an appropriate cultural performance component, and even if the Muse show combines elements of more modern gospel music it still has the Greek theater angle which endears itself to me.​

 

[D Hulk]

Challenge Nine Results
Fantasyland FastPass

Honorable Mention (0.5 points)

TIE!
@Suchomimus – The Cookie Carnival
&
@DashHaber – Geppetto’s Puppet Performers
These puppet shows are one of my favorite approaches to incorporating Disney characters into the streetmosphere format.

Bronze Medal (1 point)

TIE!
@NateD1226 – The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Basics
&
@gam3rprincess - Similar Mad Hatter Thing
It’s so believable, Disney could stage it tomorrow! Tied because they're basically the same idea, and I trust that Pix didn't do that on purpose.

Silver Medal (2 points)

@spacemt354 – It’s a Small World
Good cultural performances which would make for a charming, low-key addition.

Gold Medal (3 points)

@DisneyManOne – Royal Dance Corps
The very first submission does the best job of hitting the streetmosphere sweet spot and incorporating just the right amount of Disney.​

 

[D Hulk]

 

[Pi on my Cake]

 

[DisneyManOne]

 

[Outbound]

Mad respect for judging five prompts in one night, and on a popular round nonetheless

 

[D Hulk]

ADVENTURELAND FASTPASS REVIEWS
Jungle Cruise Joke​

Adventureland Fastpass: Regarding Piranhas
"Piranhas are viscious creatures, with sharp teeth, cold, dead eyes and an insatiable thirst for blood...just like my (insert target here)." (I've never rode the Disneyland Jungle Cruise, so I don't know if they already do this joke or not.)

Regarding Piranhas
@DisneyManOne

Adventureland Fastpass: Rainbow Caffeine-ction
"Over on your right, you'll see a family of tree frogs (one frog rests on an abandoned banjo) who; according to legend; believe that someday they'll find some kind of connection to a rainbow, but they won't find where my favorite little mug went off to, so I have to ask that you to keep an eye out around here- Good grief, the comedian’s a bear! (points to a sun bear sniffing a gold colored coffee mug that says "Comedy" on a stump nearby).”

Rainbow Caffeine-ction
@Suchomimus

Adventureland: A New Joke For the Jungle Cruise
"Hey, I know those guys; their names are Bob, Bob and Bob - and that rhino at the bottom of the tree, he's trying to make a shishka-BOB."

Shishka-BOB
@Brer Panther

 

[D Hulk]

Adventureland Fastpass: Why’d It Have to Be Snakes?!
“Now, here’s a fun fact: this snake that we’re passing by is hated by both archaeologists and non-mainstream musicians. That’s right: the Indy scene doesn’t like it very much.”

Why’d It Have to Be Snakes?!
@DashHaber

Adventureland
"The Enchanted Jungle Room"
Skippers now ”sing like the animatronic birdies sing”, to the tune of “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room”: In the jungle jungle jungle jungle jungle cruise/ In the jungle jungle jungle jungle jungle cruise/ All the crocs are props and the apes have screws/ In the jungle jungle jungle jungle jungle cruise.

The Enchanted Jungle Room
@InspectorSpacetime

Adventureland Fastpass: Peace and Quiet (MK Version)
"All right, so the temple we're about to going into is so old that it could collapse on us if we're too loud, so for your safety, I'm going to shut up for a while, which I'm sure is the best news you've heard all year."

Peace and Quiet
@b-wolf95

 

[D Hulk]

ADVENTURELAND FASTPASS -- "Hysterical Hyenas"
Write a new joke for Jungle Cruise
Boat passes by the hyenas -- "Uh-oh, someone left the laughing gas on again. Those hyenas will laugh at anything and everything. A pratfall, root canal, those losers in line for Indiana Jones without Fastpasses. The one thing they don't laugh at are my jokes, just like everyone in the back of the boat!"

Hysterical Hyenas
@Evilgidgit

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Adventure-Land: Birdie

As you float by a bird who’s pecking at a coconut which falls in a hole (by “falls into”, I mean it’s simply pulled into there & put back after the boat passes by), the skipper says to the passengers “I bet that bird hopes they don’t get a BIRDIE”.

Birdie
@Pufflefan

DAD JOKE
"this jungle used to be home to several species of bears, but they found the heat "un-bear-able". get it? oh, well, now i'm wishing i went extinct too."

Dad Joke
@Imagineer Sroo

 

[D Hulk]

Adventureland Fastpass: Rhino Joke
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"I was here earlier this morning when the rhino started to chase those men, and boy did those guys run away as fast as my ex-(boyfriend/girlfriend) left me"

Rhino Joke
@NateD1226

Adventureland
So Dwayne Johnson is staring in a Jungle Cruise film, well you probably won't be seeing him added to this attraction, people like it the way it is, wouldn't want to Rock this boat.

The Rock
@spacemt354

ADVENTURELAND FASTPASS
Write a new joke for Jungle Cruise

Population Control (only works at night) - While the lantern is on the Skipper explains that they have hit the Hippo pool and have to make sure there are only 10 hippos there; "1, 2, 3,... 9, 10, 11, uhhh" before the skipper turns off the lantern, fires the gun, and turns the lantern back on "10!" and keeps going.

Population Control
@AceAstro

 

[D Hulk]

ADVENTURELAND FASTPASS
(before leaving the docks) "Alright and you should find life vests under your seats in case the boat goes down" *waits for guests to check* "oh wait, my last group used them and I never put them back after duct taping the boat back together.... well what are the odds I will crash a 13th time"

ADVENTURELAND FASTPASS -- LOST IN THE JUNGLE
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(Disneyland CA Only)

The boats pass by a stranded, middle-aged balding man who is shouting, "Help! It's me Swifty La Rue, Help! Famous Swifty La Rue Here, Help!" but the skipper responds is a hushed but angered tone, "Well that's what you get for feeding the ducks!", after which the skipper faces the crowd and into a forced smile / fake enthusiasm says, "Don't feel bad about him, he's from Hollywood."

Lost in the Jungle
@Outbound

I have officially lost my mind.​

 

[D Hulk]

Challenge Nine Results
Adventureland FastPass

Honorable Mention (0.5 points)

@InspectorSpacetime – Tiki Room reference
A clever bit of theme park fourth wall shattering.

Bronze Medal (1 point)

TIE!
@DisneyManOne
&
@NateD1226
In-laws & exes: The pinnacle of comedy!

Silver Medal (2 points)

@b-wolf95 – silence
Sophisticated anti-humor carefully applied to a specific show scene.

Gold Medal (3 points)

@Imagineer Sroo – un”bear”able!
Truly awful & groan-worthy…a perfect match for Jungle Cruise !​

 

[D Hulk]

FRONTIERLAND FASTPASS REVIEWS
Country Bear Character​

Frontierland Fastpass: Mary Sue

So named because of her deliberately overly-cutesy, no-flaws nature, this adorable little tyke puts her country spin on the classic children's song "The Teddy Bears' Picnic"...but that doesn't stop Melvin, Buff and Max from reacting negatively to how cutesy the act is.

Mary Sue
@DisneyManOne

I kinda wasn’t sold on her at first very much because I don’t like the Mary Sue trope (seemingly you don’t either), which is why the heckling which she endures from Melvin, Buff & Max is so welcome, which actually rescues this cloyingly cutesy act and lets you have your cake while eating it too.​

Frontierland Fastpass: Louisa Anna
Coming in from little ole New Orleans with her diatonic accordion, Louisa Anna makes a swinging appearance to the playhouse, bringing with her a rambunctious, festive Creole spirit much to the chagrin of some of the bears; who occasionally banter with her about it.

Louisa Anna
@Suchomimus

With her accordion and Creole style, Louisa Anna is a very good addition to Bears’ musical repertoire (the New Orleans sound is country-adjacent and distinctive – it adds a bunch without distracting); if only Louisa had a distinct appearance, she would be a perfect new Bear! (Fantastic pun name, BTW.)​

Frontierland: New Character For the Country Bear Jamboree
Jack E. Lopp, a banjo-playing jackalope who hides his horns under a large top hat, constantly interrupts the show and begs Henry to give him a job - when reminded that he's not a bear, he just shrugs and goes, "Well, nobody's perfect."

Jack E. Lopp
@Brer Panther

I’d predicted another Fearsome Critter from you after they were so successful before, and simply because of the repetition factor (and maybe too much playing-it-safe?) this won’t be a medaling concept…though the visual of a dapper jackalope interrupting the show is indelible.​

 

[D Hulk]

Frontierland Fastpass: Paul R.

Traveling from far up north with his hurdy-gurdy, Paul R. is a polar bear who brings a chilly disposition as he plays his songs…at least until Teddi Beara appears, and he becomes a stammering mess!

Paul R.
@DashHaber

Paul R. undeniably feels like a stranger in Country Bear Hall, which seems to be the point, though picturing Paul’s role in the show is rather difficult…especially without any hint about what sort of songs he plays.​

Frontierland
Father Dill Wilbur
Father Dill Wilbur is a Country Bear priest who sings “Old Country Church,” easily identified by his graying fur, circular spectacles, a powerful, perfect-for-sermons voice, and gentle nature.

Father Dill Wilbur
@InspectorSpacetime

Marc Davis’ Country Bear designs so wonderfully sum up an elaborate personality in a single image, and even connect that personality to a particular style of country music, which is something you’ve managed to do entirely with words in a single sentence, going above the competition with a specific song and everything!​

Frontierland Fastpass: Bill N. Bear
A major investor in the Country Bear Theater, this foppish bear has forcefully joined the show in order to try to show off his understanding of the rural lifestyle - keyword: try.

Bill N. Bear
@b-wolf95

As the theater’s investor, Bill helps strengthen the illusion that guests are watching an actual live show, warts and all, and while Bill doesn’t add to the musical revue side of things at all, he works as a comedic interlude similar to Melvin, Buff & Max.​

 

[D Hulk]

FRONTIERLAND FASTPASS -- Shoelace Rudy
Create a new character for Country Bear Jamboree

Shoelace Rudy, who has been working at the Country Bear Hall for years as an unnoticed janitor, makes periodic appearances during the show, grumbling about the noise, the mess, and searching eternally for that beehive he stored for next hibernating season, only to find it in was under his hat the whole time -- having a real beehive in his bonnet.

Shoelace Rudy
@Evilgidgit

Like Bill N. Bear, Shoelace Rudy works as a humorous intrusion into the show, and is just as good even while these two bears have polar opposite personalities.​

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FRONTIER-LAND: HON. E. BEAR.
This book smart bear may just be a backer of the country bears, but she’s far too headstrong to let a show go by without adding a little city flair with her own performance, unfortunately she isn’t the great singer she thinks she is, but no own wants to lose an Investor of the band.

Hon E. Bear
@Pufflefan

We get our second bearish investor (who really needs a bull for a business partner), one who has the potential to be a good inclusion – a poor performance which the Country Bears are obliged to sit through, this is a fun premise – if there was more specificity about just what sort of bad music Hon E. delivers.​

SILVA GOLDMAN
a bear of few words, suave and stylish silva is content to back the other bears with his smooth saxophone, though he'll give a solo or two if badgered.

Silva Goldman
@Imagineer Sroo

Smooth saxophone, the sort Duke Silver plays, seems out-of-place in down home Country Bear Hall, bringing in carpetbaggin’ city slicker vibes which are at odds with the show’s familiar good ol’ bears.​

 

[D Hulk]

Frontierland Fastpass: Penny Rumbletin
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Penny is a spunky, yellow bear who runs her own ranch and loves to share all her goods with all the other animals

Penny Rumbletin
@NateD1226

Hmm, while Penny the rancher doesn’t seem to fit the show whatsoever (she’s not a musician at all), I can actually picture her operating an attached food stand full of ranch produce and delicious honey treats…making things up here, as an example of what could be added to make Penny stand out more.​

Frontierland
Dewers - new member of the band who plays a trashcan drum, but tends to eat most of its contents instead

Dewers
@spacemt354

I’m pretty sure Dewers is the neighborhood bear who has been coming around to my house at night and eating from my trash can; the ruckus he makes is strangely musical.

(Oh, it’s a good idea too, nicely combining bear traits and musical performance.)​

FRONTIERLAND FASTPASS
Create a new character for Country Bear Jamboree

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Humphrey The Bear - After being forgotten about for almost 60 years, Humphrey The Bear made his return in Legends of the Three Cabarellos and was seen with success so to slowly re-introduce him to the parks he now makes a small cameo in the show.

Humphrey the Bear
@AceAstro

Gonna hafta disqualify this one, since @AceAstro is not the creator Humphrey the Bear. ​

 

[D Hulk]

FRONTIERLAND FASTPASS -- BO, THE BLUES BEAR
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Bo is a suave "blues bear" with a very deep voice, never to be found without his sunglasses and black suit... he'll break up the songs by singing his "All About The Blueees, Man" Mix while the other bears provide a solid beat in the background.

Bo the Blues Bear
@Outbound

Not the first blue-infused bear of the night, and the same critiques apply, that it just feels way way waaaaay to left-field among the Country Bears, when really an idea like this demands an entirely new attraction, like a Blues Bears Club in an urban 1930s/40s land with an entirely new original roster of bears to join Bo...yeah, that'd do it!​

FRONTIERLAND FASTPASS - Jascha
Jascha is a short greyish-brown bear with a droopy face, muzzle, and large ears, who also wears a bandana and overalls, he's kind of prideful but ultimately very cheerful and encouraging, he plays a fiddle throughout the show, and sings 'Thank God I'm A Country Bear' (A cover of 'Thank God I'm A Country Boy' by John Denver) later on in the show.

Jascha

Thank God @Tux is a Country Bear fan, because Jascha here gets all of the notes spot-on dead-to-rights perfect, from a very Marc Davis-esque visual description which paints a picture to a musical number which filled a specific country music niche. Wonderful work, and a great thing to see at the very end of this epic, epic challenge!​

 

[D Hulk]

Challenge Nine Results
Frontierland FastPass

Honorable Mention (0.5 points)

TIE!
@b-wolf95 – Bill N. Bear
&
@Evilgidgit – Shoelace Rudy
Grr! Two charismatic bears who bring fun comedy interruptions to the show.

Bronze Medal (1 point)

@DisneyManOne – Mary Sue
One her own she’s sickeningly sweet, but she would integrate into the show very well.

Silver Medal (2 points)

@Suchomimus – Louisa Anna
A nearly perfect bear character who stands out thanks to her Creole influence.

Gold Medal (3 points)

TIE!
@InspectorSpacetime – Father Dill Wilbur
&
@Tux - Jascha
With distinct visual personalities and appropriate country musical acts, both Dill Wilber & Jascha are the bear-y best!

Stand by for Standings tallied up from the FIVE previous prompts!​