A look at the Tower of Terror refurbishment

Captain Chaos

Captain Chaos

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Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney films.. I used to love going to see B&TB Onstage.. Now?? I skip it at all costs... I feel it has become too watered down... It is a shell of what it was...

Geez, I miss Hunchback of Notre Dame LIVE....
 
Biff215

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dxer07002 said:
Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney films.. I used to love going to see B&TB Onstage.. Now?? I skip it at all costs... I feel it has become too watered down... It is a shell of what it was...

Geez, I miss Hunchback of Notre Dame LIVE....
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I miss Return 2 Zero, aka Four for a Dollar. We haven't seen the show since they were let go.
 
WDWFan13

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dxer07002 said:
Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney films.. I used to love going to see B&TB Onstage.. Now?? I skip it at all costs... I feel it has become too watered down... It is a shell of what it was...

Geez, I miss Hunchback of Notre Dame LIVE....
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I will agree that its watered down, i mean where is Maurice, there is no B&B without Maurice. They say "though a series of weird events Belle found herself in an enchanted castle"
 
Magenta Panther

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dxer07002 said:
Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney films.. I used to love going to see B&TB Onstage.. Now?? I skip it at all costs... I feel it has become too watered down... It is a shell of what it was...

Geez, I miss Hunchback of Notre Dame LIVE....
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Oh ho, I didn't know the BatB show was a watered-down version of the original...no wonder I found it so unimpressive (not to mention a bit shabby-looking). Darn. Wish I could have seen in during its better days...
 
flavious27

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dxer07002 said:
Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney films.. I used to love going to see B&TB Onstage.. Now?? I skip it at all costs... I feel it has become too watered down... It is a shell of what it was...

Geez, I miss Hunchback of Notre Dame LIVE....
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25 minute show that has run for 20 years; as much of a classic that the movie is, do they even come close to filling an 1/8 of the 1500 seat theater?
 
thelookingglass

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I bet the main reason the theater even sees a large number of guests is because the park itself has such a limited offering of actual attractions. The show is... okay... but theres absolutely no justification for keeping it for 20 years.
 
flavious27

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thelookingglass said:
I bet the main reason the theater even sees a large number of guests is because the park itself has such a limited offering of actual attractions. The show is... okay... but theres absolutely no justification for keeping it for 20 years.
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It fits with DHS having more shows than the other parks and also is FF, but this show should have been removed a decade ago; dlp and dl removed theirs over 14 years ago.

A 1500 seat theater at wdw can be the site of alot of different shows and other uses. They need to just scrap the current form of the Theater of the Stars and make it smaller and permanent. I would spend money on another dinner show while at wdw if they had a traditional dinner theater. And during the day they could still run performances to maximize the space.
 
flavious27

flavious27

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paul436 said:
I went over the holidays and the theater was full. I hadn't seen the show the past few times I was at WDW but saw it this trip and enjoyed it (although it was rather cold the day I went).
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Imagination! had a 50 minute wait on NYE, the busy season fills up even the weakest of offerings.
 
aeroforce101

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when i was there in late October the theater was probably about 3/4 full... in my opinion very boring show... but my wife loved it i guess b/c shes a big B&tB fan
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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Don't know why this has become a BatB thread, but for what it's worth, I didn't find the scaffolding overly distracting. It doesn't affect your view within the elevator and I found the Tower to be every bit as creepy as normal at night. What is clear from the small patches that have already been updated (you can tell which areas have been newly refurbished) is that the Tower will look fantastic when this is completed!
 
JWG

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Kobe!! said:
I will be working attractions on Sunset...what are the chances I will NOT get ToT or RnR and get stuck w/ Beauty and the Beast? (Don't say 1/3 either please) ha
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1/3 seems unrealistic because of the # of CM's required to operate ToT and RnR. So, I would argue you have less than a 1/3rd shot at BatB. Maybe 25% at best.

flavious27 said:
does anyone even go to the b&b theater?
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Yes, 2nd week of December we sat in with a 80-85% full theater. Could have walked in last minute, but would have been sitting in an upper corner.
 
flavious27

flavious27

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ISTCNavigator57 said:
Don't know why this has become a BatB thread, but for what it's worth, I didn't find the scaffolding overly distracting. It doesn't affect your view within the elevator and I found the Tower to be every bit as creepy as normal at night. What is clear from the small patches that have already been updated (you can tell which areas have been newly refurbished) is that the Tower will look fantastic when this is completed!
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Well when you mention a show that needs to be updated or retired, it will come up.
 
T

T-1MILLION

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All this talk about bad show I thought this turned into an American Idol thread.


Seriousness though, this is really awesome that Tower of Terror is getting love. I am sure they want it to look ship shape for all the extra focal point attention it gets after Star Tours opens...it desperately needed it on its own
 
flavious27

flavious27

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T-1MILLION said:
All this talk about bad show I thought this turned into an American Idol thread.


Seriousness though, this is really awesome that Tower of Terror is getting love. I am sure they want it to look ship shape for all the extra focal point attention it gets after Star Tours opens...it desperately needed it on its own
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I can't mention that again, I got flamed like 500 comments ago.
 

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