If you read the anouncement linked from the main page, it clearly says that there are preliminary auditions with a show producer, not in front of a theatre full of park guests. It also states that the people chosen from the auditions will be given some time to work with a vocal coach prior to their performance.
Do you really think Disney would allow a child to stand in front of hundreds of people and sing without screening them first?? Get real! :brick: What makes you think they have not thought of all of these issues and more? Are we really that much smarter that the people Disney pays to create and execute these ideas?
I worked as a Casting Director for a production company doing interviews and coaching. If I couldn't keep up with 5 people an hour, what's to say someone else who's overworked in having to do x amount of people in little less than in hour wouldn't say "Raise the pitch. Other than that, have fun..." and let them bomb? And yes, I let my fair share bomb out of auditions to our studio heads and directors. And yes, I sent them all sorry notes. It was always my mistake. Thus is why I left that company.
And in reality, knowing Disney, having actually worked in Entertainment, they are not going to have someone for every person who walks in there. Even with the amount of reasonable time (lets say 2 hours), a vocal coach couldn't do better than to just have them pitch it up or down and let them out the door. Entertainment is overworked as it is, now they have to hire on additional people, who have specialized training? People are going to loose their jobs to accommodate them.
Yes, I think UO too, but UO's entertainment Division is already stretched. Not even UO could put it on with ease unless it was an American Idol Bar and Grill. Then maybe, I'd go and eat there...
We'll just wait and see.... but I'm betting the outcome will be egg on a lot of faces around here. I'm sure the haters will still hate, but they'll have a hard time saying the public doesn't like it.
You know, I read you bashing me in the other section. Personally, I don't know what Walt wants. And my major point in all my ranting is Disney is Magic. Idol = No Magic. It's lame and rude. It shows that the all mighty dollar wins over WDI and Iger has turned his back on the fundamentals of Disney values. Traditions is a class ALL Disney employees and CMs' must go through at some point. In that very class, you are taught what it is the goal of the parks and company is to project.
Tell me, I'm interested in what makes Idol, anything better than a night at the bar? What makes getting a regional chance any better than me going to Altell stadium and waiting in the line? Because, that pass doesn't give them the right to skip ahead. Just says it grants them the shot. I could have it too. By going to the stadium. For free.
What makes me getting laughed at magic? What makes people who are rude because they are just there to audition and leave ruin my vacation? Are you going to say I have egg on my face, when maybe attendance is up, but guest satisfaction is down? Or when CM moral hits all time lows? The waves a bad project make are felt all through the company. Not just on the boards. This is not about just the kids feeling bad to me. It's about the company dragging it's morals on which it was based on through the mud and saying... "It's all business." It's not just business.
You may think I'm a little off with that, but sometimes, to some people WDW is more than just a theme park. WDW was inspired by a dream. I've worked for all the major theme parks in Florida (SW, WDW, UO, BG). Non have had the impact on my life like Disney. I want it to stay with it's values that I have instilled in my heart.
This is more than just about kids crying, dude. This is about the idea. Next time, read the plaque at MK. Maybe you'll understand a bit better.
(And I'm not saying your dumb, you just don't realize all the facts that this could impact upon. What's next? When does the bad management stop?)
>Steve
