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Backlot Tour Closing??!?!
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JimboJones123
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What a pity.
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mitchk
Well-Known Member
Yup, it's time for the back lot tour to go. Ever since they got rid of the old sets to make room for LMA it hasn't been worth the time. Does anyone remember when at the end of the tram ride they would let you into this big warehouse building that had all kinds of props from movies in it? (this was around 2001) I have a picture of me standing next to Kermit, and Fozzie in a hot air balloon from the Great Muppet Movie Caper.
coilback
Active Member
You still go through a prop room before you get on the tram
ROEFan88
New Member
I definitely don't think they should get rid of the Backlot Tour - to me, it's the last thing that earns the park the right to bear the 'Studios' name. Granted, the park hasn't really been a studio of any kind for many years, but I think the Backlot Tour deserves to be updated rather than disposed of altogether.
While I've never minded the fact that 'Catastrophe Canyon' has never really changed, I find it disgraceful that we're still watching Michael Bay bang on about 'Pearl Harbor' in the queue area - that film came out nearly 7 years ago!:brick:
I just wish they would overhaul the entire attraction - it has potential to be so much better. But I definitely don't want to see it go completely.
While I've never minded the fact that 'Catastrophe Canyon' has never really changed, I find it disgraceful that we're still watching Michael Bay bang on about 'Pearl Harbor' in the queue area - that film came out nearly 7 years ago!:brick:
I just wish they would overhaul the entire attraction - it has potential to be so much better. But I definitely don't want to see it go completely.
coilback
Active Member
I would have to agree that it needs work, especially agreeing with the Pearl Harbor thing. It is one of the few things that makes it still seem like a "studio," rather than just another gate. Problem is, it would need a LOT of work.
mitchk
Well-Known Member
Really? Do they still have the Muppet props? I guess that shows how much attention I pay :hammer:
coilback
Active Member
I didn't see the Balloon there, but last time I just sorta zipped though it. I've seen that they've changed the "featured" props here and there, so it might have been removed at some point for something else.
mitchk
Well-Known Member
coilback
Active Member
No prob
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
with as massive of a plot this ride takes up in a land-limited park, it's really time for it to leave. They could replace it with a number of new attractions...Catastrophe Canyon alone is big enough for an E-ticket to fit...and suffice it to say, the backlot tour is no longer an E-Ticket...I loved it back in the early '90s. Now it just serves as a means to transport you the rather long distance b/t the outdated preshow and a 1989 special effect.
coilback
Active Member
Yeah, Indy is a little too close in ride concept to Dinosaur.
They only seem to really repeat themselves when it's elevated and spinning in a circle
Epcot82Guy
Well-Known Member
I agree that it is the last element of the Studios concept that is really in tact, but it is sad. I think the Canyon is still a cool effect. But, the majority of the tour could easily be done as a walking area. I personally would love to see the majority of the area claimed for future attractions and a small "Backlot" remaining around the Canyon with a consolidated area of the props, maybe the view into the costume shop, etc. (all on foot), a revamped special effects tour (walking or seated, perhaps) and one or two studio/production-related attractions. Then leave the majority of the area for new development.
