Cosmic Ray's Stage Is Also A Performance Stage

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

It is true, Cosmic Ray's stage IS a performance stage. The early years of WDW that was actually called the Tomorrowland Terrace. You can find the nowadays version is currently out on the right of Tomorrowland. On January 1st, 1994, it was remade to "Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe" which is what we have today. So it was often back then (I think.) to have a platform rise and reveal performers playing songs along with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy. In it's refurb, you would think they destroyed the mechanism along with the stage. Well, that's incorrect! Sadly though, they only use it for events such as Halloween, Christmas, etc. Cast Members would get on stage underground in the utilidors,(I'm no CM.) and rise up, and rock out!

 

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

If there's any former Cast Members that's ever used the stage, please let me know!

 

[some other guy]

iirc they have to put some curtains or something up to hide the remains of Cosmic Ray and the gang if they wanted to put irl peoples?

 

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

iirc they have to put some curtains or something up to hide the remains of Cosmic Ray and the gang if they wanted to put irl peoples?

What they do, is they rise the stage to the 3rd floor of MK, and Sonny Eclipse
isn't visible anymore. I'll show a video right here;

 

[KentB3]

The 1972 featurette The Magic of Walt Disney World, has a great segment about the Tomorrowland Terrace in it's early days! It starts @ 7:14 in this video:

 

[Phil12]

Michael Iceberg does it live:

 

[muddyrivers]

Michael Iceberg does it live:

His music is absolutely incredible! I wish I could have seen him perform live. His song Anthem is also really nice

 

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

The 1972 featurette The Magic of Walt Disney World, has a great segment about the Tomorrowland Terrace in it's early days! It starts @ 7:14 in this video:

Thanks! That's really cool!

 

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

His music is absolutely incredible! I wish I could have seen him perform live. His song Anthem is also really nice

Agreed!

 

[Master Yoda]

I saw Information Society perform on that stage at Grad Night in 1989. Does that count?

 

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

I saw Information Society perform on that stage at Grad Night in 1989. Does that count?

Yeah. Any stage performance does!

 

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

iirc they have to put some curtains or something up to hide the remains of Cosmic Ray and the gang if they wanted to put irl peoples?

What they do, is they rise the stage to the 3rd floor of MK, and Cosmic Ray isn't visible anymore. I'll show a video right here;

The animatronic on the stage is Sonny Eclipse, not Cosmic Ray.

 

[APirateoftheCaribbean]

The animatronic on the stage is Sonny Eclipse, not Cosmic Ray.

Thanks for correcting. Let me change it.

 

[some other guy]

clearly this is some manner of scheme by THEM to remove Cosmic Ray

 

[DBF John]

Where Sonny goes to hide