Disney Channel Rocks ALSO closing

flynnibus

Premium Member
@flynnibus possible? I'll take your word over Cheshire figment...

Radio interference is certainly real... But there are real solutions available... Not 'stop the parade'.

Wireless audio typically runs in licensed radio bands. UHF RFID is close to some of the common radio frequencies in use.. But without doing research into the real gear in use... It's only a seat of the pants evaluation... And I call bs on it.

That's like killing a fly with a sledgehammer.

If there were overlap in the radio freqs... There could be issues but I find it extremely unlikely. The range in use for the cards would overwhelm interference from mica hundreds of feet away.
 

wdwfan22

Well-Known Member
I know a lot of people here at WDW Magic didn't care for the show, but a lot of people of really did and today really proved that. Say what you will, but this show and the previous HSM shows before clearly made an impact on a lot of people, CM's and guests a like. I don't know if you'll ever find another show that the Cast is so clearly passionate about again at WDW, say what you will but today was the definitely the end of an era for entertainment. Say what you will about the shows and whether they fit the theme, or they were loud and noisy, but no where else will you find another show that had as much heart, soul and dedication from it's cast at WDW. Thank you to all of the cast and crew!

Below are some videos from today, I don't know how to embed them, but they're worth a watch.




Normally when a show closes entertainment Cast Members show up to show support for the entertainers, the majority of those watching in that video were Cast Members who did not pay for admission to the park. So I doubt it impacted that many paying guest
 

CrazyDisneyFan

New Member
As a thinker, what if they moved the hat towards the front of the park? Redo the entrance, have the hat as a check bagged point or the ticket sales, then they can also redo the fantasmic exit, entrance, show. They should also change the back of the park, the car lights action show, and backlot tour. Also, more entertainment is needed. Good enterainment.
 

RAXIP

Well-Known Member
As a thinker, what if they moved the hat towards the front of the park? Redo the entrance, have the hat as a check bagged point or the ticket sales, then they can also redo the fantasmic exit, entrance, show. They should also change the back of the park, the car lights action show, and backlot tour. Also, more entertainment is needed. Good enterainment.
Oh, like this... http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/...on-at-the-studios.435696/page-16#post-3509653

It's time for the Hat to go away.
 

englanddg

One Little Spark...
LOL I thought those shows where awful! For course I was watching the New Mickey Mouse Club in the 90s. Each generation likes their own shows best.

Remember when Hollywood Studios would actually film things?

You know, like the New Mickey Mouse Club was filmed in the soundstage at MGM, and you'd get to see it as part of the Backlot Tour and could sign up for tickets to be in the studio audience?

Now...I believe that Soundstage is the one that houses Toy Story Mania...though it could be the one that has PoTC...not sure.
 

Mr Bill

Well-Known Member
As a thinker, what if they moved the hat towards the front of the park? Redo the entrance, have the hat as a check bagged point or the ticket sales, then they can also redo the fantasmic exit, entrance, show. They should also change the back of the park, the car lights action show, and backlot tour. Also, more entertainment is needed. Good enterainment.
Better yet, they could pick the hat up and move it miles away to the nearest landfill. :)
 

TP2000

Well-Known Member
Normally when a show closes entertainment Cast Members show up to show support for the entertainers, the majority of those watching in that video were Cast Members who did not pay for admission to the park. So I doubt it impacted that many paying guest

Exactly.

Again I will preface this, as there's obvious sensitivity here, that the CM's who performed in the show were very talented and gave it their all for the 2.5 years that this show ran. (October 10, 2010 - April 7, 2013 @ DHS)

But it wasn't a show that was loved; it was tolerated by some (8 year old girls enjoyed it, for example), and universally panned by the rest. I found it to be atrocious, even in its bigger stage setup at California Adventure that used the World of Color fountains as a watery backdrop (November 25, 2010 - December 31, 2011 @ DCA).

The videos of the crowd shows approximately 150 people in attendance, many of whom appear to be uniformed CM's or CM's in street clothes who know the performers on stage. Let's be generous and say that 250 people were there (although a head count in the videos shows that to be wildly optimistic). 250 people is the amount of paying visitors that ride Toy Story Mania in 15 minutes. Or, 250 people is the amount of paying visitors that get into a Doom Buggy at Haunted Mansion in about 8 minutes. Or, 250 people is the amount of paying visitors that board a boat at Pirates of the Caribbean in 5 minutes. In short, it's a very small amount of people in the grand scheme of WDW entertainment options.

But the CM's who performed in Disney Channel Rocks were very talented and gave it their all with the material they had to work with. I hope WDW management has other jobs lined up for them, or at least an audition appointment, after this cancellation.
 

FigmentJedi

Well-Known Member
why does everyone hate the BAH? I think the lil store underneath is tacky... but I like a big icon as you enter the park. the theater just isn't a big wow factor... especially to those that have no clue what it is (most kidos)
Because it's a marketing gimmick that has nothing to do with the theme of Hollywood and the movies besides "Fantasia was a good movie". Also, it and the Epcot wand ushered in this whole era where "magic" became a meaningless buzzword.
 

FigmentJedi

Well-Known Member
With the news of these outdated parades being trimmed and the fact that Disney owns Star Wars, I wouldn't be surprised to see a Star Wars parade taking on a more prominent daily role, greater than simply four weekends a year. Not a rumor, just an opinion. OK, more like a dream. :)
I'd love to see the Star Wars characters pop up more. There was no way I was going to stand in a 90 minute line to meet Chewbacca and it was dissapointing that just before getting a chance to meet Shaak Ti, the set switches over to Anakin. I mean, it was nice to meet Anakin, but still.
 

lego606

MagicBandit
It was related to the 100 Years of Magic promotion that began in 2001 to coincide with the 100th Birthday of Walt Disney. It was felt that a new Park Icon was needed for the celebration, as the previous successful promotion also brought a large eyesore to a Park ( see : EPCOT Wand )

The Hat stayed long after the promotion ended...and for some, long past it*s welcome.

If they want to do a promotion for TWDC's 100th, I'm not sure what they're going to call it now that they used that. 100 years of business? o_O
 

Rob562

Well-Known Member
Remember when Hollywood Studios would actually film things?

You know, like the New Mickey Mouse Club was filmed in the soundstage at MGM, and you'd get to see it as part of the Backlot Tour and could sign up for tickets to be in the studio audience?

Now...I believe that Soundstage is the one that houses Toy Story Mania...though it could be the one that has PoTC...not sure.

Soundstages 2 and 3 were combined into the space that TSMM is in now. Soundstage 1 is currently empty (it's the one between TSMM and the Backlot Tour entrance).

The space where the Pirates thing is used to be a walk-through space displaying various sets toward the end of the walking tour.

-Rob
 

articos

Well-Known Member
Remember when Hollywood Studios would actually film things?

You know, like the New Mickey Mouse Club was filmed in the soundstage at MGM, and you'd get to see it as part of the Backlot Tour and could sign up for tickets to be in the studio audience?

Now...I believe that Soundstage is the one that houses Toy Story Mania...though it could be the one that has PoTC...not sure.
Originally, Studios was built with 3 mid-size soundstages and support venues, a small SFX stage, the water tank, a scenic shop, costume shop, audio post facility, screening theatre and backlot street. There was also the residential street and the animation studios as part of the studio complex, which was a separately "gated" area within the Studios park. Catastrophe Canyon was built specifically for the tram tour, to make sure guests had an "experience" regardless of whether any filming was going on or an area was blocked from guest access (like the residential street being filmed on and not being accessible to the trams). There were food locations on each end of the studio complex and one in the center that were meant to be shared by cast/crew and guests so the park guests could get a glimpse of their favorite stars, although there were private dining areas so the cast/crew didn't have to eat in the public areas (or that was the idea behind it): the Brown Derby was located to give easy access as the VIP restaurant for meetings, and had the attached casual food service for walk up. On the opposite side was Studio Catering if you were working on the backlot. And the Commissary had a specific production access from the back side, as it and GMR abutted the production complex as well. (Most of the studios have a main commissary & executive restaurant, plus multiple smaller cafe/coffee bar/walk-up's scattered around the studio lots.) Behind the scenes were a few other production support facilities that were not guest accessible, as well as additional food service. The gate to the entrance to the Animation Courtyard was the "studio gate" that took you from the "public" guest areas into the production center, and now looks somewhat out of place. It's all radically different now, functioning solely as a theme park. There is a small group that still facilitates filming in/around the park, but the remaining facilities are 99% for show.

The original soundstages are now Toy Story and have been altered. The post production stage is now a combined Legend of Captain Jack and Walt: One Man's Dream. The Walt Disney Theatre is now Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Edit: Rob's right - Captain Jack is in the original "set warehouse" and One Man's Dream was the audio post facility. I forgot there was the little walk-thru after the stages attached to the audio building.
 

articos

Well-Known Member
Soundstages 2 and 3 were combined into the space that TSMM is in now. Soundstage 1 is currently empty (it's the one between TSMM and the Backlot Tour entrance).

The space where the Pirates thing is used to be a walk-through space displaying various sets toward the end of the walking tour.

-Rob
Stage 1 is the last remaining vestige that allows them to claim it's a studio park, really. Can have a backlot and a commissary, but if you don't have a stage, it's not a studio.
 

englanddg

One Little Spark...
Originally, Studios was built with 3 mid-size soundstages and support venues, a small SFX stage, the water tank, a scenic shop, costume shop, audio post facility, screening theatre and backlot street. There was also the residential street and the animation studios as part of the studio complex, which was a separately "gated" area within the Studios park. Catastrophe Canyon was built specifically for the tram tour, to make sure guests had an "experience" regardless of whether any filming was going on or an area was blocked from guest access (like the residential street being filmed on and not being accessible to the trams). There were food locations on each end of the studio complex and one in the center that were meant to be shared by cast/crew and guests so the park guests could get a glimpse of their favorite stars, although there were private dining areas so the cast/crew didn't have to eat in the public areas (or that was the idea behind it): the Brown Derby was located to give easy access as the VIP restaurant for meetings, and had the attached casual food service for walk up. On the opposite side was Studio Catering if you were working on the backlot. And the Commissary had a specific production access from the back side, as it and GMR abutted the production complex as well. (Most of the studios have a main commissary & executive restaurant, plus multiple smaller cafe/coffee bar/walk-up's scattered around the studio lots.) Behind the scenes were a few other production support facilities that were not guest accessible, as well as additional food service. The gate to the entrance to the Animation Courtyard was the "studio gate" that took you from the "public" guest areas into the production center, and now looks somewhat out of place. It's all radically different now, functioning solely as a theme park. There is a small group that still facilitates filming in/around the park, but the remaining facilities are 99% for show.

The original soundstages are now Toy Story and have been altered. The post production stage is now a combined Legend of Captain Jack and Walt: One Man's Dream. The Walt Disney Theatre is now Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Edit: Rob's right - Captain Jack is in the original "set warehouse" and One Man's Dream was the audio post facility. I forgot there was the little walk-thru after the stages attached to the audio building.

Excellent breakdown!

I went the year the park opened and every year up until 95, and have fond memories of the Backstage Tour.

Many times I got picked to be on the Bee, or part of the crew of the boat in a storm.

And, considering I loved the New Mickey Mouse Club when I was younger, I thought it was awesome to see it during filming (which I did several times).

It's a far cry from what it was...and now I think it need to just be taken out to pasture (the Back Lot tour, not the park)....
 

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