Hoop Dee Doo?

[JusticeDisney]

This is such great news! Cannot wait to get back and take the show in once again!

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Almost all of the cast at the time of the shutdown seems to be returning based on their social media posts, save for maybe a couple of people who moved away.

That’s good news, as the cast at the time of the shutdown was very, very, strong, and pretty diverse.

Their challenge will be building up their bench of subs and understudies again.

 

[Homer fan]

You think this show can fit in a reservation for 15?

 

[COProgressFan]

There’s a few lines here and there that are questionable and are probably going to be revised.

Over the last few years before the shut down they already tinkered with some parts of the script. After Pulse they eliminated the gun and had Dolly/Annie Oakley make a fist instead, after the alligator “incident” they changed the rhyme for people from Louisiana (it used to end with “there they sit gator bait”) in the 50 states number, the “Indian scout” audience volunteer lost the feather headband and became the “wilderness scout,” etc. For a time they tinkered with not having Jim and Flora sing Shenandoah/ This Land is Your Land from the audience and instead kept them onstage, but then they returned to the floor for that number. Most of these changes would go unnoticed by 99% of the audience, unless you’d seen the show many times. The point is, they’ve always shown a willingness to tinker with the show.

My hunch is that these revisions will be more significant than the ones I described above, but less significant than the major overhaul the show got in 2012, when entire numbers were changed and poor Flora saw her part cut down to 7 spoken lines (and still plenty of singing).

Stay tuned, I guess.

Was 2012 when they changed the Hoop Dee Doo song also?

I still miss the original Hoop Dee Doo polka, it's a shame they couldn't work out a deal for the rights.

Still, the show in recent years was good. There's no reason that a tinkering/updating of the script should lead to an inferior show. It's a slap-stick / vaudeville show - you can do that and be funny and still be appropriate for todays society. It's always about the execution.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Was 2012 when they changed the Hoop Dee Doo song also?

I still miss the original Hoop Dee Doo polka, it's a shame they couldn't work out a deal for the rights.

Still, the show in recent years was good. There's no reason that a tinkering/updating of the script should lead to an inferior show. It's a slap-stick / vaudeville show - you can do that and be funny and still be appropriate for todays society. It's always about the execution.

2012 was the year they changed the opening number because of the rights issues, yes. They also refreshed a lot of other show elements including some dialogue.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

You think this show can fit in a reservation for 15?

Yes. They get lots of large groups. You’ll probably need to call on the phone, though. I don’t think the reservations website will allow you to put in that large of a party.

 

[prberk]

You think this show can fit in a reservation for 15?

Yes, it is especially good for groups. They will even be more likely to highlight your table in the show.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

For those curious, rehearsals started today.

 

[SteveAZee]

For those curious, rehearsals started today.

I will rehearse by eating barbecued pork ribs until I get it right.

 

[JusticeDisney]

I may have asked this question before, and if I did I apologize, but when reservations are able to be made this Thursday, can you do them online at 6 AM? Or do you have to wait to call at 7 AM?

Thanks!

 

[Zummi Gummi]

I may have asked this question before, and if I did I apologize, but when reservations are able to be made this Thursday, can you do them online at 6 AM? Or do you have to wait to call at 7 AM?

Thanks!

From what I remember, online at 6, phones open at 7. That’s usually the way it is.

 

[JusticeDisney]

From what I remember, online at 6, phones open at 7. That’s usually the way it is.

Thank you!

 

[FigmentFan82]

For the life of me I don't know why WDW doesn't have more dinner theater shows. It seems like a no brainer and a cash cow to boot. They're leaving money on the table but not having more dinner shows

 

[wdrive]

For the life of me I don't know why WDW doesn't have more dinner theater shows. It seems like a no brainer and a cash cow to boot. They're leaving money on the table but not having more dinner shows

They can just add a $50 cupcake party to existing shows and call it a day

 

[montyz81]

Thank god. It is now time to book my next camping trip to FWCG. Hopefully, the show stays as it was before the pandemic, and the woke trend hasn't impacted it.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Whoever designed the seating chart has obviously never set foot in the theater because that Category 2 section labeled "balcony" isn't balcony.

 

[RememberWhen]

Whoever designed the seating chart has obviously never set foot in the theater because that Category 2 section labeled "balcony" isn't balcony.

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It’s not, but the tables and chairs are higher. 100% not the same, but I guess I see what they’re thinking?

 

[Kevin_W]

I will rehearse by eating barbecued pork ribs until I get it right.

Remember to mix in some fried chicken and cornbread to balance things out.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

It’s not, but the tables and chairs are higher. 100% not the same, but I guess I see what they’re thinking?

I think it's just an error. Because the section that actually IS balcony isn't labeled as such.

 

[RememberWhen]

I think it's just an error. Because the section that actually IS balcony isn't labeled as such.

That’s possible. Label error makes sense.