i know that the first time they did the show in WDW they had an accident.....was that person still employed does anyone know and did they change the actual stunts or are they the same?
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MickeyTigg
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I'm not aware anything changed. We saw this show for the first time when we went a few weeks ago and I'll tell you...I wasn't impressed. There's no story....no theme. It's stunts for the sake of stunts. It's very loud and if you don't get there early you're what seems 5 miles away.
While I was impressed with the precision of the stunt moves...the show had no re-watchability factor for me.
In order to see anything you have to watch a big video screen...to me, that means you're too far away.
Even the audience participation segment I thought was lame.
I wanted to see it to say I saw it and give it try....I don't think we'll be going back to see it anytime soon.
While I was impressed with the precision of the stunt moves...the show had no re-watchability factor for me.
In order to see anything you have to watch a big video screen...to me, that means you're too far away.
Even the audience participation segment I thought was lame.
I wanted to see it to say I saw it and give it try....I don't think we'll be going back to see it anytime soon.
NadieMasK2
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TiggerRPh - I agree. We were seated directly behind a concrete wall. My youngest couldn't see anything. The heat was unbearable. We have since been back to the world and no one wanted to see it again.
NadieMasK2 said:
i have seen the show many times and as i live in england i regulary go to paris in fact (30) times since it opened and i always loved the french version the cars were fast and stunts were amazing, even last december when i was there the french-english drivers were nuts. taking my breath away quiet a few times.
how ever i can not say the same for the florida show. this is a smaller show in time and many of the stunts that are done in france are not done here and even the one's they do here do look fake. i am sorry to say the fench version for once is the best. i am trying to edit my cam corder and put it on my home page so i can show you it all soon if you wish to compere it.
sorry guys this show needs to go back to its roots or for florida law to allow the drivers to do the real stunts.
DisneyDreamin
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I don't like to be negative, but I have to agree on this one. While an auto stunt show might not be my first choice of attractions, my 30ish son who loves auto racing did not care much for it either. Everyone in our group agreed that it just wasn't anything we would care to see again and we wished we had gone to Indy instead even though we have seen Indy many times. I'm not sure I can put my finger on what is lacking there, but it just wasn't very interesting and it certainly wasn't exciting. I know there will probably be many people out there who enjoy it, we just weren't in that group.
MickeyTigg
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DisneyDreamin said:
I agree. We have seen Indy dozens of times and even knowing the gags still find the show entertaining. Lights, Motors, Yawn....was not entertaining.
Pete C
Active Member
I am absolutely stunned by how many people don't like this. How anyone can say "Yawn" about LMA is beyond me. It is my favorite show of all time. I can't imagine a car person not liking this...I just can't. It got my adrenaline going in a big way. The stunts are sick. Can you not appreciate this level of driving? Because it is insanely difficult. Maybe you should stick to Muppets if you aren't into cars.
NadieMasK2
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I wouldn't say that I disliked it. It was good, not great, the first time. But I don't see myself seeing it again. It has little rewatching factor, and that's my biggest problem with it. Kind of like, there are movies that are ok, but you don't buy them. Then there are the ones you just can't get enough of, and LMA isn't one IMO.
hypercatmatt04
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Maybe if Lindsay Lohan came out with Herbie..
CThaddeus
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I think to really make this show something some of us might want to see again, they need to somehow make it more...well, Disney. Some might disagree with me on this, but I was thinking perhaps a great way to do that would be to turn it into a Herbie adventure (or theme it to the movie "Cars"). Make it a show that has a plot and that doesn't keep coming to a grinding halt for ten minutes at a time after three minutes' worth of screeching cars. Fill it with lots of stunts, sure, but make it accessible to those of us who think of a car as really just a means of transportation. And, to make the show even better, cover the entire seating area as well as the queue area. I never sweated and got burned so much in my life.
Oh, and to answer the question, I don't know.
Oh, and to answer the question, I don't know.
MickeyTigg
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hypercatmatt04 said:
No....that would just make me retch in addition to not liking the show.
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I can only speak for myself...but there is no compelling story in this show. It's just a bunch of stunts slapped together. At least Indy loosly follows the movie.
If I want car stunts I can catch Joe Chitwood at the local fair for a lot less than it costs to go to WDW.
RonAnnArbor
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I am one of those people who Loves this show -- and I have seen it in Paris as well --
As to differences -- I don't know what that poster was talking about -- the show is virtually identical. The Paris show occasionally drops some of the stunts when the weather gets bad -- as does Disney MGM. The video clips are the same identical ones they use in Paris, only translated into English and with a few editorial cuts. The sets and car stunts are identical.
I don't know what the poster means by "FLorida law allowing them to do the real stunts" -- they ARE the same stunts -- I have seen the Paris show three times, and the MGM show twice -- speaking French, I can assure you that the script is even translated intact. The show is done in Paris in half-English half-French using Disneyspeak...French host asks a question in French, sidekick answers in English verifying the original qeustion and adding the answer. The French host then verifies the English answer, and repeats the process with the next statement or question, Same technique used in almost all of their live shows.
As to differences -- I don't know what that poster was talking about -- the show is virtually identical. The Paris show occasionally drops some of the stunts when the weather gets bad -- as does Disney MGM. The video clips are the same identical ones they use in Paris, only translated into English and with a few editorial cuts. The sets and car stunts are identical.
I don't know what the poster means by "FLorida law allowing them to do the real stunts" -- they ARE the same stunts -- I have seen the Paris show three times, and the MGM show twice -- speaking French, I can assure you that the script is even translated intact. The show is done in Paris in half-English half-French using Disneyspeak...French host asks a question in French, sidekick answers in English verifying the original qeustion and adding the answer. The French host then verifies the English answer, and repeats the process with the next statement or question, Same technique used in almost all of their live shows.
DisneyMedic
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This show falls into the the...Once is enough catagory. In my opinon the show is a waste of space on the MGM property. It takes up too much room for the theater and the practice area. For what we got they could have put in a really kick ______ attraction back there......
will_rogers
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The "story" is about how they do the stunts. There is no plot os real story. It isn't supposed to. A car guy myself, and my uncle a former semi-pro racer, i know that those stunts are nothing to joke about, they are crazy difficult.
As far as bringing Picar's CARS into it, haven't we put enough PIXAR into the parks? Besides, CARS had no stunts, it was a CG movie. I think people would enjoy wating LMA rather than a movie on some guy on a mac making sure Speed McQueen makes the right engine sounds as he races dangerously on the track.
C'mon guys, really...
As far as bringing Picar's CARS into it, haven't we put enough PIXAR into the parks? Besides, CARS had no stunts, it was a CG movie. I think people would enjoy wating LMA rather than a movie on some guy on a mac making sure Speed McQueen makes the right engine sounds as he races dangerously on the track.
C'mon guys, really...