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Mickey's PhilharMagic coming to DCA this April
- Thread starter dlr74
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I wonder what impact this will have on MK's version. Hoping for updated video and effects... offset sharing expenses with DCA.
VJ
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cinemagiqeeper? hmmm..
Ismael Flores
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sadly the muppet show never really saw more than a third of its seats occupied and that was during busy days.
i went in to see it a couple times and was the only one in theater with about a dozen people and meanwhile the rest of the park was packed
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VJ
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i'm hoping disney will go the more costly route of upgrading the sunset showcase theater with a new philharmagic show and effects (along with MK)
i'm expecting the absolute bare minimum (barely-overlaid theater, existing infrastructure and effects, unchanged MK version of the show)
Reputable insiders have said this is a plan and may happen this year.
Maybe that's why DCA gets it... the new show will be new and development costs can be shared.
Then again... Disney inertia...
Sharon&Susan
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Are you excited for the Muppet Show Season 4 DVD set releasing in 2010?!?
VJ
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i'm just gonna point you to the Tomorrowland theater playing a preview of a movie that's been out of theaters for months...
I try to keep my hopes within the realm of realistic expectations yet still plan for inevitable failures. Not quite optimistic but not completely pessimistic either. Realistic hope not that hogwash "fantasy hope" that only happens in a Disney movie. I'm hopeful for more but expect the bare minimum. Anything more is just wishful thinking. OK. Maybe I am a little pessimistic.
Honestly though, Philharmagic isn't the place to dump funds. It's a band-aid, serviceable filler attraction that can and should be updated with new character montages (if not for any other reason but for continued brand awareness) but that's about it. I don't expect much more.
Sharon&Susan
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Sharon&Susan
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The Star Wars and The Muppet Show crossover was a season 4 episode
D.Silentu
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I often hope that Disney will surprise me in its theme parks. They seem to be living up to that in the oddest ways, the Guardians Tower for instance, and now this. I've never seen this show, so I can't exactly rate this move, but I will join the chorus exalting the fact that there is one less preview theater. As this came out of the blue, what I really want to know is how long they intend to keep this show. We'll find out soon enough how much work has been done on the theater.
Ismael Flores
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Im actually surprised that it took this long to add something there. the whole backlots has three huge empty box buildings wasting space in a park that needs more to do.
Its even worse after 5pm when the playhouse disney building and Hyperion are done for the day and you have 3/4 of the area closed
Its even worse after 5pm when the playhouse disney building and Hyperion are done for the day and you have 3/4 of the area closed
Donaldfan1934
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I’m surprised that no one has brought up that this was the original plan all along. When looking at the original post by @TP2000, it’s actually quite amazing how it everything came together in the most backwards way. While it went from Philharmagic to Flex Theater to just staying Muppet-Vision in DCA 2.0’s planning stages, it actually went from Muppet-Vision to Flex Theater to Philharmagic in the years following the redo. All I can say is that after almost 12 long years, we have finally come full circle.When the DCA makeover was announced in October, 2007, MuppetVision was slated for permanent closure to be replaced first by Philharmagic, then that was changed to a "Flex Theater" attraction they could use to tout the latest movie or pop culture thing. That got cut as they poured more money into Cars Land, but they did that anyway with the long string of temporary repurposes of MuppetVision with previews and 3D offerings over the past four years.
LA Times, October 18th, 2007 - Philharmagic replaces MuppetVision
It's a minor miracle MuppetVision has lasted as long as it has. And quite frankly, I find the show in desperate need of an update and editing out five minutes and removing that annoying 3D character that flies around. If it's replaced with a Frozen stage show, then so be it. I'd bet two churros that Frozen will pull in thousands more people per day than MuppetVision currently is.
ObscurityPoint
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Ah, Mickey’s Philharmagic! A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one.
ObscurityPoint
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Won’t it be sad to see the empty box at the top of the theater without Statler and Waldorf sitting in the seats?
fravit
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Leave 'em in. Have them heckle Philharmagic.
Travel Junkie
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It will be nice for those who haven't already seen it, but theater shows don't tend to do very well in California.
I think this also means that we can count on Path of the Jedi leaving once Galaxy's Edge opens and movie previews moving back over to TL.
I think this also means that we can count on Path of the Jedi leaving once Galaxy's Edge opens and movie previews moving back over to TL.
PiratesMansion
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It's been consistently cited by imagineers and parks people for eons that California guests just don't watch static shows in the same way other Disney resort guests do because the percentage of repeat visitors is so much higher than the other resorts. It's been the death knell for many a classic attraction, including America Sings and Country Bears (it probably would have killed COP too, if GE hadn't decided to move it to WDW), and every 3D show the resort has ever had. Lincoln and Tiki Room only last because they've been essentially grandfathered in (and Tiki Room at least can still fill the house).
There's a reason that WDW still has most of those attractions running, and it's not just because TDO is too lazy to remove them. They get enough people to justify keeping them around.
RE: PhilharMagic-I enjoy the attraction, it's one more thing for me to do in DCA, and I have no expectation that it'll last any more than five years or so.
Anyone who grew up in the 90s will absolutely eat it up and will have no idea that they're getting a compromised presentation compared to the other parks.
There's a reason that WDW still has most of those attractions running, and it's not just because TDO is too lazy to remove them. They get enough people to justify keeping them around.
RE: PhilharMagic-I enjoy the attraction, it's one more thing for me to do in DCA, and I have no expectation that it'll last any more than five years or so.
Anyone who grew up in the 90s will absolutely eat it up and will have no idea that they're getting a compromised presentation compared to the other parks.