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[mickEblu]

Definitely digging the new Corless rant about this one.

Me too. Only because it’s nice to see him lose it after his awful takes on TBA and the ROA going away at MK.

 

[Professortango1]

I simple cannot agree with any of your points. Disney didn’t need to replace it, they made a choice and are rightly being roasted over it. And this idea that the show is unforgivably dated? I don’t understand that. On my most recent trip in July I spent a great deal of time in Muppets Courtyard based on its (at the time) rumoured closure. I saw the show a half dozen times and I was delighted to see kids and adults genuinely connect with it. I saw many smiling faces in the exit area and even some kids reciting jokes.

I wasn’t even born yet when this debuted in 1991, and as much as I will sorely miss this wonderful experience. I feel an even deeper shame that many of the kids of today won’t be able to experience a show that brought joy to so many because they were born too late. It’s a great shame that Muppet Vision has not been allowed to join the ranks with attractions like Peter Pan’s Flight or Jungle Cruise and be a permanent treasure to be handed down the family from generation to generation.

Movie theatre attractions don't age the same way that physical attractions do. Or even live performances do. I'm a sucker for 3-D films. I was floored when I saw Honey I Shrunk the Audience and was so excited when they brought it to the West Coast. Same with Muppet Vision and same with Tough to Be a Bug. TTBAB was always the peak 4-D Film with the integration of so many physical gags and effects, but even with that, I found myself enduring the movie aspect to experience the physical aspects again.

Muppet Vision was great when it premiered 33 years ago. That's an impressive feat for a movie theatre attraction. But whenever I go now, it just makes me sad. The Muppets deserve an attraction that feels full of life, not stuck in time and out-of-date. That's what made the Muppets work, their freshness. They felt like they were real characters interacting with the stars of today. The improvisational banter was key. With the movie, it just lost that spark for me and many friends.

Its a problem I have with DHS as a whole. Many of the attractions there I enjoyed a lot the first few times I did them, but they feel dusty now. I look at shows like Beauty and the Beast, Indiana Jones, The Little Mermaid and I remember seeing them when I was in Jr High, and here I am turning 40. And it sadly makes me not want to visit the park because the park feels so "been there, done that." There's only so many times I can watch the same play. There's a far fewer amount of times I can watch the same movie.

And, if I can be honest, Waldo is annoying. I know its intentional, but he's still annoying.