DHS New Villains Show Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Summer 2025

[dennis-in-ct]

I believe Hunchback at MGM was 32 Min....

Great. Now I miss Hunchback.
Another show that was a must see. Why? The live singing was phenomenal. Felt like Broadway. Sooooo good.

Back on Villains, can we have the Villains’s candy shop back? I broke my “Evil Queen” mug. Need another one ️

 

[Jedi14]

To test what though?

Probably overall tone and mood for Villains land. Possibly to also decide which villains are more in the forefront of the land and which are more background.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Probably overall tone and mood for Villains land. Possibly to also decide which villains are more in the forefront of the land and which are more background.

That should have already been established as part of the concept design that got the project approved. They should also already have such data from all of the other things they’ve done in the past. It would be a huge problem if this something they were testing. It would mean they committed to a massive project without knowing the very basics.

 

[gerarar]

40 minutes-ish shows used to be the norm at WDW. Those days are long gone. They’ve started to become shorter over the last 10-15 years. If this turns out to be even 30 mins, I’ll be shocked. 20-25 mins would be my guess, but even 25 mins seems like wishful thinking. We shall see.

The most recent show Disney Live Entertainment produced was the Holidays in Hollywood show for Jollywood Nights next door at the Theater of the Stars.

When it first debuted it was at 27 mins. The following year they cleaned things up and cut out fluff bringing the time down to 25 mins, which did make the show flow smoother & overall better.

I'd imagine the new Villians show would be around that of 25 mins, especially since there's probably gonna be 5-6 showings per day with the equity cast. It's also probably gonna stack on top of the existing BATB and Indiana Jones shows.
Currently the first show of the day for both start at the same time, but then after that IJ starts 15-30 mins after a BATB show starts. Add Villians to that mix and they will all stack and rotate to help ease and pull guests.

 

[Gusey]

Just noticed in this video that the Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy logo and the Cruz Ramirez meet and greet are still there

 

[Villains0501]

That should have already been established as part of the concept design that got the project approved. They should also already have such data from all of the other things they’ve done in the past. It would be a huge problem if this something they were testing. It would mean they committed to a massive project without knowing the very basics.

I'm sure from past merch sales they have a firm grasp on which Villains are the most popular already, otherwise they would not have made two Maleficent films and Cruella. It's generally the same smattering of characters they use, over and over, with the female Villains generally being a little more visible than the male.

I see this as possibly doing some tonal testing for what might work in the land, but more likely just a way of leveraging this IP now while they can, quickly and easily, while they concurrently prep the land. I think Disney's shown they already have a good grasp on how to play around with this IP.

 

[discos]

The most recent show Disney Live Entertainment produced was the Holidays in Hollywood show for Jollywood Nights next door at the Theater of the Stars.

When it first debuted it was at 27 mins. The following year they cleaned things up and cut out fluff bringing the time down to 25 mins, which did make the show flow smoother & overall better.

I'd imagine the new Villians show would be around that of 25 mins, especially since there's probably gonna be 5-6 showings per day with the equity cast. It's also probably gonna stack on top of the existing BATB and Indiana Jones shows.
Currently the first show of the day for both start at the same time, but then after that IJ starts 15-30 mins after a BATB show starts. Add Villians to that mix and they will all stack and rotate to help ease and pull guests.

I wouldn't be surprised if they go the route of Festival of the Lion King and do a show every hour. Right now Lion King does 7-9 performances a day. There would be more than enough demand for the show. This would allow for two separate sets of Equity cast per day.

 

[gerarar]

I wouldn't be surprised if they go the route of Festival of the Lion King and do a show every hour. Right now Lion King does 7-9 performances a day. There would be more than enough demand for the show. This would allow for two separate sets of Equity cast per day.

I'd be surprised if they do that many.

BATB has 4 Belle's and 3 Gaston's (currently) with 1 or 2 on deck each day.
Lion King has 2 for each singer, which is surprising tbh. They may have stand ins but I only ever see the same 2 actors rotate.

Villians would probably have at minimum 2 per role. If it is 7-9 showings, that would be nice and similar to the Frozen sing-a-long of every hour and no lunch break/gap.