Question about Adventure Club?

[RPMdfw]

in the main lobby area or whatever it was called the butler used the same lines... I wasn't too impressed... but thats just my opinion...I didn't see the show back to back I saw the first one left and came back later.. I guess I expceted too much

Ah. You saw the "New Member Induction Ceremony" that they do three times a night in the Main Salon. That's pretty much the only thing that repeats at the club, and isn't strictly considered a "show".

If you didn't leave the Main Salon and venture into one of the show rooms, you didn't see any shows at all.

I don't think you expected too much, it sounds like you didn't give it enough of a chance.

There's a LOT more to the Adventurers Club than meets the eye the first time around.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

I think this place has to be one of Disneys hidden gems. If I had a complaint its that I can never get a drink when I would like one.


TO.

 

[brkgnews]

Deb's site sums it up quite well...

Think of the AC as a theater that is presenting a play. In ordinary theaters, the audience is seated while the action continuously unfolds on the stage in front of them over a fixed, limited period of time. The AC, however, is a bit like going to a theater at no special time, sitting right on the stage -- one that encompasses the entire theater -- and having the action sporadically occur all around you, even to the extent of your functioning as an extra in the play.

...


It is fair to say, though, that many of those who at least initially dislike the AC have never really experienced what it's all about.

Using the theater analogy, a brief visit to the AC is like arriving at the theater a half-hour before the show starts and leaving after only 15 minutes because nothing has happened yet.

(allearsnet.com)

 

[Hummer1676]

I never gave it much thought when i went to WDW but last time i went i had a blast. Plus some of the girls are gorgeous that work in there. Whoever played the maid was absolutley drop dead gorgeous.

 

[Craig & Lisa]

As they have a set script, they do encourage the audence to interact. And in so doing the show never really is the same. One thing the family and I like to do is try to get in on the show and catch the performers off guard. As an adult, it's very hard, but if they pull a child or young adult,look out. My younger son was part of the show with the butler at first and then the president came in and she had said something, at which point my son said something which caught her off guard and she broke for a moment, and everyone in the main hall cracked up. It was a blast. :lol:

 

[jiminy.cricket]

As they have a set script, they do encourage the audence to interact. And in so doing the show never really is the same. One thing the family and I like to do is try to get in on the show and catch the performers off guard. As an adult, it's very hard, but if they pull a child or young adult,look out. My younger son was part of the show with the butler at first and then the president came in and she had said something, at which point my son said something which caught her off guard and she broke for a moment, and everyone in the main hall cracked up. It was a blast. :lol:

Ooooooh...do tell!

 

[mickster]

Adventurer's Club is one of my favorite things in all of WDW. And sadly, it's pretty much the only thing left at PI that is worthwhile and has not become old and tired. I desperately hope that AC doesn't suffer as a result of how rundown PI has become.

 

[Craig & Lisa]

Ooooooh...do tell!

I've even got it on video tape.
Here's another time with me, as I always like to do I sit in front in the library during the caberet, well Samantha Sterling was singing her song, I was sitting with my younger son, yes the same one, and she came to me, be careful this is your son what would you say? I sat for a moment, then stood up took her hand and started to walk out of the room with her in tow. But to my surprise, she did not stop until we got out into the main hall. Everybody got a big laugh out of that too.

 

[mickster]

I've even got it on video tape.
Here's another time with me, as I always like to do I sit in front in the library during the caberet, well Samantha Sterling was singing her song, I was sitting with my younger son, yes the same one, and she came to me, be careful this is your son what would you say? I sat for a moment, then stood up took her hand and started to walk out of the room with her in tow. But to my surprise, she did not stop until we got out into the main hall. Everybody got a big laugh out of that too.

:veryconfu :veryconfu Huh???

 

[Rob562]

As they have a set script, they do encourage the audence to interact. And in so doing the show never really is the same. One thing the family and I like to do is try to get in on the show and catch the performers off guard. As an adult, it's very hard, but if they pull a child or young adult,look out. My younger son was part of the show with the butler at first and then the president came in and she had said something, at which point my son said something which caught her off guard and she broke for a moment, and everyone in the main hall cracked up. It was a blast. :lol:

***SPOILERS****
Well, there was the (in)famous RADP Meet where they threw the voting for the Balderdash Cup and the cast wasn't able to recover.... (I wasn't there that night, but I heard about it from people who were)

Basically, a large number of people from RADP (the rec.arts.disney.parks Usenet newsgroup) went to the Club one evening, and there were a sufficient number of them to vote in the Balderdash Cup competition so as to throw the vote to Hathaway rather than Emil. The assumption and reasoning behind doing this was that there *must* be an alternate script for the evening in the event Emil loses the competition. They thought it'd be interesting to see an evening at the Club unfold with a different script than you see every single night.
Unfortunately, it wasn't until after the Cup went to Hathaway that they discovered that such an alternate script did NOT exist. (Oops...)
The story gets a little fuzzy after that about how the cast recovered, as there are some parts of the other shows and character interactions that hinge on Emil being the winner.
After that night, the RADP people were referred to as "THOSE people" by the Club members... :animwink:

-Rob

 

[happymom52003]

As they have a set script, they do encourage the audence to interact. And in so doing the show never really is the same. One thing the family and I like to do is try to get in on the show and catch the performers off guard. As an adult, it's very hard, but if they pull a child or young adult,look out. My younger son was part of the show with the butler at first and then the president came in and she had said something, at which point my son said something which caught her off guard and she broke for a moment, and everyone in the main hall cracked up. It was a blast. :lol:

You can take children? Is there an age requirement? If there is not an age requirement, then what would be an appropriate age for a child to go?

 

[Rob562]

You can take children? Is there an age requirement? If there is not an age requirement, then what would be an appropriate age for a child to go?

There is not an age requirement at the AC (or the Comedy Warehouse), though under-18 visitors must be accompanied by an adult.

As for an appropriate age, that of course varies by the kid. In my own personal opinion (and this is coming from a single, child-less adult) I wouldn't even think of taking a child who's under 10. Many children under 10 wouldn't "get" what was going on, and would soon grow restless and could become a distraction to the other Guests. Between ages 10 and 16 they'd do better and probably would be more into it.
There's often a lot of sexual inuuendo and double entendre being tossed about, though nothing worse than what you might hear on some British sitcoms on PBS. :animwink: Most of it would go right over the younger kids heads.
By about age 15 or 16 I'd think that kids would be able to get the full benefit of an evening at the AC. (Of course at that age, they may want to be anywhere BUT the AC with their parents....)

If you have kids and have never been to the AC, and are thinking about visiting multiple evenings, I'd suggest going the first time without kids. Stay for a while, see some of the shows, and get a feel for the type of humor and guest interaction. If it's something your kid would enjoy, bring them back some other night. (And YOU get the added benefit of multiple visits to the AC)

-Rob