-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Return to normality tracker
- Thread starter Disney Glimpses
- Start date
F! Or Indy?
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
Fantasmic should be the least of anyone's worries. They're not doing all that work in the theater only to announce the show isn't returning. It's clearly coming back at some point.
mattpeto
Well-Known Member
F!
I'm still wondering if Jingle Bell Jingle BAM! will be replacing WWOA in November-ish.
Page still says 2021 returning, but nothing from Disney about it yet, even though they had some postings about the DHS festivities.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
They know the park needs a nighttime spectacular. I suspect it will return in the spring. They don’t particularly want to run it until there’s no need for distancing, however.
Indy returns within the next several months. Likely around Christmas.
mattpeto
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I'm just kind of relieved.
It was a little concerned when the early rumors that two firework shows won't be back. It looks like it was Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular and Rivers of Light. HEA (July - September) would also be sort of a candidate.
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
There's a certain dinner show waiting for the same thing.
mattpeto
Well-Known Member
WWOA shouldn't replace Bell, BAM! It should be before it like Pre COVID if Bell, BAM! Is returning.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
FYI I was told audience participation may never return to Indy. Honestly, it felt dated, everyone expected the gag, and it slows the show’s pacing.
pdude81
Well-Known Member
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Not a huge loss for me, either. I’d prefer they stick with the stunts. If it ends up being a 20-min show, that works for me.
EeyoreFan#24
Well-Known Member
Glad to see the show returning. I thought it was entertaining and a good break. However I do agree with the audience bits not being a big loss. I know it’s scripted, but those just felt like overused obligatory gags on some days. There were rumors of losing the filming angle altogether, so I’m interested to see if this is a piece of larger changes.
Overall good news.
Overall good news.
I always thought that the audience participation parts were time killers for the cast to set up the next scene.
dmw
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
I enjoyed the audience participation parts, but probably because I have been frequently picked. That makes it part of the fun. Of course, the audience participation harkens back to the old Disney-MGM days where there were several attractions in which a guest might be picked to participate. <sigh>... no longer a working studio concept. I miss that from Universal, too. I remember going to Universal in Hollywood, CA and being chosen for the old Star Trek attraction. Sea World also had guest participation in the Shamu show... one of my daughters was chosen for that one. Lots of good memories...
danlb_2000
Premium Member
They are definitely used to fill time during some of the set changes, but they could come up with new material using CMs instead.
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
I can't imagine they'd drop the "filming" aspect of the show. I mean, they're most iconic moment is the opening scene with the boulder, someone yelling "cut", and then two guys returning it to place. I imagine (though I'm not privy to anything) that they'll still frame the show as "filming with the second unit" but drop the bits where they call people onstage. Just a guess, though.
Sorcerer Mickey
Well-Known Member
Ah. They do a particularly good job distancing on the MK ferry, monorails, buses, Haunted Mansion pre-show...oh wait.
Casper Gutman
Well-Known Member
What possible excuse explains not running the parking lot trams?