CaptinEO
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But this area last was decked out for Pyms Test Kitchen fliers for the last 3 years. Isn't it Avengers Campus territory?
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News Rogers the Musical coming to the Hyperion Theater
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I mean the musical exists within the Marvel universe. Questionable why it would be just outside Avengers Campus but I guess having a show inside a set of Hollywood never made much sense anyway.
CaptinEO
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Guess it's all more proof that DCAs theming makes no sense.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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It's outside the "gates", so it was overflow capacity that spilled temporarily into Hollywood Land. And the Hyperion itself was never used for Campus activity, just the formerly empty queue area while there was no show there.
All of those props, signage and themed dining area are gone except for the second Shawarma cart, which is near the Rogers the Musical snack carts as it's serving a Rogers the Musical themed sandwich, I think.
In terms of story, it was handled beautifully - all of the characters in Campus were aware of the play but hadn't yet seen it. (Currently no Hawkeye on Campus to give his thoughts on it.) Some were amused at the notion of a theatrical version of their lives. Others were more cautiously curious. It provided a fun topic of conversation for the day since that's all everyone was talking about from guests to Cast Members.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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So, on the plus side - the musical is delightful! It walks a fine line between the heart-tugging and the ridiculous and serves both well. The songs were great and stayed in my head the rest of the day and the vocals (other than the lip-synching by the dancers) were terrific. As was mentioned before, End of the Line was the real showstopper vocally and emotionally, but Cap belting "I can do this all daaaaaaaaayyyyyy" was what was stuck in my head afterward (and still!). 
Staging was great and granted, I really, really, really did not care for the Frozen show here, but think this show makes great use of the infrastructure built for that, such as the turntable stage and the large screen. Use of backdrops and props and staging was very clever. And I enjoyed the radio pre-show.
But the complete and utter shambles that was trying to get in nearly ruined the entire experience.
I wasn't surprised when the premium experience sold out within an hour of rope drop so I missed it, but the ABSOLUTE GARBAGE of how ops handled the rest of the queue was one of the WORST queue experiences I can EVER remember having at a Disney park.
It started off fine - I was prepared to refresh the app and join the queue as soon as it opened. Hit the button as soon as it was time and got into the second show. (So the first show sold out in less than one second.)
They tell you that you will be allowed to queue between 30-45 minutes ahead of your showtime. Again, fine.
I showed up 50 minutes ahead to find - several hundred of us being literally yelled at by multiple Cast Members to stand back from the theater and stay away "until you get your barcode".
What?
Looking at the app virtual queue, all I could see was a line made of five bars. Mine was still only highlighting the first bar.
They kept yelling at us not to come to the door until we had our barcode as the crowd grew and filled the streets in the area.
45 minutes ahead hit. My line on my app hadn't progressed, but soon I heard a roar from the crowd and several hundred people rushed forward while the rest of us looked at our phones and each other confused. When we asked the Cast Members what was going on, we were told we had to wait for the barcode to push to our apps before we could approach the doors to line up.
Five minutes or so later, it happened again. Another couple hundred people cheered and ran for the doors. The rest of us were looking at our phones in confusion. This time, the bar had moved forward but was still nowhere close to the end.
At that point, I realized - they're pulsing the crowed and using "boarding groups", but there's no way to tell which "boarding group" you were in on the app! So thousands of us had to stand around and wait as hundreds were let in, then hundreds more, then hundreds more...
Mine was the last group called (the fifth, I think?). So the majority of the audience were allowed to queue before the rest of us peons could even get through the doorway to join the line.
So we all stood around for more than half an hour in the scorching sun being yelled at to "stay back, go across the street, find somewhere to wait until you have your barcode!" with no clue of when that might actually happen.
Finally, our last group was called and we all rushed the door, and joined the very end of the queue, EXTREMELY PI$$ED OFF.
ALL of that frustration (and my sunburn) could have been avoided if they simply announced in advance that even with a showtime, you would be let in by groups - and then TELL US WHAT GROUP WE'RE IN so we don't feel like fifth class citizens being yelled at for half an hour while we take guesses on when that might happen!
One of the WORST examples of "the Disney Difference" I've seen. It was bad Safety, bad Courtesy, bad Inclusion, bad Show and bad Efficiency.
A combination of terrible management and terrible training put me in a terrible mood as I was one of the last allowed to enter the theater and scrambled to find a seat.
Again - the show was great and left a big smile on my face. The queue process is GARBAGE and left a terrible aftertaste and ill will so easily avoided by NUMBERING THE FREAKING BOARDING GROUPS instead of making us feel like crap while everyone except us was let in. #thanksdisneyopsteam
Staging was great and granted, I really, really, really did not care for the Frozen show here, but think this show makes great use of the infrastructure built for that, such as the turntable stage and the large screen. Use of backdrops and props and staging was very clever. And I enjoyed the radio pre-show.
But the complete and utter shambles that was trying to get in nearly ruined the entire experience.
I wasn't surprised when the premium experience sold out within an hour of rope drop so I missed it, but the ABSOLUTE GARBAGE of how ops handled the rest of the queue was one of the WORST queue experiences I can EVER remember having at a Disney park.
It started off fine - I was prepared to refresh the app and join the queue as soon as it opened. Hit the button as soon as it was time and got into the second show. (So the first show sold out in less than one second.)
They tell you that you will be allowed to queue between 30-45 minutes ahead of your showtime. Again, fine.
I showed up 50 minutes ahead to find - several hundred of us being literally yelled at by multiple Cast Members to stand back from the theater and stay away "until you get your barcode".
What?
Looking at the app virtual queue, all I could see was a line made of five bars. Mine was still only highlighting the first bar.
They kept yelling at us not to come to the door until we had our barcode as the crowd grew and filled the streets in the area.
45 minutes ahead hit. My line on my app hadn't progressed, but soon I heard a roar from the crowd and several hundred people rushed forward while the rest of us looked at our phones and each other confused. When we asked the Cast Members what was going on, we were told we had to wait for the barcode to push to our apps before we could approach the doors to line up.
Five minutes or so later, it happened again. Another couple hundred people cheered and ran for the doors. The rest of us were looking at our phones in confusion. This time, the bar had moved forward but was still nowhere close to the end.
At that point, I realized - they're pulsing the crowed and using "boarding groups", but there's no way to tell which "boarding group" you were in on the app! So thousands of us had to stand around and wait as hundreds were let in, then hundreds more, then hundreds more...
Mine was the last group called (the fifth, I think?). So the majority of the audience were allowed to queue before the rest of us peons could even get through the doorway to join the line.
So we all stood around for more than half an hour in the scorching sun being yelled at to "stay back, go across the street, find somewhere to wait until you have your barcode!" with no clue of when that might actually happen.
Finally, our last group was called and we all rushed the door, and joined the very end of the queue, EXTREMELY PI$$ED OFF.
ALL of that frustration (and my sunburn) could have been avoided if they simply announced in advance that even with a showtime, you would be let in by groups - and then TELL US WHAT GROUP WE'RE IN so we don't feel like fifth class citizens being yelled at for half an hour while we take guesses on when that might happen!
One of the WORST examples of "the Disney Difference" I've seen. It was bad Safety, bad Courtesy, bad Inclusion, bad Show and bad Efficiency.
A combination of terrible management and terrible training put me in a terrible mood as I was one of the last allowed to enter the theater and scrambled to find a seat.
Again - the show was great and left a big smile on my face. The queue process is GARBAGE and left a terrible aftertaste and ill will so easily avoided by NUMBERING THE FREAKING BOARDING GROUPS instead of making us feel like crap while everyone except us was let in. #thanksdisneyopsteam
Sorry that happened, thanks for the warning.So, on the plus side - the musical is delightful! It walks a fine line between the heart-tugging and the ridiculous and serves both well. The songs were great and stayed in my head the rest of the day and the vocals (other than the lip-synching by the dancers) were terrific. As was mentioned before, End of the Line was the real showstopper vocally and emotionally, but Cap belting "I can do this all daaaaaaaaayyyyyy" was what was stuck in my head afterward (and still!).
Staging was great and granted, I really, really, really did not care for the Frozen show here, but think this show makes great use of the infrastructure built for that, such as the turntable stage and the large screen. Use of backdrops and props and staging was very clever. And I enjoyed the radio pre-show.
But the complete and utter shambles that was trying to get in nearly ruined the entire experience.
I wasn't surprised when the premium experience sold out within an hour of rope drop so I missed it, but the ABSOLUTE GARBAGE of how ops handled the rest of the queue was one of the WORST queue experiences I can EVER remember having at a Disney park.
It started off fine - I was prepared to refresh the app and join the queue as soon as it opened. Hit the button as soon as it was time and got into the second show. (So the first show sold out in less than one second.)
They tell you that you will be allowed to queue between 30-45 minutes ahead of your showtime. Again, fine.
I showed up 50 minutes ahead to find - several hundred of us being literally yelled at by multiple Cast Members to stand back from the theater and stay away "until you get your barcode".
What?
Looking at the app virtual queue, all I could see was a line made of five bars. Mine was still only highlighting the first bar.
They kept yelling at us not to come to the door until we had our barcode as the crowd grew and filled the streets in the area.
45 minutes ahead hit. My line on my app hadn't progressed, but soon I heard a roar from the crowd and several hundred people rushed forward while the rest of us looked at our phones and each other confused. When we asked the Cast Members what was going on, we were told we had to wait for the barcode to push to our apps before we could approach the doors to line up.
Five minutes or so later, it happened again. Another couple hundred people cheered and ran for the doors. The rest of us were looking at our phones in confusion. This time, the bar had moved forward but was still nowhere close to the end.
At that point, I realized - they're pulsing the crowed and using "boarding groups", but there's no way to tell which "boarding group" you were in on the app! So thousands of us had to stand around and wait as hundreds were let in, then hundreds more, then hundreds more...
Mine was the last group called (the fifth, I think?). So the majority of the audience were allowed to queue before the rest of us peons could even get through the doorway to join the line.
So we all stood around for more than half an hour in the scorching sun being yelled at to "stay back, go across the street, find somewhere to wait until you have your barcode!" with no clue of when that might actually happen.
Finally, our last group was called and we all rushed the door, and joined the very end of the queue, EXTREMELY PI$$ED OFF.
ALL of that frustration (and my sunburn) could have been avoided if they simply announced in advance that even with a showtime, you would be let in by groups - and then TELL US WHAT GROUP WE'RE IN so we don't feel like fifth class citizens being yelled at for half an hour while we take guesses on when that might happen!
One of the WORST examples of "the Disney Difference" I've seen. It was bad Safety, bad Courtesy, bad Inclusion, bad Show and bad Efficiency.
A combination of terrible management and terrible training put me in a terrible mood as I was one of the last allowed to enter the theater and scrambled to find a seat.
Again - the show was great and left a big smile on my face. The queue process is GARBAGE and left a terrible aftertaste and ill will so easily avoided by NUMBERING THE FREAKING BOARDING GROUPS instead of making us feel like crap while everyone except us was let in. #thanksdisneyopsteam
MarvelCharacterNerd
Well-Known Member
You're welcome.
My TL;DR for everyone else: musical good - go see if you're a Marvel fan or theme parks show fan; queueing system sucks - be prepared.
So, on the plus side - the musical is delightful! It walks a fine line between the heart-tugging and the ridiculous and serves both well. The songs were great and stayed in my head the rest of the day and the vocals (other than the lip-synching by the dancers) were terrific. As was mentioned before, End of the Line was the real showstopper vocally and emotionally, but Cap belting "I can do this all daaaaaaaaayyyyyy" was what was stuck in my head afterward (and still!).
Staging was great and granted, I really, really, really did not care for the Frozen show here, but think this show makes great use of the infrastructure built for that, such as the turntable stage and the large screen. Use of backdrops and props and staging was very clever. And I enjoyed the radio pre-show.
But the complete and utter shambles that was trying to get in nearly ruined the entire experience.
I wasn't surprised when the premium experience sold out within an hour of rope drop so I missed it, but the ABSOLUTE GARBAGE of how ops handled the rest of the queue was one of the WORST queue experiences I can EVER remember having at a Disney park.
It started off fine - I was prepared to refresh the app and join the queue as soon as it opened. Hit the button as soon as it was time and got into the second show. (So the first show sold out in less than one second.)
They tell you that you will be allowed to queue between 30-45 minutes ahead of your showtime. Again, fine.
I showed up 50 minutes ahead to find - several hundred of us being literally yelled at by multiple Cast Members to stand back from the theater and stay away "until you get your barcode".
What?
Looking at the app virtual queue, all I could see was a line made of five bars. Mine was still only highlighting the first bar.
They kept yelling at us not to come to the door until we had our barcode as the crowd grew and filled the streets in the area.
45 minutes ahead hit. My line on my app hadn't progressed, but soon I heard a roar from the crowd and several hundred people rushed forward while the rest of us looked at our phones and each other confused. When we asked the Cast Members what was going on, we were told we had to wait for the barcode to push to our apps before we could approach the doors to line up.
Five minutes or so later, it happened again. Another couple hundred people cheered and ran for the doors. The rest of us were looking at our phones in confusion. This time, the bar had moved forward but was still nowhere close to the end.
At that point, I realized - they're pulsing the crowed and using "boarding groups", but there's no way to tell which "boarding group" you were in on the app! So thousands of us had to stand around and wait as hundreds were let in, then hundreds more, then hundreds more...
Mine was the last group called (the fifth, I think?). So the majority of the audience were allowed to queue before the rest of us peons could even get through the doorway to join the line.
So we all stood around for more than half an hour in the scorching sun being yelled at to "stay back, go across the street, find somewhere to wait until you have your barcode!" with no clue of when that might actually happen.
Finally, our last group was called and we all rushed the door, and joined the very end of the queue, EXTREMELY PI$$ED OFF.
ALL of that frustration (and my sunburn) could have been avoided if they simply announced in advance that even with a showtime, you would be let in by groups - and then TELL US WHAT GROUP WE'RE IN so we don't feel like fifth class citizens being yelled at for half an hour while we take guesses on when that might happen!
One of the WORST examples of "the Disney Difference" I've seen. It was bad Safety, bad Courtesy, bad Inclusion, bad Show and bad Efficiency.
A combination of terrible management and terrible training put me in a terrible mood as I was one of the last allowed to enter the theater and scrambled to find a seat.
Again - the show was great and left a big smile on my face. The queue process is GARBAGE and left a terrible aftertaste and ill will so easily avoided by NUMBERING THE FREAKING BOARDING GROUPS instead of making us feel like crap while everyone except us was let in. #thanksdisneyopsteam
VQ was clearly a mistake for the Hyperion. Me and my friend got the first show on opening day but we did it separate from each other. He got his barcode while i was waiting on mine. The CM ended up scanning my Magic Key to retrieve my VQ and got us through together. My friend had a DAS and from experience from Frozen, we assumed DAS would be loaded in after VIP and wheelchairs got in but before the regular line but DAS ended up last. We did find 2 seats in the front row though so it did make up for a chaotic Hyperion queueing
They're better off ditching the VQ and just do it normally.
Professortango1
Well-Known Member
I enjoy the sets and the first few scenes are okay, but man....this show just overstays its welcome and gets tired really quickly. That was my fear when turning a quick gag into a 30 minute experience. The Nick Fury song is one of the worst patter songs I have heard at a professional level. A+ effort, but terrible book and music.
CaptinEO
Well-Known Member
Wow that sounds terrible. What was wrong with a normal line? Disney makes no sense with their focus on the app these days.So, on the plus side - the musical is delightful! It walks a fine line between the heart-tugging and the ridiculous and serves both well. The songs were great and stayed in my head the rest of the day and the vocals (other than the lip-synching by the dancers) were terrific. As was mentioned before, End of the Line was the real showstopper vocally and emotionally, but Cap belting "I can do this all daaaaaaaaayyyyyy" was what was stuck in my head afterward (and still!).
Staging was great and granted, I really, really, really did not care for the Frozen show here, but think this show makes great use of the infrastructure built for that, such as the turntable stage and the large screen. Use of backdrops and props and staging was very clever. And I enjoyed the radio pre-show.
But the complete and utter shambles that was trying to get in nearly ruined the entire experience.
I wasn't surprised when the premium experience sold out within an hour of rope drop so I missed it, but the ABSOLUTE GARBAGE of how ops handled the rest of the queue was one of the WORST queue experiences I can EVER remember having at a Disney park.
It started off fine - I was prepared to refresh the app and join the queue as soon as it opened. Hit the button as soon as it was time and got into the second show. (So the first show sold out in less than one second.)
They tell you that you will be allowed to queue between 30-45 minutes ahead of your showtime. Again, fine.
I showed up 50 minutes ahead to find - several hundred of us being literally yelled at by multiple Cast Members to stand back from the theater and stay away "until you get your barcode".
What?
Looking at the app virtual queue, all I could see was a line made of five bars. Mine was still only highlighting the first bar.
They kept yelling at us not to come to the door until we had our barcode as the crowd grew and filled the streets in the area.
45 minutes ahead hit. My line on my app hadn't progressed, but soon I heard a roar from the crowd and several hundred people rushed forward while the rest of us looked at our phones and each other confused. When we asked the Cast Members what was going on, we were told we had to wait for the barcode to push to our apps before we could approach the doors to line up.
Five minutes or so later, it happened again. Another couple hundred people cheered and ran for the doors. The rest of us were looking at our phones in confusion. This time, the bar had moved forward but was still nowhere close to the end.
At that point, I realized - they're pulsing the crowed and using "boarding groups", but there's no way to tell which "boarding group" you were in on the app! So thousands of us had to stand around and wait as hundreds were let in, then hundreds more, then hundreds more...
Mine was the last group called (the fifth, I think?). So the majority of the audience were allowed to queue before the rest of us peons could even get through the doorway to join the line.
So we all stood around for more than half an hour in the scorching sun being yelled at to "stay back, go across the street, find somewhere to wait until you have your barcode!" with no clue of when that might actually happen.
Finally, our last group was called and we all rushed the door, and joined the very end of the queue, EXTREMELY PI$$ED OFF.
ALL of that frustration (and my sunburn) could have been avoided if they simply announced in advance that even with a showtime, you would be let in by groups - and then TELL US WHAT GROUP WE'RE IN so we don't feel like fifth class citizens being yelled at for half an hour while we take guesses on when that might happen!
One of the WORST examples of "the Disney Difference" I've seen. It was bad Safety, bad Courtesy, bad Inclusion, bad Show and bad Efficiency.
A combination of terrible management and terrible training put me in a terrible mood as I was one of the last allowed to enter the theater and scrambled to find a seat.
Again - the show was great and left a big smile on my face. The queue process is GARBAGE and left a terrible aftertaste and ill will so easily avoided by NUMBERING THE FREAKING BOARDING GROUPS instead of making us feel like crap while everyone except us was let in. #thanksdisneyopsteam
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Oh geez, that's a hilarious line. Can I borrow it?
Stop being so smart. Some people here won't understand.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
I think you hit the nail on the head. Who is this for? Is it for the actual paying audience? Or is it for TDA managers worried they've lost too much talent and need to put something, anything, into production at the Hyperion to employ CM's fast and keep future onboarding costs low.
I think this show is a side effect of the State of California keeping Disneyland closed for 13 months, which is something they obviously still haven't recovered from yet. This type of show in the huge and lavish Hyperion Theater proves that.
This odd little show will be fine for now. But it's not why the 2,000 seat Hyperion Theater was built. This show can't overstay its welcome past this Christmas. It should only be used as a stepping stone to recover from the damage done by a 13 month long state-mandated closure and its resulting massive loss of talent and working knowledge.
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I will be very curious to see how big the audiences are as it goes on. That may determine how long it lasts.
Disney Analyst
Well-Known Member
I heard someone say that part of the reason they are shut down Sunday and Monday is they only have one cast (assuming with some understudies or standbys??).
So I do think this is likely very temporary.
The question is, what big permanent show do we all want next?
So I do think this is likely very temporary.
The question is, what big permanent show do we all want next?
PiratesMansion
Well-Known Member
I feel like the obvious next thing, if this is in fact temporary and not 'WDW temporary', would be Encanto.
Disney Analyst
Well-Known Member
That would be amazing. Let’s go!
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
Why is it 'USO' in the opening number and not 'USA'? Is this a reference I'm missing?
Consumer
Well-Known Member
The USO is the organization that provides entertainment to servicemen.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
And so, so much more. The USO (United Service Organizations) provides comfort and a "bit of home" to servicemen and women (and their spouses left behind) domestically and abroad, both emotionally and physically. They ship in fresh apple pies and cheeseburgers on July 4th to places as far afield as Afghanistan or Antarctica. The USO helps a new young Navy wife learn the ropes of homemaking and parenting all alone while her husband is gone for 6 months or longer. They also operate a series of USO lounges in most major overseas airports and many American airports for servicemen and women traveling from one duty station to another.
They also organize gift baskets at Christmas, or card writing service any time of year. Our servicemen and women, some who may not have much of a family back home, deserve to hear how much we appreciate them and their work.
If you'd like to donate a small bit to the USO or help write a thank you note to an American serving overseas, you can find it all here.
United Service Organizations
The nation’s leading charitable organization in serving active-duty service members and military families. Learn how you can support the troops through the USO and make a difference.
www.uso.org
Sorry for derail, but I'm passionate about the USO and their noble work for those who serve us. And now back to the Hyperion...
