The backlot tour is awful, at best. You can't argue that it's nowhere near its past glory or stature. The nails in the coffin were the removal of the actual working studio followed by the whole street set being demolished to make way for the stunt show.
The whole "studio" theme is barely even that anymore. They should take the name studio out of it since its turning into a Six-Flag style amusement park. And don't jump on my back about this statement. Let's face it, just about everyone who posted in this thread has expressed their dismay about this park and what it is turning into.
The "shows" at MGM are either in dire need of an update or just waiting to be downsized. (I love during the Indiana Jones show how they portray the guy as "Harrison Ford's stunt double" when it couldn't be more obvious that the movie was made before he was even born :ROFLOL
Great movie, but its back from when Jimmie Carter was president!! Can we get something new here? Most kids wouldn't know who Indiana Jones was if their life depended on it. Or Jimmie Carter.
And it seems that all they do to this park is add cookie cutter rides to it. Let's face it, the last original ride here was probably the Rockin Roller Coaster. Everything else is just cloned from somewhere else.
But who knows what Iger has up his sleeve. Eisner certainly didn't do anything to help the image of this park or other parks in his last years. He thought Imagineers did everything too slow, too big, and most important to him, too expensive. It will no doubt take some time to reverse this cycle. It takes years to get fresh ideas into the works, fund them, and then build them.
One thing that stands out to me was Iger's particular focus on the Imagineers, what they do, and how important they are to the company. He particularly stresses this in this year's shareholder report. Let's hope he sticks to his guns and puts the Imagineers front and center again so they revive things like MGM or California Adventure.
