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The junk yards gone
- Thread starter eddy21
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Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Well apparently since they still have the Backlot Tour attraction as it is, they haven't gone to being a completely illusionary Hollywood/Studio. They still act as if there is production going on here. They send you through costuming and prop houses as if these are serious "backstage movie" stuff. Maybe closing it wouldn't free up much space, but it would allow them to spend money on something else instead of keeping up an old, worn out ride that noone really likes.
If they really want to keep this attraction up, they could totally revamp the ride and send you through an actually interesting "fake" studio tour. I mean, if you are going to lie to the guests, you might as well make it interesting and entertaining! Send guests through cool looking sets based on actual sets from popular movies, or put up a decent storage facility to house the cars and things instead of having them lie in a ditch next to the road. Maybe even add in some more of the ol' reliable "and then something goes wrong" routine where the tram goes out of control or something.
mousermerf
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Who the heck said the Backlot Tour isn't horrible?
Have you been on it lately?!?
If the water tank show works, it's abysmal. You can't see the screens, and if you can, it's based on a film no one really liked. Did anyone really like Pearl Harbor? Does anyone in this day and age care..? The answer is no.. It really needs to be changed, even if it's just to fix the TVs and remove all references of Pearl Harbor and just be "oh look, we have a neat water tank."
Now - going on it without the water tank.. wow, that's just even more horrible. They make you wait and watch the horrible pre-show twice rather then the water tank. That's torture. "Pearl Harbor was amazing.. You'll get to see how we made Pearl Harbor.. My amazing wonderful Pearl Harbor I directed myself, ME ME ME!" twice mind you. Then you walk right past it. They do that regularly. Tell me that's not horrible.
Then you walk to the tram, yay! The tram goes.. and sees.. the water tower! Yay!
After that, you round a corner, they mention a TV show that is no longer in production, you see the side of some buildings, the CM parking garage, then u-turn and enter the costume building.
If nothing is going on, it's abysmal. If something is going on, it's alright. If you're really unluckey, there's something about Pearl Harbor. That lasts 10-15 seconds, then you go past paint/props, for another 10-15 seconds, and then out behind LMAX.
Ooo.. a stadium. Oo.. cars. It's like the tram we took into the park this morning! Oo, aaah! Seriously, this is crap, complete and utter crap.
Highlight: Walt's Plane. Yay! 15 seconds.
Catastrophe Canyon. We pull up, we wait, we listen to the whole show run for the tram before us, so we know what's gonna happen. We're not particularly enthusiastic. We go in, we come out, we drive around the back..
Meh. Moving on, we drive past some rusting junk, and they drop us off.
That's literally all you see. Nothing else. It's a complete waste of space and time. The water tank needs to be redone and the tram part needs to be redone. It's a complete mess.
Have you been on it lately?!?
If the water tank show works, it's abysmal. You can't see the screens, and if you can, it's based on a film no one really liked. Did anyone really like Pearl Harbor? Does anyone in this day and age care..? The answer is no.. It really needs to be changed, even if it's just to fix the TVs and remove all references of Pearl Harbor and just be "oh look, we have a neat water tank."
Now - going on it without the water tank.. wow, that's just even more horrible. They make you wait and watch the horrible pre-show twice rather then the water tank. That's torture. "Pearl Harbor was amazing.. You'll get to see how we made Pearl Harbor.. My amazing wonderful Pearl Harbor I directed myself, ME ME ME!" twice mind you. Then you walk right past it. They do that regularly. Tell me that's not horrible.
Then you walk to the tram, yay! The tram goes.. and sees.. the water tower! Yay!
After that, you round a corner, they mention a TV show that is no longer in production, you see the side of some buildings, the CM parking garage, then u-turn and enter the costume building.
If nothing is going on, it's abysmal. If something is going on, it's alright. If you're really unluckey, there's something about Pearl Harbor. That lasts 10-15 seconds, then you go past paint/props, for another 10-15 seconds, and then out behind LMAX.
Ooo.. a stadium. Oo.. cars. It's like the tram we took into the park this morning! Oo, aaah! Seriously, this is crap, complete and utter crap.
Highlight: Walt's Plane. Yay! 15 seconds.
Catastrophe Canyon. We pull up, we wait, we listen to the whole show run for the tram before us, so we know what's gonna happen. We're not particularly enthusiastic. We go in, we come out, we drive around the back..
Meh. Moving on, we drive past some rusting junk, and they drop us off.
That's literally all you see. Nothing else. It's a complete waste of space and time. The water tank needs to be redone and the tram part needs to be redone. It's a complete mess.
iheartdisney91
Well-Known Member
wait are you talking about the things from who framed roger rabbit and the strret car from indiana jones?? the stuff in the back lot tour? the tour will kinda be empty now.
DisneyChik17
Well-Known Member
That has long been removed. I think they were only there the first time I went 9 years ago and were taken out shortly after.
I miss that stuff. The boxes that said "Do not open" so of course you did. They had the cool sound effects. They also had a cutout of Jessica Rabbit. I love WFRR?
jmvd20
Well-Known Member
I would be the one who said, and will say again, that I do not think the Backlot tour is a horrible attraction.
I was on it last May, and I enjoyed it - it does need work - it does need updating - but many things at WDW need that as well. I am in no way, shape, or form saying it is a great attraction. I am simply stating my opinion, that it is nowhere near a "horrible" attraction.
Yes, I am in the small minority on this one - I know that which is why I have said it twice now.
iheartdisney91
Well-Known Member
DisneyChik17
Well-Known Member
iheartdisney91
Well-Known Member
so they didnt actually take stuff from the actual tour?
beachclubbasics
New Member
Did they ever film real TV shows there? Disney bought ABC many years ago, could have filmed Roseanne or Home Improvement there.
Gorjus
Well-Known Member
After listening to you all whine about the back lot tour (by the way, there is NO WHINING at Disney World), I went on it. It is NOT horrible.
What newer Disney movie involves boats, ships, and war that they should replace Pearl Harbor with?
My only complaint is with not being able to hear or understand the tour guide who talks fast.
It is a cute trick to say you are going onto a set that is on a break only to have catastrophe canyon break out. Just because you have seen it a hundred times doesn't mean those who haven't shouldn't enjoy it.
Other than game shows and the Mickey Mouse club, the last Drama series filmed on property would be either Sheena or Wonder Boy or Super Boy.
A lot of the joy of the tour is being back stage...not only to the movies/TV, but to the Disney MGM Studios. I am backstage a lot near the tram tour and often find myself waving to the guests. As a guest I enjoyed seeing back stage; people on breaks, supplies being delivered.
Again, like any attraction, if you don't like it skip it and make more room for the rest of us who do enjoy it.
PS: the boneyard is not gone. There are still 2 1/2 rows of props including the bone cages from Pirates 2.
What newer Disney movie involves boats, ships, and war that they should replace Pearl Harbor with?
My only complaint is with not being able to hear or understand the tour guide who talks fast.
It is a cute trick to say you are going onto a set that is on a break only to have catastrophe canyon break out. Just because you have seen it a hundred times doesn't mean those who haven't shouldn't enjoy it.
Other than game shows and the Mickey Mouse club, the last Drama series filmed on property would be either Sheena or Wonder Boy or Super Boy.
A lot of the joy of the tour is being back stage...not only to the movies/TV, but to the Disney MGM Studios. I am backstage a lot near the tram tour and often find myself waving to the guests. As a guest I enjoyed seeing back stage; people on breaks, supplies being delivered.
Again, like any attraction, if you don't like it skip it and make more room for the rest of us who do enjoy it.
PS: the boneyard is not gone. There are still 2 1/2 rows of props including the bone cages from Pirates 2.
mousermerf
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Yuo do realize with a giant water tank they can create a whole new show based on anything that involves a scene in water.. like.. i dunno.. Pirates?
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Or .............Nemo :lookaroun
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Just out of curiosity, what was the hourly capacity of the original 2 hour tour?
mousermerf
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You know, i never went to MGM prior to like 2001 or 2002, so that map i so foreign to me.. I have issue figuring out where the tram tour actually started. I always assumed it started when it starts now. Apparently not.
It's there....
Funny thing - the fiance and I went to the LMA stunt show and there in all its glory is the boneyard albeit in two places - behind the stadium and along the north exit point (go to the bathrooms and turn right).
So the junkyard has been rearranged. Panic's over!
-J
Funny thing - the fiance and I went to the LMA stunt show and there in all its glory is the boneyard albeit in two places - behind the stadium and along the north exit point (go to the bathrooms and turn right).
So the junkyard has been rearranged. Panic's over!
-J
disneywy
Member
Ah yes, the original tour. The current queue for the animation tour was the queue for the original backlot tour. The current entrance and water tank show was an entirely different tour which included a green screen test using the bee from "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids". My brother and I were picked to be in that part of the tour and was the highlight of our trip.
PintoColvig
Active Member
Yep, I'm teary-eyed. I remember the old tour. I remember walking through the soundstages--back when they actually filmed on them--and seeing the "From the Earth to the Moon" set. I remember the animation tour when Mulan was being put together. And I remember being on the tram and seeing a handwritten sign inside one of the windows in the backstage area that said "Jim Henson's office". I'm sure it was a prank by one of Henson's employees. Sadly, I saw it just days after he suddenly died.
MGM is broken and needs to be fixed. There are some great things there (ToT, RnRC, Streetmosphere) and some things that can be great again with a refurb or tech upgrades (GMR, Star Tours, Muppets). But overall, it has too many shows and not enough rides. It needs another dark ride or two (in addition to the upcoming Toy Story Mania). I say axe the Backlot Tour and reclaim that space for a new section of the park. Then they need to develop two or three rides from some classic movies. Also, they can axe Indy and use the space and the adjacent parking lot for an Indy ride clone.