SOMETHING MONSTROUSLY FUNNY IS COMING
Mike Wazowski's opening a comedy club at Magic Kingdom® Park-and you could be part of it!
At the end of Disney·Pixar's Monsters, Inc., the citizens of Monstropolis discovered the wondrous power of human laughter. And at the new movie-inspired Monsters, Inc. The Laugh Floor Comedy Club, your laughter has the potential to light up the city. At least, that's the theory of your monstrous old pal, Mike Wazowski.
"Mike had the bright idea that, instead of going from closet to closet getting laughs, why don't they gather humans into their world in one place to get a bunch of laughs all at once?" explained Steven Spiegel, Director, Show Writing at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Enter a fantastic and funny world
"When you enter from Tomorrowland®, you'll be invited to walk through a doorway to the monster world," he continues. "Inside the comedy club, there are 'laugh canisters' to contain the power as the audience laughs. And as part of the audience, there's a chance that you could be trading quips with one of Mike's friends-monsters who are getting their big break in show biz."
Some of the monsters are more experienced at comedy than others, so part of the fun is seeing if different sets of performers "hits the big time" each time you visit. Disney Imagineers have teamed with Pixar artists to create wacky new characters especially for the new attraction, and these mirthful monsters will be doing a variety of humor, from improv and one-liners to prop comedy and physical gags.
The audience is part of the fun
The one thing they will all have in common is the fun they'll share with Guests like you throughout the laugh fest. And everyone will fall under the watchful gaze and wisecracking wit of Roz, who is there to make sure the whole thing meets her expectations.
Opening late January 2007, Walt Disney World® Resort Monsters, Inc. The Laugh Floor Comedy Club takes the "living animated character" technology that has made attractions like Turtle Talk With Crush, inspired by Disney·Pixar's Finding Nemo, such beloved Disney Theme Park "must-sees." The new attraction takes this magic further than even the Disney Imagineers believed could be possible.
"I love doing these attractions and having guests come up to me and say 'How did you do that?', especially in this day and age when so much is possible with home entertainment systems and computers," Steve said. "It's just wonderful to see the reactions-especially from the little kids because, like us, they believe in the magic anyway.
"They figure they should be able to talk to the characters. We're just helping prove their point."
