DHS Voyage of the Little Mermaid Refurb

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DisneyFanatic12

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RSoxNo1 said:
This park desperately needs new shows in their theater venues. I'd say Beauty and the Beast should be first only because that area doesn't appear otherwise ripe for demo and a new concept. But if they're not planning on demoing Animation Courtyard or Indy any time soon than a great way to refresh that park would be replacements to Beauty and the Beast, Mermaid, Frozen and Indy.
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Indy works, but could be reworked further. The park used to have multiple stunt shows, and I think deserves to have one. Indy is a popular IP as of now, and the show fits in with the park fairly well, though its status as a popular IP and its theme may eventually no longer suite the park. The Frozen show works IMO. It’s something to do for the kids (I know many that LOVE the show), and it’s entertaining for adults. Sure, I don’t like how they play a bunch of songs almost back to back to sing along to in the beginning, but I’m also not the target demographic.

But then, I could fall down a rabbit hole of defending almost all the shows at HS. Beauty and the Beast works because it’s live action, but I can agree with many arguing that Broadway is NYC and not Hollywood. I wasn’t a huge fan of the Voyage of the Little Mermaid show (we had many actresses who could not lip sync their parts well, one we could verbally hear just saying “la la la la lala da da daaa” instead of “I wanna be where the people are”). But then again, it did have some nice special effects and puppetry.

And then as another point for Indy, it’s the only show or ride left that actually holds true to the original theme of the park (I’m fine with adding MV3D because they’re “filming it”).
 
WondersOfLife

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Saw Awakening in Vegas.... A mermaid show on that level would be amazing.

Back on topic tho. The use of lasers with the mist reminder me of VOTLM and it was so nice to see those effects used somewhere else.
 
wserratore1963

wserratore1963

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Bocabear said:
Do you think most visitors even get that it is supposed to be the LaBrea Tar Pits?
All of that Hollywood placemaking seems lost these days... and sadly because the buildings are all based on real places...
They should really reinvigorate the "Hollywood 1940s" aspect of the park and lean into it...instead of just leave it as a forgotten footnote.
The front half of the park is really beautiful...Now that they added Star Wars and Toy Story, it would be nice to see them work on the rest of the park...reopen shuttered spaces, make it fresh and "Hollywood" again...
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I agree - at least bring the streetmosphere people back
 
Bocabear

Bocabear

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wserratore1963 said:
I agree - at least bring the streetmosphere people back
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I miss that...When the park was new and there were not enough attractions they had a lot of streetmosphere characters... I remember watching a "girl just off the bus from the heartland" talking to a little girl and telling her about her dreams of becoming a star...even showing her what was in her suitcase...it was adorable...then later in the day during the Stars and Motorcars parade, there she was all dressed up as a movie star... She spotted me in the crowd and pointed at me and said "Look! I made it! " what a sweet little moment... It added so much. Just like Main Street transportation vehicles... these things add so much more to the experience... no lines to meet the "girl off the bus" just random happenings around the park. They were special moments.
The whole park has always had a capacity problem, but it was always at least charming.
The parks seem to be "Broad Brush Strokes" now...not fine details... and "good enough" seems to rule the day.
 
wserratore1963

wserratore1963

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Bocabear said:
I miss that...When the park was new and there were not enough attractions they had a lot of streetmosphere characters... I remember watching a "girl just off the bus from the heartland" talking to a little girl and telling her about her dreams of becoming a star...even showing her what was in her suitcase...it was adorable...then later in the day during the Stars and Motorcars parade, there she was all dressed up as a movie star... She spotted me in the crowd and pointed at me and said "Look! I made it! " what a sweet little moment... It added so much. Just like Main Street transportation vehicles... these things add so much more to the experience... no lines to meet the "girl off the bus" just random happenings around the park. They were special moments.
The whole park has always had a capacity problem, but it was always at least charming.
The parks seem to be "Broad Brush Strokes" now...not fine details... and "good enough" seems to rule the day.
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Agreed - Hope to see some of that return again!
 
Animaniac93-98

Animaniac93-98

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RSoxNo1 said:
This park desperately needs new shows in their theater venues. I'd say Beauty and the Beast should be first only because that area doesn't appear otherwise ripe for demo and a new concept. But if they're not planning on demoing Animation Courtyard or Indy any time soon than a great way to refresh that park would be replacements to Beauty and the Beast, Mermaid, Frozen and Indy.
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Should have happened years ago.

All new shows to debut with Galaxy's Edge and RR to help spread the crowds, plus a new parade.
 
Bocabear

Bocabear

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What about the big Pirates show in Shanghai? Or the Tokyo Disney Seas, Little Mermaid show... those are two theatrical shows that the US has never seen using a lot of special effects...
 
WondersOfLife

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Bocabear said:
That would be my preference, though it seems lately it has to be a direct lift from somewhere else....
TDA had several big splashy shows that people loved that we did not get on the East Coast... They just don't seem to care about the TDO entertainment
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Agreed. The best we ever got with Festival and Nemo... And they butchered the later.
 
WondersOfLife

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Touchdown said:
Tangled, Encanto, Coco, all seem like extremely easy properties to adapt into a show (mainly human cast, great songs, etc)
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Even then, there's plenty of others that have never been touched as well.

Anyone up for "A Goofy Musical" lol
 
SpectreJordan

SpectreJordan

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Bocabear said:
Do you think most visitors even get that it is supposed to be the LaBrea Tar Pits?
All of that Hollywood placemaking seems lost these days... and sadly because the buildings are all based on real places...
They should really reinvigorate the "Hollywood 1940s" aspect of the park and lean into it...instead of just leave it as a forgotten footnote.
The front half of the park is really beautiful...Now that they added Star Wars and Toy Story, it would be nice to see them work on the rest of the park...reopen shuttered spaces, make it fresh and "Hollywood" again...
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I don't think the current regime would do it because it's not a theme that's "in" but I'd love for them to revamp the front of the park & fully embrace the old school Hollywood theme or just that era of America in general.

Replace BATB with Snow White to fit the era, revive/update the Dick Tracy & Roger Rabbit plans, turn Rock 'n Rollercoaster into the Rocketeer, add a dark ride based on a classic Mickey/Donald/Goofy short, somehow get the Captain America rights from Universal & do a '40s Cap ride, etc...
 

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