Why does everybody seem to not like the backlot tour?

DisneyFreakEst1994

DisneyFreakEst1994

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I have always loved this attraction, ever since I was little to now. I go on it every time I go to DHS, I participate in the Pear Harbor demonstration. I love seeing all the movie props, the costume, and scene shops are probably my favorite ( I do wish they'd take out the Disney Channel stuff and put some actual movie costumes) But, a lot of the stuff I read on here is saying how bad it is and how it's a waste of space. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion I was just curious if I'm the only one who actually enjoys it. And for those who don't, why don't you?
 
Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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I've never experienced the DHS Backlot Tour myself but I've experienced the Universal Studios Hollywood many times. I decided to YouTube the DHS tour one day to see what it was like and I couldn't get past ten minutes. It just didn't look or seem like an actual backlot and it looked like it was trying to be something it was not. It was just awkward to watch, especially since I've seen real movie backlots and televison productions in California. It didn't seem like the real deal to me and obviously trying to compete with Universal on that aspect. That's my opinion.
 
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wiigirl

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captainkidd said:
I just find it boring. Nothing much to see anymore.
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This...maybe just because I have done it a few times..
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NemoRocks78

NemoRocks78

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Most people don't like the Backlot Tour because it truly is a joke. They play it up as if it's still what it was in the 90's, which it's not, with the "You never know who or what you'll see on the backlot!" shtick. I hate when they do that, because we're not going to see any "whos" like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera on a break from taping the new MMC. The only "whats" we're going to see is a practice parking lot for LMAX, costuming, a construction workshop, rotting vehicles from wicked old movies, the same Catastrophe Canyon sequence we've seen for 23 years now, a glimpse at the LMAX stage, and more old vehicles. And this is all happening to the tune of an automated spiel. It's really sad.
 
ddrongowski

ddrongowski

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derelicte19 said:
I used to like the BackLot tour when they Residential Street with the outside of the houses from Golden Girls and Adventures in Wonderland. Then you got to walk through where they filmed shows like the Mickey Mouse Club. They were actual soundstages.
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WHAT!!! They had actual soundstages? I have missed way to much....:(
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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ddrongowski said:
WHAT!!! They had actual soundstages? I have missed way to much....:(
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It used to be great...and took a lot of time, but, at the time there wasn't a lot to do in Disney/MGM. There was the water tank tour (still there) and the sound stage tours. I never got to see them actually in production but the sets were there. There was MMC, and I remember a set for a Siskal (sp?) and Ebert special, the set for "Star Search" and a huge set for Tom Hanks, Journey to the Moon special. There was an area where you could sit on a big bug and they would film you and show it with the blue screen background with scenery that otherwise was not visible. Sections where actual sets from movies were set up. One was a Bette Midler film that was produced in Orlando called "The Lottery", I believe and another set from the movie "Haunted Mansion". Then you would go through the entire warehouse of props before loading onto the trams for a ride around. There was residential street with replicas of houses that you had seen on TV shows, (Golden Girls, Leave it to Beaver and others) As you go through the part that has the costuming creation and the work shop, on the other side of the tram were other sets from movies like airplanes and more, a pool where they filmed part of the Hulk Hogan show, the bone yard , Catastrophe Canyon and of course, Walt's Plane. At the end you would, like now, be dropped off in the museum like place and see costumes and I remember at one point there was a Home Improvement back yard fence with "Wilson" peaking over it where you could take your picture.

Now it is nothing and they have no way of rebuilding it. I would never have become as impressive as Universal Hollywood's backlot but for a small place, it was pretty cool. The trams now are not much more than a way to get you to Catastrophe Canyon.
 
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wdwfan4ver

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It has been 4 or 5 years since I saw Backlot Tour. Pear Harbor and Catastrophe Canyon wasn't working properly at the time either.

What I can tell you is the Backlot Tour is a joke now. Backlot Tour was one of my favorite actions during the 1990's. I first went to DHS when it was Disney MGM Studios in 1991 and the Backlot Tour back than took a lot more time. It was a fun attraction in 1991 out of a theme park that just opened up in 1989.

The attraction now thinks it is in the 1990's, but DHS hasn't been a working studios in years including the Backlot. Another problem is Lights, Motor, Action! space actually was part of the Backlot Tour back in the 1990's and that means Backlot Tour doesn't have a chance to be what it was.
 
SulleyanBoo

SulleyanBoo

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I don't dislike it but it's not my favorite. I just think they need to add something new to it because I feel like it's been the same for a very long time.

But, if I had not ridden it ever and I was going on it for the first time, It would be enjoyable and interesting.
 
ShookieJones

ShookieJones

We need time for things to happen.
It's ALMOST a complete waste of time now.
If someone never saw the original I wouldn't stop them from at least seeing it once for the little bit of excitement you get from catasopohre canyon but that's about it.

A shadow of what it used to be and for that alone a poor excuse for an attraction.
 
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musketeer

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There just isn't much to it. The amount of time that it takes to get to the only good part just makes it not worth while. Catastrophe canyon is pretty neat, but just enough to justify all the other stuff, especially since the residential street was removed.

I suppose some of the boneyard stuff is interesting to look at, but it seems like it'd be better if it was a walk-through boneyard, like I remember at universal.
 
MissM

MissM

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Because once upon a time, it was cool. There were real productions going on and the tour pretty much WAS Disney-MGM Studios at the time. Now it's just a sad, broken fragment reminding you how much the tour - and the Studios themselves - have moved away from the original theme.
 

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