Okay if you want a literal comparison I never liked watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on the box yet I enjoyed the attraction, but I think you already knew what point I was making.
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Why the dislike for American Idol in HS?
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POLY1985
Member
Exactly this!
mm52200
Well-Known Member
The actual show itself is very good, we don't go out of our way to do it, but when we see it we enjoy it. The show itself is good, it's just the fact that it was added years after the TV show's popularity started to fade, it takes a lot of time out of the guests day who actually audition and sing, and it was one of the last additions to DHS in a park that needs more to do are just a few reasons why people don't like it.
copcarguyp71
Well-Known Member
I am one of the half dozen or so people in the U.S. who has never watched the tv show...it holds zero interest for me. We did it at the request of DD and DW last trip and I was as underwhelmed as I thought I would be and they agreed it was a once and done for them as well. I am glad I did it but really never have to do it again...kind of the same way I feel about SGE.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
The experience is o.k., but there's a few things I really don't like about it.
The judges are VERY cliche' in their opinions and try a lot of one-liners (jokes) that don't work.
They desperately try to get everyone up and dancing around, clapping, singing, etc. before the show starts, but no...I'm usually hot, tired and like this perfectly comfortable seat in the A/C. I'll clap for good singers and cheer, but that's about it.
There's very silly "look this former American Idol winner is talking to YOU about your performance, isn't that great?". No it's a pre-recorded thing done years ago.
"Look, all of these people and this cute kid are rooting for you". No, they're not, they recorded it before the show having never met you or seen your face or heard your voice.
The judges are VERY cliche' in their opinions and try a lot of one-liners (jokes) that don't work.
They desperately try to get everyone up and dancing around, clapping, singing, etc. before the show starts, but no...I'm usually hot, tired and like this perfectly comfortable seat in the A/C. I'll clap for good singers and cheer, but that's about it.
There's very silly "look this former American Idol winner is talking to YOU about your performance, isn't that great?". No it's a pre-recorded thing done years ago.
"Look, all of these people and this cute kid are rooting for you". No, they're not, they recorded it before the show having never met you or seen your face or heard your voice.
Matt_Black
Well-Known Member
I got on stage, and it was fan-friggin'-tastic. The Simon judge said I looked like Dr. Venture or "Miley Cyrus is you turned her upside down".
FettFan
Well-Known Member
He had to go. His planet needed him.
rct247
Well-Known Member
^This about sums it up. The attraction isn't awful, it was just added to the park too late in it's run, there are better things to do, and there are better things it can be replaced with. I just feel bad for the people who Fastpass it.
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
This explains how I made it into the Hot Seat once....
EricJ
Active Member
So did I, but for knowing what the currency of Guam was.
(Dollars--It's a US territory.)
And like everyone says, Idol is a performance show, while Millionaire is a game show, and nobody "plays at home" with Idol...At least, I hope not. With Millionaire, audience participation HAD to be built in.
Basically, the "dislike" comes from the Idol attraction being "the Avatar Land of its day", since Idol TV was already feeling some age long before The Voice started taking over, and the perception was that this was another third-party licensee Disney had been sold by some other ambitious licensor, believing it would be popular forever, rather than something the Imagineers had pioneered themselves.
While it was a good attraction for what it was, I remember a few people did make the Goosebumps jokes at the time.
(And besides, they never had a special Star Wars Weekend show like Millionaire did.)
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ynahtebwdw
Member
we don't have the show in the UK (for obvious reasons) so the attraction has never interested me, I'm sure this is what puts off many non-american guests. I also don't really understand how it ties into the theme of HS as i thought HS was supposed to focus on the 'magic of movies'. It takes up a fair bit of space which I just think could be used for something that is unique to Disney
Spike-in-Berlin
Well-Known Member
Because perhaps some people consider the entire concept and style of the TV show annoying and disgusting?
In Germany we have a term for this kind of "entertainment", it's called "Unterschichtenfernsehen" which would mean translated "Lower Class TV" but has the real meaning of more like "Redneck-TV".
In Germany we have a term for this kind of "entertainment", it's called "Unterschichtenfernsehen" which would mean translated "Lower Class TV" but has the real meaning of more like "Redneck-TV".
Matt_Black
Well-Known Member
While movies are the big focus, even back at the beginning there was attention paid to the television side of Hollywood entertainment- the house facades on the Backlot Tour, the Prime Time 50s Cafe, and the busts between what is now AIE and the Sound Studio building.
Matt_Black
Well-Known Member
If you could actually see the work that the cast members do backstage for each production, you wouldn't be using the word coasting.