Telling Them What They Wanna Hear...

ODF'er · Post by **ODF'er** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:08 pm

Isn't it a great time at the MK right now?

~Guest-"Can you tell me where Small World is?"
~Me-"It's Currently under refurbishment, and will not reopen until March"
~Guest-"WHAT?...THAT'S MY FAVORITE RIDE"
~Me~"May I suggest Mickey's Philharmagic?"
~Guest-"NO!...I want Small World. Well where's Dumbo?"
~Me-"Dumbo is also closed right now, and will not reopen until February"
~Guest-"What did I pay 60$ for?! I'm going to complain"
~Me-"Have a MAGICAL Disney day"...

fun fun fun.

coldfire409 · Post by **coldfire409** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:16 pm

It could be worse. At least you didn't work at the studios when GMR was under rehab, and coaster was 101 for a week because it had a major problem and they had to fly the designer out from France. Now when it comes to actual rides the studios doesn't have many. Plus the backlot tour closes early. At the end of the night the guest could only do Fantasmic, Tower, Star Tours, or One Man's Dream.

leftcoaster · Post by **leftcoaster** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:24 am

Why continue to call it the Backlot Tour at all? Just make Catastrophe Canyon a regular ride and dump the guests back into a gift shop. It used to be a real nice "tour" 10 + years ago, but now it's a joke.

coldfire409 · Post by **coldfire409** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:42 am

I hate to say it, but when the new stunt show opens up I think that they will scrap the shuttles. But that's only a rumor going around. One thing that really pisses me off is that when there were two empty theatres they decided to build a new one. They need to do something with the ABC TV theatre. Since they now demolished the Humpback theatre.

TheManator · Post by **TheManator** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:03 pm

Yeah, you're right, the tour was something back in 94 (my first ride). When we got off, we got to look at set pieces for the nightmare before xmas, and I totally remember it being longer. The last time I rode, back in 2000, it seemed so...halfassed. I hope they scrap the tour, and make a brand new attraction soon. Maybe they could bring superstar limo to the east coast?

Jungle Vanessa · Post by **Jungle Vanessa** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:48 pm

Oh tonight was so much fun. I was Greeter at Buzz in TL during the Extended Extra Magic Hour, at 7 o'clock the fireworks started and we began to only let guests with wristbands into the ride. The Buzz Coordinator was standing right across the way from me and a guest walked up to me.

~Guest- Excuse me how long is the wait?
~Me- Only about 5 min.
~Guest- 5 min that's great thank you.
~Me- Okay I'll just need to see your wristband before you come in.
~Guest- Wristband, what wristband?
~Me- Are you a resort guest.
~Guest- No we're not, we're locals.
~Me- Oh well I'm sorry but for all non-resort guests the park closed at 7.
~Guest- You've gotta be kidding me, they close ALL these rides and then YOU kick people out.
~Me- Sorry, have a Magical Evening.

Eric (the Coord.) just looked at me and laughed.

Then 5 min later two guys came up and wanted to ride and I asked where their wristbands were and they looked at me and said "Oh we're CMs."
I was like "so this is for resort guests not CMs" and then one said "Oh please let us ride this one ride." I looked at them and said well if you insist on riding go for it but expect someone from mgt. to be there at the exit waiting for you and your IDs....new ppl are so dumb.

BRWombat · Post by **BRWombat** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:14 pm

TheManator wrote:Yeah, you're right, the tour was something back in 94 (my first ride). When we got off, we got to look at set pieces for the nightmare before xmas, and I totally remember it being longer. The last time I rode, back in 2000, it seemed so... halfassed. I hope they scrap the tour, and make a brand new attraction soon. Maybe they could bring superstar limo to the east coast?

I had the same thoughts in 2003. My first ride, in 1990, was so awesome. I remember them pointing out the house on Residential Street that was the facade for the Golden Girls' house -- and I thought, how cool! (Golden Girls was still on the air at the time.)

Then in '03, what's the Residential Street claim to fame? Yep, same thing: Golden Girls. I still enjoyed the "behind the scenes" look, but I couldn't help but think how pitiful it was that in 13 years they couldn't do something better, or just more recent.

Catastrophe Canyon still rocks, but I can't see it being an attraction by itself. What else could be added to make the Backstage Tour worthwhile again?

TheManator · Post by **TheManator** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:39 pm

Well, USF made "rides" out of all of the stuff from the tour ride at USH. Jaws is like 2 minutes, Earthquake is like 2 mins, King Kong, Flash Floods, and other stuff. Why couldn't WDS make Catasphore Canyon into some sort of long version ride.

(being an avid fan of USH, I kind of hate USF, except for HHN.)

Scott45 · Post by **Scott45** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:51 pm

It's been over 10 years since I went but are the cars from "Blade Runner" still there or have they rusted to pieces? I seem to remember them parked next to the "Dick Tracy" leftovers.

Scott45

leftcoaster · Post by **leftcoaster** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:26 am

The whole original concept of the "Studios" is really shot to hell now. There isn't ANY real TV/movie production going on there now anyway. And if they do take a chance at doing any filming, all post-production is done in Hollywood anyway. Hell, there aren't even any aminators in Florida anymore. Didn't they close the animators building and fire them? I know they only offered a few jobs in California.

I do like the theming of the park, but they really need to drop the "see what's it's like on a real movie set" BS.

If another company partners with Disney (Sony?) and/or they decide to do some real production work in Florida, nothing is going to change.

Maybe they can have the tram do a loop around the other side of the park and go through the Indiana Jones sets. Something. Anything other than the "Backlot Tour." Maybe they can make it: Catastrophe Canyon: The Ride.