It's Party Time... with Mickey and Friends (MMP)

zanderstarz · February 08, 2009, 09:31:02 AM

Last week we were informed that Aladdin has been removed from the show, along with The Genie, Rafiki and Timon...odd though, concidering we did a photoshoot promoting the event only the week before!

The replacements are, Peter Pan, Smee and Pluto. But even this is not deffinate. Rehearsals are planned to start in the next 2 weeks, so more precise info will be coming soon.

Riebi · February 08, 2009, 02:34:19 PM

Maybe we get Bob the builder who demolish the stage in a big show act? [-o<

Jens · February 08, 2009, 03:07:09 PM

Quote from: "zanderstarz"Last week we were informed that Aladdin has been removed from the show, along with The Genie, Rafiki and Timon...odd though, concidering we did a photoshoot promoting the event only the week before!

The replacements are, Peter Pan, Smee and Pluto. But even this is not deffinate. Rehearsals are planned to start in the next 2 weeks, so more precise info will be coming soon.

Strange! Aladdin and The Lion King are popular films, are they not? Could it be that they find Aladdin harder to cast for a multiple times a day show and they have more male cm's that have the height and looks of Peter Pan? Smee is also a character that has a broad number of people that can be "friends" with him, isn't he?

Putting Pluto in is an obvious choice however, as he is also part of the fab 5...

Miss Tinkerbell · February 09, 2009, 12:01:42 AM

Yes but seeing Timon perform in a show would've been fantastic. Smee, he's around quite often. Maybe differentiate, put two shows with different characters or isn't that possible?

littlemermaid83 · February 09, 2009, 01:04:18 PM

Shame about Aladdin, Would of been great to see him, but YAY for Peter Pan. Fingers crossed he stays.

Agent Lex · February 10, 2009, 10:00:49 PM

Quote from: "Miss Tinkerbell"Maybe differentiate, put two shows with different characters or isn't that possible?

Not sure how possible this is, but I think it would be agreat idea. It would give a reason to see the show more than once, if there was a bit of variation with which characters were in it.

DisneyBud · February 11, 2009, 12:04:51 PM

Does anyone know whether this show will use the animated heads (a la Dream along with Mickey) or will it just use the standard no movement heads?

Jens · February 11, 2009, 02:42:46 PM

Put magic destroying text in spoiler tags please

Anyway, here's an answer:

[spoiler:s0ofmzv2]I think zanderstarz or any other epc cm can answer your question the best, but I think it has been known that they will not use animated heads because the cm's have to be paid more when wearing the animated heads gear (as they are then considered as puppeteers) and DLRP doesn't have the budget for that (yet). I think it would also be very expensive to develop animated heads for characters that don't have them yet in the US parks (Baloo and King Loui for example).[/spoiler:s0ofmzv2]

Kris · February 11, 2009, 10:28:48 PM

Quote from: "zanderstarz"Last week we were informed that Aladdin has been removed from the show, along with The Genie, Rafiki and Timon...odd though, concidering we did a photoshoot promoting the event only the week before!

This really worries me. Sometimes I wonder if they ever think things through properly. It also means they're obviously not taking the music for this show seriously enough... like some of the other CP show's we've had. I had thought this would've been a more pollished production with a cohesive soundtrack. If they can switch scenes so quickly, one would assume not. It's recycled music again

zanderstarz · February 13, 2009, 02:57:04 PM

Quote from: "Kris"It's recycled music again

It most certainly is NOT! From what iv heard its completely new material.

At the moment they just arnt sure which characters being used yet, these are just standard problems right now. Of course they have to concider if it is possible to use the characters they want at the right times, thats not just money, but logicstics too.

[spoiler:1is35ae0]Originally it was not the same Aladdin doing SNC (stars n cars) and DOUD and MMP you know, which means they would have to employ more people (money) or guests would notice that they arnt the same person (logistics). A lot of things are "cut" for those reasons. Currently as it stands...the "face characters" involved in SNC will being doing DOUD aswell. The shift is: 1) sets in the park, 2) DOUD and finally 3) SNC[/spoiler:1is35ae0]

Plus, they havent finished recording all the characters "playback" (speech) yet, so no need to panic.

Kris · February 13, 2009, 05:32:45 PM

Phew - well that does make me a feel a little better then. I just can't believe how late they take these decisions. What you described makes perfect sense, but not having the music or character playback yet seems very unprepared.

15MagicalYears · February 14, 2009, 07:43:57 PM

Interesting about Mickey appearing and dissapearing! Maybe his friend could meet him under the stage? :?:
Also, the opening song from dream along with mickey in WDW would totaly suit this. It also has a peice in the music where mickey appears. :lol:

Magicalmouse125 · February 15, 2009, 11:57:00 AM

Can't wait to see Mickey just appear. It seems so much more magical for him to just suddenly be there. Rather than have him just walk on.

Elwell2009 · February 15, 2009, 01:38:19 PM

Quote from: "15MagicalYears"Also, the opening song from dream along with mickey in WDW would totaly suit this. It also has a peice in the music where mickey appears. :lol:

I agree the opening song is perfect for the party lol

Kris · February 22, 2009, 01:57:36 AM

I'm getting a little worried about how this show will affect the seasonal entertainment in Disneyland Park. The stage now has a tradition of hosting Halloween, Christmas and now St Patrick's shows, yet with 5 performances a day on this stage already... there won't be room for these to continue in 2009! Unless they water down the true version of It's Party Time with some seasonal content, or reduce the performance numbers, the seasons could be a bit mixed up. You think?

Since we have a big Halloween show instead of a Halloween parade now (the same for Xmas) this could be a big loss... in my eyes.