Last week i spent a week at Disneyland Paris on vacation, but on Friday i decided to ride Honey I Shrunk The Audience for the first time in 8 years since the last time i saw it, but has the ride really aged that badly? Tge 3D hardly seems impressive anymore, but that's not what i am talking about mostly. The pre-show looked like a 10 year old Kodak commercial, wich it actually is i believe and a lot of effects we're either not working or just seemed very week. The water effect from the part where the dog sneezes use to be much more powerful, and the mice effect under the chairs seems a bit, well i don't think with the current effect a lot of people think it's mice anymore due to aging and just not working like it use to, i know it still has a few years to go, but my point is, it has really aged badly, needing replacement faster than i would've though, anybody agree or have more points on it?
i agree, it's for me the weakest attraction in the park. the 3d effect really aged badly and looks pretty cheap now. Also the story around it, is ok, but not so entertaining, after all the time. I think they should replace it soon.
You know, I disagree about the 3D, I think it's still quite good, and every time I've been with first timers they were quite impressed with it. Sure it's a bit old now, but it still works: I love seeing people jump when the snake comes out!
I do agree though that the effects are not always working... I usually go once during my visits, and sometimes I get everything working great, and sometimes not so much... The mice I only get working maybe half the times, the dog sneeze maybe 2 out of 3. But when everything works, it's a great little show!
But PLEASE get rid of the Kodak advert at the pre-show... please!!! [-o< [-o< [-o<
Quote from: "never2old"But PLEASE get rid of the Kodak advert at the pre-show... please!!! [-o< [-o< [-o<
I see your true colours shinning throguh.... :-" :lol:
Quote from: "Owain"Quote from: "never2old"But PLEASE get rid of the Kodak advert at the pre-show... please!!! [-o< [-o< [-o<
I see your true colours shinning throguh.... :-" :lol:
Oh great, now I got that song in my head :P
Quote from: "never2old"Quote from: "Owain"Quote from: "never2old"But PLEASE get rid of the Kodak advert at the pre-show... please!!! [-o< [-o< [-o<
I see your true colours shinning throguh.... :-" :lol:
Oh great, now I got that song in my head :P
Lol its in my head too!
I haven't been on Honey I Shrunk The Audience for quite some time, mainly because I think I'd be disappointed now as theres so many things in 3D which could explain why the show looks a little dated, because all the new 3D is well...new and better quality.
Well with the rumours of the American parks getting a rewamped version of this attraction, I'm guessing we wouldnt change the technology behind it until then. It does look pretty bad now when you consider most multiplex cinemas now have a superb digital 3D screen for all the upcoming movies. Considering Disney is really embracing this technology, it's a shame the parks are so behind right now...
I can't see Disney giving the ride a much needed refurb as HISTA is not as big as it was years ago, I could only see them replacing it.
But what would they replace it with?
My 'War of The Worlds' idea? :lol: :P
Quote from: "dlrpkris"It does look pretty bad now when you consider most multiplex cinemas now have a superb digital 3D screen for all the upcoming movies. Considering Disney is really embracing this technology, it's a shame the parks are so behind right now...
Very good point. I haven't thought about that before but I completely agree.
Quote from: "QTXAdsy"But what would they replace it with?
WALL-E perhaps? I mean, if Honey I Schrunk the Audience has te be replaced with another 3D film, it would make sense. Besides, with Disney's current mindset to install as much Pixar franchises as possible in their parks, WALL-E would be a no-brainer. A WALL-E 3D show would fit in with Epcot's Future World and the other Tomorrowlands aswell (at least more then Monsters Inc, Buzz Lightyear and Finding Nemo currently do), so it would be cheap for Disney to install it in multiple parks at once. It would also fit in with Discoveryland's "vision of the future" theme (according to Pixar this time instead of Jules Verne, George Lucas etc). For those who haven't seen the film, it warns us about the way we use the Earth's resources and what kind of consequences it could have for life on Earth.
Although I am against toonification of the parks, I think WALL-E has a very sophisticated and classic feel to it. Definately one of the best animated films in the last few years if you ask me. Just remember the Define Dancing scene in the film. At least these characters arent as "in your face" as Buzz Lightyear. With WALL-E, language wouldn't be much of a problem either.
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When you told me the idea, I loved it! Such a great theme to add to Discoveryland and all the other HISTA locations and... yes, Disney are more likely to do something like this than a classic Disney piece. To be honest, that just wouldn't fit here. Would be nice for the Next Generation Festival though... truly
HISTA was past its best within about 1 year of its installation Stateside. It desperately needs replacing over there, let alone in Paris. But I'm afraid with the awkward monetary situation there I guess it'll have to stay for a while. At least its tucked out of the way.
I think TRON could be a very good candidate for a new 3D experience. :)
I watched this show yesterday (just got back) and it really is pretty awful now. The Kodak advert is probably the cheesiest thing at DLP and the headphones are extremely uncomfortable. Not that they stopped me from hearing the show in French. The mice effects and the dog sneezing at the end didn't work at all!!!!! But at least the snake and the lion still made me jump!
Aside from the aging technical aspects, the whole look and feel of the show is dated. The pre-show is embarassingly cheesy. Replace with another 3D attraction ASAP.
I agree this show is well past its best ! I bet most of the audience don't even remember the film it is based around.We only go on it to warm up if we are there in the midlle of winter, and to have a sit down too ! And a lot of the effects do not work as well as they should , time for a change !
I like the idea of a new animated WALL-E short film replacing Honey I Shrunk The Audience. WALL-E is a Pixar movie, it features very little dialogue, it's futuristic and it's funny. A perfect fit for Discoveryland.
However, personally I'd like to see them bring Captain EO back. Michael Jackson had a lot of French fans, and I'm sure he still does. Whenever you saw Captain EO at Disneyland Paris, the audience would be screaming and clapping. They were really into it and really appreciated it.
So I think it would be great to bring Captain EO back, perhaps as a Special Edition. Some of the stop motion animation could be replaced with CGI, and the whole film could be cleaned up and projected digitally.
The pre-show area could feature props from the movie, and show the Making Of Captain EO documentary that they used to show at Disneyland in California.
It would certainly be more magical and more entertaining than Honey I Shrunk The Audience. And it would be great for Captain EO to have at least one permanent home again.
Quote from: "Alan"I like the idea of a new animated WALL-E short film replacing Honey I Shrunk The Audience. WALL-E is a Pixar movie, it features very little dialogue, it's futuristic and it's funny. A perfect fit for Discoveryland.
However, personally I'd like to see them bring Captain EO back. Michael Jackson had a lot of French fans, and I'm sure he still does. Whenever you saw Captain EO at Disneyland Paris, the audience would be screaming and clapping. They were really into it and really appreciated it.
So I think it would be great to bring Captain EO back, perhaps as a Special Edition. Some of the stop motion animation could be replaced with CGI, and the whole film could be cleaned up and projected digitally.
The pre-show area could feature props from the movie, and show the Making Of Captain EO documentary that they used to show at Disneyland in California.
It would certainly be more magical and more entertaining than Honey I Shrunk The Audience. And it would be great for Captain EO to have at least one permanent home again.
Amen! Can't think of a better thing fitting imho 8)
I didn't even see this my last two trips its so passed its sell by date. I think its should be replaced with "Mickey's Philharmagic" - much more entertaining.
I agree about the Kodak pre-show - sooooooooooo cheesy. They have exactly the same pre-show in California where Kodak also sponser the attraction, but at the end the frog is in a glass bowl in the home where the family are watching the photos and it pops out the glass bowl and smiles at the camera. I guess the cut that from the DLP version because of what the French do with frogs...............
This attraction is no longer'an attraction' - ive been to see UP and Christmas Carol and Toy Story in 3D, and I must say that im more impressed with the effects in those than the rubbish in HISTA. The air for the mice hasnt worked the last few times weve visited. Surely it cant be that expensive to replace seeing the amount of films from Disney that are coming out in 3D!!
Quote from: "mattboywonder"it pops out the glass bowl and smiles at the camera. I guess the cut that from the DLP version because of what the French do with frogs...............
I'm pretty sure that's in our pre-show too.
it does pop out in ours too, at the end of all the cheesy wedding scenes!
It looks like we are all agreed that this attraction has lost its shine! The most annoying thing I find is that the French soundtrack drowns out the English version on the headphones!!