I have been trying to track down the cut material for years, but nobody seems to know it exists, and anyone who does know isn't talking. Was supposed to be a premium hard ticket experience, not unlike Shanghai has among others, but that fell apart due to logistics issues (and possibly the Cirque contract). But I digress.Īlso - I have it confirmed by an old CM friend of mine, who went to a preview, that Nemo was supposed to be a 2-hour long musical at one point. And arguably the shorter show (which I've yet to see) degrades the experience for the guests as well because it's rushed and clearly lower effort. More shows mean more people out of the lines and park paths, but also degrades the experiences for CMs working the shows. I believe the cuts allowed Nemo to go from 4-6 shows per day or something similar. If you make it shorter, per the Equity agreement, you can do more shows. (Can you tell I studied theme park entertainment in college?) Suffice to say when you add in the crew, director, choreographer, and everyone else involved in a show - they're bloody expensive and make Disney almost no money unlike fireworks or large spectaculars (Nemo really only has the cast album, which I own a copy of, at least that I've seen).Įasy way to save money is to restructure the show to use less actors, and make it shorter. And that was before the unions got an increase in non-actor CM pay. Given the last agreement was made post-pandemic in fall 2022, they may have deferred the pay increases a bit, but I doubt they cut back on the ancillary benefits costs or other matters. (July 22, 2021) As the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and our. Putting ops in charge of funding and pushing forward entertainment, instead of giving control to a centralized body who can make it the central part of the Disney parks experience was it was for 40+ years, is why we have shows that are cut and under-cast, or allowed to hang around decades back their sell-by date (looking at most shows at DHS for example).Īctors are paid more than normal Disney CMs under the parks' Equity agreement - the last one publicly available without being a SAG member gave a wage of, at minimum, $16.82 an hour for principals in 2016, or over $21 today at the current rate of inflation, which tracks nicely with historical pay increases from previous contracts). PASADENA TOURNAMENT OF ROSES OFFERS SNEAK PEEK AT 2022 ROSE PARADE FLOATS. Probably not good enough for Broadway or not financially sound enough.Įntertainment has not been a priority at the parks since Walt Disney Entertainment was neutered post-2001 (and eventually replaced by Disney Live Entertainment in what was readily described to me as a way to "break up a fiefdom"). I do know the show was over 2 hours long, but that's about it. I think it never made it to Broadway because from what I heard the show was bloated and the songs weren't all that amazing - given Rob Lopez was essentially just coming off of Avenue Q while writing this, and that show had it's fair share of stinkers I can tell you from seeing that off Broadway myself probably close to a decade ago now at this point, I expect that may have been why the show was cut. Not to mention that it would have been Disney's first serious adaption of a film that didn't have any music originally. Large cast with puppets, although cheaper puppets than Lion King. Back then Disney Theatrical was juggling a whole bunch of projects, including some notable failures, and I I really don't think they had the creative or financial ability to put on what would have been a very expensive show if it would have been a scaled up and lengthened version of what was at AK pre-pandemic. I don't even know when they did it, but I can assume it was sometime in 2006 before the show officially was cut down and put in preview. I have never been able to find a single piece of information on it except for that one time my friend mentioned he had seen it years ago, after I brought up the rumor that I had once heard years before. Magic Your Way Single and Multi Day Tickets.Genie, Genie+, Lightning Lane Overview and FAQ.Early Theme Park Entry and Extended Evening Hours.I combine shipping, if purchasing more than one item please contact me before paying so I can combine them on the invoice. I try to describe the item to the best of my knowledge, but being only human I might miss something once in a while. Softcover 96 pages In this issue - Trek through Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Deep Impact Lee Lee Sobieski, Battle of the Boy Bands, Robyn, Indy 500 crew, horse racing, hocky And more! In very good shape in my opinion. Trek through Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Deep Impact Lee Lee Sobieski, Battle of the Boy Bands, Robyn, Indy 500 crew, horse racing, hocky. Item: 225744324023 Disney Adventures Sneak Peek Dino Land U.S.A.
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