Recent reports on Disney's decision to cut back on the offerings of Spectromagic and Fantasmic certainly did not sit well with the fans. When we saw HalloWishes and Boo To You parade at the first Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party, the cutbacks are rather obvious. HalloWishes is noticeably shorter, as well as Boo To You.
Supposedly, WDW Entertainment budget for this year got overstretched. This is primarily due to the Idol show being developed at DHS that sucked up from all the other entertainment budget. So the obvious cutbacks to save costs are shows that require the performance of cast members.
From the people that I've talked to, there seems to be a sentiment that the Idol show is going to be a failure, or at least not the success that Disney is hoping for. This is rather strange because usually a lot of people are quite enthusiastic on most of the new attractions about to open at WDW, or at least, certainly giving Disney the benefit of the doubt. But this one seems to already have negative feelings towards it. I certainly haven't heard anyone eagerly waiting for it to open, let's put it that way. I think the fact that it is not a show that's even on a Disney-owned network (Fox) rather makes it harder to have any kind of attachment to it. I certainly have never, ever, seen Idol, despite the fact that I've heard and read about all the hoopla surrounding it. So I certainly have very little desire to want to see it.
But then again, we could all be wrong, considering how popular the show is on TV. Disney has shown that they could make a go with a TV concept and adapt it to an attraction at their theme parks. Who Want To Be A Millionaire is a good example. Maybe they'll turn Idol into a crowd favorite, especially if they have contestants from both extreme - the unbelievably talented amateur singer, or a utterly tone-deaf.
We shall see, but if it is a disaster, it is sad that other entertainment shows had to suffer for it.
Zz.
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