Tagged with " The American Idol Experience"

I thought I would take this time to address a few short subjects in one post just to make sure everyone is caught up on what’s going on with WDW and WDWNT right now: -We have opened our fantastic poll allowing you to choose what you think are the 20 biggest moments in the history of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Just go HERE, pick 20 moments, and hit submit. The 20 biggest moments as voted by you will then be counted down every week on the WDW News Today Podcast until the anniversary on May 1, 2009. Voting closes on December 4 at midnight, so don’t miss out!!! -Disney has released a picture of the completed facade of the new American Idol Experience [...]

Here with his first photo report from the Walt Disney World Resort is our own Matt Paul, who spent yesterday visiting three of the theme parks. Let’s see what he found at the World: Let’s begin at Epcot The new IBM Thinkplace inside Innoventions is still coming soon With the end of the Food and Wine Festival, this spot waits for its holiday display This small area is still being worked on, perhaps for the Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure The Christmas display at the park entrance is starting to be put in place A strange recycling bin now stands near the ramp to the Epcot Monorail station Now we’ll move over to Disney’s Hollywood Studios The final Super Soap Weekend at [...]

The great Disney’s Hollywood Studios focused website StudiosCentral has a new photo report up today. Here are some newsworthy photos: The single rider line from Toy Story Midway Mania is gone. Expect Fastpass for this attraction to be leaving in the not-so-distant future. Some strange Orange and Red lights have appeared on top of the strange bridge on Pixar Place Stage 1 has a new sign telling guests preparation for a new production has begun. This is rumored to be the location where the Monsters Inc. roller coaster is going. Preparation continues for the American Idol Experience at the Studios. Installation of the proposed jumbo-screens to broadcast the live shows should begin in early September. Is it just me, or does [...]

Our good friend Jim Hill over at jimhilllmedia.com has put up a great article today giving away some of the details on how the new American Idol Experience attraction will run once it opens officially at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in January 2009. Jim goes through most of he details for this attraction in the article, giving us a good idea of just how many Disney Cast Members it will take to operate this “huge” attraction everyday. While Jim spills most of the beans on this long-awaited replacement to Superstar Television and Doug Live, there are still many details that Disney has still not even straightened out yet. While we wait for details direct from Disney, you can read through and enjoy [...]

The official web-page for the new American Idol Experience, opening January 2009 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, has been put up. More artist concepts, videos (including newly crowned American Idol, David Cook, singing “When You Wish Upon a Star”), & information on the audition process for the attraction, are on the site.