Mouse Extra

Check out the photos of the upcoming “Finding Nemo-The Musical” on wdwmagic.com, a site which should be a daily staple if you’re a WDW addict. Besides the photos, which are from Disney, they have a terrific description.

COPYRIGHT 2006. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY (photo from wdwmagic.com)

This new show is part of the “Year of a Million Dreams” and replaces the old “Tarzan Rocks” show. The natural complaint is that Nemo is not exactly the best theme for Animal Kingdom and that people did enjoy Tarzan Rocks. I don’t really care about either of those. I have two problems with this…

The first is that this is a replacement, and a very expensive one, to something that was there already. Animal Kingdom needs to expand. It needs to become a park that takes a full-day to experience. Expedition Everest brings it down that path, but this show does not. Instead of pouring money into additional attractions that make the park worth the price tag, they spent what must be tens of millions of dollars on completely renovation the theater on top of the already high costs of staging such an elaborate show. I’m just not sure that is the best allocation of funds right now.

The second is…well…It looks down-right weird. I don’t know how else to put it. Seeing these photos does not excite me in the least. Oh well, I’ll have to give it a try. WDI has proved me wrong several times before.

by Dave