Jim Hill Media reports the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club is delayed
Jim Hill Media is reporting today that the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club, a new living character show along the lines of Turtle Talk with Crush, will not be making its debut in the Magic Kingdom when originally scheduled. Instead, the attraction will apparently not be fully open until spring of 2007.
This is frankly not very surprising. From what I can gather from the limited amount of folks lucky enough to see the early previews of the show, the reviews are lukewarm. Most seem to agree that Turtle Talk is better, and that is obviously not what the designers are hoping for. The problem with this show is that WDI needs to grow the concept. By calling it a “comedy club” you shift the audience attention from the characters and technology to the improvisational comedic skills of the person manning the microphone. If you call it comedy, you’d better deliver comedy.
As for me, this has me worried. As I stated a couple of weeks ago, I was planning on attending the previews held for Disney Vacation Club members that are scheduled for the middle of January. That may not happen now.