Pixar commandeers a ship!
This morning’s Orlando Sentinel has a rather in-depth report about a new Broadway style musical coming to the Disney Wonder this spring. It will be called “Toy Story-The Musical” and the Sentinel has a great accompanying video that shows some of an early rehearsal.
Toy Story — The Musical will debut in April aboard the Disney Wonder cruise ship. It’s the latest entry in Disney’s expansive live-theater network that launched in 1993 with the purchase of a Broadway theater and has grown to include full-blown, movie-based Broadway musicals such as The Lion King, Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast.
I think a new show is overdue aboard the ships and this will be a welcome change for the repeat cruisers. Toy Story is a wildly popular and it is amazing to see how often it is still used and how well it gets received all these years later.
Yes, Pixar is invading the Cruise Line as well. It is interesting to note that John Lasseter, who has been involved with the development of this project from early on, was not all that excited about the idea when he first heard it. To be honest, neither am I. But Lasseter the idea grew on him and maybe it will grow on me as well. I am one of the few who did not care for the Finding Nemo musical at the Animal Kingdom, so I won’t get my hopes up. (I and what I think are cheesy musicals just don’t go well together!)