Captain EO is back? Really?!

[kbmartin]

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guides/epcot/epfw-honey.htm#captaineo

I love Disney, and I really don't complain much, but I'm frustrated by news like this. I love the music of Michael Jackson, but this movie is ridiculous and doesn't need to come back. To me, there is absolutely nothing worthwhile in it...

It just makes me crazy to see we are getting old, outdated stuff like this when so many awesome attractions are coming to Disney parks in Asia. I read all about them on blogs, and it drives me crazy that we aren't getting anything cool and new here anytime soon. Yes, Avatar is coming, but that project has been taking quite some time and won't be opening quickly. Check out how fast Universal builds and opens their attractions. How is Disney incapable of matching that?

Even showing movie trailers would be an improvement in my eyes.

I just needed to vent. It just makes me angry that I have to save a TON of money to go to WDW (it's not easy), and instead of seeing something cool and new, this is what we'll see. Don't get me wrong - I'm still excited to go to my "happy place," but it would make me a whole lot happier if new, state-of-the-art attractions were coming in at a more rapid pace.

 

[DetroitDisney]

If it's any consolation, not everyone hates it.

I am personally very happy it's coming back if that's true. Seeing Michael Jackson save the galaxy with a song and dance routine is one of my favorite things in the entire world.

 

[LoverDisney]

It says that it is back "temporarily" with no end date. I wonder what that means.

 

[Magpie]

I'm also quite happy to see it back, for however long they decide to keep it. My family loves quoting bits from it. It's cheesy, but fun.

 

[LoverDisney]

It says that it is back "temporarily". I wonder what that means.

 

[NDDisneydad]

We love it and are thrilled that it is back! We are huge MJ fans!

 

[LumosQ102]

shame they won't do Captain Eeyore for a run instead. That I'd watch.

of all the surreal things I have seen....

 

[720L]

I love it and am glad it's back. Great flashback to the 80's. And I was a huge MJ fan.

 

[karly05]

I'm guessing "temporarily" means they will drop in the limited-run movie trailers like "Tomorrowland" and "Inside Out" whenever they have something current. (eg sometime this fall there will probably be a "Good Dinosaur" preview, "Zootopia" next spring, etc.)

I've never seen Captain EO; I guess I should check it out next trip if it's there, just to say I did.

 

[WillAustin]

It says that it is back "temporarily". I wonder what that means.

It probably means that whatever was supposed to go into that space isn't ready yet but they need the capacity to spread out crowds.

 

[piccolopat]

Bring back making memories and magic journeys!

 

[DisneyLvr55]

WOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Can we all please do a group Pixie Dust / Good Thought that it remains there till at least Sept 3rd so my MJ obsessed 10 year old can see it for (possibly) one last time!!?? She would be so happy!!

 

[Kobey]

At least EO is something I can't see at home. I can't imagine going to Disney to watch movie trailers.

 

[Disneylover99]

The more I see E.O. The more I like it.
My family LOVES it!

 

[BrianL]

I love EO too, though I do agree it is about time to retire it. But, hey, at least it's an original attraction which is much better than a preview commercial for whatever recent Disney movie I've already seen.

 

[jaccceee]

I'd rather see Honey I Shrunk the Audience!

 

[ttintagel]

It's certainly not the oldest or most tired attraction in the parks. I do wish they could restore more of the original 4D theater effects, though, speaking as a GenXer who never got to see the original as a kid.

 

[prudence64]

It would take at least $50 to get me to sit through it ever again

 

[Marionnette]

I absolutely LOVED it when EO first came out. We sat through it a couple of years ago and I left the theater asking myself what it was that I ever saw in it. I think that it's an attraction whose time has come and gone. I would have rather that they left HISTA in that location.

 

[hsmamato2]

Oh man....another lame outdated attraction still limping along..... Sigh..... Thats exactly what disney needs to keep up with competition