“Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After” Opening May 27, 2025 at DHS

[Joanna71985]

To me, a show is like a movie. You are welcome to watch multiple times, but it’s really intended for the person who hasn't seen it. There's no need to refresh or change frequently.

I watch Philharmagic 4 to 5 times a year and I still think it's awesome. Can't wait to see it again in 10 weeks.

Exactly! That is me with Hoop Dee Doo Revue (I can easily go multiple times a month to see it).

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

From what I've seen of the show it seems like it's structured the same way as the Adventures Club annual Balderdash Cup competition was set up with three possible contests but only one that they actually wanted you to pick as the winner but there were a few times over the years when the audience went rouge and picked one of the other two contests. It will be interesting to see if that actually happens or if they only have it set up so that Maleficent always wins.

 

[Joanna71985]

From what I've seen of the show it seems like it's structured the same way as the Adventures Club annual Balderdash Cup competition was set up with three possible contests but only one that they actually wanted you to pick as the winner but there were a few times over the years when the audience went rouge and picked one of the other two contests. It will be interesting to see if that actually happens or if they only have it set up so that Maleficent always wins.

they don't (I've seen all 3 different endings)

 

[SquashBanana]

I want to share my experience from this past Saturday 5/31. We arrived around 1:15 thinking we'd make it in the 1:30 show, but the 1:30 queue was already full and the stand-by queue for the 2:00 show was about 50 people deep. YMMV but if you are going on a busy day, especially while the show is brand new, I'd suggest arriving 30 minutes before your desired showtime, maybe even earlier.

 

[HopperFan]

I want to share my experience from this past Saturday 5/31. We arrived around 1:15 thinking we'd make it in the 1:30 show, but the 1:30 queue was already full and the stand-by queue for the 2:00 show was about 50 people deep. YMMV but if you are going on a busy day, especially while the show is brand new, I'd suggest arriving 30 minutes before your desired showtime, maybe even earlier.

Lots of online reports saying the same thing.

 

[lovethattink]

I want to share my experience from this past Saturday 5/31. We arrived around 1:15 thinking we'd make it in the 1:30 show, but the 1:30 queue was already full and the stand-by queue for the 2:00 show was about 50 people deep. YMMV but if you are going on a busy day, especially while the show is brand new, I'd suggest arriving 30 minutes before your desired showtime, maybe even earlier.

I was probably lucky that first day because most people didn’t know about the show there really wasn’t anything advertising it.

 

[jcemom]

Anyone have experience with attending the first show of the day? I'm wondering if it's any easier to get into with less than a 30 minute wait because most people are still in line for rides.

 

[imbelle]

Did anyone else think the show was "rigged"? At the one I attended Maleficent was clearly the audience favorite but Hook was declared the winner. I don't have a dog in this fight since I'm not a villains fan but I suspect that they must just rotate through who wins each performance.

 

[Dave006]

I'm wondering if it's any easier to get into with less than a 30 minute wait because most people are still in line for rides.

The first showing is at 10 AM so you would want to be in line before 9:30 AM just to insure that you are in the first holding area. Will you be an on-site guest and be able to take advantage of EE or just rope dropping?

Either way I don't think that this is the best use of you valuable early morning time while crowds are still building up for the day.

Dave

 

[erinch]

We saw the noon show today, which was the second. We got in line about 20 minutes early, and lucked out getting in at the tail end. Audience wanted Maleficent,and got Malificent. I wanted Hook. Stunningly well-done. I loved it. (Except for the puppets I thought the new mermaid show screens were cheesy. ) seating was so chaotic i stopped by guest services to suggest they get someone in there to watch crowd flow. They took everyone to far side of auditorium. It filled, so we got turned back. But cms at door didn't know and sent waves against the wave of us going the other direction. So then it was a free for all scramble to find seats which filled from the aisles in. I'm sure they'll work it out, but small children were getting scrunched, and entire families had to climb over 8 seated people to get seats. The last ones got divided into single seats here and there.

For the noon show, it was filled when we came out, and 12:30 looked full too.

 

[elvispursley]

We saw the noon show today, which was the second. We got in line about 20 minutes early, and lucked out getting in at the tail end. Audience wanted Maleficent,and got Malificent. I wanted Hook. Stunningly well-done. I loved it. (Except for the puppets I thought the new mermaid show screens were cheesy. ) seating was so chaotic i stopped by guest services to suggest they get someone in there to watch crowd flow. They took everyone to far side of auditorium. It filled, so we got turned back. But cms at door didn't know and sent waves against the wave of us going the other direction. So then it was a free for all scramble to find seats which filled from the aisles in. I'm sure they'll work it out, but small children were getting scrunched, and entire families had to climb over 8 seated people to get seats. The last ones got divided into single seats here and there.

For the noon show, it was filled when we came out, and 12:30 looked full too.

Nothing irritates me more than people who don’t move all the way down a row. My would not have faired well if I experienced this. Glad you mentioned it to GS.

 

[erinch]

Nothing irritates me more than people who don’t move all the way down a row. My would not have faired well if I experienced this. Glad you mentioned it to GS.

The problem is there are 4 sections with aisles on each end. Without control it is chaos, as people were entering rows from both sides simultaneously, but stopping on the aisle.

 

[brockash]

We saw the noon show today, which was the second. We got in line about 20 minutes early, and lucked out getting in at the tail end. Audience wanted Maleficent,and got Malificent. I wanted Hook. Stunningly well-done. I loved it. (Except for the puppets I thought the new mermaid show screens were cheesy. ) seating was so chaotic i stopped by guest services to suggest they get someone in there to watch crowd flow. They took everyone to far side of auditorium. It filled, so we got turned back. But cms at door didn't know and sent waves against the wave of us going the other direction. So then it was a free for all scramble to find seats which filled from the aisles in. I'm sure they'll work it out, but small children were getting scrunched, and entire families had to climb over 8 seated people to get seats. The last ones got divided into single seats here and there.

For the noon show, it was filled when we came out, and 12:30 looked full too.

OMG, yes the seating at the Villians ahow was so inefficient and annoying. We too experienced them directing EVERYONE over to the far side, but then it would get to a point where no one else would fit (apparently the CMs do not have a very good gage on numbers/space) and then it was a free for all having to walk back upstream and trying to find enough seats together for your party. - I really don't get it; they have so many shows, they're pros at sitting ppl. I don't understand why they would change that into a chaotic mess, but it was pretty terrible.

 

[brockash]

Nothing irritates me more than people who don’t move all the way down a row. My would not have faired well if I experienced this. Glad you mentioned it to GS.

The problem is they direct everyone to the far side and try to fill in that section first and I guess work backwards, but it's terrible. Just tell ppl. to move all the way down like they do at every other show or fill the first half first and then go to the next, but having all walk to the far side just to be turned around and try to go back with tons of confused guests behind them is not the answer.

 

[lovethattink]

It was a free for all on opening day for a seat as well. They kept saying if you were in line, you had a seat. Then said to keep your party together before entering the doors. But it was chaos inside. We were some of the last to enter but did get seats together right by the door.

 

[jcemom]

The first showing is at 10 AM so you would want to be in line before 9:30 AM just to insure that you are in the first holding area. Will you be an on-site guest and be able to take advantage of EE or just rope dropping?

Either way I don't think that this is the best use of you valuable early morning time while crowds are still building up for the day.

Dave

Thank you. We are planning to ride RnRC and ToT during EE and then wanted to see the Villians show afterwards so that we won't have to backtrack. We're getting LL and will use that for as much as we can in the rest of the park. The trek all the way back down Sunset Blvd for one show will not be appealing when it feels like 120 degrees in September lol. From past experience, when I plan our days that way we end up just skipping things. In my best Bertram (from Disney Channel's Jessie) voice, "it's SO far!"

 

[summerlvr]

Did anyone else think the show was "rigged"? At the one I attended Maleficent was clearly the audience favorite but Hook was declared the winner. I don't have a dog in this fight since I'm not a villains fan but I suspect that they must just rotate through who wins each performance.

Yes! I was also there on Thursday and even though Maleficent clearly got more cheers, Hook was the winner.

 

[Music City Mama]

Maleficent got the most cheers at our show (by not by a ton), and even though I love the character way more than Hook or Cruella, I personally was more impressed with the performance/acting of those two more than Maleficent (at least at my show). I'm sure it's predetermined by production just to mix it up.

On a side note, we really enjoyed it -- I thought it was very well done and aesthetically appealing. I think it would be relatively easy to change up the characters, at least one at a time, every year or so.

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I wonder if due to the performances having a set song and dance routine that they do it's in their contact that they have to do it a set amount of times.