Captain EO, the worst attraction ever.

Dear Hubby and Son don't like it. Even though it regurgitates the 1980's, the 3d fx are still quite good. I like the cute little muppets/puppets :love:
I did have a hard time getting past Michael Jackson. Still, it's Disney history and everyone should see it once!
 
It sounds like the OP somehow watched Captain EO not knowing of MJ's past, then got some flyer explaining what he was accused of as he exited :lmao:
 
Well, the lamest attraction award goes to Sounds Dangerous with Drew Carey...I didn't get that one at all! Why did they make it...and why is it still there haha? An audience member in June summed it up as the lights came on and he said, "WHAT WAS THAT?"

We rode HISTA last year...and thought that was the most boring one there (but thought it was cooler the last time we were at Disney world 15 years ago...needs updating).

We then rode EO this summer and thought that could tie with HISTA as the top "do one time only" Disney attraction (but we got a good laugh at both)!

Then we rode Sounds Dangerous this summer and cannot imagine any attraction could be worse than that one! But once again we left laughing!

That is the fun of amusement parks....some rides are great and some rides are not!

It is obvious that the intent of the attraction has been missed completely by most people. They leave scratching their heads and say stuff like, "boring" or "what was that".

Those of you that are older than dirt, like myself, understand that it was trying to pay tribute to the radio era. The days when you sat in front of the radio and listen to the show and imagined everything that was going on. Having done both, I have found that my imagination was much better then the camera recorded images. I could make them as elaborate or as simple as I wanted. It could be anything that I could see with my mind. For that reason, I always went to Sounds Dangerous and except for the dialog it was always a little different then the time before.

Everything in the parks is an attempt by Disney to exploit something or another for its own profits---nostalgia, "magic", and even the King o' Pop.

That is a little different than running out a dust covered film strip only because the public in it's ultimate taste and culture, would flock to it to remember something that no longer existed, and hadn't for a very long time. More out of morbid curiosity then for the entertainment value.

But Disney never said it wasn't, did they? They never tried to make it anything else. I thought it was pretty clear from the start that Disney was looking to re-install it because Jackson had died. It's not like they positioned it any other way.

And if the Guest comments from the re-opening of the attraction had come back that way, then it would have been closed the next day (or not opened at all). But people lined up at 5am in California to be first in line to see it when it reopened, and Florida had a huge fan base as well. There was pretty much no scandal about it at all. No conservative religious group threatening a boycott ... no protests from angered parents ... Nancy Grace didn't even jump on it. If people were disgusted, that certainly didn't make it too far into the press.:earsboy:

Oh, but they did...but by that time Disney had already put it in place and it was going to run through it usefulness come hell or high water.

To carry this a touch further even if MJ was innocent and pure as the driven snow in how he interacted with children. He had gone from a popular, loved, talented star to a weird manifestation of something that I cannot even define. He certainly, by then, would not have wanted him to have any influence at all on my children. He needed help but never got it. He, in his mind, was fine. His fans enabled that particular notion and helped bring him to his death in many ways.

I've heard it said many times that they loved him for what he had been, fair enough! But does that make it OK to use him as a roll model? Heck, when Charles Manson was a young man, he was pretty likable as well. That doesn't mean that I want my children to think he was pretty cool back then so lets have a park attraction that featured him. Title it...Charles Manson, the early years (when he was kinda nice)
 
To carry this a touch further even if MJ was innocent and pure as the driven snow in how he interacted with children. He had gone from a popular, loved, talented star to a weird manifestation of something that I cannot even define. He certainly, by then, would not have wanted him to have any influence at all on my children. He needed help but never got it. He, in his mind, was fine. His fans enabled that particular notion and helped bring him to his death in many ways.

I've heard it said many times that they loved him for what he had been, fair enough! But does that make it OK to use him as a roll model? Heck, when Charles Manson was a young man, he was pretty likable as well. That doesn't mean that I want my children to think he was pretty cool back then so lets have a park attraction that featured him. Title it...Charles Manson, the early years (when he was kinda nice)
I don't know that Disney is holding Michael Jackson up as a role model by putting EO in the parks any more than they are holding up Ellen Degeneres as one by having her at Energy. How is Disney turning MJ into a role model by showing Captain EO after he's dead? They're not forcing anyone to go to the film, they're not making any value judgement at all about Jackson other than "at this one point in time, he did this film for us, and here it is, if you want to watch it." If you don't ... then don't. :confused3

Disney never said (that I recall), "Our best friend in the world and truly wonderful noble human being Michael Jackson has just passed away, and we are taking this treasured film and putting it back in our parks so that everyone may join in a celebration of this wonderful man's life and hold him forever in our hearts." They said, "Michael Jackson just died ... let's put Captain EO back in the parks as a retro thing that shows him back when he was popular and give people something new to see. If nothing else, it saves us having to update HISTA for another couple of years."

:earsboy:
 

When I saw Captain EO last July we had an amazing crowd. They were clapping and cheering along. :3dglasses

And really if you are that against MJ, maybe you should just skip the show all together. Everything is not for everyone. I go to Disney for entertainment not for to judge somebodys personal life. Half the kids in the audience have no idea about his personal life and are just there to watch the show. :3dglasses
 
Michael Jackson was a tragic figure, abused by his father, taken advantage of by everyone around him, and never given the childhood every kid deserves. While he was rich, money doesn't make up for what he went through. A great music talent wasted by media who sucked him dry, watched him go loopy, and then pointed an laughed.

He was never convicted of being a pedophile. Even if he did have those tendencies, it's considered a mental disorder. This would make him sick, not evil.

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the movie. I liked it very much the first time I saw it, and never had any interest in the Honey I Shrunk the Audience show.
 
Really OP?

Why on Earth would you go see a 3D movie starring MICHAEL JACKSON if you don't like MICHAEL JACKSON?

So that you could come here and complain about it and make nasty comments about a dead man?

I saw that show when I was 13 years old. I was so :lovestruc with Michael Jackson. I feel lucky that I was able to see it again (probably for the last time) and take my kids with me this past December.

THANK YOU DISNEY for bringing back this fantastic 3D film.
 
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Disney had to pull EO from the parks because MJ was, at best, a freaky-weird little man. They had no idea what bizarre thing he'd do next or what crimes he'd commit for which he'd be convicted.

They didn't want to be associated with him.

Then he died. He could no longer do anything new to embarrass them. No trials. No nothing. Plus, the media was being really nice to MJ now that he was dead and a lot of people were boo-hooing about it.

Disney decided they had nothing to lose and possibly money to gain by hauling out the old video.

They capitalized on his death.
 
Captain EO was the worst, lamest excuse for an attraction I’ve ever seen. :mad: Absolutely dreadful. With all the great ideas that could have been put into that space for Disney to throw in some old crappy 80’s video is almost inexcuseable. I never came so close to walking out of an attraction. If it hadn’t been so dark in there, I would have run for the exit. This monstrosity needs replaced asap.

Of course, no one was more "child friendly" than this pedophile. Shame on you Disney.

I am not a fan of Michael Jackson at all and thought he was a human freak show; however, he was never convicted or found guilty of being a pedophile. I have my opinions on whether he did or didn't, but I'll leave it at that.

I also notice you are from Pittsburgh (nice city, hate the Steelers) I'm curious, are you going to be hooting and hollering for the quarterback wearing #7 with the name Roethlisberger on his back in the Superbowl? If you are, he has twice been accused by two woman of molesting them and was suspended by the NFL for four games, but like MJ, was not convicted in a court of law either. Hmmmm. :confused3

As for your opinion on the attraction; I agree, I think that WDW could do better, much better in fact. But, there are those who like it and that is fine. I just move on to something else.
 
I have fond memories of seeing Captain Eo at DLR when I was 9 and was so :lovestruc with MJ. He was a brilliant entertainer and that is what I will remember. This is on our to do list for our Epcot day. If you don't like MJ, just spend your time doing something else.
 
It's one of my favorite attractions at EPCOT.

Would you finish the omelette before telling the waiter your allergic to eggs, then blame the restraunt for serving it to you?
 
Who else thought Anjelica Huston looked better in the creepy makeup than she did in the flowing robes?
 
Would you finish the omelette before telling the waiter your allergic to eggs, then blame the restraunt for serving it to you?

That's the new American Way. Don't forget the phone call to the lawyer just after paying the discounted check...
 
We haven't been since they replaced HISTA with Captain EO but if it is there I would like to see it and I am no big MJ fan. Have they said what will take its place after Captain EO?
 
Disney had to pull EO from the parks because MJ was, at best, a freaky-weird little man. They had no idea what bizarre thing he'd do next or what crimes he'd commit for which he'd be convicted.


Michael Jackson was never convicted of any crime.
 
Have they said what will take its place after Captain EO?

Nope, and I don't think Disney has anything planned for a while to take it's place, hence why they put EO back to replace HISTA to begin with.
 
I was 90% sure that I saw it as a kid but just had no recollection of it,so I had to go see it.I like Michael Jackson (the artist)but I have to agree that this movie was plain bad,the 3-D was as bad as it gets and the story just as bad.The whole Imagination pavillion needs a total revamp because HISTA and the Imagination ride also need to go away soon.
 
I was 90% sure that I saw it as a kid but just had no recollection of it,so I had to go see it.I like Michael Jackson (the artist)but I have to agree that this movie was plain bad,the 3-D was as bad as it gets and the story just as bad.The whole Imagination pavillion needs a total revamp because HISTA and the Imagination ride also need to go away soon.

OK, it has to be said...The Imagination Pavilion has absolutely no imagination at all. I never thought that HISTA was a great show but it was entertaining and interactive. I have never seen any of the "Honey, I" movies but it wasn't really necessary because it was pretty self explanatory. I just thought it was cute and went to it almost every visit.

With the loss of the original Journey ride and now HISTA there is absolutely no reason to even go there except to watch the water dance outside. It is the one ride that I wish they could recreate. Bring back the Dreamfinder and Figment...they need each other and we desperately need them.
 

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