MGM Stunt Show

[Gdad]

First time ever going- Wife & Girls were all unimpressed and decided it was a "Guy Thing" (Yeah- so?) so don't know when I'll be back. Thought I would post a few shots. (Go easy on me- did not have the best seats in the house. )

And here is a fall sequence I stitched together...

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Great photos but I agree the show is unimpressive (both my husband and I were disappointed). I expecting alot more from a new Disney attraction, especially one the built such a huge arena for......

 

[MINNIE OF TWO MICE]

My whole family enjoyed the show! I also enjoyed your photos! Thanks.

 

[I'mNoPrince]

I agree great shots .

But I put this right there with Indy a very nice show but only for like every 1 in 4 trips or so.

 

[ColleenS]

Great photos I love the one with the fire & the stitched one is great too.
Thanks for sharing.


ETA: What kind of camera are you using & what lens?

 

[donaldduck1967]

Nice pics thanks for sharing. I agree it must be a guy thing, I enjoyed it my wife didn't. Also is the Jet Ski a new addition? They did not have it when I saw it in July

 

[rtphokie]

Great photos but I agree the show is unimpressive (both my husband and I were disappointed). I expecting alot more from a new Disney attraction, especially one the built such a huge arena for......

Just goes to show you that some attractions are for some people and some are for others. My family loved the show. It's paced very well and I found it overall very entertaining and worth the time.

 

[handicap18]

Excellent shots Jeff. Looks like you had better seats than you thought.

DW and I both enjoyed the show when we went in June. Looking forward to going again later this year with the kids. DS, who will be 5 when we go, will absolutly love this show.

If you've been before and want to try some new camera techniques, this a great place to use panning. I'll be playing around with that the next trip.

BTW, the jet ski part of the show was there when we went in June.

 

[jeffn5631]

We enjoyed your photos, can you share what kind of camera you used and do you do it as a hobby or have professional training.

JN

 

[TwoOldPoohs]

For not having the "best seats in the house," these are all great shots! Love the fall sequence; your talents include photo editing software (Photoshop?) as well. We saw the show once and have no desire to see it again. (Although I would go back just to try to get a better seat for taking photos.)

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Enjoyed your shots! (If you think you had bad seats, you should see my shots.)

We saw the show in October, 05 and the jet ski sequence was there then. Maybe you nodded off a bit donaldduck?

 

[Boss Hogg]

I liked the show, good for taking pics. I took a lot, some of which were quite good!

 

[donaldduck1967]

Enjoyed your shots! (If you think you had bad seats, you should see my shots.)

We saw the show in October, 05 and the jet ski sequence was there then. Maybe you nodded off a bit donaldduck?

No I didn't nod off. No one in my group saw it.

 

[JR6ooo4]

Nice shots. Great color and sharpness.

Not everyone likes every attraction. ie It's a small world....???? The speedway?

thanks for sharing,

MIkeeee

 

[Gdad]

We enjoyed your photos, can you share what kind of camera you used and do you do it as a hobby or have professional training.

JN

Just a hobby- no way I'm good enough to earn a living at photography. Camera is a Nikon D70s with a Tamron 18-200 mm lens.

Thanks for looking all.

 

[Gdad]

Very nice Matt- I saw those on the motion blur forum as well.

Anyone else have some shots of the show please share!

 

[MarkBarbieri]

I also felt that the show was OK but not great. I would have thought that cars racing all around in dangerous stunts would be cool, but I was wrong. I was happier when they were blowing things up.

Anyway, here are my shots. I can't pan to save my life, so all of my motion blur is from Photoshop.

 

[Disneynut322]

Great pictures everyone! Here are a few of mine!

 

[Luv'sTink]

Great shots!

We really enjoyed the show and will be going back to see it again, IF, we ever go back......we live a long way from the show! LOL

 

[Groucho]

Great shots, Gdad - nothing to apologize for. And I think you had a lot better seats that we did when we saw it last year - unfortunately, I could barely watch it as my son decided to get really cranky, and we'd left his pacifier in his stroller - this was when he was only nine months old. Oops! I had planned on videotaping it but again - that was left in the stroller, too! I did take some video with my camera that turned out OK but nothing astonishing.

We never got a chance to do it this past trip, so I have nothing to show from the "good" camera - the closest we even got was walking through the Osborne lights. I would have liked to, being a car nut, but alas... another problem is that my wife has a bit of vertigo and the risers go so high up that she is not anxious to climb them again! From the seats we had before, we were wayyyyyyy too far to get any decent shots even with the 12x zoom.

I do occasionally enjoy watching videos I've downloaded of the show. Even beyond other stuff, it's very impressive from both a technical level (the way the cars are built) and of course, the skill level of the drivers deserves a lot of respect. Being a stunt driver is something that I always thought would be a lot of fun, and I can tell you from the "on-or-past-limit" driving I've done (autocrosses, racetrack, snow/ice, etc), it is a lot harder than it looks to consistently do the same move over and over!

Hopefully next trip, I'll be able to squeeze it in and have some decent shots to compare.

Oh, and regarding your topic title: there are two MGM stunt shows, don't forget about poor Indy!