People lining up at Disneyland for Captain EO opening today

[Mouse Skywalker]

Hey Everyone: I just read this in the LA Times blog today. I'd be curious to see the line of people.

Fans decked out in futuristic garb formed a line early Tuesday to see the return of the Michael Jackson film "Captain EO" to Disneyland after a 13-year hiatus.

At 10 a.m., the 17-minute, science fiction-themed musical returns to the Tomorrowland Theater for limited engagement. It replaces "Honey I Shrunk the Audience," which closed Jan. 3.

"Captain EO" debuted at the height of Jackson’s fame in 1986, featuring director Francis Ford Coppola and executive producer George Lucas. It cost a reported $30 million to make and ran as an attraction at the theme park until 1997.

Fans began lobbying for the return of the 3-D film soon after Jackson’s death last year, saying it would honor the King of Pop.

The Times' Brady McDonald, writing at the Daily Travel & Deal blog, says the return of Captain EO “presents a perplexing challenge to family-centric Disney: How to market a movie relic starring a controversial character without appearing to capitalize on his demise.”

The film stars Jackson as a captain leading a crew of aliens, robots and "fuzzball" on a spaceship on a mission to deliver a gift to a wicked alien witch played by Anjelica Huston.

A Disney spokeswoman told KTLA that there was no timeline for how long the show would run, but said it would stay for as long as it remained popular.

--Tony Barboza

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/02/michael-jackson-fans-line-up-at-disneyland-for-return-of-captain-eo.html

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Here's another blog showing the lines for Captain EO.

http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2010/02/23/live-at-disneyland-fans-in-line-for-captain-eo/35413/

 

[MrX8991]

I've got a feeling its popularity will be short lived. I never saw the show in person. I tried to watch it on YouTube and all I can say is that it's aged horribly.

 

[Disney Khi]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I remember Captain EO from Epcot when I was a kid. I was so in love with Michael Jackson back then, but I had no idea its revival would be so popular.

 

[MelissaFromRI]

I hope Captain EO returns to Disney World as well

 

[WaltD4Me]

The article says there were people in line at 9pm the night before! That's crazy, why would you get in line 11 hours ahead of time for something you can basically see anytime? I mean, I understand it's been gone for 13 years, but it's not like they are only doing one showing.

 

[dalt01]

just goes to show ya...................some people will line up for anything...............

 

[ImTooExcitedToSleep]

just goes to show ya...................some people will line up for anything...............

From what I understand, Disney actually overestimated the interest for today's attendance. The ride's a walk-on this afternoon. I'm sure that'll change this evening as the locals get off work and it'll probably be busy this weekend.