Thursday, September 13, 2007
So this morning we were supposed to go to Palo, but we had rescheduled and already had brunch there on Tuesday, because we wanted to go to Mickey's Island Jam. Well at dinner the night before with Eddie, the stage manager he suggested that we do the Art of Entertaining Behind the Scenes tour.
So we got up and grabbed some breakfast. Then we headed to the WD Theater. When we arrived our table mates Pat and Linda were there.
We started with a Question and Answer session with some of the performers. Soon our other table mates arrived. Apparently no one wanted to go to Mickey's Island Jam Breakfast.
Then they gave short visual presentations from each of the departments. Lighting, audio, costuming, props, etc
They also did a presentation on switching from one scene to another. It was quite noisy and they actually had quite a bit of piecing things together. Normally the music covers it up. When I watched Disney Dreams that night I tried to listen for the sounds of them redoing the scenes, in the background behind the music.
Props from Disney Dreams
After the presentations for the departments, we got to "break" into the backstage area and check things out.
They showed us how the lifts operate
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Tight Squeeze for all the props
View from the stage
They had some of the costumes out for us to view, boy are they heavy. Let's just say I wouldn't want to dance in them
Wedding attire from Twice Charmed
Hidden Mickey's on the wall the the WD Theater
This was seriously my favorite tour or Behind the Scenes activity. I wanted to do it again the next week but I ended up sleeping in or doing something else. It is only for ages 18 and up. I seriously recommend it for everyone. It is amazing to see what they can produce with a tiny storage space. This tour is only on the Magic and is included in the cost of the cruise.