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bavaria
12-13-2005, 07:46 PM
The exhibit consists of four areas

1) outdoor waiting area: monitors with background on the making of the moving, similar to the Backlot Tour waiting area

2) indoor waiting area: in front of a large red wardrobe door. The CM rattled off a spiel which we think was a listing of the producers, stars, etc but frankly nobody could understand much due to his strong accent. We waited about 12 minutes while the lighting and music turned on and off - obviously some technical difficulties here...

3) the main show area: walking in was a nice surprise - a large room surrounded by snow covered trees, the lamppost in the centre, 'snow' (actually soft white carpet) on the ground. The White Witch makes a brief appearance, before several minutes of trailers appear on the large screen. Frankly, I think that they are the trailers from the website, but would definitely attract anyone who hasn't seen the film (I have not)

4) the 'exhibit' area with a few maquettes and costumes and a sword from the movie: there were only about ten people in our group, but it was hard to see as this is a very small area. Our guide was eager to move people out the door, and what with waiting to see anything it was a little rushed

Overall, the effect of the main room is wonderful; the indoor waiting area is probably good once the lighting/music effect is sorted out (may just have been an early morning bug). However, I recall that the Haunted Mansion and 101 Dalmations set attractions were much more elaborate and had more informaiton. Basically, I felt that this was a long movie trailer surrounded by snow covered trees....

Worth a wait of 15 minutes or so, but probably not much more.

The 'snow' outside is great, though!!!!

pouncingpluto
12-14-2005, 01:13 PM
Thanks for the review... much appreciated!

DarthGoofy
12-14-2005, 02:50 PM
Has anyone heard how long this attraction will be up and running?

KNWVIKING
12-14-2005, 09:30 PM
Well, if it stays up until the next big Disney hit movie....... the snow may be yellow.

pouncingpluto
12-15-2005, 07:28 PM
I bet it will be up for a long time... at least a year or two... just based on previous movie exhibits.

SueOKW
01-23-2006, 01:52 AM
Has anyone been to this recently? Still open? We are going soon and the kid are really hoping it's open. :fingerscr

pouncingpluto
01-23-2006, 01:59 PM
It's definitely still open. I really wouldn't worry about for at least the rest of 2006.

ILuvDVC
01-23-2006, 04:48 PM
It was open in mid Dec. It was a nice show.

PoohsPal
01-24-2006, 05:25 PM
I saw it 2nd week of Jan. It was cool, but nothing spectacular. JMO.

dianeschlicht
01-24-2006, 06:47 PM
We saw it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was a big letdown. The wardrobe door was neat, and the scene inside was even neater, but like you said, the guide had such a heavy accent, he couldn't be understood, and it was basically just movie trailers. I was hoping for a real "making of" type thing.

bavaria
01-25-2006, 04:43 PM
We saw it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was a big letdown. The wardrobe door was neat, and the scene inside was even neater, but like you said, the guide had such a heavy accent, he couldn't be understood, and it was basically just movie trailers. I was hoping for a real "making of" type thing.

Re the 'making of' - I find it odd that the Moviesurfers on the Disney Channel have more 'making of' info that this exhibit.

Does anyone know if the White Witch actually walks around MGM? I saw a photo of her peeking around a kids at the castle at DL, which I thought was a neat idea...