“Monsters” and “Laughter” postponed to Spring 2007
The opening date for the new attraction Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club in Walt Disney World has been pushed back to spring 2007.
“It’s not that people disliked ‘Laugh Floor.’ They just didn’t love it. Right now, people seem to think that this is a very middling show. And we don’t want middling. For the amount of money that we’ve already spent on this Tomorrowland attraction, the thousands of hours devoted to R & D, we want a smash. Which is why we’re going to shut down now and retool for a while.” (From JimHillMedia.com)
While some might criticize the decision to push the opening back to a later date, Jim Hill proofs that this isn’t always a bad thing.
…let’s remember that — back in 1966 — Walt Disney personally pushed back the previously announced opening date of “Pirates of the Caribbean” because he thought the Imagineers could do better. That Walt wouldn’t settle for just a good show. He wanted Disneyland visitors to experience a really great attraction. So to have the Imagineers looking at the test scores for “Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club” and thinking “You know, we can do better …” That’s a good thing, folks… (JimHillMedia.com)
