This means no seating for the Jack show, huh?
If it is like the previous show they had a magician/illusionist who designed and performed the "gags" so you need a standard stage set up. It wouldn't work in Beetlejuice. Also, having it in front of Mel's allows a larger crowd to watch it.
I just assume they are planning to close Beetlejuice before the end of HHN and that stage isn't available. Otherwise that would be a perfect stage, since it's closing they could close Beetlejuice early and do absolutely whatever they wanted to that stage.There has to be some reason why they are having one of the advertised shows on temp stage when they have at least 2 other theater available that they have used in pass years for shows.
I just assume they are planning to close Beetlejuice before the end of HHN and that stage isn't available. Otherwise that would be a perfect stage, since it's closing they could close Beetlejuice early and do absolutely whatever they wanted to that stage.
Yeah I understand, but if lets say it needs to close October 20th for example I think that would qualify as "later this year" and would be a big issue for the HHN show.Disaster closes in about a week. HHN starts in less then 20 days. If they planned on closing Beetlejuice before HHN begins, I think we would have been given a more narrow window, like "later that month" instead of "later this year." The first part of demo for Disaster will have to be the deconstruction of the interior ride system. I'm sure we won't see any exterior demo until after HHN if only because of the house occupying the area, so there is little reason to close the show until then as well.
Heres the thing about Disaster and the extended line, the Extended line is separate from the building. You could start exterior demolishment for the back side of the building.
I've seen the previous show in person. An universal actor friend of mine at the time was one of the "victims". I still think if they really wanted it could be retro fitted to work in the Beetlejuice stage. There has to be some reason why they are having one of the advertised shows on temp stage when they have at least 2 other theater available that they have used in pass years for shows.
This also goes completely against what happened at last years HHN with the sacrifice mini show almost exactly where The Carnage is going to be, that was cancelled because of crowd control issues and guest satisfaction in the area (at least that was the "official" reason given).
I just assume they are planning to close Beetlejuice before the end of HHN and that stage isn't available. Otherwise that would be a perfect stage, since it's closing they could close Beetlejuice early and do absolutely whatever they wanted to that stage.
That's a very good point and may be part of it. Of course they still could have had RHPS as it has no affect on BJ running for day guests.What if they feel they need to run Beetlejuice and Animal Actors for day guest since Disaster is closing?
Some great photos from today, taken by @MagicCityMayhem
Interesting that a lot of the oldest archived props seem to have ended up out here rather than in Monsters & Mayhem. Perhaps without the "warehouse" as a framing device, it would've been weird to just have random old 1990s props strewn about... either way, really happy to see them incorporated. The stage looks great.
So Universal has completely taken down the entire set and removed all of the props from the stage just for Rock the Universe.