The Good Old Days
In the early days of Disney-Disney’s-MGM-Hollywood-Studios (DDMGMHS), there was a beautiful view from the park entrance right down Hollywood Boulevard to the Chinese Theater. The Great Movie Ride called to you like in those old cartoons where steam rises from a pie cooling on the windowsill.
Now there’s a hat.
The Sorcerer’s Hat is a store. It calls to you like a store. In all fairness, it is also a stage. There are shows there on occasion. You know, choreographed joy and excessive cheerfulness. Makes me sick.
Stage Left (or is it Right? I get that confused), you’ll find ABC Theater, home to Superstar Television (retired!), Doug Live (Long Gone!), and the American Idol Experience (nope! Oh wait. Yup! Wait. Soon nope!).
Right next to the toilet. Fitting.
And what a great experience it is! Here’s what happens: You audition in front of people judging you. Then you sing in front of people judging and booing you. Just some good old fashioned wholesome Disney fun.
But I digress. Between the Hat and the ABC Theater, tucked in on Commissary Lane, this…is American Idol’s restroom. And, much like American Idol’s ratings, the audience for this restroom is miniscule. Perhaps it’s the huge crowds elsewhere in Echo Lake and the Streets of America. Perhaps the Hat is not enough of an attraction to people entering the park. Perhaps American Idol sucks. Whatever the case, this place is empty.
Look at that crowd! Um…
At these restrooms, there’s no fake drama build-up. No panel of judges. There won’t be a half-hour wait for something that should take two minutes. On your way through here from Star Tours to Pixar Place (you know you do that), I don’t necessarily recommend you stop to experience American Idol. But, I whole-heartedly recommend that you experience the American Idol Experience restroom. It will be much more comfortable in that 100 minute Toy Story queue if you do.
