Press Release: "American Idol" Attraction for WDW

[blackcauldron85]

http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayP ... _E_169Idol

An attraction inspired by the "American Idol" TV show offically opens at Disney's Hollywood Studios Feb. 14.

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Details—including age restrictions and other eligibility requirements—at www.disneyworld.com/idol.

[blackcauldron85]

Jim Hill has a great article up about the soft openings of the attraction:

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/ ... ction.aspx

And this article gives some more details about some of the rules of the attraction:

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-bl ... sney-3748/
(via thedisneyblog.com)

[blackcauldron85]

This article talks about in detail the audition process:

http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/01/08/ame ... #more-5326[/list]

[blackcauldron85]

Short article with a video:
http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/01/11/dav ... xperience/

Article with some pictures:
http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/01/11/ame ... #more-5380

[blackcauldron85]

First look at the stage:

http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/01/13/ame ... the-stage/

[blackcauldron85]

Here are a bunch of pictures:
http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-815.asp

And here's a nice review of the attraction:
http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID512580.asp

[Kram Nebuer]

Wow! The stage and attraction looks really exciting! And I love the merchandise, too. I want a Mickey American Idol t-shirt! =) Thanks for posting all the updates, Amy!!

[PeterPanfan]

Thanks for all the info, Ames!

I actually think I'm going to audition when I go this summer. I'll let you know how it turns out.

[blackcauldron85]

You both are very welcome!

Here's a video with Syesha Mercado:
http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/01/16/sye ... xperience/

[goofystitch]

I just returned from Orlando and I got to experience this attraction twice in soft opening during my trip (as well as the new Kim Possible Future World attraction which has soft opened at Epcot). I consider myself an average viewer of the show and the Disney version does a great job of making you feel as if you were attending a taping of the show. However, the talent both times wasn't very great and since it isn't officially open yet, they aren't able to give the golden dream pass to the winners. The best part about it is the stage and the host, who makes lots of jokes about things they do on the show. The worst part about it are the judges, who aren't named Randy or Paula or Simon, but who act just like them (a big black guy who says "dawg", a female judge who used to perform with no real input to give, and a British man who is overly critical and rarely has anything nice to say). As with the real show, the judges have no say in who moves on because the audience gets to vote from their seat. Both shows I attended were by no means full, and so a lot of people would stand up and vote multiple times by touching key pads on empty seats nearby. It was funny when a girl won with almost 300 votes and there were about 150 people actually in the theater (which holds almost 1,000). I don't know if its just because its not officially open yet or what, but it is not popular at the moment.

[blackcauldron85]

Another article about the attraction:

http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/01/21/ame ... #more-5482

[blackcauldron85]

Just like the other links I posted that have videos, this one has a video with David Archuleta:
http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/01/27/dav ... xperience/

[Jack Skellington]

Do you have to be "American" to audition for American Idol ?

If not then I'm just gonna go there and audition, just so I could get a conformation on whether my voice sucks or not. (I get mixed reviews ! )

[blackcauldron85]

A review of the attraction from the guy who runs the Vote For The Worst website:

http://www.votefortheworst.com/blogs/th ... experience
(via thedisneyblog.com)

[JEANYLASER]

American Idol Experience is now open!

[blackcauldron85]

http://www.mouseplanet.com/9205/Walt_Di ... ort_Update
(via disneyreport.com)

American Idol Experience gets new song list

There's a new list of songs available for guests to choose from when auditioning for and participating in the

American Idol Experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Photos of the complete list were posted last week via

Twitter by attraction host Sean Klitzner (link). Here's the complete new song list:

Country:

Achy Breaky Heart
All-American Girl
Amazed
Boot Scootin' Boogie
Breathe
Do You Believe Me Now
How Do I Live (Without You)
I Hope You Dance
I Like It, I Love It
I Told You So
Independence Day
It's Good to Be Us
Life is a Highway
Lost
Man, I Feel Like a Woman
My Wish
Our Song
Sweet Home Alabama
This Kiss
Walkin' After Midnight
What Hurts the Most

Disco/Dance:

Best of My Love
Fame
Hot Stuff
I Will Survive
Knock on Wood
Last Dance
Rach Out, I'll be There
Never Can Say Goodbye
New Attitude
You're the First, the Last, My Everything

R&B:

100 Ways
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
For Once in My Life
Get Ready
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
I Want You Back
I Wish
I'll Be There
Listen
Midnight Train to Georgia
No One
RESPECT
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Stop! In the Name of Love
Superstition
Then Came You
Turn Your Love Around
Vision of Love
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
You Keep Me Hangin' On
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
You're All I Need to Get By

Disney songs:

Best of Both Worlds
Bet On It
Breaking Free
Circle of Life
Colors of the Wind
Ever Ever After
Go the Distance
Part of Your World
Reflection
Rock Star
This Is Me
You'll Be in My Heart

Latin:

1-2-3
Bailamos
Just Another Day
La Bamba
Let's Get Loud
Smooth
Turn the Beat Around
Waiting for Tonight

Rock/Pop Ballad:

Ain't No Sunshine when She's Gone
All Around Me
A Moment Like This
Alone
Battlefield
Black Velvet
Bubbly
Crush
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Drops of Jupiter
Home
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
If it Makes You Happy
In Love with a Girl
Iris
Just Once
Kiss from a Rose
Light On
Looks Like We Made It
Love Song
Stand By Me
Sober
Somebody to Love
The Climb
Unchained Melody
What a Wonderful World
Your Song

Rock/Pop Up Tempo:

Big Girls Don't Cry
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
Born to Be Wild
Bohemian Rhapsody
Breakaway
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Don't Stop the Music
Express Yourself
Face Down
Footloose
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Holding Out For a Hero
I Can See Clearly Now
I Don't Want to Be
I Feel the Earth Move
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
If Everyone Cared
It's Not Over
La La Land
Old Time Rock and Roll
Over You
Rock with You
Since U Been Gone
Suspicious Minds
Sway
The Great Escape
The Power of Love
Walkin' in Memphis
Walking on Sunshine
What About Now
You Really Got Me Now
You're My Best Friend

[Jack Skellington]

Walkin' After Midnight
I Want You Back
I'll Be There
No One
Superstition
Go the Distance
You'll Be in My Heart
Ain't No Sunshine when She's Gone
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Iris
Stand By Me
What a Wonderful World

I think I could sing those songs pretty well, but I'd really like to know do you honestly have to be American to audition ? I'm not really serious about getting that certificate I just want to prove that I can do it.

[blackcauldron85]

http://adisneyworld.disney.go.com/media ... I_FAQs.pdf

Q: If I do not satisfy the American Idol television program contestant requirements (such as the age requirement or the U.S. citizenship/residency requirement), am I still eligible to audition at The American Idol Experience attraction and, if selected, sing on stage and possibly receive the Dream Ticket?

A: Yes. Guests do not need to satisfy the American Idol television program contestant requirements to be eligible to audition, sing on stage and receive the Dream Ticket at The American Idol Experience attraction…Guests who receive the Dream Ticket and do not satisfy the American Idol television program contestant requirements will not be eligible to use the Dream Ticket to schedule an audition for the American Idol television show. Dream Ticket recipients who do not satisfy the American Idol television program contestant requirements may, as their only benefit of receiving the Dream Ticket (except for the limited circumstances described in the next paragraph of this answer), retain the Dream Ticket or transfer it one time to a permitted transferee (the “Dream Ticket” section of these FAQs provides additional information concerning the one-time permitted transfer of a Dream Ticket).

If a Dream Ticket recipient does not, as of the date of receiving the Dream Ticket, satisfy the American Idol television program contestant requirements, such Dream Ticket recipient may retain the Dream Ticket and, in certain limited circumstances, later satisfy the American Idol television program contestant requirements and then become eligible to use the Dream Ticket to schedule an audition for the American Idol television show.


Q: If I am an original Dream Ticket recipient, but I don’t satisfy the eligibility requirements to audition as a contestant for the American Idol television series, am I permitted to transfer the Dream Ticket to someone else?

A: Yes, a one-time transfer is permitted subject to conditions and limitations.

If the original Dream Ticket recipient does not, as of the date of proposed transfer of the Dream Ticket, satisfy the eligibility requirements of the American Idol television series in effect as of the proposed transfer date, the original Dream Ticket recipient will be permitted to transfer the Dream Ticket to another individual who, as of the date of proposed transfer of the Dream Ticket, is not a Restricted Individual [someone who works for Disney, basically] and satisfies the eligibility requirements of the American Idol television series in effect as of the proposed transfer date (the permitted Dream Ticket Transferee).

[Jack Skellington]

Cool, I'll probably give you the Dream Ticket if I won, Amy ! lol

[blackcauldron85]

Lol, I think you should give it to someone else who would actually audition. Stage fright + my lack of talent would mean that I wouldn't audition.