American Idol Experience at Disney Hollywood
Studios
Do you love watching American Idol every season? Do you avidly root for your favorite performers from start
to finish? Or do you, perhaps, have a dream of one day appearing on the show yourself? With the new American Idol
Experience Walt Disney World, you can enjoy all these aspects of your favorite show and more!
At the American Idol Experience,
a new attraction open at Disney's Hollywood Studios, guests will be able to get a taste of America’s most beloved reality competition.
Following the model of the high-energy show, Disney guests will get to experience the change of auditioning
and the rush of performing on stage in competition. For those who don’t fancy themselves to be stage-savvy enough, you
can walk in the shoes of Simon Cowell or Paula Abdul and judge performances in a live interactive entertainment setting. Or,
you can just sit back, watch, and enjoy the show.
The Experience includes an audition process, open to all, where guests perform “live” in front
of a Hollywood Studios producer. If the producers choose you as their next star, you’ll be taken backstage
to prepare for a live show later in front of an audience and panel of judges. You’ll even get to work with a vocal coach
and get pampered by a make-up artist in preparation for your big stage finale.
The performers with the highest
votes will compete in an end-of-day Grand Finale, where the winner will receive a special Dream ticket – a guaranteed
reservation to sing in front of an American Idol representative at a future regional stadium audition. Best yet, winners of
the Dream Ticket will get to bypass all those dreadfully long lines at the regional audition.
The Experience truly replicates every aspect of the TV show, from
the nerve-wracking audition experience to the set. When guests perform on stage in front of a live audience, they’ll
be doing so in the Experience’s main theater, which is designed to look just like the American Idol stage. Audience
members also get to vote like they would at home, with electronic keypads at their seats. You’ll feel like Ryan Seacrest
is about to pop out at any moment – and at Disney's Hollywood Studios, who knows? They might even have an animatronic version of him! (Wouldn’t
that be creepy?) Even America’s most recent Idol, David Cook, will be making a special appearance in the new attraction,
via video.
The
American Idol Experience offers several shows for guests daily. Only guests age 14 and older will be able to audition,
although anyone will be able to watch and judge. The Experience definitely provides a fun addition to Disney's Hollywood Studios, and it might even be better than watching the show at home –
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