I'm mixed on this new series. I love learning about the history of Disney parks and attractions. As many others have noted, last year's "The Imagineering Story" was an absolute home run, a true documentary rich in detail and context.
"Behind the Attraction," on the other hand, is confusing. It just zips along with odd structure and jokes, and spends very little time treating the subject as something worthy of legitimate examination. As I say in my headline, you can just read the Wikipedia entry in each ride and learn just as much, if not more.
We don't get to go behind the scenes in 2021 to see how the attractions run. Heck, you can see more behind the scenes of the Haunted Mansion on YouTube. For a show trying to give us the definitive story of classic attractions and even "spoiling" some of their magic, this one seems to have little interest in truly letting us get to know an attraction.
It's still a mostly fun show, but this feels like a missed opportunity. I have to imagine Paget Brewster kicking herself over some of the narration she had to record.
And of course the episode focusing on the Jungle Cruise devoted time to promoting the movie.
"Behind the Attraction," on the other hand, is confusing. It just zips along with odd structure and jokes, and spends very little time treating the subject as something worthy of legitimate examination. As I say in my headline, you can just read the Wikipedia entry in each ride and learn just as much, if not more.
We don't get to go behind the scenes in 2021 to see how the attractions run. Heck, you can see more behind the scenes of the Haunted Mansion on YouTube. For a show trying to give us the definitive story of classic attractions and even "spoiling" some of their magic, this one seems to have little interest in truly letting us get to know an attraction.
It's still a mostly fun show, but this feels like a missed opportunity. I have to imagine Paget Brewster kicking herself over some of the narration she had to record.
And of course the episode focusing on the Jungle Cruise devoted time to promoting the movie.