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The building reopened on March 4, 2020 as the Mickey Shorts Theater showing Vacation Fun, debuting the same day as Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway.
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Former Show · the memorial record
⚰ Permanently closed · May 18, 2012operated 13 years · 1999–2012
Also known as ABC Sound Studio: Sounds Dangerous, Sounds Dangerous.
↩ On the former site of ABC Sound StudioReplaced by Vacation Fun – An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie →
This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
Show history
the lifetime record- 2020
- 2014
The empty theater was repurposed for film sneak peeks, beginning with Maleficent on April 18, 2014 and followed by Guardians of the Galaxy from July 4, 2014, Frozen Fever in 2015 and Star Wars: Path of the Jedi from December 4, 2015 to May 14, 2018.
- 2012
Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey closed permanently on May 18, 2012 after three years of seasonal-only operation, and the venue reverted to being listed as the ABC Sound Studio theater.
Wikipedia and Walt Dated World both give May 18, 2012 as the closing date, but Yesterland reports the last actual performance came in 2011, so the final show date is less certain than the closing date itself. The emptied theater was redressed as the temporary "Carbon Freeze Me" experience for the park's Star Wars Weekends event.Tracked byTheme Park Patch Notes - 2009
Daily performances ended on January 4, 2009 and the show moved to a seasonal schedule, running only during busy periods such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and summer.
Wikipedia's attractions list gives the span as "April 22, 1999 - January 4, 2009, seasonally until May 18, 2012"; the Sounds Dangerous article says only that the seasonal move was announced in early 2009.Tracked byTheme Park Patch Notes - 1999
Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey opened at Disney-MGM Studios on April 22, 1999 in the Echo Lake theater previously occupied by the ABC Sound Studio show.
D23's Disney A to Z files the show under the venue name as "ABC Sound Studio: Sounds Dangerous".Tracked byTheme Park Patch Notes -
The roughly twelve-minute show seated guests in headphones and played most of its story in total darkness, with Drew Carey appearing on a projection screen as an undercover detective named Charlie Foster.
Questions & answers
When did Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey open?
Per the documented record, Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey at Hollywood Studios opened on Apr 22, 1999.
When did Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey last close for refurbishment?
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey is dated May 18, 2012: Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey closed permanently on May 18, 2012 after three years of seasonal-only operation, and the venue reverted to being listed as the ABC Sound Studio theater.
What changed recently on Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey?
The latest documented change (documented Mar 4, 2020): The building reopened on March 4, 2020 as the Mickey Shorts Theater showing Vacation Fun, debuting the same day as Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway.
How many changes are on record for Sounds Dangerous! Starring Drew Carey?
6 documented changes, dating back to 1999 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.
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