Sounds Dangerous!

Sounds Dangerous!
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Area	Echo Lake
Status	Removed
Opening date	April 22, 1999
Closing date	May 18, 2012
Replaced	Monster Sound Show/One Saturday Morning Sound Show
Replaced by	Star Wars: Path of the Jedi
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Attraction type	Audio show
Designer	Walt Disney Imagineering
Duration	12 minutes
Host	Foster (played by Drew Carey
Wheelchair accessible
Assistive listening available

Sounds Dangerous! was an audio show at Echo Lake inside Disney's Hollywood Studios starring comedian Drew Carey. The presentation took place inside an ABC soundstage with theater-style seating. Guests were told that the show was an ABC test pilot called Undercover Live. Guests wore headphones and were in the dark for the majority of the show, although visuals were also utilized on a projection screen in front of the guests. Drew Carey played an undercover detective named Foster.^[1]

In early 2009, it was announced that the attraction would operate seasonally. The image of Drew Carey along with the attraction's name was removed from the entrance's marquee and the screen was turned off, indicating the closure of the attraction, which meant that Disney closed the attraction on May 18, 2012, renaming it as ABC Sound Studio (which was also the name of the show that preceded Sounds Dangerous!^[2]), and redressing it as the temporary "Carbon Freeze Me" attraction for the park's annual Star Wars Weekends event.^[3][4]

Starting April 18, 2014, the theater was used to present a sneak peek of Walt Disney Pictures' Maleficent.^[5] Beginning July 4, 2014, the theater was used to present a sneak peek of Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy.^[6] From June 17 to December 3, 2015, the theater was used to show the short film Frozen Fever, as part of the Frozen Summer Fun event at the park. From December 4, 2015, to May 14, 2018, the theater showed Star Wars: Path of the Jedi, as part of Season of the Force. On March 4, 2020, the theater was renamed the Mickey Shorts Theater and the seats were given a Mickey Mouse design. It currently shows the Vacation Fun Mickey Mouse short. It opened concurrently with Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway.

References

1. Geryak, Cole (November 2, 2017). "Disney Extinct Attractions: Soundtacular Hollywood Studi(sh)o(w)s". The Laughing Place. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
2. "ABC Sound Studio". D23: Disney A to Z. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
3. Pugh, Jena. "Hollywood Studios Sounds Dangerous To Close in May 2012". Orlando Fun Tickets.
4. Miller, Steven. "Cast Yourself in Carbonite with the Carbon-Freeze Me Experience During Star Wars Weekends 2012 at Disney's Hollywood Studios". Disney Parks Blog. The Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
5. Fickley-Baker, Jennifer (March 18, 2014). "'Maleficent' Sneak Peek Coming to Disney Parks April 18". Disney Parks Blog. The Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
6. Slater, Shawn (June 9, 2014). "'Guardians of the Galaxy' Sneak Peek Landing in Disney Parks July 4". Disney Parks Blog. The Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

External links

• Walt Disney World Resort - Sounds Dangerous! with Drew Carey
• Sounds Dangerous! at IMDb

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