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timandlesley
The tag fairy may not but the Tag Genie does!!!
Registered: April 2004
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 5488Review Date: Mon April 27, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): catastrophe canyon Cons: boring at times
I have been on this ride several times and it is very enjoyable the first time around but wish they would make some changes to make it more interesting. They have a show in the beginning with audience participation that is entertaining showing you how they make an action sequence of a movie. Then they take you through a warehouse with some interesting movie props and then you board the tram. The tram takes you through costume areas, prop graveyard, etc. I do enjoy seeing Walt Disney's airplane back there and catastrophe canyon is a fun surprise along the way. Overall I wish they would add more fun and excitement to this ride, it does have potential. It is one of those things you have to do once but may never do again. 
safetymom
Have
will travel
ABD trips = clothes optional
Registered: August 2001
Location: Now living near the parks!
Posts: 41853Review Date: Tue April 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons: Needs more to see
If you are looking for a place to take a break this attraction may be an option. Otherwise check out another attraction. It now has a prerecorded narration. They have moved a lot of the props. The day we went to Catastrophe Canyone they don't set it up beforehand so it seemed sort of pointless. I agree about seeing Walt's plane. That was the high point for me. At the end you have to walk through some displays and out through a gift shop. At the water show in the beginning be aware the first row gets wet. This would be the last line to the right as you enter the lines.
dpuck1998
I'm innocent I tell you...innocent! I've been framed!
Worlds second largest Miami Dolphin fan
Registered: April 2003
Location: Vicksburg, MI
Posts: 10294Review Date: Tue April 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Sit down Cons:
This ride was much better in the past. The experience is still ok, but not a ride I worry about hitting on every trip.
kymickeyfan717 
Mouseketeer
Registered: February 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 515Review Date: Wed April 29, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 1
Positive aspects of the product (pros): canyon Cons: everything
This ride needs to go or be re-done. It's really a waste of time
Carolinagal
Mouseketeer
Registered: July 2002
Posts: 390Review Date: Wed April 29, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Seeing movie props Cons: Slow-moving, doesn't hold kid's attention
The backlot tour is one of those rides you jump on whenever the lines elsewhere are too long. It is dated and the props are from a generation ago. The ride in the trams is nice, if for no other reason than the chance to sit down. The Canyon is the most exciting aspect, but looks and sounds staged and rehearsed.
While I love to see the old movie props, I am always saddened to see them slowly deteriorating in the hot Florida sun. It would seem that they would be valuable enough to protect, right?
TravelingMatt
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2009
Posts: 38Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): One of the best queue areas...lots to look at. Cons: A shadow of its former self...no residential street.
Without the residential street and with many props that are pretty obsolete to today's audiences, this is no longer worth the time. After Disney abandoned the idea of the park being a working movie studio, this attraction went downhill. The canyon would still be exciting for kids and it is a good chance to rest your feet but there are lots of places to do that in this park. I would skip it.
shmedly123
DIS Veteran
Registered: August 2007
Posts: 567Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): seeing Walt's Airplane Cons: dated and cut back so much that it's not even worth it
The backlot tour really aggravates me. I used to like the original and thought it gave you a different experience that you couldn't get at any of the other parks. I really wish they would have brought in some newer props and vehicles from more recent movies/shows.
I loved seeing Walt's private plane and things like the vehicles used in Indiana Jones etc. but the problem IMO is 20 years later and the same things are still there. It would have been really cool to see some of the props used in POC and other more recent movies added instead of seeing the houses from golden girls and empty nest for the 100th time.
On top of that they completely cut out most of the tour and it is now a sad reminder of what used to be a cool unique attraction.
CynthiaCindy
DIS Veteran
Registered: September 2007
Location: D.C. Metro Area
Posts: 943Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Some parts are interesting Cons: Should be much, much better
Worth doing once, but if you miss it, not a big deal. This used to be so much better.
lady danger
Mouseketeer
Registered: June 2006
Location: Oz
Posts: 192Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 2
Positive aspects of the product (pros): good place to chill out if you're tired of walking Cons: badly needs to be rehabbed, very boring
I really don't have anything good to say about the Backlot tour. Apart from the show at the beginning and Catrophe Canyon, there's nothing exciting at all to see here, even being generous with the word "exciting." Only reason I'd ride it again is if I needed an excuse to give my legs a break as you get to sit in a tram for an extended period of time.
GreenCacher
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2009
Location: East Orlando, FL
Posts: 31Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Creates impression of working studio Cons: Long lines, overall short and anticlimactic experience
If you haven't done this yet, you should. It is worth seeing once. It's a fairly uneventful tram tour, with a monotone prerecorded narrator. There is an overall lack of things to see, especially since the residential street was removed, and entire attraction was shortened. The harbor attack preshow is probably one of the highlights. The attraction does help give the park the impression of a working studio backlot.
WaDiWo
WDWFan!
Registered: April 2008
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 637Review Date: Sat May 2, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): catastrophe canyon Cons: no backlot
What they call The Backlot Tour today is sad, sad, sad. For one ... there's no longer any backlot so to speak. DHS is no longer a working studio. Seeing residential road, Walt's plane, that film they made with Bette Midler, and real working props from relevant movies was awesome back in the day. Really felt "behind the scenes."
Now there's nothing. seriously. the opening segment in the tank is an ok gag, catastrophe canyon is pretty cool admittedly ... but the "magic" of a real working studio is lost.
oakmanner 
DVC Member, Disney Cast Member, D23 Member, Disney Movie Club Member...
Registered: October 2006
Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts
Posts: 1408Review Date: Sun May 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Behind the scenes look Cons: Repeat visits become boring
I remember the first time seeing this attraction and being impressed with how they showed how scenes were made in the movies. However, the show has been the same for so many years we usally skip this attraction now.
flyingcat2003
DIS Veteran
Registered: August 2006
Posts: 603Review Date: Sun May 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): old movie props Cons: pre show, needs updating
The pre show is very long and boring. The old movie props are neat but you go through to quickly.
OKW Lover 
Yes, we love Old Key West
Connoisseur of the fine things in life, and has the time to enjoy them (Just ask his wife)
Registered: April 2004
Location: Plymouth, MA
Posts: 17344Review Date: Sun May 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Some interesting takes on special effects Cons: Wasting away to a shell of its former self
Sadly, they seem to be removing more and more of this attraction leaving not much interesting to see. 
cyberbox2
DIS Veteran
Registered: March 2005
Location: Richmond, Va
Posts: 887Review Date: Mon May 4, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Very informative Cons: Mostly outside queue
This is a great attraction that takes you behind the camera and shows you how many of the hollywood movies we see get made. on your first stop, you get to witness the recording of a live scene where a lucky few audience member get to participate.
Next you walk through a props warehouse, which was quite amazing. Then you are loaded onto a shuttle and taken for a nice long ride through the backlot and a narrator parts with many wonderful facts about the park and the movie making industry.
PE_TCR
Disney Cruise Adict
Registered: April 2008
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 338Review Date: Tue May 5, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): catastrophe canyon Cons: can get boring
I have skipped this ride the past few times at the park. It seems to be the same every time with no changes at all. The guides don't even change the script. The canyon is fun but that is the only highlight on the 45 minute trip. This one needs to be refurbed in a big way. Not just a little one.
DeVineMom
Love That Disney Magic
Registered: March 2009
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 82Review Date: Fri May 8, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Seeing the costume area was pretty neat Cons: Boring!
This was not much. A brief tram ride through some of the back areas, but you really don't see much of anything. My 10 year old son thought it was interesting, but said he wouldn't go see it again.
Decorated_Dust
Live from the Magical World within my brain...
Registered: October 2007
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 826Review Date: Fri May 8, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Catastrophe Canyon, and Walt's plane Cons: No more backlot :'(
I like this look into the movies, but it would have been so much better if the studio had been a working studio. I remember when I was a kid and we got to see the studio where they shot Adventures in Wonderland and that weird alien show on PBS that I forget the name if. I also remember seeing all of the cool props from Disney movies. Now, it feels like we a re seeing a shell of what it used to be. That makes the tour a little boring, sad, and rote. Still, Catastrophe canyon is fun.
jessily
DIS Veteran
Registered: November 2007
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 791Review Date: Sat May 9, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
I think this ride has passed its prime. It can be interesting the first time around, but its not an attraction you will be returning to over and over again. Hopefully Disney will update the ride soon because the idea has a lot of potential. They're just not doing much with it right now.
BeamsofLight
One of the 'They' in 'They say it's going to rain'
I do have very comical memories of me flushing
Registered: April 2004
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 1220Review Date: Fri May 15, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): You can sit for a while Cons: The attraction
This has been whittled away at over the years to the point it's not worth going on anymore (especially considering it wasn't that interesting to start with). Some of the old props they have are interesting, but it's not worth sitting through the rest of the attraction to see them.
If you're obsessive about checking off every attraction on the list, go for it; otherwise you can spend your time better elsewhere.
Love2663
Mouseketeer
Registered: May 2009
Posts: 109Review Date: Tue May 19, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): the earthquake, movie special effects simulations Cons: long tour for limited highlights
The first part is much more enjoyable if you get selected for audience participation. The tram ride is shorter than it used to be because of the construction of Lights! Motor! Action! The earthquake scene is best on first visit, but of limited excitement on repeat visits.
SheenaXena21
DIS Veteran
Registered: February 2005
Posts: 1223Review Date: Tue May 19, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Seeing the costumes Cons: Kind of boring
It was ok. I would do it once.
The Grumpus
That's the money you could be saving by using Dreams Unlimited Travel
Registered: January 2006
Location: Sutton, MA
Posts: 186Review Date: Sun June 7, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Interesting stuff the first time through Cons: Not much changes - a bit boring after the first time or two
The concept was well thought out 20 years ago, but the lack of maturity or growth over time has resulted in a stagnant ride, which is a shame because this is one of the few that could easily change.
If you've never been on it, it's worth the time. Don't sit on the left side if you are hydrophobic.
kramer222
Mouseketeer
Registered: November 2007
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 281Review Date: Sun June 7, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
This is really hard to enjoy if you've been on the Universal Studios Hollywood Backlot Tour. There isn't really a "backlot" that they are taking you through. And the interesting areas - the costume shop, the prop warehouse - are blown through so you can't really enjoy any details.
bsusanmb
DIS Veteran
Registered: July 2004
Location: Near Hershey PA
Posts: 2039Review Date: Sun June 7, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 1
Positive aspects of the product (pros): you get to sit down Cons: the car show ruined this ride..
Prior to the lights, action, motor cars, this was a great attraction. Now it is short, changed, and not worth the time.
Tortuga-J
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 9Review Date: Tue June 9, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 2
Positive aspects of the product (pros): None Cons: Lots
Not worth the time or the effort. It's sad how they are letting all of this space to go waste. Especially if you remember this tour in it's hey day. Hopefully, someday they put this "tour" out of its misery and add something significant to the studios.
disney_lily
Earning My Ears
Registered: July 2009
Posts: 11Review Date: Sat July 25, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): canyon, disney props, boat performance. Cons: -
i'm suprised at the low ratings for this ride. its a favourite of mine!
klam_chowder
Got her own private pool dance on the Podcast cruise
Boy that was one hot run
Registered: November 2007
Posts: 1635Review Date: Sun July 26, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Good rest break Cons: Should be amped up
A good attraction to do so that people in your party can take a break and rest their feet on the long tram ride. The canyon scene is fun too.
Seems with all the time and space this takes, they could be doing more with it.
miss missy
Is this the Dis Board Desperate Housewives Lane?
Will not be playing any reindeer games!
I was so freakin freaked out!
Registered: January 2005
Location: over hea' MISSING BAWB :(
Posts: 9549Review Date: Tue July 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): informational Cons: can be scarey for small ones
We love this back lot tour. The part with the truck fire can scare small ones. It is informational and worth seeing at least once.
baloosballs
Earning My Ears
Registered: January 2008
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 44Review Date: Thu December 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 2
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Relaxing Cons: Boring
This ride has potential to be a lot of fun. However, other that seeing some special effects, it was rather boring. I wouldn't waste 45 minutes on it.
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