Laugh Floor Comedy Club
(Photos below)

This new attraction at Magic Kingdom replaces The Timekeeper 
in Tomorrowland. 

On Monday, February 26, 2007, Aronda was touring the Magic Kingdom when she noticed that the Laugh Floor was open for a test run. She promptly hopped into line, and took plenty of photos all the way!

Inside the queue area, the theming is very similar to that of the Timekeeper attraction which this show replaces. However, the front queue area is a shortened portion of the long hallway-style entry room from Timekeeper. After waiting in the outer queue, Guests pass through a doorway into the deeper section of the old queue area, where television sets direct you to send in jokes over your cellular telephone. The Monsters, Inc. styling is plentiful here--it seems to have fit nicely into this space.

The premise utilizes the discover made in the movie by Mike and Sully that human laughter is more powerful than screams in generating power for the city of Monstropolis. Instead of the monsters coming to the human world, we humans can now enter the monster world--and help keep things moving there with our laughter. That's where the Laugh Floor Comedy Club comes in!

Going into the theater itself, you'll find it to be the same shape and size of the Timekeeper theater, though it's now tiered and there are seats. Lamps at each bench are decorative touches. The stage is a large screen-type affair in the front of the theater. At the left side (stage right, I should say!) is a large video screen on which Roz appears, interspersed with shots of members of the audience. 

During the show, Mike emcees the production, and there appear to be three "acts" to the show itself. The audience-provided jokes are worked in (we suppose they were actually audience suggestions; perhaps the show has backups in case no good ones materialize), and members of the audience interact with the characters, as in Turtle Talk with Crush. The comedy is fairly funny, though admittedly corny. It's a good show as it is now, with continued tweaking, it's sure to be a great one!

Outer queue area, just inside the doors from the street outside

Outer queue area signage about sending in jokes

Outer queue area

Outer queue area

Outer queue area

A signboard in the inner queue area

Inner queue area--the doors to the theater are the blue ones far ahead

Inside the theater--the "curtain" is still closed over the stage area

Video monitor where Roz (and audience members!) are shown

Plenty of seating in the theater

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The show begins...

Last photo--Aronda wanted to enjoy the show!

Tee-shirt available at cart outside the show

A second tee-shirt now available. See these at the Buzz Lightyear cart near the TTA entrance

A sign in the backstage entrance to the show building visible from the 
Tomorrowland Terrace Noodle Station

Here's some info culled from official Disney press materials:

Guests find the power of laughter in an engaging and interactive new adventure inspired by 
Disney•Pixar's “Monsters, Inc.” as they match wits with the one-eyed hero Mike Wazowski 
and his friends. As Monster-of-Ceremonies, Mike recruits two comedian wanna-bes whose 
humor will delight audiences at a 400-seat theater in Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom. 

Magic Kingdom guests will laugh, joke, sing songs and match wits with the beloved animated 
characters from Disney-Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." in an engaging and interactive attraction 
being created by the Disney Imagineers. "Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club" features 
one-eyed hero Mike Wazowski, who has opened a comedy club to collect laughs that will generate 
power for the future. As Monster-of-Ceremonies, Mike recruits two comedian wannabes whose 
slapstick humor delights and engages audiences. Guests will even get to text-message jokes on 
their cell phones for possible use in the show. The fun reigns at a 400-seat theater in Tomorrowland.

CANNING LAUGHTER – The more Walt Disney World guests chuckle during performances of Monsters, Inc. 
Laugh Floor Comedy Club, the happier it will make Mike Wazowski, the one-eyed hero from the Disney Pixar 
film “Monsters, Inc.” Mike has discovered laughter is stronger than screams as a power source, so he has created the 
comedy club as a means to collect laughter. 

Guests find the power of laughter in an engaging and interactive new adventure inspired by 
Disney-Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.” as they match wits with the one-eyed hero Mike Wazowski and his friends. 
As Monster-of-Ceremonies, Mike recruits two comedian wanna-bes whose humor will delight audiences 
at a 400-seat theater in Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom.

(Above images copyright Disney)

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