The teatre is great, best seat in the house in second floor balcony center. But really there is no bad seat Be sure to get there early enough to see the oranist, and the pre-show! Worth the drive in 3-D and to see Chicken Little and Ugly Duckling live and shake your tail feather!!
The El Capitan is one of the great old movie palaces which has been lovingly restored in every sense of the word. Yes, the decorations are all perfect, but that is only part of the experience. There is a huge, antique, gilded Wurlitzer organ which rises from under the stage to fill the air with music. Nobody who hears it can keep from singing along to all the happy melodies, especially if Balloo or Tigger are there to be encouraging.
Now, you'd think that would be enough to make anyone smile, and indeed that audience is beaming by the time the organ starts its descent. All eyes are on the curtain ready and glad about the movie they think is about to begin. Does it? No, now it's time for the stage show. There are singers and dancers aplenty, perhaps Mickey or Goofy to do a soft shoe: it is movie palace magnificence of a sort you might have thought was gone forever.
Applause and cheers are heard all around, as the performers take their bows. Then there are gasps at the be
The teatre is great, best seat in the house in second floor balcony center. But really there is no bad seat Be sure to get there early enough to see the oranist, and the pre-show! Worth the drive in 3-D and to see Chicken Little and Ugly Duckling live and shake your tail feather!!
The El Capitan is one of the great old movie palaces which has been lovingly restored in every sense of the word. Yes, the decorations are all perfect, but that is only part of the experience. There is a huge, antique, gilded Wurlitzer organ which rises from under the stage to fill the air with music. Nobody who hears it can keep from singing along to all the happy melodies, especially if Balloo or Tigger are there to be encouraging. Now, you'd think that would be enough to make anyone smile, and indeed that audience is beaming by the time the organ starts its descent. All eyes are on the curtain ready and glad about the movie they think is about to begin. Does it? No, now it's time for the stage show. There are singers and dancers aplenty, perhaps Mickey or Goofy to do a soft shoe: it is movie palace magnificence of a sort you might have thought was gone forever. Applause and cheers are heard all around, as the performers take their bows. Then there are gasps at the be