‘Behind The Attraction’ Trailer: Go Behind The Scenes Of Some Of The Greatest Theme Park Rides Of All Time
July 2021 is a good month for the Disney theme parks. Not only is the original theme park, Disneyland, celebrating its anniversary on July 17, and not only is the big new blockbusterJungle Cruisearriving in theaters and on Disney+ on July 30, but there’s a new Disney+ series all about Disney’s theme-park attractions coming too. AndBehind the Attractionis now offering a trailer-sized glimpse at what its 10 episodes have in store for viewers in just over a week.
Behind the Attraction Trailer
Behind the Attractionis a 10-episode “event,” as thetrailercalls it, focusing on different attractions from within the Disney theme parks. Unsurprisingly, a good chunk of the trailer hinges on the presence of executive producerDwayne Johnson, who’s also one of the leads of thatJungle Cruisemovie. One of the other executive producers,Brian Volk-Weiss, is behind the recent Netflix docuseriesThe Movies That Made Us, and the trailer certainly implies a similar aesthetic sensibility: it’s 90 seconds long and it packs in plenty of musical references, fourth-wall-breaking narration (from the delightful actressPaget Brewsterhere), and hyper-paced montages.It’s hard to base too much on a trailer, of course, butBehind the Attractionlooksboth intriguing and slightly dispiriting. The various attractions that will get their moment in the spotlight here – from theJungle Cruisetoit’s a small worldto theHall of Presidents– are all notable and worth exploring in a deep dive. But a deep dive is not well served if it’s incredibly fast-paced with cheerfully ironic narration and music cues to keep a distracted audience engaged. There’s a vast audience out there for theme-park history, and you don’t need to worry about them nodding off before you insert a five-second snatch of bombastic classical music set to a rapid-fire montage.The other big question will be how much of the show is reliant on talking heads – there’s a brief glimpse here of, among others, iconic ImagineerJoe Rohde, in terms of experts on theme-park attractions – versus just showing the audience footage that they may never have seen before. For now, and for the next few days, we can only wonder and hope thatBehind the Attractionreally does go behind the scenes of some beloved rides, instead of presuming the audience needs to be goosed up with quick edits and unnecessarily cheeky humor.All 10 episodes will arrive on Disney+ onJuly 21, 2021.
