Sounds Dangerous!, Audio entertainment attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida
Sounds Dangerous! was an audio show inside an ABC soundstage at Echo Lake in Disney's Hollywood Studios, with theater-style seating and a projection screen at the front. Guests wore headphones and sat in the dark for most of the 12-minute presentation, in which Drew Carey played undercover detective Foster, whose tie camera failed so only sound carried the story.
The attraction opened in 1999 with comedian Drew Carey as the host, guiding visitors through various audio-based scenarios. It operated until 2012, representing an early exploration of audio-focused entertainment in theme parks.
The show was framed as an ABC test pilot called Undercover Live, with Drew Carey as detective Foster, whose tie-camera fails so only his microphone works. After the film, guests moved through Sound Works, an interactive sound exhibit compared to Epcot's ImageWorks. The theater later became the Mickey Shorts Theater, showing the Vacation Fun short.
The show ran 12 minutes inside an ABC soundstage with theater-style seating at Echo Lake. The theater later reopened as the Mickey Shorts Theater on March 4, 2020, with seats redesigned in a Mickey Mouse pattern, showing the Vacation Fun short alongside Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway.
The show was framed as an ABC test pilot called Undercover Live, with guests told they were attending a screening. Drew Carey played detective Foster, whose tie-mounted camera had been broken, leaving only his microphone working. A projection screen at the front was used at points, so the theater was not fully dark throughout.
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