‘Survivor’: Coming to a Theme Park Near You

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  03.30.09 | 12:20 PM ET

Move over, American Idol: “Survivor” is the latest reality TV phenomenon to get the theme-park treatment—and no, sadly, I don’t mean that the next season will force young parents to survive 40 days in the Magic Kingdom. (Now that, I would watch.)

Instead, CBS has created “Survivor: Live,” a free stage show that will visit three U.S. theme parks this summer, with plans for an expanded touring schedule next summer. Variety reports: “The half-hour ‘Survivor: Live’ will use clips from the TV series—as well as actors portraying previous contestants—and divide the audience into four ‘tribes.’ Volunteers from the crowd will go through a series of four challenges, leading eventually to a sole winner.” Weight loss from The Survivor Diet not included. (Via The Remote Island)

Tags: Adventure Travel, Planet Theme Park, Pop Culture Travel, Television, Tres Loco, North America, United States, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


3 Comments for ‘Survivor’: Coming to a Theme Park Near You

TambourineMan 03.30.09 | 1:36 PM ET

Oh man, I feel bad for the Survivor Live actors. When you’re portraying previous Survivor contestants at theme parks, you know you’ve hit rock bottom.

Eva Holland 03.30.09 | 6:40 PM ET

No kidding! I guess it would be one thing to play Richard Hatch or one of the other semi-famous ones, but there’s not much dignity in playing a forgotten reality TV contestant. Ouch.

WorldHumfan 04.01.09 | 3:48 PM ET

That’s very odd?
A forgotten reality TV contestant can’t be a good thing for anyone?

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