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Echo Lake

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The next major change to Echo Lake came on December 16, 1990 when the Commissary restaurant opened. Subsequently, on July 1, 1997, the Monster Sound Show closed. The show was briefly replaced with the One Saturday Morning Sound Show from July 1, 1997 until February 20, 1999. In this incarnation of the attraction, guests added sound effects to the Disney cartoon 101 Dalmatians: The Series. At this time the name of the theater was changed to the ABC Sound Studio. On April 22, 1999, the One Saturday Morning Sound Show made way for a new attraction- Sounds Dangerous with Drew Carey. This new attraction took place almost entirely in the dark, as guests followed the adventures of undercover detective Drew Carey.
Like the Monster Sound Show, by the late 1990s, Superstar Television was also seeing a decline in popularity. On September 26, 1998, the attraction closed to make way for a new show titled Doug Live! Based on the ABC cartoon, Doug Live ran until May 12, 2001. The short lived Get Happy with ABC then opened on July 1, 2001. More or less a 25 minute advertisement for ABC’s 2003 TV lineup, Get Happy with ABC closed October 5, 2001.
 
The next addition to Echo Lake came in 2007 in the from a permanent home for the Jedi Training Academy. Originally a part of Star Wars Weekends, the Jedi Training Academy is a live show that allows young guests to discover their inner Jedi.
Following the closure of Get Happy with ABC, the Superstar Television Theater that housed the attraction remained mostly closed (except for occasional special event use) until The American Idol Experience opened on February 14, 2009. Based on the popular television singing completion, The American Idol Experience allowed guests to audition, perform and watch the show. The American Idol Experiences ceased operations on August 30, 2014 in order to make way for “For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration”, a musical stage show based on the 2013 Disney film “Frozen”. Following the removal of The American Idol Experience, the ABC Sound Studio was rechristened the Hyperion Theater.