In contrast, we had an absolutely awful experience. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, and if it sounds like something you'd like, if you hear about it and go "that's AWESOME!!", I don't want to discourage you... but if anybody out there has been thinking that it *doesn't* sound like something you'd enjoy, but you're being swayed to try it by all the universally glowing reviews, well, there is a dissenting opinion out there, and you might want to listen to your initial instinct.

Also, I know they wouldn't give a crap about this if I complained to them, but the exclusionary ablism of it (i.e., you have to be able to walk/go up and down stairs for hours -- I heard audience members in line outside making fun of some "old people" with canes they'd seen there the night before, stumbling around looking for a place to sit -- and also, what with that large rigid plastic mask, just don't wear your glasses; trying to deal with the mask over my glasses nearly triggered a migraine for me, and the stagehands who kept coming over to tell me I was wearing my mask wrong didn't help...) made me genuinely angry.

I am well aware that I am the minority opinion in this.