If you disliked it the first time...don't waste your time this time.
Everyone's different.
The OP has already seen the show, in-person, on a previous trip.Watch it on Youtube and decide.
I am with you 100%. While I am never going to sit here and proclaim that sitting in the theater is like reclining in a Lazy-Boy, I have never noticed that the Nemo Theater seats are any worse than Bear Jamboree, FoTLK, Beauty and the Beast, or numerous other venues.Honestly, they are all the same to me. At least Nemo seats have backs.
Op here-
I've decided (?!) I could maybe give it a second shot -dd1 hasn't seen the show & is curious as to why we disliked it so much
I don't think that there is any attempt to "hide" the performers.
We enjoy the quality of the singing and the afternoon break in the AC. Is it Disney's best show? No. Those would be Hunchback at DHS and Aladdin at Disneyland. But it's worth the time to sit, relax and cool off.
Awful! And you'll rarely get me to say that about any show.
Absolutely painful to sit through.