Of course not, but, the parking lot isn't main street is it? There was really no better option unless the entire scene was done on a computer. I'll take the way it is. It is fine and puts us in the proper location to end the film. Yes, I noticed immediately that the fireworks were seeming to come from the parking lot, which is a much better image then the other direction. It was done the best way it could be and it hurt nothing. It seemed odd to me to see Tinkerbell in there as well, but, she was there in the old one too. Imagine that, a cartoon character in a "allegedly" live location. Keep in mind that, although we know it wasn't done that way, they could have easily fired them off from the parking lot, after hours. So it does have the possibility, at least, of being a real thing.
I think that your assumption that "everyone" knows that Illuminations is the WS Lagoon or the other direction is a bit lacking. First of all, again, we are putting ourselves and our experiences in the park experience into everyone elses head. What we know is not necessarily common knowledge. You are correct about the SE close to the entrance as the reason it was done in that direction. It only makes sense. There is no actual path that could be taken to drive toward SSE. And it is not a Castle Park. Most first timers wouldn't even think about the direction the shot was taken from or even care. There is nothing about it that ruins the show, in fact it enhances it for most people. It really isn't worthy of even having this much discussion about it. It just another example of an unproblem, problem.
Serious? Am I serious? Really... are you serious that you actually think that this is measurable in that incredibly inaccurate "Bar" that you think Disney created for itself? They are running a group of theme parks that are anything but connected with reality. So now all of a sudden they are not living up to something that individuals have defined as the "Bar" because they have done something that isn't real? Is riding a big old bench seat up above a screen real? Is the ship we are riding in at Mission: Space really taking us to Mars? Are we really in Figments upside down house? Did we really get sprayed by a skunk? Did a Turtle really just talk to us, dude? Are we really in a town taken over by Pirates? Is the haunted mansion really haunted? So all of a sudden Disney doing a very good job of creating a real feeling scene with fireworks over SSE is not of the bar that they may or may not have set? How exactly, does such a minor escape from reality become something that is a shocking departure from the business of fantasy entertainment that Disney is known for? Now if we approached SSE in the show and all they did was have someone throw up a couple of firecrackers in front of the building, then they would have missed the "bar". The direction that they approached a big globe, however, does not qualify. Especially when those aren't really the type of fireworks that are normally used or part of Illuminations.
I agree.
