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Fireworks Testing at EPCOT?
- Thread starter disneyonmymind
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boo52
Active Member
Testing is related to new vendor changes. Haven't heard anything about balloons. Doubt they would use them for pyro heights.
raven
Well-Known Member
Yes. You can't do testing during park hours without explaining to guests what is going on. Much easier after hours.
Yes.
Cosmic Commando
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Here's a thread from last year: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/epcot-fireworks-rehearsal-4-6-11-p-m.725232/
Buried20KLeague
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hpyhnt 1000
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Can anyone confirm that the ALF at the beginning of Chaos is back? There's a YouTube video from July 5th that appears to show the effect back in operation. Could that have been what was being tested a few nights ago?
Here's the video. Incidentally, the Inferno Barge was cut halfway through the act. Not sure what happend, but it did allow for some excellent laser footage.
Here's the video. Incidentally, the Inferno Barge was cut halfway through the act. Not sure what happend, but it did allow for some excellent laser footage.
The opening shot is now being fired from the American Gardens Theater, but not sure if it is ALF or not.
Update: I've just had a look at the source video I had for the July 4 show, and it looks to be conventional lift charge and not ALF, but I'm not 100%.
hpyhnt 1000
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Yeah, its hard to tell from the video if its the full effect or not. But at least the initial comet is back to being fired from the Theater; thats some progress I suppose.
Alektronic
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The ALF is still out of the show and don't when IF it ever gets back into the show
Thanks. Any idea why they moved back to AA?
Alektronic
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Just to make it look better and closer, when they shot it from UK, it didn't have the distance to make it to the center.
Its a good move, just interested in why it was shot from the UK for so long, and now gets moved.
Alektronic
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It was just an easy and quick and supposed to be temporary, it was shot from the seawall site on UK island, but when they decided it might be a permanent fix they decided to move it to AmGard.
hpyhnt 1000
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Hmmm...after looking at the video again, the new arrangement isn't bad. Not as sharp as the ALF but its passable.
Thanks for all the info!
Air Launch Firework system - they use compressed air to launch the firework instead of a black powder lift charge. It is very accurate, controllable, less pollution, and quiet. The first 3 shells in Illuminations used to be air launched.
Monorail Lime
Well-Known Member
Yes, they do. Guests of the nearby hotels are notified of the testing so as to not be alarmed by late-nite explosions. It has happened to us twice in the 4-5 times we've stayed at Boardwalk in the last few years.
RSoxNo1
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I'll allow it. I would hope that fountain elements, a larger globe, and/or fireworks would replace the existing earth globe.