How do they light up tinker bell during wishes. Is there a small spotlight attached to the harnes? Or what
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Tinker Bells lights
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Tom
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She wears a battery powered light-up suit. She flips a switch when she starts flying, and lights herself up. I don't recall if she's also followed by a spotlight. If so, that would be done by a spot operator on the roof of one of the control/spot towers.
WDW Monorail
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Tom
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I don't think there are any spotlight platforms in Fantasyland. They're on the roofs of the two hub gazebos, and there MAY be one on top of a MSUSA building and/or Tomorrowland Terrace, but I think they're just on the gazebos.
@marni1971
Tom
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Interesting. So do they spot her? And if so, from where?
They're the rooftop launchers for Wishes. No one is on that rooftop during a show! The launchers and roof are CCTV monitored.
Edit - that unit under the flag tower on the right is a moving head light for the castle.
Tom
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Is this one of them? (look at the tower). That would be about the right angle to hit her from the back. I'm guessing there's another one on the Tomorrowland side as well?
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No, that's a programmed fixture of some kind, likely for various castle shows.
She would be hit via manual follow spot.
englanddg
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Can't really see them...do they wheel them out on the rooftops for the show only? Or are they behind a window?
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Tom
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That makes sense. I've located just about every piece of technology in the park, but I've never though to scope out Tink's spots.
englanddg
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No, no. Not the things covered with tarps (I know those are the launchers). I meant the spot in the tower off to the right.
It's there somewhere.... The follow spots are fair beasts several feet long. Not the sort of thing you can move about easily. I don't know the exact position.
Tom
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Right. Yeah, that's definitely a robotic light. Since her speed is variable, they wouldn't be able to use something like that. Gotta go old school.
Tom
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Are they carbon arc, or electric? Super Troopers?
Tom
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englanddg
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I'd imagine it's a parlight or similar with proper weather casing of course.
Still, you can place them on a wheeled dolly, so I wasn't sure if they'd wheel it into a storage "closet" or something inside one of the roof facades (where they go above the roofline) and wheel it out for shows.