I'll be the stick in the mud and say it: Drone shows are boring. Low choreography, no story progression, slow pace and you can see the "reveals" coming a mile away. They just haven't used it to its potential. Not a fault of Disney just in general.
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News 'Disney Dreams That Soar' Drone show coming to Walt Disney World this summer
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Starship824
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I hope it's a new show if it's happening.
Well it was free and guests enjoyed it.
Sooo we all pretty much knew it was never coming back.
Clyde Birdbrain
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I wonder whether Disney is doing anything to prevent what happened at the Lake Eola Christmas show last year.
We were standing close to the staging area and saw dozens of them drop in the water shortly after take-off. They started crashing into each other and flying horizontally into the crowd. We had several fly over our heads and one crashed right in front of us. A boy was hit in the chest and brought to the hospital.
When these things get out of control they can go anywhere, not just straight down into the lake.
We were standing close to the staging area and saw dozens of them drop in the water shortly after take-off. They started crashing into each other and flying horizontally into the crowd. We had several fly over our heads and one crashed right in front of us. A boy was hit in the chest and brought to the hospital.
When these things get out of control they can go anywhere, not just straight down into the lake.
TheMaxRebo
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Well, it was fun while it lasted
Recent Disney Springs Permit Tied to Removal of Drone Show Fencing
Recent Disney Springs Permit Tied to Removal of Drone Show Fencing
Recent Disney Springs Permit Tied to Removal of Drone Show Fencing
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Does anyone know what steps SWO and USF are taking?
WorldExplorer
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Also, you can see this from Epcot, and while seeing fireworks from another park is typically pretty neat, it ruins the dramatic tone of Luminous when there's a little Launchpad head bobbing up and down in the background.
djkidkaz
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The drone show had little to no impact on guest spending. It ended up being a logistical nightmare with little to no benefit. Many of the restaurants are either breaking even or are up from last year.
invader
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Have you seen Tales of Magic?
WDWLover#1
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I would have to disagree - I'm a local of DLP and seeing what they've been able to do has been fantastic over the years. The latest firework show there, Tales of Magic, is fantastic, as is the Electrical Sky Parade which I wish would come back.
That's a show with drones. Not a drone show. Lasers, fireworks and protection doing the heavy-lifting. The drones themselves are the low point.
It's beginning to look a lot like grinchmas.
Vinnie Mac
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It needs to complement a show it's boring as its own thing. As maybe a little extra bit of night entertainment in the same way the Electrical Water Pageant isn't a full entertainment offering but it's something cute and whimsical you might accidentally come by.
TheMaxRebo
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I thought Dreams that Soar was a fun little show - I did enjoy the music which probably helped
... But it was a show that did not require entrance admission cost - if it was the nighttime spectacular at MK it would have been, um, not sufficient
mattpeto
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I’d like to hear your source on that. Just had someone tell me the opposite.
DisneyHead123
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I was reading a post on Disney Tourist Blog today where Tom Bricker speculated that restaurants with drone show packages may have seen different results than other restaurants. Others may have suffered from the fact that crazy crowds and traffic might have kept away people who just wanted to head out for a meal. (No guarantee that people who want to see a drone show also want to eat dinner, after all.)
TheMaxRebo
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I think it would be hard to argue that it kept more people at DS later - but like you said that doesn't mean they bought more food or merch than they would have otherwise
We did do the viewing spots at Summerhouse on the Lake so I think they definitely saw an uptick from it - but some place on the other side of DS might have seen less business
Definitely seems like any benefit wasn't worth the operational challenges