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Gee, who would’ve guess spraying brackish Florida swamp water onto show equipment and hydraulic lines every night would be a maintenance nightmare? Or that leaving said equipment fully exposed in the middle of a lagoon in a guest area would make it even harder to maintain? It’s quite impressive...

Not just you. The B is noticeably closer to the sign’s edge than the I is on the right. The spacing of the letters in “BoardWalk” leaves something to be desired. The B is nearly floating by itself while the W is rather squished. And the text and overhead lights don’t line up.

Exactly, especially since they’re seriously considering a Moana area in AK already. The water cycle and conservation elements would be a better fit for AK, too.

I’m with you on this. There’s just too many misses in recent history beyond this Moana walkthrough - a lackluster 50th; Harmonious; Starcruiser; unthemed warehouses for attractions; generic tower blocks for resorts; Genie+ and virtual queues; entertainment cutbacks; no night parade, 3 of 4 parks...

If you're a family with young children, I suspect you're going to get the most out of this area given the water features and interactivity. It essentially becomes an upgraded splash pad. For most everyone else, it's likely a one and done. While the water features may be kind of neat, at the end...

This discussion got me thinking - how much longer would the "temporary" EPCOT Forever have to stick around for it to eclipse Harm's show run? Harmonious 29 September 2021 to 2 April 2023 Total = 551 days EPCOT Forever 1 October 2019 to 15 March 2020 = 167 1 July 2021 to 28 September 2021 = 90...

I mean, the plant boxes did get a bit larger. And more of those obnoxious white lights. But certainly a long timeline for a relatively modest change. 2016 (east walkway): 2023: 2016 (west walkway): 2023:

The dragon is definitely the biggest weakness of the DHS version. But I do think Florida’s show is better in terms of musical score, lighting/laser design, and overall story flow. In trying to modernize Fantasmic! at DL, I feel they strayed a bit too far from the original version, and the end...

Even ignoring maintenance issues, Florida’s Fantasmic! is now the much better version of the show, not that you’ll hear many Disneylanders admit it.

You’re probably right, though if it means oil rigs are never again anchored in WSL, that’s fine with me. Honestly, some modest fountain barges and a slightly healthier pyro budget and EPCOT Forever would be a very solid permanent show. I suppose real time proof of this misguided lesson is the...

Indeed. So much time, effort, and resources wasted on this show. Hopefully lessons were learned and will be institutionally remembered. That said, good riddance to all of it. The “mistake on the lake” was still a mistake even if not intended to be.

For World Celebration, man, that's an awful lot of words to say, "Yeah, we're basically rebuilding the thing we just demolished, only smaller and worse."

For better or worse, this has happened at WDW, too. The Tree of Life trails received protective netting and/or were closed off a decade ago due to a branch falling after hours...

Definitely a strange placement. Also agree with @vikescaper that not including the pavilion logos is a bit of a miss. Overall appearance is quite nice though.

In retrospect, Reflections of Earth should've gotten the same treatment as Fantasmic! at DHS (and, in a round about way, HEA at MK). Extensive infrastructure upgrades, modest story changes, and new pyro would've easily carried RoE for another 10+ years, all at a fraction of Harm's cost and with...

The 2021 version for comparison (hard to believe this "temporary" show now has three distinct versions!): I'd say 2023 is a slight downgrade from 2021. The 21 show had color changing spotlights and (it appears) more pyro overall, but no lasers and an arguably worse finale. The 23 show has...

I know there were some who really enjoyed this show, but for myself I say good riddance to bad rubbish. Harmonious was a bad show, full stop. It lacked a clear narrative and/or interwoven musical theme; it made questionable music choices (not to mention reused too many songs from HEA); it had...

Just throwing this out there for those who want to try: Play the Universe of Energy theme while watching a POV of the coaster section. It's literally a perfect fit. If you start playing where the video below is set to start, it's the exact length of Cosmic Rewind from the backward launch. I...

Newman’s on the case…

Mmm... really makes you want to spend 4 or 5 figures for that Star Wars hotel starcruiser, doesn't it? Nothing says "premium brand" like a sad looking store display at Target. Worst part about the merch shortage is it almost certainly means less revenue, which will be used to justify yet more...