To properly fix the ground lights they need to remake a new led diffuser channel that doesn't have the same design flaw of water being able to get in once the caulking gets blown off by a pressure washer.
The face is likely gonna be removed, I assume they are taking off the existing shell and adding a new one that can hold the light patterns you see in the concept art.
There was a patent a while back from Disney on projection mapping moving objects and one of the examples was a parade float. I wouldn't expect this parade to have huge reliance on projection mapped floats tho.
It wasn't the mine, it was the spinner exploding. I wouldn't call it a misfire but a faulty firework, the spinner pyro fired on cue as intended but something was wrong with the firework itself and all the powder exploded at once.
Luminous is running with reduced close proximity pyro tonight. Basically only pyro that launches from the main barges. Wind doesn't seem that crazy though? Only 9mph with 20mph gusts..