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News Walt Disney World recruiting a new Principal Fireworks Designer as a return of nighttime shows gets closer
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TTA94
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Hopefully these positions do not have to be filled in order for shows to return lol.
I'm still curious what happened to their old designers?
TTA94
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Due to Covid and likely they got tired of waiting and switched careers. Or tired of the direction Disney is going in now a days thanks to Chapek.
Yeah, I'm presuming the same but... how many "firework show designers" are out there in the world?
WDW Pro
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For a full-time position, less than twenty.
jt04
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Yes, upgrades similar to the DL version would be excellent.
Max Duane
Member
DL has had two major overhauls over the years and WDW’s has had none since the 90s. Really sad considering we have such a large seating venue and the mountain set piece
If only. Orlando getting half the Anaheim upgrades would make it twice the current show. A few are questionable but as a show it’s light years ahead out west.
jt04
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Once the current restrictions on attendance are lifted the Studios are going to need some crowd eaters. Not everyone can fit in GE at night. An upgraded Fantasmic can easily 'sell out' nightly. Probably twice on full capacity days.
Well worth the investment as an easy fix until the next phase of expansion.
Max Duane
Member
The biggest change that would prevent it from being a 100% carbon copy of Disneyland’s version would be a reimagining of the Pocahontas segment. WDW doesn’t have the Columbia, preventing Peter Pan or Pirates, so they’d have to create a brand new scene using the mountain backdrop. My personal dream? Use some of that projection mapping to turn the mountain into Tefiti and make an incredible Moana segment of her returning the stone and watching the mountain transform from a lava gushing volcano to a beautiful paradise while Maui and other Moana characters pass by on the floats.
I think this would make for a great transition to the princess segment and there’s so much they could do with projection mapping, water effects, and more that relate to Moana.
It already does. That’s the problem.
jt04
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TransportationGuy
Active Member
It’ll have some changes when it comes back, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up for a DLR style F!
Max Duane
Member
Is this confirmed? Lol just curious, any change to the current show is a good one to me. Honestly I wish they would have taken Tokyo’s dragon and moved it over head now that their show is over.
Upgrades or COVID Changes?
TTA94
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Any chance of DLRs fountains and projections at least?
RSoxNo1
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Look no further than Fantasmic! as an answer to how / why Disney doesn't currently get it.
One of the biggest reasons that Fantasmic! is better in Disneyland vs. Disney World is that it materializes out of existing infrastructure making it that much more impressive. The show in DHS is still a very solid show, but it loses that level of "wow factor" because the facility itself presents an elevated expectation.
Harmonious will absolutely have to overcome this hurdle. The daytime running fountains could actually contribute to the loss of "wow factor" if they impress during the daytime. If people saw what they can do during the daytime they will be less impressive at night. This is just one of many reasons the show has been setup to fail.