News 2024 Fourth of July Fireworks, Extended Hours, and Entertainment

[IanDLBZF]

@Starship824 Noted this on another post:



Looking at the updated Parks Blog article, Disney has also removed the extended hours announcement.

Before/After:

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[Rteetz]

Low crowds works for me if true lol

 

[monothingie]

Low crowds works for me if true lol

Do a search for hotel rooms from 7/3 -7/7. It should be very concerning to anyone who might be paying attention.

 

[jrhwdw]

Hurts to see Heartbeat Of Freedom Removed from July 3rd (it was never on the 3rd before now but still)


Makes me wonder how committed TDO is to next year's Entertainment.......

 

[Rteetz]

Do a search for hotel rooms from 7/3 -7/7. It should be very concerning to anyone who might be paying attention.

Oh yeah, that's why I booked a last minute trip. Great pricing on an AP rate.

 

[JohnD]

Oh yeah, that's why I booked a last minute trip. Great pricing on an AP rate.

Don't blame you at all for lower rates and crowd levels.

 

[LSLS]

Oh yeah, that's why I booked a last minute trip. Great pricing on an AP rate.

HA see ya there. Hope it's like it was for us last year.

 

[LSLS]

Thought a bit on this, this seems super strange. I get if like 3 months after the announcement they decide they don't have enough people coming, but what changed in like 3 days? Did they think a bunch of people would head down in 2 weeks because of this announcement?

 

[diggity16]

Thought a bit on this, this seems super strange. I get if like 3 months after the announcement they decide they don't have enough people coming, but what changed in like 3 days? Did they think a bunch of people would head down in 2 weeks because of this announcement?

Agreed I’m super annoyed by this. We were pumped about the schedule change and tried to convince friends to come down. But even still — why not just make it a great experience for the ppl who are there? You know create some good word of mouth and all that jazz.

 

[gerarar]

Thought a bit on this, this seems super strange. I get if like 3 months after the announcement they decide they don't have enough people coming, but what changed in like 3 days? Did they think a bunch of people would head down in 2 weeks because of this announcement?

If this was really a mistake and they only intended on doing one show/night, it would be too late now to order the pyro for a second show.

Pyro orders are usually planned months ahead as they are shipped internationally from different suppliers.

So the decision was made months ago to do only one show (as in the past) rather in the last three days. This was just probably a miscommunication error on the marketing side.

 

[LSLS]

If this was really a mistake and they only intended on doing one show/night, it would be too late now to order the pyro for a second show.

Pyro orders are usually planned months ahead as they are shipped internationally from different suppliers.

So the decision was made months ago to do only one show (as in the past) rather in the last three days. This was just probably a miscommunication error on the marketing side.

Kind of a large mistake to not just have that but also post expanded hours which you then take back.

 

[gerarar]

Kind of a large mistake to not just have that but also post expanded hours which you then take back.

Ah I forgot about the extended hours in my post. Was just thinking of the fireworks/pyro logistics when I wrote it lol

 

[Squishy]

Have they always done a full test run thru of 4th of july fireworks at Epcot pre 2019? The past 4 years they've done 1-2 full test runs it due to equipment changes so they technically budget in 2-3 shows.

 

[Starship824]

Have they always done a full test run thru of 4th of july fireworks at Epcot pre 2019? The past 4 years they've done 1-2 full test runs it due to equipment changes so they technically budget in 2-3 shows.

Have they done any this year yet?

 

[jrhwdw]

Have they done any this year yet?

There was supposed to be Fireworks Testing on June 19th.

 

[Starship824]

There was supposed to be Fireworks Testing on June 19th.

Interesting, I didn't see anyone post about it.

 

[DisneyFanatic12]

This was just probably a miscommunication error on the marketing side.

Agreed, looks like a huge error from our side, but for someone on the marketing team the error might have been hard to spot.

And it’s really close to the 3rd for there to be any large increase in travel. If they wanted to bring in a bunch of locals it would probably be cheaper just to offer a discount, but I don’t know all the financials and the estimated amount spent per guest.

Still super sad, I love the fireworks shows show much.

 

[larryz]

Do a search for hotel rooms from 7/3 -7/7. It should be very concerning to anyone who might be paying attention.

...unless they're looking to book a room...

This banner on the page caught my eye...

Looks like the Era of "No Discounts!" Iger has come to an end...

 

[Starship824]

Anyone have any idea on whether the full 360 will ever return to Magic Kingdom? I'm just going to assume it's not happening this year so will it ever happen? Next year maybe with the idea that they're trying to get entertainment ready for Epic Universe?

 

[jrhwdw]

Anyone have any idea on whether the full 360 will ever return to Magic Kingdom? I'm just going to assume it's not happening this year so will it ever happen? Next year maybe with the idea that they're trying to get entertainment ready for Epic Universe?

I thought old school 360 wasn't possible anymore with TRON and DE's setup?

Or can MK find new Pyro Spots?