Nobody I ever visited with enjoyed it that much. They actually couldn't believe such a bad song would be recorded in honor of disneyland's 60th anniversary. When Remember returned, it was nearly impossible to get them to the hub for the show because they had such low expectations following DL Forever. They all (casual mid-late 20s professionals who aren't avid disneyland fans/visitors) had goosebumps and were crying during Remember. Its the age-old argument though on this forum, and in the case of wishes and HEA, of classic versus contemporary (and while I don't think disneyland needs HEA with fantasmic already running,and that WOC could be a good place to introduce HEA to the west coast, I would prefer that score over disneyland forever's "step into the magic" if I had to choose between the two. The score for DL Forever was really kind of abrasive but I know these things can be subjective.
HEA and Wishes are both character shows, and HEA is arguably better, but more contemporary and lacking of nostalgia. The differences between Remember and DL Forever are greater than those between HEA and Wishes. Not only is there a classic versus contemporary comparison that is tonal/emotional, the content is vastly different, with Remember being about disneyland and DL Forever being a character show. Remember tugs at the heart strings, Disneyland Forever excites.
Given that we already have fantasmic and world of color, I don't see the point in having DL forever. The content of Remember gives good variety to nighttime entertainment at disneyland. Given that they're using DL Forever tech to upgrade Remember, spending more money to update it, they don't want to bring DL Forever back. I am curious if anybody knows more about why DL Forever isn't coming back, beyond cost. Because if the show was beloved and cost was an issue, they could have just cut back on some of the inflatables, nemo, and cut 20% of the shells out of the show. Instead, they spent more money creating visuals unique to each show location for Remember. What's kind of cool is that scenes from disneyland forever, like tangled and lion king, are being introduced into fantasmic, so I think that upgraded show will be satisfying to audiences that liked DL Forever.
How would you feel, Kira, about them creating projections for Main Street for Remember, the way they've upgraded the lighting and projections at small world, the castle, and ROA? Would you like that and do you think it would satisfy audiences? Meaning, what was more important, the spectacle of DLForever, or the score? I think the fireworks were arguably more impressive on DL Forever (though I like the rainbow that begins the finale of Remember) and the show was fun but I don't miss it the way I miss / want to watch Remember, Fantasmic, illuminations, and WOC again, or even HEA which I haven't even yet seen. I can live without nemo on the wire and the inflatables on main street, but would definitely love to see projections on main street again.
. We have fantasmic and world of color as the contemporary disney media montages, we can keep this as the disneyland-content show; we don't need another [disneyland forever].
