EpcotServo
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Fantasmic is awesome...I just wish it was easier to see, because you have to wait so long...
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It's passable, but that's opinion vs. opinion.:shrug:
It would be much more awesome if it were more accessible, like in DL. It needs to be in the middle of a land, not in a amphitheater..
WDW Vacationer
Active Member
WHAT?!?!
ARE YOU CRAZY!
imagineer boy
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Yeah, just slow the singing down and add an echo and I can easily picture a blood soaked Jiminy Cricket with a knife limping towards the camera. :lol:
I'm sorry, Goof!:lol:
I did NOT like what I saw in the first part of the land. Everything looked messy, faded and falling apart. Architecture clashed, too. Is it tropical, or is it african?
JC, POTC, Tiki, and SFTH were all OK, though. That part of the land is fine. Very lush, well kept, and calm, even. It's the entrance that drags it down.:wave:
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WDW1974
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Originally Posted by EPCOT Explorer
I really don't get the Wishes hate...:lol:
Um ... no, he wasn't.
And he doesn't 'hate' Wishes. He's tired of it. He finds the soundtrack annoyingly 'syrupy' and the moppets singing to be like fingers on the chalkboard after dozens of viewings.
He also doesn't like that the Hub trees and seating area were butchered like a bad 90210 job in order to provide better viewing for the very limited projections on the castle during the show.
But hate it? Nope.
Like all of Steve Davison's pyro shows, it's very good at what it does.
But it doesn't begin to compare with the Halloween and Christmas versions at MK (or even the show they did for Pirates and Princess Parties that was very good) ... or shows like Believe and Remember at DL ... or even Disney in the Sky at HKDL.
At the end of the day, it's a fine show.
But I'm ready for something new ... something better ... and something without moppets singing about magic, dreams and ... wishes.
Originally Posted by EPCOT Explorer
I really don't get the Wishes hate...:lol:
The same here. It is a great show & I always watch it whenever at MK.
WDW1974 was being sarcastic, right?
Um ... no, he wasn't.
And he doesn't 'hate' Wishes. He's tired of it. He finds the soundtrack annoyingly 'syrupy' and the moppets singing to be like fingers on the chalkboard after dozens of viewings.
He also doesn't like that the Hub trees and seating area were butchered like a bad 90210 job in order to provide better viewing for the very limited projections on the castle during the show.
But hate it? Nope.
Like all of Steve Davison's pyro shows, it's very good at what it does.
But it doesn't begin to compare with the Halloween and Christmas versions at MK (or even the show they did for Pirates and Princess Parties that was very good) ... or shows like Believe and Remember at DL ... or even Disney in the Sky at HKDL.
At the end of the day, it's a fine show.
But I'm ready for something new ... something better ... and something without moppets singing about magic, dreams and ... wishes.
WDW1974
Well-Known Member
Only if it's at DL!
imagineer boy
Well-Known Member
One other little thing I kinda don't like about Wishes (I like Wishes, don't get me wrong!) is the narration. Do we really need character voices to introduce each of the segments? You can do that perfectly well just through images and music, which Illuminations does perfectly well at.
Jasonflz
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:lol: Pretty much. They don't waste the audience's time with a pointless Pocahontas segment.
Quote:
Originally Posted by EPCOT Explorer
I really don't get the Wishes hate...:lol:
Um ... no, he wasn't.
And he doesn't 'hate' Wishes. He's tired of it. He finds the soundtrack annoyingly 'syrupy' and the moppets singing to be like fingers on the chalkboard after dozens of viewings.
He also doesn't like that the Hub trees and seating area were butchered like a bad 90210 job in order to provide better viewing for the very limited projections on the castle during the show.
But hate it? Nope.
Like all of Steve Davison's pyro shows, it's very good at what it does.
But it doesn't begin to compare with the Halloween and Christmas versions at MK (or even the show they did for Pirates and Princess Parties that was very good) ... or shows like Believe and Remember at DL ... or even Disney in the Sky at HKDL.
At the end of the day, it's a fine show.
But I'm ready for something new ... something better ... and something without moppets singing about magic, dreams and ... wishes.
It is barren, I give it that, but it was WAY worse in 06.:zipit: As I noted, I was quite happy to see that there were very large plants in the planters now, and the trees are allowed to grow out. Very bushy.
I don't have as much a problem with it as I once did.:shrug:
Ahhh...FiTS.....How I miss your Attraction Tie Ins....
(Wish that Wishes did a little more of that!)
Hub Trees!
SirGoofy
Member
Seriously? The architecture doesn't change until you get to the Bazaar, but honestly I blame that on Aladdin.
As for the falling apart, the old Veranda building is the only one that looks kinda shabby, but of course, we can't bother to fix something that isn't open, right?:brick:
That whole area is what bothered me. It needs SOMETHING....Like I said, reverting to what they had, or something to mimic the back part of the land would work.
As for the Veranda...Are there any plans to open it? Rumors, even? It is falling apart, and the most they can do is some facade work.:shrug:
SirGoofy
Member
Hopefully Aladdin being removed is still in the cards, and once that happens some work will be done on fixing the problem.
Nope, not that I've heard in a while. Last rumor I heard about the Veranda was the Pirate Character Dining, which I think is a terrible idea.
Personally I think it would be a nice place for the fake Adventurer's Club like they are doing in Hong Kong.
I REALLY hope so. The area is way to cramped and busy. MK with a aesthetic problem....It must have gotten jealous of EPCOT.:lol:
Pirate dining? Better than nothing. If it were to get it open and fixed, I would be happy. Same with AC.
SirGoofy
Member
It just seems out of place. It would be like Adventureland is sandwiched between pirates.:shrug:
:shrug: I don't mind that, it fits. As long as the architecture matches, that is.
ALand does needs something new, though. A Mountain, maybe...:lol: Jones?