Downtown Disney Water Show?

[wishesjake]

I was just thinking, what if they made a fountain show similar to the one at Branson landing? Here's a video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVEYGMMfsV8

Plus its in a serperate pool from the lake which could really make it work.

It's fairly simple, but would be a welcome addition. Especially with "Under the Sea" playing during the show.

 

[TP2000]

I was just thinking, what if they made a fountain show similar to the one at Branson landing? Here's a video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVEYGMMfsV8

This show isn't quite up to Disney standards. You would need something much bigger, much more sophisticated, and with more... um... taste.

But it was interesting to watch, if only to try and figure out just how entertained the few dozen people watching it actually were. I can't imagine you'd need to see a show like that more than once in your life.

Maybe there's a night version that works better?

 

[magicmaya]

This show isn't quite up to Disney standards. You would need something much bigger, much more sophisticated, and with more... um... taste.

But it was interesting to watch, if only to try and figure out just how entertained the few dozen people watching it actually were. I can't imagine you'd need to see a show like that more than once in your life.

Maybe there's a night version that works better?

Something like world of color...on a much smaller scale.

 

[raiden]

Wait, I though it was a ghost town.:lol: Can anyone clarify?

Yes PI and WS are slow. MP is busy :king:

Just to add one point that I haven't seen mentioned here yet:
From an engineering standpoint, only a low-key water show (meaning low-key water/fountain equipment) would be feasible in this location. That is, something along the lines of the fountains used in Illuminations or whatnot. A fountain show such as World of Color or The Fountains of Bellagio would require a controlled/man-made lagoon for the sake of the precision equipment. A natural lagoon, such as that bordering DTD, would quickly wreak havoc on precision water nozzles and pump equipment. The amount of sediment, especially sand, in the water would quickly and completely deteriorate such equipment and render poor show quality quickly.
Like I said, any such show would require a controlled environment where the water quality can be controlled and maintained.

Now, the barge idea: that may be possible (all equipment could be serviced/maintained off-stage in a proper maintenance shop), plus it would be a lot lower-tech than a sophisticated omnidirectional nozzle show system.

Im glad the WDC only hire great engineers

 

[TP2000]

Something like world of color...on a much smaller scale.

Bingo.

 

[imagineer boy]

This show isn't quite up to Disney standards. You would need something much bigger, much more sophisticated, and with more... um... taste.

But it was interesting to watch, if only to try and figure out just how entertained the few dozen people watching it actually were. I can't imagine you'd need to see a show like that more than once in your life.

Maybe there's a night version that works better?

Actually that show happens every hour on the hour and has a variety of different shows so you never see the same one twice.

 

[TP2000]

Actually that show happens every hour on the hour and has a variety of different shows so you never see the same one twice.

Yes, I've seen some of the YouTube videos of this with different songs. But it's just the same fountains going pop-pop-pop through the melody and jets of flame at the end of important verses. The song may changed each hour, but it's basically the same water and fire show, just timed differently for each song.

I did enjoy their claim on the Branson Landing website that this mall fountain show is a "spectacular water attraction that features the first-ever merging of water, fire, light and music." Really?! The "first"? Branson Landing opened in 2007. So... Fantasmic! in 1992 doesn't count, nor do any of the other fountain/fire shows count in malls and casinos built a decade or more before Branson Landing opened?

Not only is this show at Branson Landing not the first, it's nothing unique or unusual compared to the few dozen other fountain shows around the country at malls, hotels, theme parks, etc. Disney could certainly do much better if it decides to do something in the lagoon off Downtown Disney.

http://www.bransonlanding.com/fountains.html

 

[slappy magoo]

I don't know what Disney feels like spending on some sort of lagoon show, if anything. What I DO know is that if they thought a water show, open to the public, might drive sufficient traffic to the restaurants and movies and stores of DTD, enough traffic and business to justify the cost of a water show, they'll probably build it.

As far as the engineering aspect brought up by wild01ride, I wonder if pockets of water could be isolated so they'd require less maintenance, almost like islands of water WITHIN the water. A way to minimize or neutralize sediment so that they wouldn't have to worry about the elements doing a number on the equipment. The caveat there would probably be whether or not water traffic would have to be diverted from around those areas, and whether that would cause problems with the water ferries.