Fantasmic! Enters The Digital Age - WOW!

TP2000

TP2000

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Who knew TinkerBell was part of the Fantasmic finale'?!

Everyone knows, now that the new digital projectors have been installed in Disneyland's Fantasmic! show. Fantasmic! returned from a two month rehab this weekend, and the new digital projectors have brought a level of clarity, sharpness and brightness that had been missing since 1992 with the old 70mm film projectors.

This is the type of thing that can't even begin to have justice served via YouTube, but here's a decent attempt at capturing the new imagery visible from the digital age that Fantasmic! has just entered this weekend. This video caught some of the short technical glitches from the first night, like the brief freezes in the projections, and a quick "color bar" test pattern that appeared on Friday...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0vUsMzOnrY

I saw the show Saturday night and it was flawless, with none of the freezes or test patterns from the Friday debut. But my gosh were those projections clear and crisp and lifelike! The flowers in the beginning, and TinkerBell at the end were especially well done. But all of that footage just looks so crisp and amazing now! Bravo Disneyland for continuing to invest in new technology for this wonderful show year after year! :sohappy:

I can't wait to see what they can do in this digital age with the much larger water screens for DCA's upcoming new World of Color show!
 
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coasterphil

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That should've never happened in front of guests, especially that many times. 1 glitch might be alright, several is not. I'm not saying that Disney shouldn't use digital projectors (they definitely should as the quality is so much better), but more test shows probably would've been a good idea.
 
The_CEO

The_CEO

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coasterphil said:
That should've never happened in front of guests, especially that many times. 1 glitch might be alright, several is not. I'm not saying that Disney shouldn't use digital projectors (they definitely should as the quality is so much better), but more test shows probably would've been a good idea.
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That's like saying a new attraction should never break down when guests are present..
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

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coasterphil said:
That should've never happened in front of guests, especially that many times. 1 glitch might be alright, several is not. I'm not saying that Disney shouldn't use digital projectors (they definitely should as the quality is so much better), but more test shows probably would've been a good idea.
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Knowing Disney, they did everything possible.

One little glitch is not going to ruin your vacation.;):wave:
 
xsupaxmanxsfnex

xsupaxmanxsfnex

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If that was my first time seeing the show I would be pretty confused but if I knew that it was the first night of the show after coming out of rehab I would have been ok with it. Nothing is 100% reliable.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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The "glitches" in the video were from the 9:00PM show on Friday. They were happening in the Dumbo Elephant scene near the beginning, and the Maleficent and TinkerBell scenes near the end. I guess the rest of the video sequences went just fine for that show; the opening flowers, Monstro and the Columbia intro, the Magic Mirror scenes, and the Ursula scene.

I have no idea how the 10:30PM show was on Friday.

I saw both the 9:00PM and 10:30PM show on Saturday, and didn't notice any of the freezing or flash of the color bars from this video, so whatever was the problem at the 9:00PM Friday show, they got it fixed. The show looked flawless to me on Saturday, and it was really impressive tech to see in action compared to the old film format.

Has the Orlando Fantasmic! show never had a technical problem before? That must be an impressive run for them if they've never come back up from a two month rehab and had a few technical problems on opening night. :cool:
 
nemofinder22

nemofinder22

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Wow Fantasmic! has gotten some great refurbs in the past few years, refrubed fountains, new Princess barges with LED, new lighting package, and now this. Can't wait to see what WOD can pull off.
 
primetime52

primetime52

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I saw the show on Monday and Tuesday Night (doesn't usually play on week night's but it was a holiday weekend) and I didn't notice any glitches. Fantasmic looked great!
 
TP2000

TP2000

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primetime52 said:
I saw the show on Monday and Tuesday Night (doesn't usually play on week night's but it was a holiday weekend) and I didn't notice any glitches. Fantasmic looked great!
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The glitches appear to have been contained to the very first show on the very first night back from rehab. By the 10:30PM show on the first night, the glitches had been fixed. Or at least weren't noticeable.

I've seen the show several times now over a couple different nights in the past week, and haven't seen any stalls or errors in the video sequences.

And yes, the show looks great. It just keeps getting better year after year with all the new techology they add. :sohappy:
 

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