Fantasmic Reopening Watch

gerarar

gerarar

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Another milestone for Fantasmic! tonight (12/20 9pm).
The dragon got stuck, and we finally got the entire B-mode finale. Moat fountains were up throughout the finale with Sorceror Mickey, and Tuxedo Mickey came from the side.

This almost happened a month ago on 11/10 & 11/20, but the dragon issue was resolved just in time for Sorceror Mickey, so we got the regular finale. On 11/20 Tuxedo Mickey came from side even though dragon was resolved well before then.

The only difference is tonight it wasn't fixed in time, so fountains were up the entire time. Lasers were turned off and lights had a different choreography. The stage crew did eventually resolve it by the very end right when Tuxedo Mickey appears, which was interesting, since show lights were turned on post-show and doors to mountain was closed.

Video starts right before Sorceror Mickey appears:
 
gerarar

gerarar

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ToTBellHop said:
If I didn’t know better, I’d think it really needs to be twice nightly year-round just given the simple math of how many guests are in the park daily vs. theater capacity.

Or bring SWAGS back.
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Not sure on what the math/profitability is for a single show, but for the past month, the second show is roughly only half or max 2/3 full, which made me kinda worried.

I would hope the reduced demand for the 2nd show doesn't discourage park ops from reducing F! to only one nightly, but the increase in January does give some hope that maybe the crowds for the 2nd show is enough (for now).
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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gerarar said:
Not sure on what the math/profitability is for a single show, but for the past month, the second show is roughly only half or max 2/3 full, which made me kinda worried.

I would hope the reduced demand for the 2nd show doesn't discourage park ops from reducing F! to only one nightly, but the increase in January does give some hope that maybe the crowds for the 2nd show is enough (for now).
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They should start selling dining packages for show 2. Maybe a $35 counter service dinner?
 
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zann285

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gerarar said:
A whole lot of tech issues last night (12/23).

No dragon, so B-mode lift Malificient, no lasers, no sword pyro, no steamboat pyro, no ribbon dance, and lots of low/high pyro cut in the finale.

Wonder if the cold/wind had something to do with a lot of the pyro cuts.

Video starts right at the finale:
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Tonight’s 7:30 is so far delayed until 8:30. I have turned into a popsicle waiting on these bleachers.
 
gerarar

gerarar

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zann285 said:
Tonight’s 7:30 is so far delayed until 8:30. I have turned into a popsicle waiting on these bleachers.
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Yikes. That means the 9pm show will be really delayed or (hopefully not) cancelled. Probably gonna be a quick turnover once the first show ends.
 
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zann285

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gerarar said:
Yikes. That means the 9pm show will be really delayed or (hopefully not) cancelled. Probably gonna be a quick turnover once the first show ends.
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They combined the shows. While we were waiting we got an MDE notification that “the second Fantasmic show will start early today at 8:30pm. To see the show, arrive at Hollywood Hills Amphitheater by 8:30pm”. We were still waiting from our 7:30 spots, but did not get the notification until just before 8:30. I feel sorry for those who were planning to see the 9:00 and were elsewhere, but I suppose most would have already been in line. There was a sudden flood of people just before and right after the show started. The dragon seemed to be working fine though, and was met with cheers from the cast members in the back. The CMs doing crowd control had had a rough night, quickly converting from arrival mode to exit mode as the crowd gave up waiting en masse.
 
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gerarar

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New B-mode scene premiered tonight (12/25). Moana doesn't jump into the water!

Aside from that, some more B-modes like no 3rd barge with Snow White, no lasers, some missing pyro here and there, no Prince Naveen & Mary Poppins on steamboat (haven't seen this one before).

Livestream starts at Moana segment.
 
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gerarar

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Some more B-mode scenes!

When Aladdin doesn't do his little jump during his "I think I'll take a stroll around the block". He stays at the ledge and does some small choreography.
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Aladdin still does his big jump across the stage, so it may of been an equipment problem during this performance.
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When only 1 of 2 trampoline jumpers are available. They don't climb the rockwork at the front of the stage, instead goes around. And they have a modified trampoline sequence, more jumps!
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This performance also had the B-mode Moana scene where she doesn't jump into the water.
Video starts at One Jump scene:
 
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mm52200

mm52200

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arich35 said:
How are there so many issues every performance?
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A show with this many elements run twice a night every day will always have issues…you most likely won’t even notice watching it.
But when you have someone intentionally watching a livestream of every performance pointing out every. single. little. thing. that is out of place, it kind of gets blown out of proportion.
 
gerarar

gerarar

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mm52200 said:
A show with this many elements run twice a night every day will always have issues…you most likely won’t even notice watching it.
But when you have someone intentionally watching a livestream of every performance pointing out every. single. little. thing. that is out of place, it kind of gets blown out of proportion.
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Hey now, that someone has a name ya know – @gerarar ;)

And to be fair, there hasn't been much livestreams since the hypes died down. I'm only really looking out for cool B-mode alternate scenes like those I listed above.

Also awaiting when the dragon pyro finally returns/gets fixed. The fantasia/flower pyro too, been MIA since like week 2.
 
gerarar

gerarar

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Okay now this is too funny to not post about – last night (1/7), Tuxedo Mickey failed to appear in the finale! This is such a rare thing, especially to be filmed live!

 
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