Fantasmic Reopening Watch

[Kingoglow]

I just don't get the hype for this show. And I really don't understand the queue getting all the way to the gates. I mean, it is a really old show with something like 4 minutes of new stuff. And when I say new stuff, I mean Frozen and Moana (is it Pocahontas too?) which are all old IPs. People are out there waiting three hours... this fandom is crazy.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I just don't get the hype for this show. And I really don't understand the queue getting all the way to the gates. I mean, it is a really old show with something like 4 minutes of new stuff. And when I say new stuff, I mean Frozen and Moana (is it Pocahontas too?) which are all old IPs. People are out there waiting three hours... this fandom is crazy.

…is an interesting perspective to share on a WDW fan discussion forum.

 

[peter11435]

I just don't get the hype for this show. And I really don't understand the queue getting all the way to the gates. I mean, it is a really old show with something like 4 minutes of new stuff. And when I say new stuff, I mean Frozen and Moana (is it Pocahontas too?) which are all old IPs. People are out there waiting three hours... this fandom is crazy.

Old IP’s? Lol

 

[Prince-1]

I just don't get the hype for this show. And I really don't understand the queue getting all the way to the gates. I mean, it is a really old show with something like 4 minutes of new stuff. And when I say new stuff, I mean Frozen and Moana (is it Pocahontas too?) which are all old IPs. People are out there waiting three hours... this fandom is crazy.

I guess they should get rid of Mickey as well because that is one old IP.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Old IP’s? Lol

Frozen is 9 years old now. Moana is 6 years old now...

I wouldn't call Moana an old IP, but Frozen is starting to get into that classic area...

They could have used Encanto (2021), or some of the recent pixar films..

...but... Frozen still makes the big bucks. And it just had a sequel in 2019... So....

.....Never mind. Point taken.

 

[TheEPCOTHistorian]

They could have used Encanto (2021), or some of the recent pixar films..

There are like 4 different weird closeups of Mirabel's face on the water screens if my memory serves me properly.

 

[MisterPenguin]

There are like 4 different weird closeups of Mirabel's face on the water screens if my memory serves me properly.

On the water screen, is the scene in which Mirabel puts the doorknob in the rebuilt house and it transforms.

 

[jrhwdw]

I think everyone, even TWDC should be grateful last night went so well!!!!!

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

re: Encanto. I agree this IP should have be featured more prominently. A transition where the house starts to crack leading into eerie montage with Bruno transitioning into the classic villains part of the show would have been good.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

Probably best nighttime show and only origional one in Disney World right now. I like the fountains, lighting and the fact they kept the original theme instead of using the music in Disneylands version, no overkill on mickeys voiceover like disneylands but the new sequences were underwhelming. They looked like they were wearing bad Halloween costumes in the new sequences. Now I understand that the show is viewed further than most but it did look terrible.

 

[FutureCEO]

This sounds like exactly the logistical nightmare I thought it would be. Godspeed to the OPS cast the next few weeks.

I've watched Fantasmic a couple times and then never again because it's really horrible leaving the stadium.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I've watched Fantasmic a couple times and then never again because it's really horrible leaving the stadium.

They do that to remind you that, although you are the Magic, everyone else is, too.

 

[wdwmagic]

I've watched Fantasmic a couple times and then never again because it's really horrible leaving the stadium.

Yeah. It was originally intended to dump directly into the parking lot with huge walkways. But then it was deemed guests needed to pass merchandise corridors instead.

 

[nickys]

Yeah. It was originally intended to dump directly into the parking lot with huge walkways. But then it was deemed guests needed to pass merchandise corridors instead.

I shouldn’t be surprised by this but I’ve often wondered why there wasn’t a direct exit. The irony is I don’t even remember anything being open after the second show.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Yeah. It was originally intended to dump directly into the parking lot with huge walkways. But then it was deemed guests needed to pass merchandise corridors instead.

The other night at the cast preview we were dumped out in front of the park. Im assuming this will be done for the 9:30 show?

 

[Sthebest]

We were placed back on sunset after the 9:30p show. Shops were still open near the entrance.

 

[JohnD]

The other night at the cast preview we were dumped out in front of the park. Im assuming this will be done for the 9:30 show?

Cast Members aren't guests to be squeezed of more money.

 

[Andrew C]

The other night at the cast preview we were dumped out in front of the park. Im assuming this will be done for the 9:30 show?

That happened to us the last time we watched it. Directed a back way to the front of the park.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Cast Members aren't guests to be squeezed of more money.

Well granted that the park closes at 9, and the show will end closer to 10, most stores will be closing. Also not really true but…

 

[Zummi Gummi]

In the before times, I have found there to be little rhyme or reason to where you were directed out after a show that ended after the park closed. Some times, we would come out right by Tower, but other times we'd get routed behind Beauty and the Beast, down a backstage path, and then pop out right by the front entrance. Really seemed to be rather random.