jeanylaser031
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fantasmic is better in disney world because they have seats not at disney land.
PamelaNiebergal said:The sound of some of these posts make Fantasmic in WDW sound like a terrible show. I agree that it is not as good as Disneyland's. The Peter Pan sequence there is one of my favorites. On the other hand, by comparing the two, it seems that WDW's version may not get the credit it deserves. On its own I think it is an amazing show, absolutely not to be missed. I cry each time I watch it. Disneyland's is better but WDW's (IMO) is not the boring, embarrassing disaster that some have made it out to be. It shocks me that anyone could not like this show.
I agree that people should see the wdw version first, but for different reasons. I think it is a far lesser version, but still amazing, so I was very pleased that I got to see it first, which wowed me, and then I headed to Disneyland to see their version, and it was even more impressive. I feel like I would have been let-down if I saw DL's first, then WDW's. The seating area at MGM is very nice (and absolutely impossible to build in the middle of the Magic Kingdom), but it creates a necessary distance from the show. Excepting the final scene on the mountain, everything at MGM is on a smaller scale than is seen at Disneyland, which is quite different from everything else that is found at both DL and WDW, and an odd choice. The fact that there is no seating at DL allows guests to get closer to the show than you generally do at MGM, and since it is a bigger show, anyway, you feel like you are in the show, not watching it. As for actual show content, I think the water screens are very kewl, but they become less novel after the first 5 minutes they have been used at MGM, while they are not nearly as overused at DL. The choice to use Pocahontas seems very strange to me, since I don't think it was nearly as good of a film as Peter Pan, and it wasn't an overly popular film (I think it was the beginning of the end for good quality animated films by Disney...I long for the days of The Lion King...), and why can't they get torches that don't go out on the canoes? It doesn't seem like Disney at its best when all of the torches blow out if the windspeed is over 5 mph...the only thing I particularly like more about MGM's show is the finale, since the mountain is very neat, but if you aren't down front in the amphitheatre, in the splash zone, the mountain doesn't feel THAT much taller than the building Mickey stands on in the end of DL's Fantasmic!...steamboat_will said:I saw the DL version a few years ago and the WDW version this past Feb. I agree that the WDW version doesn't get the credit it deserves and too many of these posts seem to focus on the minor nitpicky problems with disney attractions.
Either version of this show would simply not happen at any other park. This is an uniquely Disney experience, and regardless is a great show.
To answer the original question, I like the presentation of the WDW (theatre, seats, and the better aligning of picture and action) but I really was disappointed that the Peter Pan portion was not present. As for the final steamboat, it is wrong to say it looks like something from Home Depot, as it was probably built to look like the boat from the movie. For someone who has never seen either show, I would suggest seeing the WDW version as it is much easier to appreciate the entire experience, and not have to worry about crushing a small child. Purists will insist on the DL version, but I would say the WDW for the first timers.
The torches are supposed to go out between midway and the end (when the switch back to the Settlers). I love how in the Pocahontas scene, when the Natives are on you can hardly tell the Settlers are up there too (and same when the Settlers are on).ISTCNavigator57 said:why can't they get torches that don't go out on the canoes? It doesn't seem like Disney at its best when all of the torches blow out if the windspeed is over 5 mph
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