News Happily Ever After fireworks show returning to Magic Kingdom in 2023

[gerarar]

Full test run has finished.

The show seems fully in-tact. There was Main Street projections too. I noticed green scenery during Merinda and lanterns during I See The Light.

Pre-pandemic pyro is also, as previously noted, restored. The small flashes during the opening sequence on the FL roofs for example are back, which were cut in 2021. The bright white comets in the finale are also back, along with the mutli-color fans in the finale.
However, I would say roughly 98% of the cut pyro is back. During Tink's buildup, there were only two sets of comets going up instead of three, so stuff like that changed throughout the show.

Glad to see HEA back however, and Tink flew!!

 

[Disney Glimpses]

HEA test observations:
- Projections appear entirely unchanged
- Intro spotlight pattern modified
- Laser drawn effects on castle have returned
- Lasers on the castle itself are still absent
- 2019 pyro restored (mostly)
- Possible new pre-show playlist?

Not really thrilled about the spotlight pattern changing during the intro.

 

[gerarar]

Edit, the original Mulan flower shell is back!
So weird it's been cut and removed from DE for months now lol..

 

[gerarar]

HEA test observations:
- Projections appear entirely unchanged
- Intro spotlight pattern modified
- Laser drawn effects on castle have returned
- Lasers on the castle itself are still absent
- 2019 pyro restored (mostly)
- Possible new pre-show playlist?

Not really thrilled about the spotlight pattern changing during the intro.

I don't think the spotlights changed at all. What did seem different were the big sets of spotlights that would shine on the castle at the start of the show and right before the pyro shoots off were offline during the test. Not sure if that was intentional or whatever, but everything else seemed the same lights-wise.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

What did seem different were the big sets of spotlights that would shine on the castle at the start of the show and right before the pyro shoots off were offline during the test. Not sure if that was intentional or whatever, but everything else seemed the same lights-wise.

Yes, this is what I was referring to.

 

[gerarar]

Yes, this is what I was referring to.

Hopefully it was just a tech issue tonight and they fix those spotlights, because they're pretty important and used throughout.

Highlighted them white here in the post-finale.

Yet they weren't on at all in the test post-finale.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Hopefully it was just a tech issue tonight and they fix those spotlights, because they're pretty important and used throughout.

Highlighted them white here in the post-finale.

Yet they weren't on at all in the test post-finale.

If they weren't all on, that would explain the intro issues.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Hm, I just rewatched. Definitely modified. Weird.

 

[GhostHost1000]

HEA test observations:
- Projections appear entirely unchanged
- Intro spotlight pattern modified
- Laser drawn effects on castle have returned
- Lasers on the castle itself are still absent
- 2019 pyro restored (mostly)
- Possible new pre-show playlist?

Not really thrilled about the spotlight pattern changing during the intro.

Lasers on/coming from the castle need to return. That was a great effect. Probably should even use it more

 

[jrhwdw]

Um........MK Looks more than ready for HEA!!!!! Great Work!!!!!!!

 

[jrhwdw]

Okay they are definitely using all 3 launch sites for HEA, which is a huge bonus. It's really evident in the villians segment so far.
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Too Bad MK didn't use all 3 in the Finale! That would have looked Stunning!!!!!

 

[MTBaymax]

Lasers on/coming from the castle need to return. That was a great effect. Probably should even use it more

Was supposed to be even crazier in the finale. (Initial 2017 tests)

 

[JD80]

I just want to say you guys are nuts to know all the different elements from spot lights to fireworks that are modified/added/changed/missing.

Nuts.

And I love you for it.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

OK I have confirmed that the main light array was indeed not operating last night (as @gerarar mentioned). That is the only difference in the intro. So all things considered, it's likely to be exactly the show as we last saw this time 3 years ago.

 

[jrhwdw]

OK I have confirmed that the main light array was indeed not operating last night (as @gerarar mentioned). That is the only difference in the intro. So all things considered, it's likely to be exactly the show as we last saw this time 3 years ago.

Is that rare? I don't think I've ever seen the Spotlights fail....

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Is that rare? I don't think I've ever seen the Spotlights fail....

It's actually not unprecedented. In fact, when HEA came back in 2021 last year, there were failures where they were off for a few nights. Also, it has happened where one of them got stuck and couldn't be controlled.

There are also other plausible reasons why they wouldnt want them on during a test.

 

[Starship824]

HEA test observations:
- Projections appear entirely unchanged
- Intro spotlight pattern modified
- Laser drawn effects on castle have returned
- Lasers on the castle itself are still absent
- 2019 pyro restored (mostly)
- Possible new pre-show playlist?

Not really thrilled about the spotlight pattern changing during the intro.

I don’t think the lasers from the castle are gone, I think you just can’t see them from the contemporary, if you watch old HEA and enchantment videos from the contemporary you can’t really see them at all.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

I don’t think the lasers from the castle are gone, I think you just can’t see them from the contemporary, if you watch old HEA and enchantment video from the contemporary you can’t really see them at all.

Good point. Yeah, I bet they are there in that case.

 

[Starship824]

It’s good that they’re using the Main Street projections throughout the entire show, from the very small look we got to see of them last night they look good. Obviously we have to wait till we see it from in the park next week for a true look.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

I actually sent that clip!! From OneLittleSpark JL's stream!