gerarar
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I'm not sure if they upgraded the castle's lasers recently, but their effects look nearly identical to Fantasmic's.
At F!, the lasers there are so vibrant and beautiful, fog or no fog.
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News Happily Ever After fireworks show returning to Magic Kingdom in 2023
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At F!, the lasers there are so vibrant and beautiful, fog or no fog.
Starship824
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Well in Fantasmic there’s lots of smoke and water going everywhere that makes them easier to see. I also believe they updated the lasers for Enchantment.
Disney Glimpses
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Trying to confirm but I do believe there were hardware upgrades and not simply a reprogramming. Either way, they were definitely reprogrammed despite favorable conditions.
Disney Glimpses
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I really, really, really hope the main spotlights in the intro return. It's such an important effect.
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gerarar
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It was used during Enchantment last night, so which begs the question, did they just turn it off for the tests or has it been cut from the show.
Forgive me but if that's the only cut, that's minor.
Disney Glimpses
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It's a weird thing to cut though.
I would agree.
No Name
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HEA is the worthy replacement!
Disney Analyst
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Am I missing something? The spotlights are there. Just not as bright for some reason.
Disney Glimpses
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My understanding is they aren't even thinking about what the next MK show will look like. Expect 5-10 years.
Remember, HEA really only ran for 2 years, 10 months prior to COVID (and a lot of people didn't travel during COVID). So there are still a ridiculous amount of once a year, once every two years, once every three year guests who have only seen HEA once or twice or perhaps not even at all.
This show has a LOT of runway left.
No Name
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I doubt there’ll be a nighttime parade again.
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waltography
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Compare 1:06 from the 2023 version to 2:17 from 2021 (the videos start a couple seconds before each timestamp).
If this is the case, it's small but I will miss that hit. The way those spotlights hit the castle just worked so well with the music.
EDIT: Saw the photo comparisons just now, my bad. But still relevant here for video comparison.
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Sirwalterraleigh
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Disney Glimpses
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There are two arrays of very, very powerful spotlights that illuminate the top of the castle as soon as the show starts (and right before the narration begins with the deep drum beat) as well as shined very, very bright in the sky at one part during the laser dotted section that were completely absent during the test and last night. There are 8 arrays of lights, only 6 (less powerful ones) were active.
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gerarar
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So I've looked into it, and the big spotlights have actually been offline since August 2022, around when Disney Enchantment 2.0 debuted.
In the DE finale, they're colored yellow and light up the immediate area around castle yellow during post-show as shown below:
But for some reason ever since, they've been off:
I don't think they're coming back for HEA anytime soon, if they've been offline 7+ months now.
Maybe time to ask some insiders/sources on the status of them lol?
Disney Glimpses
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Thank you for this! I had been wondering this myself.