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

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DisneyFanatic12

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HauntedPirate said:
I "watched" 5 minutes of HEA from Frontierland last February and ... it was awful. You cannot get whatever story they are pretending to convey unless you are able to see the castle. I watched 'Wishes!' from two different places at the Contemporary, BLT, and from a boat on Bay Lake and knew what was going on because you had the audio going along with things. Well, except for that boat ride, but by that time in our lives we knew what to expect.
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I don’t disagree that HEA is this way for some people, but I’ve rarely watched HEA with a view of the projections (especially before COVID), and have still thought it was a great show. In fact, even when I’m infront of the castle I don’t look at the projections at all, I’d say I consciously notice the lighting in the trees more than the castle.

Anyways, not disagreeing that many people find it unenjoyable without the projections, but everyone that I know, myself included, think the show it just as good without the projections.
 
Centauri Space Station

Centauri Space Station

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HauntedPirate said:
Agree to disagree on this topic. :) HEA is an ADD nightmare that, to me, is projections-first, lighting second, fireworks third. I don't really care what people want to claim is the shell count - Luminous has a ton of shells but when you're launching the same stuff from 5 arms at the same time, that count goes up in a hurry. And types of shells and how they are used matters.

I "watched" 5 minutes of HEA from Frontierland last February and ... it was awful. You cannot get whatever story they are pretending to convey unless you are able to see the castle. I watched 'Wishes!' from two different places at the Contemporary, BLT, and from a boat on Bay Lake and knew what was going on because you had the audio going along with things. Well, except for that boat ride, but by that time in our lives we knew what to expect.
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I never view HEA from infront of the castle. Usually at a resort or Fantasyland area and still think it’s fantastic.
 
Starship824

Starship824

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Also since this is technically the happily ever after thread, the projections have been looking crips and clean since the beginning of January! The one dark spot in the main spire is gone now!
 
Sir_Cliff

Sir_Cliff

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gerarar said:
But the limited Wishes reruns they've done, like for cast member celebrations, already had projections created for it and included.

Bringing it back would just do more projections not less.

And last I checked, HEA is fireworks-first, projections-second. The numbers and % of the show speak for itself.
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I kind of feel the ship has sailed on projections-free fireworks shows at MK. In Paris they sometimes still do them for special occasions like Bastille Day and they work great, but I get the impression they're moving more in the direction of doing things like extending the projections to Main Street USA rather than going back to a Wishes-style show with minimal or no projects.

I know there are plenty of people who prefer fireworks shows without projections, but I suspect most guests who were familiar with HEA, waited for the fireworks show, and found there were suddenly just lights and fireworks they would think it was a downgrade and Disney cutting costs. HEA was and maybe still is the offering at MK with highest guest satisfaction scores, so I don't think Disney feels they need to go back to what preceded it.
 
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jrhwdw

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Sir_Cliff said:
I kind of feel the ship has sailed on projections-free fireworks shows at MK. In Paris they sometimes still do them for special occasions like Bastille Day and they work great, but I get the impression they're moving more in the direction of doing things like extending the projections to Main Street USA rather than going back to a Wishes-style show with minimal or no projects.

I know there are plenty of people who prefer fireworks shows without projections, but I suspect most guests who were familiar with HEA, waited for the fireworks show, and found there were suddenly just lights and fireworks they would think it was a downgrade and Disney cutting costs. HEA was and maybe still is the offering at MK with highest guest satisfaction scores, so I don't think Disney feels they need to go back to what preceded it.
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July 3-4th, Dec 30-31st are still Projection Free.
 
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