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IllumiNations question
- Thread starter ROEFan88
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Indeed it is; since at least 1988s IllumiNations if not earlier
http://www.wdwmagic.com/members2/illum/mexpad.jpg (not sure if you need a pass to see this)
http://www.wdwmagic.com/members2/illum/mexpad.jpg (not sure if you need a pass to see this)
WDW Monorail
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I found a google video that was taken from the Wishes control station. Apparently, the video has been removed.
I`m sure boo :wave: will fully answer you, but the in-park controls for Wishes are on top of the North Eastern victorian `bus stop` structure in the hub (the castle stage control is on the NW side)
The high alt pyro also has a control booth at the north launch site.
monorailguy01
New Member
I think there is 3 control rooms, one in the Mexico tower, Another in the Italy clock tower, and I think the other one is somewhere by France. I do not know how true this is I heard from a CM a few months ago.
You can see a lot of backstage Illum photos at http://www.wdwmagic.com/backstag.htm
WDW Monorail
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It is above the Mexico Pavillion.
Rob562
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Look at the photos again. In the section labels "Laser Booths" are the rooms where the three main lasers are located (Canada, American Adventure and Mexico) as well as the main control station (the fourth photo of the large control board with the red and white telephones). The laser booths are indoors, the control console is outdoors on the roof of Mexico.
-Rob
culturenthrills
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Well, if it is anything like Fantasmic at Disneyland there is a show manager at the control console who can e-stop the show and unless i am wrong, I thought I read somewhere they can shutdown specific barges if needed during the show.
Of course Fantasmic is different since you have the human element. I think I have read somewhere that they have only had to e-stop the DL Fantasmic once.
Of course Fantasmic is different since you have the human element. I think I have read somewhere that they have only had to e-stop the DL Fantasmic once.
Rob562
Well-Known Member
If you look at the photo of the Illuminations control station at the link above, you can see there's an e-stop button for each individual barge so they can shut one down if necessary while the rest of the show continues. I assume there's also a single button for the entire show. (Otherwise, that's a LOT of button slapping...) :animwink:
I also know that Wishes can selectively inhibit certain pyro from firing due to weather conditions. We saw Wishes during a MVMCP night (before the Holiday version of Wishes came out) and it was VERY VERY windy that night, with the wind blowing from the north. It was a VERY sparse show that night, and even then we got rained on by fallout on the Tomorrowland bridge.
As for E-stopping Fantasmic, I have a video clip from the Florida production that E-stopped 30 seconds into the show when Mickey's lift failed to lift him up to the stage. The spotlights turned to light him up, and he wasn't there. After a few moments, the show stopped, the audience lights came on, and then a flustered-sounding stage manager said that there would be a delay but that the show would start over again in a few minutes.
I also have an audio clip somewhere on my computer of the Florida Fantasmic e-stopping during the show and a recorded voice saying that "due to technical difficulties, this performance of Fantasmic is unable to continue."
-Rob
So the show just didn't re-start at all? That must have made some people pretty ed! Do you remember more specifically what happened?
If it`s the video I think it was the stage was very wet. I`d imagine they ran the wet weather version to get ride of the loaded pyro - assuming they can do this if the main show is cut after it has begun.
The other vid of no Mickey was a real sudden problem. No automated spiel, as rob said, with a very flustered female on the PA mixing her words.
On Fantasmic restarting in the middle of show...
Not as easy as you might think. That show is based off of film...yes, old film...not digital projection. And anyone who knows anything about theatre projection knows that you can't "rewind" film, because of its threading.
So what does that mean? Yes...the projectors must be run all the way to the end/start (it's a loop projection system) before the show can restart.
Not as easy as you might think. That show is based off of film...yes, old film...not digital projection. And anyone who knows anything about theatre projection knows that you can't "rewind" film, because of its threading.
So what does that mean? Yes...the projectors must be run all the way to the end/start (it's a loop projection system) before the show can restart.
culturenthrills
Well-Known Member
I am sorta surprised that they haven't gone to digital projection. Maybe it will be after the new lagoon show at DCA is debuted because i know that is rumored to use digital projection on the mist screens in that show.
Rob562
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I only have audio on that one, not video. It happens during the "bubbles" water screen sequence. The next live-action scene after that is the Pocahontas sequence, so perhaps there was an incident backstage or onstage during setup that required them to stop the show.
-Rob