Well, I can certainly understand that for first timers to the show, the 23rd would have been one of puzzled disappointment. That being said, if you take the earth globe out of the equation, the rest of the show was pretty much fine. The only other technical thing that I saw go wrong was the syncrolites on the pavilions, and even those managed to reset themselves halfway through.
In regards to the timings, from what I saw last night and know about the show (please bear with me; this could get kinda in-depth :lol
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- Chaos was fine. Everything went off like it was supposed to (apart from the red flashy things in the water, but those have always been iffy. At least they lit.) I think there was one pyro mix up early on just after the scattering red ones, but thats a technician putting the wrong product in by mistake (and it happens from time to time).
- Adventure was good (could the third set of fireworks that explode in the air after the ground launches have been a bit better? Sure, but for the most part, they were good). There was an issue with the inital multi-colored burst at the beginning (looked like the shells hadn't been loaded properly) so there was only 1/4 the usual amount. Still, a freak thing that I have never seen happen before. I might, however, add that the four colored peonies at the end exploded perfectly, best I've ever seen in fact. All four were together right on the beat.
-Home needs a tweaking, yes. The original cascading white waterfalls just came back in the last few days after a long absence. Because of the change in product, the timings will have to be adjusted accordingly. hopefully that will be done.
- Celebration was, on the whole, good. Yes, the fourth star firework was about a split second behind the other three, but not enough to ruin the show. The whistles were right on cue (again, the old product made a return, which was nice to see) as was the finale blue burst (again, old product was back). The first two sets of ring shells could have been more together, yes, but were still not far enough apart to ruin the effect.
- Meaning's pyro was good. The 1000 points of light were good, and the floating torches halway through lit on time. The finale was on time, as were the last report and ground launches. (Perimeter fireworks were off, probably beacuse either a) the wind was rather strong during the day, or b) the high water level of WSL was starting to cover the base of the wall launches.
Now the Earth Globe, yes, MAJOR tech issues, but I think the torrential downpour had something to do with that. (And believe me, there was a freak early explosion of pyro inside the globe right at the beginning when the show first started. When an industrial firework goes off about 40 feet from you, you know. :lol
The scycrolites on the pavilions (those search lights) had issues (probably from the rain again), but even they had corrected themselves halfway through the show. And despite the problems with the screens, the globe opened like normal at the end AND the torch ignited on time! That was a pleasant surprise considering all that had happend to the thing in the last 10 minutes!
As far as the pavilion lights go, theres hundreds (actually, THOUSANDS) of feet of lights there. I think I read somewhere that the total length of lights is enough to go across the Golden Gate Bridge over 7 times, so thats a lot of light bulbs to cover, and in all honesty, I can understand there being some out. In fact, I've never seen a time where ALL the lights on the pavilions have been working (I think the Millenium Celebration on New Years Eve was the closest thing to all lights working).
