Let's face it, Fantasmic sucks now. There's some good stuff like the dragon, but ever since the new version premiered it has lost its charm. The original (post 2009) was a perfect nighttime spectacular with a great flow, great set pieces, and had memorable music and dialogue. A lot of it remains, like the aforementioned dragon and the Mark Twain at the end, but having Pirates of the Caribbean replace Peter Pan was a huge mistake that completely kills the energy of the show. The dull, drab colors of the new Pirates segment is depressing, the dialogue is atrocious, and the entire thing makes no sense. Then there's also the new additions such as The Lion King and Aladdin that really don't flow very well. Even the new music for Pink Elephants isn't as good. Of course there's also the removal of the wonderful Pinocchio puppets and of Snow White which also harms the flow of the show. Anyways, point is Fantasmic 2.0 sucks compared to the original even though it's probably still the best of the three versions.
Besides just not being as good anymore, the show started in 1992. It's 26 years old. Sure, the technology has been updated and so has now the show itself, but that's still too long for a theme park show, in my honest opinion, no matter how good it is. I liked the Aladdin musical at DCA which had a lifespan of half that and even then I felt that show should've ended earlier than it did. I'd much prefer a brand new show entirely than this weird mish mash, hodge podge version of the show currently going on, but even that's still not ideal.
The absolute biggest reason why I want Fantasmic to end is Galaxy's Edge is opening next year and that's going to bring in the crowds. Night time at the Disneyland Resort is already a complete pain and I don't even want to imagine next summer's crowds trying to squeeze through Frontierland and the Hub. That's not the only crowd issue relating to Fantasmic, though. Because of Fantasmic, the Mark Twain, the Sailing Ship Colombia, Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes, and Tom Sawyer Island all have to close at 5:45. Assuming the park closes at midnight, that's about six hours that four attractions are down. Both the Sailing Ship Columbia and the Mark Twain have a capacity of around 300, at 12 minutes a ride each, that's 1500 passengers an hour per ship. Times the six hours and double because two ships, that's 18,000 guests. Not as significant, but both canoes total 40 riders with an estimated 12 minute trip totaling in at 200 passengers an hour and 1,200 guests. That's already 19,200 guests that, hypothetically, wouldn't be in the walkways if not for Fantasmic, all not to mention the hundreds of guests that can be on Tom Sawyer Island at any given time.
Also I really want to ride the Mark Twain at night time.
Besides just not being as good anymore, the show started in 1992. It's 26 years old. Sure, the technology has been updated and so has now the show itself, but that's still too long for a theme park show, in my honest opinion, no matter how good it is. I liked the Aladdin musical at DCA which had a lifespan of half that and even then I felt that show should've ended earlier than it did. I'd much prefer a brand new show entirely than this weird mish mash, hodge podge version of the show currently going on, but even that's still not ideal.
The absolute biggest reason why I want Fantasmic to end is Galaxy's Edge is opening next year and that's going to bring in the crowds. Night time at the Disneyland Resort is already a complete pain and I don't even want to imagine next summer's crowds trying to squeeze through Frontierland and the Hub. That's not the only crowd issue relating to Fantasmic, though. Because of Fantasmic, the Mark Twain, the Sailing Ship Colombia, Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes, and Tom Sawyer Island all have to close at 5:45. Assuming the park closes at midnight, that's about six hours that four attractions are down. Both the Sailing Ship Columbia and the Mark Twain have a capacity of around 300, at 12 minutes a ride each, that's 1500 passengers an hour per ship. Times the six hours and double because two ships, that's 18,000 guests. Not as significant, but both canoes total 40 riders with an estimated 12 minute trip totaling in at 200 passengers an hour and 1,200 guests. That's already 19,200 guests that, hypothetically, wouldn't be in the walkways if not for Fantasmic, all not to mention the hundreds of guests that can be on Tom Sawyer Island at any given time.
Also I really want to ride the Mark Twain at night time.
