vikescaper
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A few years after my family moved to Florida, we made going to WDW over the Fourth a tradition. It feels surreal being back after a few year hiatus!
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News July 4 2022 entertainment at Walt Disney World
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VJ
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The soundtrack of the show has been edited from its original version. Corey Burton has been replaced by an unknown female narrator and there are a few script changes of note.
- "A nation of courage and independence" in the original script has been changed to "a country of courage and independence"
- "To honor Independence Day, we welcome you to our Fourth of July celebration, as we commemorate the birthday of this great nation." has been changed to "In honor of the Fourth of July, we invite you to come together as we commemorate the enduring spirit of this great nation."
- "beloved American folk songs" has been changed to "great American folk songs"
Disney Analyst
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It seems odd, as it wasn’t even the 180 they would do when they ran the show multiple times back in 2013.
I wonder if something went wrong? It was the three sites behind castle, one by contemp, and then the lagoon launch. Not even symmetrical (unless a launch site was off camera to the left).
We will have to wait for tomorrow to see.
donsullivan
Premium Member
I was in the park standing in front of Crystal Palace for the show. I'm not surprised by the refreshed script after this many years. What was indeed disappointing was the reduction in the number of launch locations in the finale segment. It's no longer a full perimeter 360 show. I'll be curious to see if this was just a today thing and they'll have all 11 locations tomorrow, or if we no longer have 360 shows which will be sad.
I managed to bug out crazy quick since the west bypass on Main Street was open. The walking path to Grand Flo and boats across the lagoon was not available immediately after the show. Buses and monorail only. Keep that in mind if you're headed over to see it tomorrow. I'll be at Epcot instead.
I managed to bug out crazy quick since the west bypass on Main Street was open. The walking path to Grand Flo and boats across the lagoon was not available immediately after the show. Buses and monorail only. Keep that in mind if you're headed over to see it tomorrow. I'll be at Epcot instead.
wtyy21
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Yes if this is the new Magic Kingdom version. We will wait to see if Disneyland/DCA version tomorrow adopted the same unknown female narrator as MK, retaining the original Corey Burton narrator, or having a different narrator for the West Coast, such as potentially Bill Rogers or Bob Joles (Voice of Disneyland).
The original narration "A nation of courage and independence" has been kept, only male voice were replaced by women. We seen that on the video.
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gerarar
Premium Member
For New Years/FITS, there were only two launches in the lagoon also iirc (main mirror and right adjacent). And no, it wasn't cut off camera.
donsullivan
Premium Member
That not been my experience over the last 20 years living here. I usually go to MK on the 3rd (commonly Poly beach) and EC on the 4th. The 3rd has always been full 360 show until 2020. I’ve got many years of photos from Poly Beach to validate it.
gerarar
Premium Member
Looking back at this, I was mistaken & there actually may have been 7 total launchers used last night.
The two DE launchers, nearest to the main center launch were used in the "and the Rocket's red glare" part when the high red comets went off.
See how #2 and #3 match DE's #2 and #3
DE screenshot is from the Moana reprise.
donsullivan
Premium Member
7 was what I thought I saw from in the park The 2 east and 2 west were missing.
Normal full pattern.
from the NYE show to illustrate the normal 11 launch site pattern.
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gerarar
Premium Member
#2 and #3 (in my ss below) didn't exist years prior however. Those were additions that came with DE I believe.
However, #2/3 weren't even used in the final moments, so for clarities sake, only 5/11 launchers (#1, 4, 5, 6, 7) were only really used/online last night.
In previous years, 3 red comets come from the main center launch site:
This changed to two, but additional ones were added to the DE launch sites, making it seem like 4 red comets coming from center main.
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Disney Analyst
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Right so they weren’t even trying to do the 180 they used to do… this is just odd.
mm52200
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Cool.
That has been my experience also. We always did the Poly on the third and it was 360.