Magic Kingdom New fireworks show?

[DsnyFevr]

This. MSEP needs to be replaced ASAP. Wishes? Meh...that can wait until the 50th as far as I'm concerned.

I totally agree.

 

[marni1971]

So I guess Fantillusion must have ended sometime in 2012 or 2013.

End of 2012 I think. I saw it in July 2012 and some nights the timings were....awkward.

 

[marni1971]

I don't get why anyone would want Spectro back, whether or not it was a great parade, everyone complains when we don't get new stuff, but want Disney to bring back an old,outdated parade?

Because when updated well somethings are timeless?

 

[marni1971]

Does it have the infrastructure?

It has multi zone parade infrastructure yes. If it could handle a large parade remains to be seen.

 

[biggy H]

When I was staying at the Poly on the 17th Nov MK had fireworks with perimeter ones as well, going off at 5am but I suspect that they might have been a practice for New Years eve.

 

[WDW Monorail]

Unfortunately, I'm not convinced. No nighttime spectacular they've created in the last decade has come close to IllumiNations. And of course, the inexcusable butchering of the Peace on Earth finale in 2014 speaks to that. I truly hope they prove me wrong with Rivers of Light.

Are you aware that RoE was put together by Don Dorsey and Eric Tucker?

 

[WDW Monorail]

I'm well aware who created what. If they can get them back on board for a replacement, then sure, I'd tone down my pessimism. But Disney fawns over Steve Davidson (or whoever he is) and his tacky and garish creations.

Yea I don't care for Steve much either.

 

[wdwfan22]

IllumiNations just needs major hardware/other tech upgrades. Today's Disney doesn't have the ability to create a replacement as emotionally stirring as the current show.

I agree completely. Steve's shows are visually appealing but lack the emotional aspect that

Yea I don't care for Steve much either.

I'm not a fan of Steve's shows either. They are visually appealing but the show soundtracks need help. Festival of Fantasy is the only creation of his that I was really a fan of.

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

According to @marni1971 tribute video to illuminations Steve Davidson also worked on illuminations.
@13:32

 

[marni1971]

According to @marni1971 tribute video to illuminations Steve Davidson also worked on illuminations. @13:32

Ouch. That's an old and rather embarrassing edit. I know there's one or two quotes in there that are wrong, but I assume I said that for a valid reason.

 

[Brenthodge]

the mention was Steve did pyro. That's where he really rose to fame in Disney. I agree he's very talented, but I think sometimes his shows rely much more on spectacle over substance and real storytelling - might also be a product of the environment that he has to work in now. I don't know if corporate LEADERSHIP would allow a show like ROE to be produced anymore - not that there isn't talent to do it. I think ROL will be very telling to see if this kind of storytelling is promoted and funded these days.

 

[cjkeating]

the mention was Steve did pyro. That's where he really rose to fame in Disney. I agree he's very talented, but I think sometimes his shows rely much more on spectacle over substance and real storytelling - might also be a product of the environment that he has to work in now. I don't know if corporate LEADERSHIP would allow a show like ROE to be produced anymore - not that there isn't talent to do it. I think ROL will be very telling to see if this kind of storytelling is promoted and funded these days.

I could be wrong but I have a feeling that Steve is quite easily pressured by higher ups to alter the show he is producing. I personally think both the original World of Color and Celebrate! were better in the original version before people say there were interventions that changed the show.

Also I think his best show is Dreams in Paris where I would imagine he had the least pressure from anyone with alterior motives other than just to make a great show for the 20th.

 

[ag3_tre]

For me, they don't even have to replace Wishes, just give it the upgrades similar to Disneyland Forever. It doesn't make sense that Celebrate the Magic isn't integrated into Wishes, especially with all the characters talking in the Wishes soundtrack. The most eye popping thing about Disneyland Forever is the searchlights across the sky. Although it lacks as much emotional impact, DL Forever certainly ups the technological bar. Wishes is honestly boring to me now.

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

Ouch. That's an old and rather embarrassing edit. I know there's one or two quotes in there that are wrong, but I assume I said that for a valid reason.

Lol. I have enjoyed your videos all the time. I haven't found a bad one yet.

 

[marni1971]

Lol. I have enjoyed your videos all the time. I haven't found a bad one yet.

Thank you

 

[boo52]

And of course, the inexcusable butchering of the Peace on Earth finale in 2014 speaks to that.

What butchering? The show was rerecorded. Pyro redesigned. Lighting redesigned. Lasers upgraded. Video redesigned.

 

[FigmentForver96]

What butchering? The show was rerecorded. Pyro redesigned. Lighting redesigned. Lasers upgraded. Video redesigned.

Butchering as in taking something good enough and dumbing it down. The original narration was more moving and the choir singing gave you chills. Now the narration has no spirit and the choir sounds like something from Wishes.

 

[ml123_9]

Maybe WDW will "borrow" Paint The Night for the 45th? Lol. Coincidentally DLs 60th ends around WDWs 45th..

I would welcome Paint the Night of MSEP. Watched it, on youtube, for the first time the other day and I was truly embarrassed for WDW. Definitely a change is needed in the ole nighttime parade department. Wishes, I would hate to see it go but I would understand.

 

[jrhwdw]

While the tech enhancements were welcomed (and done well), the rest of the finale is an embarrassing mess. The narrator sounds like a genteel kindergarten teacher giving us a geography lesson. And the new choir sounds like a boring school chorus concert, not a rousing moment reminiscent of a service in a sprawling cathedral. It is a prime example of Disney taking something that didn't need fixing and ruining it in the process.

You know, Epcot, doesn't have have to do the holiday tag. They could go back to just doing ROE like they did when ROE came....

 

[Tip Top Club]

You know, Epcot, doesn't have have to do the holiday tag. They could go back to just doing ROE like they did when ROE came....

You must understand that's not the point.