New Fireworks being Tested?

[PhotoDave219]

Here's an interesting question for all you WDI savvy folks, are they testing new fireworks out during the grad night celebrations?

Reason why i ask, i caught the show from the parking lot of the contemp and there were a LOT of new colored aerial shells that i havent seen before, dating back till FitS. Lots of Blue colors and some different reds. They used a lot of the mid show shells from wishes (not the end ones out of the 12 inch mortor) and had some Blueish low level effects from around the castle. Also there seemed to be less smoke than usual.

While i know grad night has its own show and all, but does anyone know whats up with some of the pyrotechnics?

 

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by PhotoDave219
grad night has its own show

 

[scott-fl]

grad nites are showing "Celebration in the Sky" set to popular music... this probably accounts for the differences you saw from the contemp... i was only at grad nite last nite for the blast off from 8-10... will be working the whole shebang tonite from 7p to 530a in fantasyland... :animwink:

 

[DSpear456]

Its the same as Celebration in the Sky with new music. Scott, are you a CP?

 

[skeeter]

While you are on the topic, How do the fireworks shows match the music so perfectly? Is there a computer program that releases the shells on queue or are they released manually? Just curious how this magic happens?

 

[scott-fl]

nope... not a cp... FT

 

[boo52]

The show is made from old stock from the old FITS and the rooftop pyro is custom built specifically for the Grad Nite show. The show fires it's cues from 2 FireOne software equiped PC's. One computer fires the site behind the park and one fires the rooftop stuff in the park. Both run off of the same SMPTE timecode track that is embedded onto the audio track.

 

[WDWHeadBanger]

Has anyone ever watched all of the fireworks show from the Contemporary? Its the greatest. You can see all of them.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Originally posted by boo52
The show is made from old stock from the old FITS and the rooftop pyro is custom built specifically for the Grad Nite show. The show fires it's cues from 2 FireOne software equiped PC's. One computer fires the site behind the park and one fires the rooftop stuff in the park. Both run off of the same SMPTE timecode track that is embedded onto the audio track.

Thanks....

For being old stock, there sure were some nifty colors in there. I havent seen 8 inch/10 inch aerials like those colors before.

Granted, standard aerial shells with just different colors, no new shapes, etc. The one thing that i noticed beyond anythign else was a lack of smoke with a bunch of these.

 

[Figment1986]

Interesting, i remember hearing my sister tell me that around midnight they shown FITS back in 01, but i didn't know Disney would make their own fireworks show for Grad night, must be some way to combat universal. I wish i could see it.....

 

[Chape19714]

Originally posted by skeeter
While you are on the topic, How do the fireworks shows match the music so perfectly? Is there a computer program that releases the shells on queue or are they released manually? Just curious how this magic happens?

Yes, a computer system controls all of the timeings. Depending on what the show is timed to ex. wishes=1/16 second, is how they time the show into the computer. Wishes is 1/16 of a second and so 16 pictures were takeing from mulitiple angles every second, and the musical note was looked at, depending if the firework(s) were early or late, they move the launch time up or down. When this is done, and in the computer, the computer completely runs every show, with all aspects of the show together, including the lighting levels throught the park (ever notice how the lighting levels start to come up while "we go on" is playing in Illumations: Reflections of Earth? At the end they go all the way up!) So everything is on a set of computers. Hope that answers your question.

 

[HennieBogan1966]

I don't recall the name of the person who produced the score for Wishes, but my question is, do the imagineers design the show itself, or is that done thru an outside source that works with fireworks shows?

 

[Badger Brent]

What time do they USUALLY do the grad night fireworks? I'm a nightowl and on May 1st they will have another grad night. I wouldn't mind finding a spot to see some of the fireworks from outside the MK.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Originally posted by HennieBogan1966
I don't recall the name of the person who produced the score for Wishes, but my question is, do the imagineers design the show itself, or is that done thru an outside source that works with fireworks shows?

Its all disney

 

[Pixie Duster]

Originally posted by Badger Brent
What time do they USUALLY do the grad night fireworks? I'm a nightowl and on May 1st they will have another grad night. I wouldn't mind finding a spot to see some of the fireworks from outside the MK.

midnight

 

[skeeter]

Thank you for the reply chape19714---that was most explanatory!

 

[Woody13]

Originally posted by HennieBogan1966
I don't recall the name of the person who produced the score for Wishes, but my question is, do the imagineers design the show itself, or is that done thru an outside source that works with fireworks shows?

The pyrotechnic portion of the show was designed by Eric Tucker of Performance Pyrotechnic Associates (PPA) in Dittmer, MO. He designs a lot of the Disney fireworks displays.

 

[boo52]

I don't recall the name of the person who produced the score for Wishes, but my question is, do the imagineers design the show itself, or is that done thru an outside source that works with fireworks shows?

Walt Disney Entertainment did all aspects of designing Wishes even right down to all the infastructure. WDI was not involved at all. Steven Davidsonis the show director and as previously posted Eric Tucker was the fireworks designer.

 

[Woody13]

"Wishes" Exploding with vivid color, sound and gut wrenching emotion, "Wishes" is the largest fireworks display ever presented at Walt Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom.

The night time spectacular is narrated by the voice of Jiminy Cricket and the Blue Fairy. Guests of Walt Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom are told a thrilling "story in the sky" featuring hundreds of brilliant pyrotechnic effects exploding above and around Cinderella Castle.

The Show specifics:

Running time: Approximately 12 minutes
Fireworks firing cues: 557
Individual pieces of pyrotechnics: 655

"Wishes" is roughly five minutes longer and several times larger than the long running fireworks show "Fantasy in the Sky," which was previously being shown at the Magic Kingdom.

The Storyline:

"Wishes" With the use of classic Disney songs and well know Disney character voices, guests will be told a story about making a wish come true, accented by using timely choreographed fireworks.

The Cast of "Wishes" features the voices of:

Jiminy Cricket , the Blue Fairy and Pinocchio (from 1940's "Pinocchio")
Snow White and the Evil Queen (from 1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs")

Cinderella (from 1950's "Cinderella")
Peter Pan (from 1953's "Peter Pan")
Ariel (from 1989's "The Little Mermaid")
Aladdin and Genie (from 1992's "Aladdin")
Tinker Bell, flies from atop Cinderella Castle during a dramatic moment in the show.

The Crew that created "Wishes":

Creator/show director: Steven Davison - Davison, creative director with Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, also developed the "Believe...There's Magic in the Stars" fireworks spectacular at Disneyland.
Fireworks designer: Eric Tucker - An award-winning pyrotechnics designer whose credits span the globe, Tucker previously designed the fireworks for "IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth" at Epcot.
Music director: Steve Skorija - As music director for Walt Disney Entertainment, Skorija oversees music production for live entertainment and special events at Walt Disney World Resort.
Composer/arranger: Gregory Smith - Smith previously worked on such Walt Disney World productions as "IllumiNations 25" and "Splashtacular" at Epcot, and the "Mickey Mania" parade at Magic Kingdom.

The Music used in "Wishes":

In addition to Gregory Smith's original theme, which is based on the children's nursery rhyme "Starlight, Star Bright," the score for "Wishes" contains portions of 12 songs from 10 classic Disney animated features:
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)
"Pinocchio" (1940)
"Fantasia" (1940)
"Cinderella" (1950)
"Peter Pan" (1953)
"Sleeping Beauty" (1959)
"The Little Mermaid" (1989)
"Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
"Aladdin" (1992)
"Hercules" (1997)

The Fireworks:

"Wishes" uses several new locations around the Magic Kingdom for launching fireworks that create brilliant bursts of light around Cinderella Castle. The show features new pyrotechnic effects never seen before in a Disney theme park, including several developed especially for this show:

The show's "wishing star" will crest approximately 100 feet above the castle's bright spires.
The Blue Fairy is represented with a spectacular star-shaped shell that "paints" each wish high in the sky with starlight.

"Wishes" was created in honor of the launch of "Magical Gatherings", a celebration of the magic that occurs when friends and extended family members gather at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in the months to come. The show is designed for a heart-tugging spectacle in the sky that will create lasting memories for everyone to take home with them.



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