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New nighttime show 'Rivers of Light' confirmed to be coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom
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No Name
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On April 5th, the Disney Parks Blog announced the delay of Rivers of Light and said, "We’ll share more information about timing on the Disney Parks Blog by mid- to late May." Note the word by. On April 19th, they fulfilled that promise by letting us know that The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic would be created and would perform while Rivers of Light's issues were being worked out.
They sure did update us. Maybe not in the way you wanted or expected, but they did. And all of the other AK nighttime entertainment has been generally well-recieved, so unless you can get the numbers to prove it, I can't agree that they have voted no to AK nighttime hours. So neither of your reasons are strong, but I will come back at you with two strong reasons:
The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic is a very labor-intensive show. It is not cheap to run each night. Therefore, Disney surely has an itch to get Rivers of Light running, as it'll actually more than likely save them money.
Disney's website still has a whole page for RoL under Disney's Animal Kingdom Park at Night, titled Rivers of Light - Coming Soon! Moreover, the Jungle Book show is still described as a "limited-time" offering.
Those are two actual reasons in favor or RoL still coming.
Matt_Black
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Jeremy Geertsema
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Well said!On April 5th, the Disney Parks Blog announced the delay of Rivers of Light and said, "We’ll share more information about timing on the Disney Parks Blog by mid- to late May." Note the word by. On April 19th, they fulfilled that promise by letting us know that The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic would be created and would perform while Rivers of Light's issues were being worked out.
They sure did update us. Maybe not in the way you wanted or expected, but they did. And all of the other AK nighttime entertainment has been generally well-recieved, so unless you can get the numbers to prove it, I can't agree that they have voted no to AK nighttime hours. So neither of your reasons are strong, but I will come back at you with two strong reasons:
The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic is a very labor-intensive show. It is not cheap to run each night. Therefore, Disney surely has an itch to get Rivers of Light running, as it'll actually more than likely save them money.
Disney's website still has a whole page for RoL under Disney's Animal Kingdom Park at Night, titled Rivers of Light - Coming Soon! Moreover, the Jungle Book show is still described as a "limited-time" offering.
Those are two actual reasons in favor or RoL still coming.
Sage of Time
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Hard to believe that this blunder is continuing this long. A shame.
prfctlyximprct
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I agree. Too long without any mention.
I agree with both comments!This is crazy!!! PLEASE DAK! Get ROL done so we can forget this Spring!!!!
prfctlyximprct
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It's hard to believe this was supposed to be ready for April 22nd
TheHiddenMickey
New Member
If any ones curious, here's a simple take of the setup to Rivers of Light.
Cesar R M
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I have no idea why your post suddenly made me imagine.. myself as a old man in his 80's.. waving my cane.. and telling my grandkids that they finally got ROL right.But did they say of this year?
"Back in my day, Disney only took 2 YEARS FOR A SPINNER and 3 for a REFURB/REHASH of an attraction"
"Settle down grandpah"
Cesar R M
Well-Known Member
I suppose we can just imagine they had to find alternatives to that GPS guidance system.
So they will need to redo the entire technology side (movement, programming, etc..) to handle a new system.
ToTBellHop
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Still major issues, I hear. Although some issues have been resolved.
brb1006
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And the soundtrack judging from the previews sounded so good.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Theoretically GPS was not a bad choice because it made the show vehicles usable anywhere and allowed the show to be changed readily, Unfortunately Imagineering is a portmanteau of Imagination and Engineering and the engineering was not done correctly, I'm sure the show itself was surveyed using GPS and the special choke ring antennas which are used in urban areas to allow GPS survey work.
But it appears nobody bothered to test with the GPS receivers which would actually be used which I assume are the Raymarine or similar GPS 'pucks' used for maritime autopilot use the world over. It would have been easy to test just put the GPS system in a jonboat and see how it works. That would have shown that using a conventional GPS would not provide a reliable fix, Heck in the 'Rivers' area of AK the shoe mount GPS on my Nikon has a hard time getting a lock.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
It was completed in time for the 22nd, it just that there were problems with the tech. If they tech had worked as planned it would have opened on the 22nd.
DisneyJayL
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That's what I thought. This is some revolutionary stuff they are doing in my opinion. I don't know of anyone else doing it.
MagicHappens
New Member
But did they say of this year?
So, I probably shouldn't hold my breath for it to open by our trip in December.
Jungle Book show was only offered to Sept 5th, and it has never been working properly for Sept 5th. It is not an indication of anything at this point. Just same as it was before.
