New nighttime show 'Rivers of Light' confirmed to be coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom

[djkidkaz]

Let's take a vote on which show premieres first:

ROL or Drone Show?!

 

[Baloo68]

Let's take a vote on which show premieres first:

ROL or Drone Show?!

Rivers of Light *Fingers Crossed*

 

[Me That's Who]

I leave tomorrow morning. Let's hope for a miracle

 

[Matt_Black]

Let's hope for a miracle

 

[TabulaRasa]

Anyone else hearing December now? I've heard executives were there 2 weeks or so ago and want this show up asap. In testing within the last two weeks there was an incident where two floats (lotus and an animal float) bumped into each other. No damage was done to the floats but this backed things up a bit. The company in which that built the floats in not cooperating all that well either.

@Magic Feather have you heard this at all?

 

[TTA94]

@Magic Feather have you heard this at all?

Or @marni1971 @wdwmagic

 

[Magic Feather]

Regarding the boat bump? I was told it was too minor to matter, if it even happened, as my friend has no clue, while my other said she heard rumblings, so I can't fully answer that. As for the December delay, I was told that the original Soft Opening goal was missed, but, if you remeber how I said softs were originally going to go, then you will know that (as of now) what month this opens in is kind of up to judgement, although, I believe the original media day was scrapped. But I would love to be proved wrong @marni1971

 

[TabulaRasa]

Regarding the boat bump? I was told it was too minor to matter, if it even happened, as my friend has no clue, while my other said she heard rumblings, so I can't fully answer that. As for the December delay, I was told that the original Soft Opening goal was missed, but, if you remeber how I said softs were originally going to go, then you will know that (as of now) what month this opens in is kind of up to judgement, although, I believe the original media day was scrapped. But I would love to be proved wrong @marni1971

Thanks! Do you think a premiere by the end of year is still a possibility at this point? Even with the media event being canned?

 

[Nubs70]

Do the floats have azipod propulsion systems?

 

[drew81]

So much wrong info in this thread.

When ROL opens it will still have some hitches. Why does everyone need to be there at the first one?
Whenever it soft opens it will still take several weeks of working through some of those challenges.
Give it to February 1st before seeing the show.

 

[Nubs70]

So much wrong info in this thread.

When ROL opens it will still have some hitches. Why does everyone need to be there at the first one?
Whenever it soft opens it will still take several weeks of working through some of those challenges.
Give it to February 1st before seeing the show.

When I fought to be first into the DS parking ramp......

 

[danlb_2000]

Disney needs to better manage their hype train. Announcing projects months or years before they even break ground either leads to people forgetting/becoming indifferent or the project becoming so over-hyped that it can't possibly live up to expectation. I'm looking at you, New Fantasyland.

At the risk of derailing this further, Diagon Alley was half-built before it was announced to the public. Not very long to wait, but plenty of time to plan a vacation. It seems that TDO would have done well to not announce ROL until last spring.

People on these boards see the hype since we follow WDW news so closely, but I bet it has little to no impact on 99% of the people going to the parks.

 

[Next Big Thing]

So much wrong info in this thread.

When ROL opens it will still have some hitches. Why does everyone need to be there at the first one?
Whenever it soft opens it will still take several weeks of working through some of those challenges.
Give it to February 1st before seeing the show.

Sure it'll have hitches, but is the opening dates being thrown around for this correct?

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

You would think they want this show up and running when Rohde, Cameron and Landau will be in town November 20th discussing Avatar then heading over to DAK for a nighttime event.

 

[mguimond1990]

Think it might be time to rethink my plans to spend a full day at AK at the end of the month. Might be best to do the morning at AK then head over to DS to check out all the new holiday offerings.

 

[ToTBellHop]

You would think they want this show up and running when Rohde, Cameron and Landau will be in town November 20th discussing Avatar then heading over to DAK for a nighttime event.

They wanted it open in April. It will open when it is ready and not before. No artificial deadlines matter.

 

[Badger Brent]

I'm banking on multiple live feed options when it finally debuts. Just like Jungle Book had. Im not geeking out to take a trip down just yet...

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

They wanted it open in April. It will open when it is ready and not before. No artificial deadlines matter.

I know. They don't need to jump the gun again. Make sure it's safe and Disney quality

 

[Cesar R M]

Anyone else hearing December now? I've heard executives were there 2 weeks or so ago and want this show up asap. In testing within the last two weeks there was an incident where two floats (lotus and an animal float) bumped into each other. No damage was done to the floats but this backed things up a bit. The company in which that built the floats in not cooperating all that well either.

Speaking of delays. I wonder if heads will roll for these monstrous delays..
also wonder how much money Disney lost according to their projections.

 

[Cesar R M]

Let's take a vote on which show premieres first:

ROL or Drone Show?!

I heard about Disney fighting for flying drones.. but anyone can direct me to the drone show spectacle thread rumor/confirmation?