I have been wanting to write another review for this show since I have now watched it on two separate occasions in two very different weather conditions.
The first time I saw this back in March the night was completely still with absolutely no wind. The show was beautiful with all of the projections being crystal clear and the large water jets in the background forming a perfect arch.
On May 17th I had a chance to see the show a second time. It was after a day where we were in DAK the entire day, with part of it spent visiting Pandora, with lunch at Tiffins. We thought that this would be the perfect "kiss goodnight" as it were for this day and this park.
Well, when we sat down I noticed how windy it was and knew immediately that there would be problems. And that is simply an understatement for what transpired. Pretty much NONE of the projects worked at all. Many times we were staring at images that were completely indiscernible. And the large water jets in the background weren't even close to connecting, rendering all of the images blurry and in some cases incomplete. For the last portion of the show, the large lotus effect wasn't even attempted. The tower that rises up with fire remained down, and well…there was no fire at all.
The show was abysmal and a complete failure. I felt bad for the performers on the boats as the applause in the end was scattered and somewhat forced as most observers were probably thinking "that was it?".
I like to be fair on these forums as I devote a lot of time reading and posting here. I am certain that many may be of the opinion that I fall into the "pixie duster" category, especially when it comes to DAK. I really don't care so much, as I always emphasize that my Disney craze started in 2009, so a lot of what people use as comparisons I cannot as I never visited "back in the day". If I see something that is bad, however, or something that I don't agree with, I will definitely post about it. In this case, I have to pull back on my initial love for this show. You CANNOT have your big nighttime show - a show that you are selling dining packages with and fast passes - that is good only if the weather is cooperating. That is a big FAIL in my book. RoL is beautiful in concept, yes, but if it is not repeatable on a consistent basis, then Disney needs to go back to the drawing board on this one. You can't have your main nighttime show be a roll of the dice.
In all honesty, it was probably the worst show performance I have seen thus far. They need to either figure out how to fix it, or start working on a new show while this one is running.
