pajammies
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Oh great! Thank you.
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New nighttime show 'Rivers of Light' confirmed to be coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom
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Oh great! Thank you.
DisneyRoy
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Some new pictures of the build area have appeared over here....http://blogmickey.com/2015/09/photos-rivers-of-light-update/
In the pictures you can see some closeup shots of the "seating" areas. To me, they don't seem like seating areas. The rock walls almost look like walls you lean on when you have to stand for a while. Thoughts?
In the pictures you can see some closeup shots of the "seating" areas. To me, they don't seem like seating areas. The rock walls almost look like walls you lean on when you have to stand for a while. Thoughts?
ToTBellHop
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Agreed. Looks like somewhere to place your beer, mixed drink with Simba glow cube, two frozen non-alcoholic drinks, and four cotton-top tamarin cupcakes.
Saw a Report that the April 2016 is Calendar is out, AK is 9-5 all month. Should we be worried? Or is TDO just playing the 6 month outlook game? NEVER understood the 6 month outlook!
Next Big Thing
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Don't ask me, i'm no insider. But @wdwmagic has reported March 2016 and They said Spring at the D23 Expo so I assume sometime around March/April it will open.
March would be ideal to open in time for Spring break crowds.
ParksAndPixels
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- In the Parks
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I hate to say I agree with you on this, so "I concur"... While I'd much rather see stadium seating the closer images seems to suggest that this will be standing room only. This would help to answer SOME of the concern in regards to the show's capacity. I wonder what the actual trade-off is attendance wise sitting vs standing...
raymusiccity
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Seems like a reasonable solution to accommodating as many guests as possible in a limited space. Don't see why SRO events would be a deal breaker. Multiple attractions relied on standing for longer periods of time. (Several 'Circle-Vision' locations through the years). Are we all getting so soft that we have to sit down everywhere we go? I'm sure they'll be adequate seating available for the usual special needs groups. All the scooter people will automatically be taken care of. They can stay in their seated position in a designated area.
HauntedMansionFLA
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We stand for WISHES at the MK and don't have any problems with it. Just make the area top notch with the way it looks.
wdizneew
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The way I see it (and probably Disney's lawyers as well), no bench seating = people won't have something to climb over when the show ends = no outrageous lawsuits
Plus, Wishes, Fantasmic (Disneyland and Tokyo), World of Color, Illuminations, etc don't have seating. We're just spoiled that DHS Fantasmic has seating.
Plus, Wishes, Fantasmic (Disneyland and Tokyo), World of Color, Illuminations, etc don't have seating. We're just spoiled that DHS Fantasmic has seating.
FigmentJedi
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Now I'm imagining some kinda stone-age Timekeeper
"For your safety, me invented rocks for you to lean on. Please no am sit on lean rocks. Because they for leaning. And no sitting on ground. Me see you can't experience shiny lights on ground"
ParksAndPixels
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Well, I didn't say it was a deal breaker. I see simply stated my opinion that seating would be preferred. I know that poses a huge capacity challenge without major infrastructure changes, so I completely understand why they're going this route. Since you implied I'm "soft", I will say this... I appear to be a young and healthy individual. However, I cannot personally stand for an extended period without experiencing major pain that eventually leads the total disruption in my mobility. I do not have a guest assistance card or disability placard as most of the time I am fine. One of the last times I hung out at the park's I was insulted over the fact I was sitting down while others around me stood because others who didn't know the situation assumed I was being rude or "soft". So when possible, yes I'd like to see more seating in the parks, as I already spend a good deal of time walking and standing in lines all day for several days back to back. The ability to sit down and enjoy the shows, makes them more enjoyable for me. While I know you didn't mean much by your comment, don't assume those who want to sit down are always doing so because they're out of shape or lazy. It could be someone who was ex military, first responder or perhaps they have a medical condition you may not be aware of. I always find it interesting how some choose to take cheap shots whenever they can just to make their point seem more "valid".
peter11435
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Fantasmic (at Walt Disney World) is the only nighttime spectacular in the world that has seating.
Mawg
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At DL it's a freebie fast pass, you can get another right after you get a WOC fastpass.
Monorail_Red_77
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I'm thinking the main reason that Fantasmic has seating at all is because of its out of the way location. Being a dead end area and all. All of the other shows have basically no seating at all with the few exceptions of a bencher here or there, or a planter here or there. I think the reason they do this is so that the area is open for walking, etc during the day. With Rivers, I'm sure they can build in some seating but I think it will also be similar to Illuminations in that it will use existing walkway areas for the majority of guest viewing. Since the rivers would be some-what similar to lagoon in EPCOT. I would imagine that every inch of the Parks are accounted for and that it would also detract from Theming of a certain area if you had this large several thousand seat amphitheater area going unused for an entire day until a nightly show. Would also eat up large amounts of real estate as well. Then having to police the area to keep guests out, etc. I'm sure even a few guests will say, wow Disney is really slipping, look at the empty theater over there.
Could you imagine the complaints that would start to flood in, if they had build a large open air theater in the middle of the MK Hub.
Just my thoughts though. You can carry on with the thread now.
LOL
Could you imagine the complaints that would start to flood in, if they had build a large open air theater in the middle of the MK Hub.
Just my thoughts though. You can carry on with the thread now.
LOL
ABQ
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Quoting this as I still would like to hear a reasonable response as to how this would be leaning only. Never been to Disneyland, but don't believe I've seen anything that looks similar in its design for viewing World of Color. With these block walls at Animal Kingdom, unless they cover them with anti bird spikes, there's no way cast members would prevent parents from placing every child in the park atop them for a view.
Coaster Lover
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The walls are certainly curious... I've (crudely) drawn out the necessary conditions for either sitting or standing. Scheme A is the ideal configuration for seating as the "benches" are at the back of the "run" of each step allowing for people with "normal" size legs to be able to sit and have their feet touch to the front of the run of each step. Scheme A is not ideal for standing as there is really nothing to lean against in front of you to prevent you from falling into the row in front of you. HOWEVER, Scheme A is NOT currently how the images are showing the viewing area. The viewing are currently appears to be like Scheme B with the "benches" (or more appropriately, "walls") being at the front of each "run" of each step allowing for something to lean against in front of you. Scheme B is not ideal for sitting as the distance to the ground is much greater. With the steepness of the viewing area, if the intention was to stand, having something to lean against in front of you would be necessary, however, I'm curious (if this is the intention) why they would have made them so wide"? If these walls are for leaning, they could have been substantially more narrow (4"-6" as opposed to the perceived 10"-12") allowing for a substantially greater amount of area for standing.
Could the intention be to come back and fill in the area between the "wall" and the "rise" of each step (as in Scheme C) to make this more appropriate for seating? It could certainly explain why the front of the "rise" has no stone work.
Could the intention be to come back and fill in the area between the "wall" and the "rise" of each step (as in Scheme C) to make this more appropriate for seating? It could certainly explain why the front of the "rise" has no stone work.
raymusiccity
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...and, there's nothing really wrong with every single child sitting on a low wall with every single adult standing behind them. Seems like a logical answer to expanding the use of an area around the lagoon. From the looks of the test footage, most of the show will have elevated displays and sight lines.
ABQ
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So unless those adults have very short legs they are standing in a pit or on their knees. Not ideal for a show. If the children were sitting on the wall it would be one thing, but it it's all standing, it's a disaster in personal injury.