slackhouse
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so, I have a FP+ for my family of 5 for a showing on a night with only one showing. How early should we arrive in order to get a seat?
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New nighttime show 'Rivers of Light' confirmed to be coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom
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OvertheHorizon
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I was in my seat in the reserved dining section last night 30 - 35 minutes before the show and it looked like the FP section was already 80% full at that point.
CJR
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To piggy back off this, since it's stadium seating, it's hard to get a bad spot. I mean, if you have children, you could be in the second row and have issues if there's a tall person right in front of them. So, unless you're at the very front, the difference is minimal, in my opinion. I actually like seating towards the back just so I can get out faster.
They seemed to load the theaters similar to Fantasmic, one section at a time, so coming later doesn't necessarily mean you'll sit further back, but instead, more towards the Asia end of the park. Just my opinion, there isn't really a bad spot in the whole theater given the scope of the show.
FigmentJedi
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First multiangle video edit I've seen. Really good showcase of the Shaman Boats
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Tom Morrow
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I have avoided this thread and any spoilers about the show. I saw the second showing last Friday night. I was not blown away, but didn't hate it either. It's visually stunning, the music is amazing, and I get and absolutely appreciate what they were going for: an IP-less, more artistic visual experience, similar to the Tree of Life projection shows and how those are conceptually on a higher level than the "greatest hits" series of clips that make up the castle projection shows. I think it fits with the theme and message of the park perfectly. It also makes me reminisce of the days where the parks outside of MK were not as IP heavy. I'm amazed that it is IP-less and while the show could use some reworking for pacing and narrative, I hope they never add IP.
I was unable to follow any sort of narrative. I know there is one, but it's very vague. This in itself doesn't bother me at all, but my takeaway is that the fact that you basically have to sit in the seating sections to experience the show automatically gives people the impression that this should be a more theatrical experience, when in fact it would work better as something you could see from the walkways like the projection shows and IllumiNations.
Two changes immediately came to my mind at the conclusion of the show that would help with pacing and narrative: In additional to a more impressionable finale, halfway through the show, the performers on the boats should take "center stage" again with some additional narration.
I was unable to follow any sort of narrative. I know there is one, but it's very vague. This in itself doesn't bother me at all, but my takeaway is that the fact that you basically have to sit in the seating sections to experience the show automatically gives people the impression that this should be a more theatrical experience, when in fact it would work better as something you could see from the walkways like the projection shows and IllumiNations.
Two changes immediately came to my mind at the conclusion of the show that would help with pacing and narrative: In additional to a more impressionable finale, halfway through the show, the performers on the boats should take "center stage" again with some additional narration.
brb1006
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How long will the copyright drones for ROL last? I don't remember any new Disney show getting this treatment before.
Maybe you have
Tom Morrow
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I actually kind of like the fact that the response has been pretty polarizing, they took a risk and had a specific artistic vision for this show and went with it, instead of just producing another slapped together time filler like the castle projection shows (let's face it) basically are. They could have just spliced in some Lion King, Jungle Book, Bambi, etc, and probably more guests would like the show, but very few would love it.I feel like I'm the only one who thought the finale was spectacularMaybe I've just overdosed on pixie dust because I truly can't think of a single flaw for Rivers of Light, not one.
Regarding the finale, it just needs more of a wow factor, maybe a finale float that hadn't appeared up to that point.
Iger can't do anything now, right? I mean ROL is already open to the masses, He's had to see the show since right?
His role in the show has been greatly exaggerated online. He saw it during the cast previews, and like everyone, made some comments, but nothing that caused any major changes or issues. I would expect his viewing today will be similar.
Rteetz
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I assume he is in town for more than RoL?
Wonder if he'll say anything if the pedals on the main lotus still won't open tonight?
He will probably accept it's a show that like any other, has problems, but carries on.
Magic Feather
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Not that this will happen, at all. If anything this next statement is purely armchair imagineering.
Based on what I have heard both through execs, forum partakers (you guys), and people I have seen the show with, one of the best things they could do would be to scrap the main lotus for a fifth smaller lotus for the dance, and then have a new, larger finale float that arrives during Aurora Borealis, and morphs during Constellations. That is completely different from the lotuses, or any other floats.
Based on what I have heard both through execs, forum partakers (you guys), and people I have seen the show with, one of the best things they could do would be to scrap the main lotus for a fifth smaller lotus for the dance, and then have a new, larger finale float that arrives during Aurora Borealis, and morphs during Constellations. That is completely different from the lotuses, or any other floats.
Sped2424
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Much smarter imo
JoeCamel
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Sounds like the thinking that got them in this pickle to begin with.
Maybe they could check what they can do then design around that?
