I think you can understand why I said it doesn't look like it'll move. There's nothing on the top of the base of the barge to have a rotating anchor point which would mean the main anchor would be only at the top. I couldn't see a screen this large being stable during movement let alone any kind of wind. I'd be glad to be wrong (please be wrong) but if this thing doesn't spin to be viewable all around WS then it's (sadly) hilarious to have this kind of oversight.
I think you can understand why I said it doesn't look like it'll move. There's nothing on the top of the base of the barge to have a rotating anchor point which would mean the main anchor would be only at the top. I couldn't see a screen this large being stable during movement let along any kind of wind. I'd be glad to be wrong (please be wrong) but if this thing doesn't move then it's (sadly) hilarious to have this kind of oversight.
Sorta like replacing Circlevision with a flat screen...
Which is the exact reason this attempt could've been better. Though we won't know till the debut show for sure.
Previous version was a sphere. Although the RoE globe wasn’t nearly as bad as people like to make up. Especially after the upgrade.
I think you can understand why I said it doesn't look like it'll move. There's nothing on the top of the base of the barge to have a rotating anchor point which would mean the main anchor would be only at the top. I couldn't see a screen this large being stable during movement let alone any kind of wind. I'd be glad to be wrong (please be wrong) but if this thing doesn't spin to be viewable all around WS then it's (sadly) hilarious to have this kind of oversight.
Why do they even need to incorporate screens at all? How many years were fireworks shows just fine without projecting ransom notes onto the castle? I loved IllumiNations, but it was the music and the fireworks that I cared about, not the spinning globe. Depending on where I was around World Showcase, and how the wind was blowing, I often used the spinning globe portion of the show to find a better viewing location.
The globe was novel for a bunch of reasons, but I'm with you 100% about the castle projections!Why do they even need to incorporate screens at all? How many years were fireworks shows just fine without projecting ransom notes onto the castle? I loved IllumiNations, but it was the music and the fireworks that I cared about, not the spinning globe. Depending on where I was around World Showcase, and how the wind was blowing, I often used the spinning globe portion of the show to find a better viewing location.
Ransom notes????Why do they even need to incorporate screens at all? How many years were fireworks shows just fine without projecting ransom notes onto the castle? I loved IllumiNations, but it was the music and the fireworks that I cared about, not the spinning globe. Depending on where I was around World Showcase, and how the wind was blowing, I often used the spinning globe portion of the show to find a better viewing location.
Ransom notes????
I'm not sure....what year was that?Remember when fonts and laser printers first came on the scene and business letters quickly ended up looking like RaNSoM nOTes? Just because you can throw everything but the kitchen sink onto the castle doesn't mean you should.
I believe we were worried how MM&Y would turn out but it was fine.. but I get your point.Remember when fonts and laser printers first came on the scene and business letters quickly ended up looking like RaNSoM nOTes? Just because you can throw everything but the kitchen sink onto the castle doesn't mean you should.
Early 1990s, maybe late 1980s...by the mid-1990s, graphic design schools were advising against using 2-3 fonts AT MOST on any given design project.
Ah I wasn't in middle school yet.
Ransom notes????
Martin or someone else would have better History but hasn't Epcot had some sort of Projections, be it from Lasers or something else ever since 1984 with Laserphoinc Fantasy? And it just got better with 1988 IllumiNations? Epcot had it all, then added Fire Balls with ROE. I like EF but I can see on here that some people don't. Would Projections have made EF better? I'll agree I'm missing the Fountains in EF.
The original Illuminations actually featured what could be considered the precursor to modern day projection mapping, in 1988:
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All done with large format still effects projectors. (Image credit from the Disney Parks Blog). I have to admit if RoE was lacking in any way for me it was that the individual pavilions effects were reduced to just wash lighting, strobes and the border lights. They really ‘transformed’ in the original show.
Vintage Walt Disney World: IllumiNations Blasts Off at Epcot
While nighttime at Epcot has become synonymous with watching IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth around World Showcase Lagoon, it wasn’t until Jan. 30, 1988, that the original IllumiNations made its debut.disneyparks.disney.go.com
