Well yes, reduce, but not eliminate. That part I had not seen.
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"Starbright Holidays" Drone show coming to Disney Springs
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SorcererMC
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I'm sort of surprised they haven't started to phase out the fireworks yet...so any 'heads up' you might be able to give in the future would be appreciated.
Rteetz
Well-Known Member
Any idea how long this will last? I arrive January 2nd and am staying at SSR.
Also will this be only for the holidays or will they do a new version after the holidays?
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Intel the tech giant not the abbreviation for intelligence,
http://www.businessinsider.com/intel-new-drone-to-replace-fireworks-2016-11
http://gizmodo.com/replacing-fireworks-with-500-drones-is-brilliant-and-ve-1788615129
Ahh, OK. Thanks!
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Interesting - I had not heard that, I thought the drones were in addition to not a potential replacement of.
I'm sure you will continue to see firework shows. But as we have seen with projections, and now drones, they present an alternative for nighttime shows that didn't really exist before. So I wouldn't say they are a replacement in most cases, and will certainly be used in addition to fireworks in some cases.
They can send up a thousand drones with LED panels to create a ginourmous TV screen in the sky. Then they can simulate fireworks with giant speakers on the ground for the booms!
dennis-in-ct
Well-Known Member
ok ... I am now fascinated by Lotte World !!! oh.my.god. hysterical.
The parade is am impressive Disney Knock-off.
NearTheEars
Well-Known Member
So, how does the tech work. Are they all just controlled by a single computer?
brb1006
Well-Known Member
Don't forget the characters
Looking at you totally not Mickey and Minnie raccoons.
brb1006
Well-Known Member
For a non-Disney theme park that parade technology is honestly impressive.
VJ
Well-Known Member
Not even two minutes in and it's already ripping off the Tapestry of Nations soundtrack... Wonder what the rest of the show holds.
bhg469
Well-Known Member
They can pre load GPS instructions but I am guessing they combine that with a few computers for lighting, positioning and some redundancy built in as well.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
A single broadband GPS jammer on a truck on I-4 or any local highway will create complete chaos... As this schmuck did at Newark Airport
https://www.cnet.com/news/truck-driver-has-gps-jammer-accidentally-jams-newark-airport/
These things are incredibly common these days.
http://www.gps.gov/spectrum/jamming/
Does every single thing you post have to be about the negative side of things? It must be awful to live that way.
They are also illegal.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Unsurprisingly I'm paid to think about things going wrong and how to fix them. So yes I DO spend every day looking for the proverbial worm in the apple and I'm really good at finding them and determining whether said worm is an annoyance or a showstopper.
Personally I LIKE the idea of the Drone show and would love to see one, That said I would not stand under the drones for any amount of money.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Yes they are and the FCC really does not have a sense of humor about people who use them, Yet when the GPS in your car goes nuts for no apparent reason somewhere there is a GPS jammer nearby used by some meathead who thinks it only blocks THEIR personal space, And they are CHEAP as in less than 100 bucks at any truck stop (an 'under the counter item' along with the 'Kickers' i.e. illegal CB amplifiers).