I know everyone is entitled to their opinion but Fantasmic at DL blows MGM's half-assed attempt at the show. Peter Pan and the Columbia sequence completely blow away the lame Pocahontas sequence. You are much closer to the action, you don't have to get their an hour before the show to get a good spot, the show doesn't overuse the water screens. I am sorry but Florida's pales in comparison to the original at DL.
Well, if everyone is entitled, then I will throw mine out there.... You have got to be kidding me.... DL's Fantasmic better than MGM studios?
Not getting there an hour beforehand? Do you not go to DL on Weekends? (when they primarily show the nightime spectacular) The place is packed to the gills with folks to the point of being dangerously crowded. People aren't sitting down because there is simply no way to get over there, thanks to smaller pathways, and inefficient park planning.
Don't get me wrong, I like the show at DL, but absolutely better than WDW's? Shenanigans, I say! Disney-MGM studios version is better than DL after one simple word....
benches...
The differences in the show (with the exception of the Columbia and the Mark Twain, which are pretty awesome) are skewed heavily towards MGM... The "Pink Elephants" sequence makes NO SENSE, especially in the context, unless they are trying to imply that Mickey is getting drunk while imagining (which spurns that scene in Dumbo), and personally(since I am entitled to my opinion) the nature scenes combined with the best of Disney Moments blows the Cardboard Pinocchio and Rope Light strings off of the stage.
Pocahontas vs. Peter Pan is a value judgement, but I tend to lean towards the Columbia sequence... of course I refuse to discount the stunts and excitement in Pocahonts. They are working their tails off for that scene, and the cannon blast really wakes up the audience.
And, at the end of the show, how do parents explain why Mickey is standing on top of that tar-paper shack? The mountain built for Fantasmic is much more majestic, and taller, and useful, and makes more sense, then using simply what they had and making do.