Stupid guest trick or stupid Disney trick?

[Cloud Buster]

That's one place I haven't watched the pyro from yet...the "Tink Slam" platform! I should try that next time! :)

[Dalisair]

For those interested --

I've just found out that the idea of Tinkerbell flying down Main Street is
being seriously reconsidered. Word on the Entertainment street is that
within two years, both remaining human Tinkerbells will be fired in favor
of anamatronic versions.

I have actually heard that the two Tinkerbells are a mother/daughter
team. I heard that mom's been doing it for (I think) about 20 years or
so ... and she's in her 50s. I'm assuming that daughter's in her 20s or 30s
then....

From what I JUST got in orientation, yes it is a family that does Tink.

Though, speaking of AP stuff, I remember being at the "Last Main Street Electrical Parade" AP event at Disneyland. Had to buy tickets somethign like 2 months in advance.

And then they extended the parade close date.

And didn't change the AP "Last Parade" date. Um.. kinda lost the "Last Parade" magic at that point.

[IndyandMarion]

Ive never seen Light Magic before...never been to the other Mouse House either in fact. What was so bad about it?

I mean, I have the soundtrack for it and I love it. But is it one of those parades thats like "Oh just hurry up and get it the hell over with" or what?

Then again, Im one of the few that believes that the music makes the attraction/show.

I know I prolly dont make any sense right now but its 11 am, I havent had any coffee....and I have to go deal with stupid idiots in a few hours....oh well, check my topic with the book later tonight....bound to have some new HYS.

[Po!nt[h]er]

Yes, it was "short" in terms of number of floats &c.

OTOH, it wasn't ever really intended to be a parade. More like a
streetside show (something used much more effectively over at DCA in
Eureka, frankly).

I have to respond here. The Eureka parade was one of the most delightful things I've ever seen. I finally got family there to see it -- and, of course, it had closed. Something that was so wonderfully "California" should have been kept or revamped, IMHO, rather than completely thrown out in favor of more character stuff.

[caitlin]

So that's what that was called? I saved the confetti when I was little and I still have it today. The only thing I could remember was that it had fairies or something.

[PirateJohn]

Ive never seen Light Magic before...never been to the other Mouse House either in fact. What was so bad about it?

To be honest, I rather enjoyed Light Magic. But it's biggest problem is that there were very few spots in which you could really see the show, and most people didn't know where those spots were.

When Light Magic was first imagined, it was a truly outstanding show, but its biggest problem was that Marketing ended up being the driving force behind when it would open as opposed to having when the damn thing was ready being the driving force. Marketing picked a date and said that would be the opening, so they printed all sorts of shirts, ads, merchandise, and so on with the opening date of Light Magic.

Only problem was, the show wasn't going to be ready by then.

You'd think, therefore, that an intelligent person would cut their losses with the money spent by Marketing and push back the opening day by a year or so and run a temporary parade in the meantime. But considering that Paul Pressler was in charge of Disneyland at the time, Disneyland was not about to do anything intelligent.

So the show was rushed. Many of the floats didn't work properly. The bugs hadn't been worked out. Many of the best effects being designed for the show hadn't even made it past the drawing board. The show ended up looking, well, unfinished.

It was a good first draft. But you don't put a first draft in front of tens of thousands of people and call it a finished product.

If, after the summer of 1997, the technical team had been allowed to go back and fix the problems as well as just plain finishing the design they had started, Light Magic could have been a great show in 1998. But by then it was too late. The name had been permamently associated with failure, and even if the show was spectacular in 1998, it would never be accepted.