Snappy Answers or aka Screwing with Guests

PARKGUY · Post by **PARKGUY** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:59 pm

sistercoyote wrote:Guest who was trying to stand in a no standing zone during Parade (I have no idea which parade any more, it's all a blur), to my Lead: "Who the hell are you to tell me what I can't do?!?"
Lead, holding up radio: "Do you see this?"
Guest: "Yes...?"
Lead: "I'm someone who can make your day at Disneyland much shorter."

That is the greatest thing I have ever heard. Next to "We're done with you"...

DLRFantasmic!Dan · Post by **DLRFantasmic!Dan** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:44 am

Guest: What time is "Fantasia?"

Me: Whenever you check it out from the library, put it in your VCR and press "Play".

Stduck · Post by **Stduck** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:10 pm

-Upon seeing Fantasmic! light towers set up for snow-

Oh so Fantasmic! is running tonight?
-Points at Columbia in Dry dock- See columbia over there in dry dock?
Yes
I think that answers your question.

(Never actually said but have always wanted to)

GMC · Post by **GMC** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:07 pm

Stduck wrote:-Upon seeing Fantasmic! light towers set up for snow-

Oh so Fantasmic! is running tonight?
-Points at Columbia in Dry dock- See columbia over there in dry dock?
Yes
I think that answers your question.

(Never actually said but have always wanted to)

did they not notice that only b and c towers are up? (they only raise those two right? that's all i saw the other night.)

Zazu · Post by **Zazu** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:54 pm

Stduck wrote:Oh so Fantasmic! is running tonight?
-Points at Columbia in Dry dock- See columbia over there in dry dock?
Yes
I think that answers your question.

I had heard that there were actually umty-leven versions of the show depending on which boats, devices, and effects were working. I know the WDW version has programmed routines for "Dragon Won't Rise" and "Dragon Won't Go Back Down" -- I've seen them both and marvelled at how smoothly things went.

Dosn't the original version have a "No Columbia" option?

Stduck · Post by **Stduck** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:09 pm

Nope Zazu the whole Peter Pan scene HAS to be done from Columbia. And yes GMC only B and C towers.

DLRFantasmic!Dan · Post by **DLRFantasmic!Dan** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:47 pm

Our Fantasmic! her in DL has a different version in case of certain conditions. It's not much of a change. For example if it had been raining, the fight between Peter Pan and Captain Hook just takes place on top, with no swinging of the ropes. In the finale, when they can not use the Mark Twain, they just dance around on the island.

abc · Post by **abc** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:51 am

There's gotta be some alternative for not using the mark twain (EDIT: COLUMBIA!!!). What happened in the late 90s when the columbia accident occured? Did the show get cancelled for months or did they somehow improvise?

GMC · Post by **GMC** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:40 am

DLRFantasmic!Dan wrote: In the finale, when they can not use the Mark Twain, they just dance around on the island.

There's your answer abc, and here's your sign (jk)

as for the show w/o the columbia, well let's just say i'd never go see it. face it, it isn't fantasmic!, unless they fire that cannon, and wet everyone's pantses.

I just had an idea!!! you know how we have a castle show, it would be soooo cool if we could also have an island show (for fireworks) on days when fantasmic! is down. That would probly kick my ass.

screnwriter · Post by **screnwriter** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:43 am

Polar33 wrote: OK... curiosity got the better of me. I can imagine how one could work around the "Dragon Won't Rise" scenario, but how in the heck do they pull off the "Dragon Won't Go Back Down" scenario?

Polar,

When the dragon isn't working (won't go up, is shy, stuck in the bathroom, etc.) then we do the MALEFICENT DEATH SCENE!!! That's where Maleficent is left up at the top of the lift (33' above stage floor, more than 40' from where she starts below), and is spotlit when Mickey says, "ah, ah, YOU may think you're so powerful, but this is MY dream!" and let's Maleficent have it with his sword. Maleficent then thrashes around as tho mortally wounded, finally 'falling' over in a death slump. Since Maleficent is inside of a steel cage (which both protects the performer and helps to give the costume drape some more body), you can't slump to far. It's a real kick to do the death scene, tho I've only had to do it once.

When the dragon doesn't come down, well then they just black out the stage and hope that the audience will focus on the finale (Mark Twain) and not on the stage. If they ever had the dragon stick on stage when they were doing the stage finale (i.e. no Mark Twain), I don't know what they did.