Originally Posted By RAM1984 YIKES.....Did anyone else see the fireworks on Sunday, Feb25? My husband and I looked up and could see Tinkerbell ready to go. Then she blinked out, then just her wings lit up. Then she went dark. When the part of the fireworks where she flies went by I said, "Isn't this where she's supposed to fly?" We looked up and she was just hanging from the Matterhorn. When it came to the battle where the Matterhorn and castle fire on each other that part was skipped as she was still just dangling up there. At some point she was rescued as I noticed she was gone but I felt so bad watching her hanging up there for so long I had a hard time watching the show. Then....after, I heard one woman telling the lady next to us what Tink is supposed to do. I asked, "You have never seen this before?!!?" I felt even worse. I was talking to a CM about it the next day and she just commented, "That's an occupational hazzard of being Tinkerbell."
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I would still want to do it. That has to be one of the most fun jobs ever. Not only do you get to feel like you're flying, but everybody is excited to see you. Sure, you might have to dodge the fallout, but how bad could it really be? And does this mean that the fireworks are really a one (wo)man show?
Originally Posted By RAM1984 I would love the fireworks with or without Tink flying so I do not think it is a one woman show. But I do so enjoy watching this show where she flies all over as opposed to just sliding down like when I was a kid. It was still freaky to see her just suspended from the mountain like that. And I would take that job in a minute myself.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I wonder if they go over what she is supposed to do in a situation like that. It seems to me that it would make for a better show if she just BSed it, and pretended to conduct all the pyro in the dark, rather than just hanging lifelessly. But maybe they have tried that, and it was deemed too distracting. Either way, you have to wonder how often things like this happen.
Originally Posted By DisneyJen057 I was there on Sunday and I saw her lights flicker and then I couldn't see her. I was disappointed because all the times I have been to DL I have never seen Tinkerbell fly. Oh well there is always next time
Originally Posted By RAM1984 ^^That is terrible. I really missed the years when they did not have a Tinkerbell flying. I was so thrilled when they brought her back and I could take my granddaughter to see her. And now with this show it just makes me cry and leaves me in awe. (And I have seen it more time that I can count.) Hope you get to see it soon.
Originally Posted By ourmagicears We went last May and saw Tink "fly". I was actualy scared for her then and everything went OK. She was being tossed from side to side. She is suppose to go fairly straight but insted she kind of looked like she was getting whip lash.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Each time I've seen her fly, she has done a pretty good deal of swinging. It makes sense if you think about it. Although she has two cables attached to her at angles, they really don't do much to minimize the swinging, as they also change her height. She only begins to swing when she changes direction, and it's pretty much all down hill from there. Although there is a way to minimize the swinging with a third line attached to her, it really isn't worth it, since the swinging will be the same each time for each person (but the swings may vary between performers, but that doesn't matter since they know only how they swing and can react to that). So, it may look like she's really swinging if you look at her in relation to the harness, but just looking at her, it is designed to look like she is doing her normal routine, and since it is fairly consistent and predictable, the performers are safe and know exactly what to expect....but I still wonder when they practice for a job like that. A vaguely related question: The other day I was thinking about the disco ball testing they were doing on the Matterhorn in spring '05. What ever happened to that, and what was it supposed to be? The rumors at the time were for the fireworks, but we all see how they turned out, and I at least am thankful that we have no disco balls up there.
