Originally Posted By Mickey Mouse Lover I have heard rumors of changes and additions to IllumiNations: Reflection of Earth. Has anyone heard of these rumors or can confirm these rumors?
Originally Posted By Mickey Mouse Lover The show as is is excellent. With a few changes and additions the show can become spectacular. One of things that I think they should changs is the Earth globe. I think that it needs to be bigger. Its tough trying to see whats playing on the video screens. And I aslo think that there should be some really cool and "noticable" lighting effects. All the lighting effects, like the stobes on the globe barge are hard to notice during the show. They should add some underwater lights around the lagoon that can change colors. These would add something really interesting to the show.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I agree the Earth globe is small for the show, but some other considerations need to be addressed. There may be backstage issues that prevent it from being larger. The barge also weighs a lot, and it's possible they can't make it larger without overloading the barge, or making it too unstable.
Originally Posted By Mickey Mouse Lover well they could use two barges out together. This would evenly distribute the weight. If they could do this i think that the show would be more interesting during the part where the globe is moving onto the lagoon. When i was at the park last week and saw the show i heard people talking to each other during that part. If the globe was bigger and the video was more clear i bet you any money that more people would understand the show a little better and maybe would stop talking during that part in the show If they cant make the earth globe bigger at least add some other interesting effects during that part aside from the fountains. Like maybe some underwater lighting effects. This would make that very long scene more appealing and interesting to the spectators. For me, being a Theatrical Lighting Designer they show lacks in lighting. What lighting it has is hard to notice. It would be nice to utilize the lights that they used to use for Tapesrty of Nations and Taperstry of Dreams parades. You know the ones on the retractable pipes on the roofs if the pavillons and the ones ont he light post around the promanade. I think using these lights to light up the promanade would pull the spectators into the show. Maybe adding some motorized lights that would shine on the earth globe and the fountains would be neat as well. The stobe lights that are around the bottom of the Earth globe are very hard to see from certain locations. Maybe using a larger stobe with more power would make them more notciable from everywhere. They right now as many features that could be worked on. I think the most important one is to figure out a way to make the globe bigger without sinking the barge.
Originally Posted By Mickey Mouse Lover that would be a nice touch. This way the rest of the spectators can see whats on the screens just not the technicians.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I think that it needs to be bigger.< As I understand it there is currently just bare inches of clearance when they move the globe through the drawbridge area in Germany. So they'd have to come up with some kind of incredible shrinking and growing mechanism to make the globe any bigger, and that would be pretty tough to do given the current complexity of the projection equipment. I like the suggestion about the lighting effects, tho. . .
