Originally Posted By MouseBear Salutations All, Watched Fantasmic last night. Some nice new background effects in the show but no dragon. Anyone know when Murphy will return?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I haven't heard that it's been removed for maintenance, so I would assume that there was some sort of technical difficulty that prevented the dragon from appearing. Anything can happen in live theater, even in a well-oiled highly-automated show like Fantasmic!
Originally Posted By monorailblue I understand why they run the show without major elements, but, dang! If there's one that should lead to cancellation, it should be absence of a dragon figure for the finale.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Someone on Mice Chat said they, too, had noticed that Maleficent's dragon was missing in action during Fantasmic. ORWEN: Then somebody else came along and said they'd heard a rumor that the dragon would be gone until the end of the summer. But who knows how true that is? ORGOCH: Got flame throwers?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They have a back-up in place, in case something happens. Basically, the person portraying Maleficent has their regular lines of dialogue ("Now you will deal with me, and all the powers of my imagination!") and the regular lift takes her ~30' up in the air, as usual. Like normal, the mist screens go up, showing the transformation to the dragon, and when they turn off, it's still Maleficent on a stick in human-form, and the 'dragon' scene is done from there with alternate choreography If you're expecting to see a dragon there, it's pretty underwhelming. When the new dragon made its debut (accompanied by the Summer Nightastic marketing campaign, which featured the dragon heavily), it had tons of issues, so they basically ran the show without it for the entire summer. There were persistent rumors that the dragon would be show-ready 'this week', which made the moment of the reveal even more disappointing, since everybody kept thinking that they were going to be the first to see the new dragon, only to get the alternate scene instead
Originally Posted By tashajilek "If you're expecting to see a dragon there, it's pretty underwhelming" Yea, I have never seen the show without dragon and I really couldn't imagine an alternative ending. " When the new dragon made its debut (accompanied by the Summer Nightastic marketing campaign, which featured the dragon heavily), it had tons of issues, so they basically ran the show without it for the entire summer. There were persistent rumors that the dragon would be show-ready 'this week', which made the moment of the reveal even more disappointing, since everybody kept thinking that they were going to be the first to see the new dragon, only to get the alternate scene instead" I forgot about that!
Originally Posted By monorailblue It's too bad they don't have adjusted video to roll either. Star Tours has shown how relatively doable that should be. It would make more sense to cut the dragon transformation from the film than the alternative shey show. Of course, it doesn't get much better than the moment the Columbia's cannon goes off. First timers generally gasp audibly at that moment, when they finally realize the scope of what they're watching. Fantasmic! May it run for another 22 years.
Originally Posted By Bellella May they bring back Murphy stat. Without the dragon, the show is incomplete.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl I was there on the 28th, and (at least for the early performance) the dragon was missing that evening as well. I've also been there when the Mark Twain was down for heavy maintenance, and they ran the show with an alternate finale. Anybody know what they do when the Columbia is down? Maybe swap in the Pocahontas scene from the Florida Fantasmic?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Anybody know what they do when the Columbia is down? Maybe swap in the Pocahontas scene from the Florida Fantasmic?<< When the Columbia is down they don't run the show. They have alternates for almost every thing that could be missing from a performance (broken lifts, missing barges, etc), but there is no back-up for the Columbia. It seems that the Columbia's drydock times are typically planned for January/February when crowds are low, so that the show can run during the busier seasons
Originally Posted By monorailblue The non-Twain ending is not great, but I think the missing dragon must be worse.
Originally Posted By monorailblue The non-Twain ending is not great, but I think the missing dragon must be worse.
Originally Posted By Bellella I imagine it is. On the other hand, when the Columbia is down, you can actually ride the Mark Twain at night, when it's all lit up.
Originally Posted By doombuggy he? Its not a male she turned herself into a dragon but she didn't have a sex change at the same time. That's as bad as saying the Queen turned herself into a witch she was already a witch
Originally Posted By familyguy CC, I'm still here, but last day at the parks today. Been a great trip!
