Originally Posted By Hista98 so does anyone know when golden drams last show will be, i know it will be at the end of summer as its not under the refurb list to be made into golden screams for halloween, so I'm assuming once summer is over, it's out of here, i will miss the show and was trying to see if i could go see it on its last day anyone know when this is???
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains NOoo please keep it open--- I know it will be closed - but we love this show!
Originally Posted By Hista98 so doI i still can't figure out why it's not popular i see nothing wrong with it
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Judging from the comments I've seen here a fair number of people don't like it. I enjoy it, but I think it's pretty clear that the attraction replacing it (The Little Mermaid) will be more popular.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I too am another who loves Golden Dreams. Our last trip we saw it 3 times to ensure we got the most out of it before it goes.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I love Golden Dreams, but missed it on my last trip due to time (we didn't get nearly enough time at DCA - strange as that will sound to many of you!) If I'd realised at the time that it was going to be closed by the time I get back there, I would have made seeing it a priority.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle ... Wow. That post wins the 'White Rabbit Award' for "overuse of the word 'time' in a single post".
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP I love it too, especially the sappy montage at the end. Somehow ElderP got the montage music for his ipod. Once Golden Dreams is over I will have to content myself with that! Hopefully Little Mermaid will be good too, in a diferent way. If not, I'm going to be upset!
Originally Posted By dshyates I only took the time to see it once. All I kept thinking was it was a very low budget version of American Adventure. Just like my impression of the rest of the park, it was about a 20% effort.
Originally Posted By liveforvacations I would like to know this too as I have never seen it and meant to check it out too but like LB, we didn't get enough time at DCA either. Guess we are strange too. I am going in September so I sure hope it is still there!
Originally Posted By ArchtMig >>>I only took the time to see it once. All I kept thinking was it was a very low budget version of American Adventure. Just like my impression of the rest of the park, it was about a 20% effort.<<< I agree but I do think it was OK as a *minor* level attraction. Too bad that the whole park was filled with minor level attractions that were billed as the equivalent of major attractions. When the small attractions have to try to fill the void created by an overall lack of big attractions, the small attractions, that would ordinarily only be expected to add some "spice" to the overall mix, suffer from undo attention and criticism.
Originally Posted By dshyates I do agree. Golden Dreams is more of O Canada, or Impressions de France level attraction and billed as an American Adventure.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Had this been the full fledged "Circle of Hands" carousel theater American Adventure type attraction ... I would be lamenting it's closure too. HOWEVER ... I'll be quite content with a DVD or Blu-Ray disc of it .. and get the same experience at home. I doubt I'll miss the only theater effect .. of Califia's bust coming alive on both sides of the screen. So .. if they are willing to sell this on disc .. that will be fine with me. Little Mermaid, please.
Originally Posted By Hista98 they won't ever sell it there was only one copy of golden dreams, and for some reason its not transferable!!! I;m not sure why but for some reason thats how they did it, so when it closes no more golden dreams ever
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>and for some reason its not transferable!!<< That does not sound right. It's a 65mm film just like any other 65mm film. Transfering to video should not be a problem.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I haven't been in Golden Dreams for quite some time .. It's possible they are projecting it digitally. But back in 2001 .. projecting in Digital was not quite normal a thing .. like it is now. And in some wherehouse ... is the original and safety print of the film. Take the safety print to a video printing lab .. boom! On video. This is done every day.
Originally Posted By dshyates As someone that has been a film to tape tranfers tech, I can't imagine a scenerieo in which the projector copy is the only one and not transferable. Trust me there is an Edit master, a Protect Master, and a Dupe master in a vault somewhere. No one edits a master, even for a 30 sec spot that doesn't have a protect master. We wouldn't let a client leave the building without an Edit master and a Protect Master.
Originally Posted By Hista98 idk, but i was talking to a cast member who ran it a little while age and he said there was only one copy!!! and thats why the film has a firebox around it
Originally Posted By dshyates "idk, but i was talking to a cast member who ran it a little while age and he said there was only one copy!!! and thats why the film has a firebox around it" My guess is it isn't a "firebox", but "sealed light engine". That is a box that surrounds the projector. It is designed to reduce dust particles on the film. That is the low budget version of a "wet gate" that removes dust. This is the same method they use on Soarin' and is not very effective. And eventually will scratch and ruin the print. High end projector rooms are also a pressurized environment to blow dust out of the room. They also chose not to do this on Soarin'.
