Originally Posted By DLRdiana Anyone know why they didn't have the fireworks tonight? I didn't even hear a cancellation announcement or anything...hmmm...oh well, I went back to watching The 80z All Stars at Club Buzz...hehe
Originally Posted By AaronInCal Wind again would be the likley cause. All week the fireworks have been in doubt. They did have them on Thursday night, although delayed 15 minutes. We may have some kind of winds continuing until early next week, so the fireworks may have trouble going off each night.
Originally Posted By DlandDug There were Santa Ana winds all day Friday, so that's almost certainly the cause. If you were in Tomorrowland it is unlikely you would hear an announcement. Any time the fireworks are cancelled cast members are informed, so you can ask them (or at City Hall) on the spot.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder We ate dinner at Naples in Downtown Disney last night (that's a topic in and of itself) and then went into the park. Hoo boy. We only ventured down Main Street to Small World as we wanted to see the lights. This was about 10 minutes before the Christmas parade was to begin. Maybe it's just us in our old age, but it sure seems many "guests" are ruder and more belligerent than they have ever been. It was very crowded, and although wended our way to Small World and got on the ride within 20 minutes, we decided to get out after we rode. We didn't think there would be fireworks due to the wind, but the nature of the crowd persuaded us to leave anyway. We did hear some cast members, in response, to questions as to when the fireworks were to start, tell some "guests" it was unsure whether they would happen. We felt for those cast members. "Guest" comments such as "they damn well *&^! better" were the norm. If the park was at capacity last night, maybe they need to re-think what capacity should be. One of these days, they might need to evacuate quickly and orderly and frankly, with the way thigns are, that ain't ever gonna happen.
Originally Posted By DLRdiana Ahh I see...thanks everyone...I figured since we can hear the fireworks music perfectly from Tomorrowland that we would have been able to hear an announcement...weird though, cause I dont remember it being windy at all last night...cold yes..windy no...lol... So ok if it's windy why cant they still have the fireworks...I hate when it's not windy and all the smoke doesn't clear out in time for the next effect...all you see is a big cloud of smoke.... But thanks again everyone for the replies...
Originally Posted By OceanSpace When it's windy, they run the risk of setting Ball Road on fire should the fireworks go too far off course.
Originally Posted By Captainess I was at the 80z All Stars last night too and wondered why we didn't hear an announcement about the fireworks. Usually, we can hear it even from the Tomorrowland area (they play it over the loudspeakers at Club Buzz). <We only ventured down Main Street to Small World as we wanted to see the lights. This was about 10 minutes before the Christmas parade was to begin. Maybe it's just us in our old age, but it sure seems many "guests" are ruder and more belligerent than they have ever been.> I was thinking the exact same thing. We arrived at DL right when the parade started. It was wall to wall people trying to pass through Main Street, which led to many frustrated guests, especially those with strollers. We were in back of this poor CM who was trying to push a stroller that someone had left in the walkway. The owner of the stroller saw the CM moving the stroller and yelled, "You shouldn't be taking people's strollers away like that!" The CM tried to explain what he was doing, and another CM doing traffic control had to intervene and told the guest he shouldn't have left the stroller in the walkway. I seriously felt like socking the guest for the way he talked down to the CM, but that wouldn't be very civil either...anyway, good job to all the CMs who do traffic control and have to put up with such obnoxious behavior.
Originally Posted By 8ab I so glad that they ended up doing the fireworkd on 11-17, being my Birthday and all it was special for me. However the winds blew the shells to the left durring the whole show, it was neat to see all the fireworks scrolling to the left after they went off. The crowd was just the right size too, very enjoyable.
Originally Posted By DLRdiana Thanks OceanSpace...hehe I had no idea that could happen...Guess I'll try again next week to see the show...thanks everyone!
