Originally Posted By Nelsonian I have been dreaming of seeing fireworks at Disneyland since I was about eight years old, some 40 plus years ago. We are from New Zealand and for the past two weeks touring the USA. We arrived at Disneyland at 7pm last night planning on staying until Friday. The only night we had to see the fireworks was last night. We arrived early find a good spot to see them and when the announcement was made they were cancelled due to high winds, I was very upset. I guess I will never get to see fireworks at Disneyland. I bought an extra day park hopper ticket too just to go see them. Does this happen often? The winds didn't actually seem that high but they were being monitored the whole time.
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl We have been there when it was cancelled too....... made me sad..... but, it is better to be safe than sorry. I know it is not the same as being there and watching it, but, youtube.com has it... just type in disneyland fireworks.... so sorry you missed it...
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I was there last night too but my boyfriend works there so I have many chances to see them. I'm sorry you didn't get to. We figured the show would probably be cancelled by the winds last night. It must have been very dissapointing for you! I hope you enjoyed the rest of the trip. ~Beth
Originally Posted By familyguy Man, so sorry to hear that. At least now you know the importance of doing your homework before you take a trip so you know what to expect and what not to expect.
Originally Posted By familyguy Oh...didn't see the winds deal... guess you should read the whole post before opening your mouth...I'm still learning that
Originally Posted By momofbuzzfan I'm trying to understand your post...are you at the park now? If I understand correctly, you will be able to enjoy the park all week. Hopefully this will help ease the disappointment of missing the fireworks. Its hard to be sad when you are inside DL! We also missed them because of wind and were very disappointed. But we still loved our trip. I hope the rest of your vacation goes well!
Originally Posted By bean There are much better recordings of the complete firework show on the net than on youtube. I might even have a dvd of them. Let me check on if i find it i will let you know and ship you a copy.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The DVD of the 50th LP meet (if still available) had a fine version of the RDCT fireworks.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd It happened to us once. We had all lined up for the fireworks. The music even started. One firework went up. It popped... and then nothing. The music stopped. And they announced that the fireworks were cancelled due to wind. Then we all sadly went our seperate ways.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x we were there last night, too, and we had been there before when they were cancelled. Once the sun went down, and we felt the wind, we knew they'd be cancelled, so we just went about our business. The "high winds" isn't that they are fast, but that they are higher up in the atmosphere. It wasn't that windy in the park because we're pretty much sheltered. But the winds higher up (say, 500 feet) are what affect the fireworks. Sorry you missed them. We listened to the audio on our way home today, because I was having a minor bad day.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Before they added all the in park effects for Remember, did the fireworks get cancled very often? It seems to be fairly high number of times that I hear about the show being cancled, but I don't think I ever remember Believe getting canceled. I know it would be fairly difficult and expensive to set up, but would there be a way to do the show without all of the in park stuff, and make a windy show, where there isn't everything (maybe some special things to fill in the gaps, but not too much extra), but it's still a whole lot better than nothing. It seems like a nice alternative to completely canceling the show. Or even offering a generic TDL style show that's pretty quick and bland with music from the movies, but it's better than nothing.
Originally Posted By PARADE OF DREAMS Sorry to hear that but the same thing happened to me on thursday due to high winds . I was really mad
Originally Posted By Westsider Fireworks were cancelled Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. I wasn't there Friday night so don't know if they were cancelled Friday as well. But Sunday was at least the third or fourth time the fireworks were cancelled last week due to winds. It happens fairly regularly in Spring when the weather is active. You may have been upset at the cancellation, but you probably would have been more upset had they done the show and you and your family were showered with sparks and ash causing physical discomfort, or in a worse case scenario even injury.
Originally Posted By Nelsonian Thanks guys for your comments. It didn't seem very windy at all to us but obviously there is specific criteria that have to be met before the fireworks happen. In New Zealand we just don't have big firworks displays like Disneyland which is the main reason I was looking forward to it.
Originally Posted By Sweeper EVERY TIME we go they are canceled. We almost made a trip Sunday night just to finally see the fireworks but I noticed the wind and opted not to. THANK GOODNESS!!! This show is too wind sensitive. I remeber seeing Fantasy in the Sky in the wind. Why not just remove show elements that could be dangerous in the wind for the performance? Oh well...I'm just bitter.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 I really am sorry to hear this; especially since you may never have another chance. Though my husband and I have seen this particular show many, many times I made a point of getting my whole (our five adult children, their children and significant others) family there in July of 2005. I was so excited for us to all see the show together. We camped out in front of the castle for hours. There were four announcements made before they made to call to cancel. I just sat and cried. We got to see them the next night; all except my middle son who had to leave and still has not had the chance to get back. Sidenote: We were told by the CM when we were given priority seating in February that this is the most expensive fireworks show ever and that they have to pay whether the show goes on or not. If this is true at least they are not cancelling the show to save moneyºoº
Originally Posted By TinksBestFriend Just to add to RAM1984's post, Disneyland does not save any money by canceling the fireworks. If the fireworks are canceled someone must disarm and remove ALL the pyrotechics - a job I would not want. BTW I have seen the fireworks delayed as much as 20 to 30 minutes. Once the park closed at 10:00 and the fireworks went to completion. The final decision is up to the Anaheim Fire Department.
Originally Posted By disneymamaof3 Have you ever seen the white balloon? We often watch for the CMs who release a white balloon about an hour of so before the firework show. If it stays over the castle, we're usually good to go )
Originally Posted By threeundertwo I'm so sorry you were disappointed. As I understand it, part of the reason is that the neighbors do not want the ashes falling in their yards. I have to respect that. They put up with all that noise every night.
