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Originally Posted By bean It wouldn't be the first time TDA gets damaged with fireworks shells. i rememebr once when a shell a few years back tore right thru the roof and into the ceiling area. Try being in the backstage area while fireworks are about to go off. Unless you are inside the building you must find shelter in the parking structure and boy does it get loud. meanwhile you see showers of shells dropping all around the structure
Originally Posted By crapshoot Back in 2000, a shell landed Basck Stage on the Small World Holiday Fast Pass Kiosk being readied for the park. The whole thing went up in flames. It was supposed to have been built out of Fire Retardant materials. Oops.
Originally Posted By Oldblue Some of you may remember a few years ago when a tree in frontierland fell on, what I believe was, a popcorn cart. Anyway, it was brought back stage to be repaired. A few days later a fireworks shell landed on it and it was destroyed. That cart never stood a chance! While there are many abbreviations that are normally used only online, TDA is the most common term used verbally to describe Team Disney Anaheim. When referring to that location it is called either “TDA†or “The TDA Building†or sometimes “The Yellow Buildingâ€.
Originally Posted By DlandDug David-- didn't it first get struck by a tree, then fall off the back of the truck that was hauling it backstage, then get destroyed by a wayward shell?
Originally Posted By DlandDug Incidently, for any civilians who want to see some of the backstage chaos that ensues during the fireworks, the Harbor Blvd. overcrossing offers a fairly clear view of the fireworks launch. I have seen shells bouncing around on the roof of TDA from that vantage point.
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland "David-- didn't it first get struck by a tree, then fall off the back of the truck that was hauling it backstage, then get destroyed by a wayward shell?" We call it the cursed wagon. I haven't heard the part about falling off the back of a truck - those wagons are normally forklifted out of the park. This summer, a contractor's truck backed into the Frontierland flagpole. The flagpole fell on that cursed wagon's replacement, our current Popcorn #3. Needless to say, we didn't have any problems with that! That area seems to have bad luck when it comes to popcorn wagons.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I thought I had heard it actually fell off a forklift, but that didn't make sense to me. Now it does... (If it's true!)
Originally Posted By retlawfan There are two types of fireworks. Hot and Cold burning. I've alwasy assumed that the fireworks used at DL were the cold buring type due to the urban location (similar to the types used at sporting events). Does anyone know about this? Does anyone know specifically what type are used?
