Originally Posted By DlandDug This isn't from a Disney site, is it? Has this been announced by Disney? I can't find it there.
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 Check this out - They used dance to help design the water shapes - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e39nv1G5mU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...9nv1G5mU</a>
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance That's funny because I've always thought it looked like the water was dancing. Reminds me of a ballet or something.
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 Latest from Al - After Steve Davison was given a list of suggestions by Bob Iger last month, Bob and a gaggle of senior Disney executives returned to Anaheim on Wednesday night to watch a final run-through of World of Color. Steve's "Lil Squirt" character didn't make the cut, and the problematic Chernabog tower was a no-show, but the classic 1961 introduction from Walt's original TV program did make it into the final show. The faster moving version of the show now clocks in at 26 minutes, and the executives left Anaheim late Wednesday mostly impressed and happy. All the last-minute creative input from Bob has nixed any ability to host formal AP or Cast Member previews, but the unofficial soft opening spigot might be turned on soon. - Al Lutz
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 So two things. One why take out the spirit of Walt Disney!!!? Next how problematic is the Chernabog? Like Indie problematic, where it works great but once it goes down it done for the rest of the day or is like Tower of Terror in WDW where it goes down all the time but it for like 10-15 min. before they get the problem worked out.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Well now, that's comical. Here I am calling someone to task for misplacing articles, and I let a typo slip by." No worries. I'm always thinking faster than I can type when posting here. Forgive me for all the typos - I know they're painful to read.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "One why take out the spirit of Walt Disney!!!?" I was never convinced that the concept of the character would be understood by audiences. It makes sense if you know it's there (like the neon leaves and wind in Pocahontas are the spirit of her mother, but if you don't know it they're just weird), but it's really difficult to give a jet of water a personality. I'm sure they would understand that there's this random orange thing coming back between segments, but since it didn't really seem to add much story, and took a lot of explaining, I don't think it's the biggest loss ever. It was a cute idea, but it never seemed all that practical. As for the Chernabog tower, I hope they are able to fix it, since it seem like it's pretty important for the show. I guess they could alway show the animation on the mist screen in front of where the tower is supposed to be, but that's kind of a letdown for the big finale. Also, I believe it's also used for Zurg in the Buzz Lightyear segment, so it might be needed there also. I hadn't heard about any fire effects on it until recently, but those sound pretty neat too. One of the good things about this show, from a maintanence stand point, is that there are very few moving parts that can break. Unfortunately, many of the moving parts are all in the telescoping tower, which means that it will have more problems than most things. Hopefully it will be fixed and working consistantly by the time the show opens.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Uh huh. >>Steve's "Lil Squirt" character didn't make the cut...<< This hasn't been seen by anyone in any full run through. >>The faster moving version of the show now clocks in at 26 minutes...<< That's the length of every version of the show seen since early April. >>...the unofficial soft opening spigot might be turned on soon.<< Hope springs eternal. (And this from the site that has repeatedly said that soft openings will be starting any day.)
Originally Posted By yamabuki and regarding CM previews - a cast member on MiceChat just confirmed that CM previews will take place June 6 and 7.
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 There are videos on youtube that show MFW being programmed into the show now. I wonder why they waited so long to program all this stuff. I mean we are two weeks away and it seems like they just finished programming the thing as a packaged deal
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 So then there is a possibility of AP previews the week prior and the week of.
Originally Posted By TP2000 mickeymorris, I think the only thing we can take away from all this info is that this is an extremely dynamic and very changeable environment. Anything seems possible at this point, and yet many things seem impossible. It's going to change and change again in just the next two weeks. I think we should just take it one day at a time, and if soft openings happen, or Chernabog reappears in the show, or another minute or two is cut from the show length, then that's what's going to happen.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Thinking of Squirt...as I was watching Waking Sleeping Beauty I noted the mention of Jeffrey Katzenburgs nickname"Squirt" and thought to myself "that is why Squirt is out of WOC! I was also surprised to see the face of the dragon looking exactly like Stitch in the new Dreamworks movie"How To Train A Dragon" and Chris Sanders name immediately at the end of the movie. So I worry about Stitch's future in the parks now and why and when did Chris Sanders leave Disney for Dreamworks??
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub The new original face on M's Fun Wheel was the start to the old cartoons and is just as symbolic to Disney as the Lion image is in MGM(Metro Goldwyn Meyers movies). Will be great fun to see it come to life in WOC!
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 Latest from Al - He really want's soft opening doesn't he With Wednesday night's thumbs up from Bob Iger, the World of Color creative team is now preparing to hand off the faster-paced 26 minute show to Anaheim management to operate as they see fit. In order to prevent a mutiny by the Anaheim Cast Members, Cast Member Previews are now being quickly thrown together for five separate shows spread between June 6th and 7th, held after regular park closing time. If things continue to go well, there's a chance that at least a couple of soft openings during regular park hours might show up before June 9th. - Al Lutz
Originally Posted By cheesybaby <<when did Chris Sanders leave Disney for Dreamworks??>> Since John Lasseter removed him from American Dog and showed him the door in early 2007.
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 So it appears Alice In Wonderland has not been cut! Go to www.disneyland.com/worldofcolor and then go to about the show and then preview and Alice in wonderland is in the show! Not a concept drawning but actually apart of the show. Plus there is some great pics of the show on the site as well!
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 So based on what I've seen on the World Of Color website, there is tons of stuff we were not expecting in World of Color that we had no idea was in the show from those testing videos, like Princess and the frog, Alice in Wonderland, what looks like a fantasia like scene (that could be right before the mickey hat appears though in the finale... So I am now even more excited for this show because now I know I really haven't even seen a tiny part of it.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>So it appears Alice In Wonderland has not been cut!<< Not really. There is an image that shows an Alice scene that has, up to this time, not been seen in any test runs. There were any number of scenes tested out in the weeks before the show was assembled in its present form. Seeing an image of one in a promotional sight doesn't mean it's part of the show. bear in mind that all promotional material, to this day, for Toy STory Midway Mania refers to the attraction as "Toy Story Mania." The promotions may not always precisely reflect exactly what is being presented.
