Originally Posted By lesmisfan having their own osbourne family light show at dca? i saw this at epcot last year and really miss it this year. And i thought it could be a neat idea if they made their own, instead of bringing it from florida. It could possibly go into the hollywood backlot. it would probably have to be on a smaller scale but it would be a way to draw in the crowds to dca that disneyland normally gets during the holidays and this would put dca almost on par with disneyland as far as xmas decorations and xmas shows go. I think this really could work! What do you guys think?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper You saw it at Epcot last year? Are you sure about that? Light shows are popular in Florida. I don't know why they wouldn't be at DCA.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think it would be neat to see it in DCA, but there are a couple problems that I see with it that really couldn't be avoided. It takes a long time to set them all up, so they have large areas blocked off for a couple weeks to do it. In DCA it would be smaller so it wouldn't take as long, but it would still take up a lot of space that they just don't have. The other thing is that although it looks great at night, it looks horrible during the day with the exposed strings of lights covering everything. Knowing the super critical AP market in California, I don't think that they would be very forgiving of this, especially when DCA needs all the help it can get in the theming department. That said, I think it would be really neat to see something like that show up in California. I've never seen it in Florida, so it might give me a chance to, which would be great.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Can I say something a little off-topic? 20th Century Fox has recently re-issued 6 of Rodgers and Hammerstein's films .. with A LOT of care put into them .. ESPECIALLY "Carousel". On the disc ... is a feature to listen to the isolated soundtrack (no dialog). At one point is the "Carousel waltz" as carousel music, like any carousel like King Arthur's in Fantasyland. So what's my point? ... get'n there... Just a dream that if Garden Grove had the true ambition, money, etc ..... I would love a Rodgers and Hammerstien theme park! With a carousel with music from the actual 1956 film. Just a wild thought ... But their music is so timeless - for any generation. It would be a theme park with classic appeal! Okay .. back to Garden Grove and their ambitious dreams.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan sorry i meant to say mgm studios but it came out epcot for some reason.
Originally Posted By oc_dean The post was meant for the topic covering Garden Grove's ambitious plans. >>I think oc dean just "out"ed himself.<< You mean that I'm an outed fan of music in film? Or are you *hinting* at something else? :~ heh-hee (no need for any response
Originally Posted By imagineer1985 I think HPB would be perfect! They could have it set up so you go down the street then curve off too Monsters and then curve back towards The Performance Corridor! The street was made for it and It would relieve some pressure off of DIsneyland for the holidays during the days we restrict access. I am suprised they havent done it yet.
Originally Posted By bean somebody in another board had a similiar idea. Part of theie idea to add Christmas elements to DCA which i thought was interesting and could still be done with minimal amount of cost is adding snow machines allover grizzley rapids area. it would fit perfectly. The grizzley pass allready has snow level markers and could serve as a wonderful winterwonderland. Add some elements of snow around the tree lines and occasionally have the machines turn on and give people a taste of a snow storm up at grizzley mountain pass
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I think the Osbourne lights would be a fine fit for DCA - but only if they'd leave the park open later than 6 PM. Sure, you could have the "active" part of the display at 5:30 or so, but then they'd be herding people right out. They'd have to stay open till 8 PM or so to really make the lights make sense for the park.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan well during the holidays, the park is open until about ten, so that would be plenty of time to view the lights.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Is it really? The last time I was there in December they were only open till six. Now that was early December, but still, that's considered the holiday season. Are they open till 10 now?
Originally Posted By lesmisfan they were last week , although it was thanksgiving week. maybe it wont be until the last few weeks of december since that is when everyone is on vacation. ill have to find out.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan ok, i just looked at the schedule, they dont stay open late until the week of the 17th. but if they would put up the lights, they could always extend the hours until seven instead of six. even mgm studios closes early or atleast it did last year, only giving you a bit of time to see the lights. so i don't think it would be a problem for dca
Originally Posted By Dabob2 That makes sense; whatever worked for MGM could work for DCA. They would have to stay open later than 6 for more than a week or two to make it worth all that trouble, though. If they would, I think the lights could work well at DCA.
