Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Just don't think you can judge a show like this on a computer screen. You need to experience something like this ... with sweaty crowds, wind sending drenching water and all the amazing visceral effects right in front/around you. I broke my rule and watched online and am a bit angry I did so.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "Just don't think you can judge a show like this on a computer screen." If you judge it in the context of a video on the computer and leave the possibility that you may change your opinion with a viewing in-person, then I think it's fine. However, my post-experience opinion on many attractions didn't really change that much from my pre-experience opinion over the years, with maybe the exception of the Haunted Mansion additions. I ended up really liking those even though I had reservations beforehand.
Originally Posted By socalkdg I take the story to be about the "World" of Color, from both a physical and an emotional level. 1. First you travel under the ocean (Mermaid and Nemo) 2. Next it is on to outer space (Wall-E and Buzz) 3. We head back to earth visiting the land, along with its rivers, as well as the surface of the ocean (Alladin, Pocahantas, and Pirates) 4. Lastly we journey to hell itself (Chernabog) 5. Then it looks at the emotional parts of color, from sadness and despair (Lion King) to love and happiness (montage of many clips). The transitions in between are pretty good for the most part. I'd reconfigure Heimlich a bit, and do away completely with the Sparrow photo, going straight to the skull instead. All in all a very good show.
Originally Posted By sailor310 I went DCA June 15th. Just on a whim, I went by the Winery picnic lunch area at 6:00PM. They still had picnic dinners and tickets for the 10:15 show and there I went. The food (American)was fairly average. The show was really neat technically, but the video, story and emotion of it were a little disjointed. I was in the yellow area- fairly central, good view. Just before the show, a CM came around asking for folks that didn't mind getting wet, so I went forward with him and saw the show 3 people back from the water. It was a heavy, heavy mist. My fleece jacket and cap were really damp by the end.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA >>I will probably not see the show for a long time.<< Spokker, you said this like a million posts ago—ok I am glad you won’t go see it! More room for me! How can you even judge a Show like that with out seeing in person first!?..lol
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "How can you even judge a Show like that with out seeing in person first!?" You can watch it on video and talk about your opinion of it? In any case, I did happen to see it in person and my opinion did not change.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA it doesn't matter ..in person you get the full affect of the music and he emotion and the excitment. on computer you don't really get that! it's much better in person
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA and if you don't think WOC is that great enough to see in person other then watching from some stupid video on youtub.... well then i am sad for you.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "on computer you don't really get that!" There are many things missing when you watch it on the computer, and I posted my impressions in that context. For one thing, you have to experience the awful guest control. However, you do get a feel for the content of the show. What scenes they decided to throw in, what kind of music they used, what the special effects look like, etc. It isn't some blurry YouTube video, but a 720p video that can be blown up to full screen on a big bright LCD monitor. You do get a feeling for what the show is about, and yes, you can post your thoughts about what you see. People decide to do or not do a thing without experiencing it first hand. If I look at an advertisement for World of Color you think, "That looks good, I'll go." or "Eh, doesn't look good."
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 "you have to experience the awful guest control." I thought the guest control was better than Fantasmics. I was able to walk through the entire peir area with-out slowing down and not being crushed by people around me. You can't do that with Fantasmic even if you wanted to.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA RFLol wow.. the guest control was great, it was a lot better then fantasmic I agree with mickeymorris. But to judge a show just from watching a low resolution video of it on the internet—is just wrong-im sorry that spokker is soo narrow and close minded to WOC just from watching it on the computer. At least the rest of us thought that it was wonderful and the crowd control was better then ever.. like i said. In person you get the excitement and the thrill and energy of the show!!
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA i watched the 6 youtube videos and bits and parts of the ustream video and i can't wait to see WOC in person, i am really excited about it. i know other people who saw it in bits and parts on the net and still saw in person and loved every minute ot it--in fact they saw it 3 times in one weekend!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Everyone seems to think that guest control has been great. I've read lots of reports and very few have complained about how the crowds have been handled.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones The worst part about the guest control is when you funnel from the Fastpass waiting area into the actual viewing area before showtime. It's a free for all and could have been made more comfortable with queuing.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "But to judge a show just from watching a low resolution video of it on the internet—is just wrong" It's not right or wrong. It's simply an opinion of a video on the Internet. When the videos for Carsland, Little Mermaid and Star Tours II appear on YouTube, I'll comment on those as well.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "i watched the 6 youtube videos and bits and parts of the ustream video and i can't wait to see WOC in person," Why is it okay for you to watch a video and judge the show positively (i.e. "can't wait to see it"), but I can't watch a video to analyze it critically?
Originally Posted By SuperDry ... because she's reserving her final judgment for when she actually sees it. If someone that thinks it will great based on the video but then finds out it sucks when viewed live will eventually get an accurate (for them) opinion of the show. Someone that makes a judgment just from the video and chooses not to see it because of it doesn't have that opportunity.
