Is WoC being overhyped?

Originally Posted By Dabob2

Back OT, are the Carnivale puppets going to perform in Paradise Bay, or at the "party" thing in HPB - or both?

 

Originally Posted By yamabuki

>>>So where is the "preshow" being performed? Out in the water on boats?
I don't see where they will have room to do this show considering that it will be packed in the bay area. And, I noticed that it looks like it'll only be performed before the 1st show only.<<<

The preshow takes place in the viewing area, Paradise Park. The puppets parade through the exit walkways between the crowds, and the dancers/hosts use vaults in the planters as mini-stages.

 

Originally Posted By yamabuki

The Carnivale of Color is the preshow at Paradise Park, right before the first World of Color show (w/ the puppets).

Glow Fest is the new event in Sunshine Plaza and HPB. No puppets here.

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

Yamabuki can you tell me what the fountains in the planters do during the show?

 

Originally Posted By yamabuki

they're used in Lion King stampede scene, and i'm pretty sure they are also used during the finale. I was standing at the very front in the boardwalk, so I didn't have a good view of what was going on behind me.

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

Thanks.

 

Originally Posted By Manfried

To SuperDry. I got to see a preview last week while in CA. Back in sunny and at time soggy Florida.

 

Originally Posted By disneywatcher

>> It's quite revealing of your own prejudices <<

No, it doesn't. You're so thick you don't even realize my sense of "gay" as connoting something frivolous and silly is inherent to the word, in terms of how it sounds today or it would have sounded 90 years ago.

>> That would be reserved for you <<

Oh, thank you. xoxoxoxo

 

Originally Posted By disneywatcher

In regards to "being overhyped," I guess the following observer at miceage is inching just a tad bit in that direction...

<a href="http://miceage.micechat.com/suekruse/sk060910a.htm" target="_blank">http://miceage.micechat.com/su...910a.htm</a>

As for changes to another theme park (or was the case with the premiere of DisneySea in 2001) -- and assuming this other observer's opinion is reliable (or will be shared by many) -- the sense of accomplishment and high-quality work far beyond the boundaries of DCA makes that park seem even more peculiarly mediocre and absurd...

<a href="http://miceage.micechat.com/kevinyee/ky060810a.htm" target="_blank">http://miceage.micechat.com/ke...810a.htm</a>

The ongoing improvements to DCA couldn't have come one millisecond -- one nanosecond -- too soon.

 

Originally Posted By yamabuki

So the show is officially overhyped because a MiceAge columnist thinks so? What happened to forming your own opinions?

 

Originally Posted By SpokkerJones

Kruse sounds like she is on the right track. World of Color looks like an incredible technical achievement. On a recent trip I was gushing over all that machinery in the middle of the artificial lake.

But I haven't heard much in the way of storyline. I don't think it needs to be as cohesive as Kruse wants it to be, but there should be something to string it all together. Fantasmic! has Mickey's dreams. BraviSEAmo! has the love story between a fountain and a big robot, or whatever the hell that was supposed to be about.

A great technical achievement is marred by this "film trailers on mist screens" quality.

 

Originally Posted By yamabuki

Fantasmic has a very loose storyline. Yes, it centers around Mickey's dreams but the show is just a string of moments from Disney movies just like WoC.

World of Color is based on the TV show, and is meant to evoke a carousel of color with a really big display of water and color. Each moment has its own storyline (Colors of Earth, Sea and Sky, Colors of Fears, Colors of the Sea, etc) An intricate story arc would have slowed down the show, in my opinion.

 

Originally Posted By yamabuki

Spokker, did you see the show already? Just curious.

 

Originally Posted By SpokkerJones

"Spokker, did you see the show already? Just curious."

No, but the review lines up with what I have heard, read and seen about the show thus far.

I will probably not see the show for a long time.

 

Originally Posted By yamabuki

Oh ok. It just sounds like you're selecting certain reviews to form your opinion.. The good majority of the reviews i've seen are overwhelmingly positive.

 

Originally Posted By SpokkerJones

"Yes, it centers around Mickey's dreams but the show is just a string of moments from Disney movies just like WoC."

Not all of it is. The storyline is set up in the beginning. By the time the princesses go away we get the full "dream to nightmare" treatment. That's actually my favorite part of the show and I usually joke that it's "when the story kicks in." It ain't Shakespeare but it works.

"Each moment has its own storyline (Colors of Earth, Sea and Sky, Colors of Fears, Colors of the Sea, etc)"

Those sound more like themes, which is all well and good. But for people who want to see more of a performance with a light storyline, it's not going to be enough.

"An intricate story arc would have slowed down the show, in my opinion."

I don't know that anyone is looking for an intricate story arc. They'd just like the story to arc at some point.

But it sounds like Kruse recommends the show. It's not a negative review.

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

<<< I will probably not see the show for a long time. >>>

Great! That's one less person that the rest of us have to vie with in order to get a FastPass.

 

Originally Posted By SpokkerJones

"The good majority of the reviews i've seen are overwhelmingly positive."

The Kruse review is the first actual analytical take on the show that I've seen. Do you know of any other real reviews?

Most of what we are seeing are early impressions on Twitter and on discussion boards, people who say, "Oh it was awesome!" That sort of thing. One blurb on Twitter read, "world of color was orgasmic." It doesn't really tell us a lot about the show.

 

Originally Posted By SpokkerJones

"That's one less person that the rest of us have to vie with in order to get a FastPass."

"The waiiiittttinnnnggggg is the harrrrrdest... part."

 

Originally Posted By SpokkerJones

Full show is here in YouTube HD: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqijf6DZz4s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...jf6DZz4s</a>

Part 2: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfMt6X8TZI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Mt6X8TZI</a>

Part 3: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m02BfY7Gxwk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...BfY7Gxwk</a>