Originally Posted By SpectroWishes914 Which of these spectacular night-time parades do you enjoy more? Haven't seen them? Here: Spectromagic(3 parts) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuuuicFA5t4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =JuuuicFA5t4</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trGk6qoyDto&mode=related&search=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =trGk6qoyDto&mode=related&search=</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhbLCNbsO4&mode=related&search=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =eLhbLCNbsO4&mode=related&search=</a> Fantillusion(3 parts) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvBouwiWwIw&mode=related&search=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =OvBouwiWwIw&mode=related&search=</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9jJb3NMMdY&mode=related&search=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =F9jJb3NMMdY&mode=related&search=</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHEPDBdFeIU&mode=related&search=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =pHEPDBdFeIU&mode=related&search=</a>
Originally Posted By bboi2006 I enjoy SpectroMagic very much, i saw it as a child and its something very unique to the MK
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Finally had the time to watch Fantillusion. Wow, would love to see it in person. Didn't seem as long or diversified as Spectromagic, but first class all the way, and my Gal Mal stole the show IMO. MSEP will always be my favorite. I'm curious, when they took MSEP to Paris, they didn't end it with the eagle/American flag did they? Patriot that I am, I feel that would have been wrong.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 No, it didn't. I think it ended with the It's a Small World section that the US parades had for a few years too (and Tokyo always had).
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo msep at dlp ended with pete's dragon iasw or the eagle never came to dlp. back to the original post, i prefer spectromagic. with the exception of the villians, fantillusion is boring. msep is still the best imho. love the baroque hoedown!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've only seen SpectroMagic once and never seen Fantillusion, but I would have to go with the latter. The glowey face people in Spectro just creeped me out. So much for family friendly entertainment! : )
Originally Posted By Disneydanny Fantillusion ALL THE WAY baby! Not as good as MSEP but WAY better then Spectro!
Originally Posted By Mr X I'm in pretty much total agreement with Dave. I love the evil section of Fantillusion though (the jawas are neat!). I'm surprised someone said Fantillusion wasn't as long or diversified though, it's pretty elaborate with 3 big show stops and the floats stretch all the way along the parade route (at least that's how Tokyo was). For me, it's a tie between the new Electrical Parade in Tokyo and Spectro though...love em both.
Originally Posted By Mr X Just watching that Spectro vid, that's quite a boisterous crowd (or is just that one family?). lol...never heard quite so much cheering or hype for a Disney parade.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 "I'm surprised someone said Fantillusion wasn't as long or diversified though, it's pretty elaborate with 3 big show stops and the floats stretch all the way along the parade route (at least that's how Tokyo was)." What I meant was that I didn't think as many movies were represented in Fantillusion. The floats really looked great, elaborate. But if the video was the entire parade, not as long as Spectro. But the Mal/Dragon float was super fantastic. I could watch that one over and over. And Flora,Fauna & Merriweather were all on the same float. In Spectromagic, they each had their own float, and there was a big gaping hole where Chernabog should have been.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN SpectroWishes914, I will have you know that the video clip links you posted are from DLP's version of Fantillusion which is a much smaller version of the parade. As you know, Fantillusion! was a TDL original parade that boosted about 28 floats, and was presented in three separate acts. The whole show would take close to 25 mins to watch. Many of those floats did not make it to DLP, so their version is horribly edited and butchered. Not to mention, the original Fantillusion! had a cast of hundreds, way many more performers than what you see in the DLP clips. I would be more than happy to show you my official TDL Fantillusion DVD for your enjoyment if you really want to know how horribly outdated and bland the MK's SpectroMagic parade really is. So yes, my vote goes to Fantillusion, in it's original form. SpetroMagic needs to be replaced badly. It's old and totally outdated.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I am further bothered by the fact that those Fantillusion clips do NOT show the three (yes 3!!!!) different show modes this parade does. Fantillusion is the only electrical parade to feature show modes, in which the technical aspect of the paarde became very apparent, with floats changing colors, and shapes, with some giant AA figures as well...and the use of mirror projections and black light magic. NONE of that can be seen here and again, enough reason to even compare these parades. Makes SpectroMagic look even more puny and insignificant. MK needs a major new electrical parade pronto.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Thanks, I was hoping that what we saw on the clips wasn't the whole parade. Now I REALLY want to see it.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, after watching the Tokyo Disneyland version of Fantillusion, it definately puts it over the top because of the amount of floats and 3 show stops! The show stops are supposed to be The Enchanted Fairy Garden, then the Villians, then the Happily Ever After section where the Princes & Princesses dance and the floats change colors and have mirror effects. I can only imagine what this looked like in person!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I'm going into TDLFAN agreement mode. I can't speak to the Fantillusion as I haven't seen it, so I'll trust that the origional is as stunning as he says. But he is so correct in stating Spectromagic is old and needs replacing. The first and last time I saw it was in *1993* and it wasn't new then. Hellooooo, time for a new night time parade. And don't even get me started on the fiber-optic Chucky dolls. rant done, carry on
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp Felt sad watching the clips - since they were the Paris version, which is no where close to being as good as the Tokyo version. We were there at the grand opening of the Paris verison, and came away disappointed since it was soooooo much shorter and simpler than the Tokyo version. And just for info - taping the Tokyo version made me put away the camcorder forever. Spent so much time trying to tape it for posterity, I didn't have the chance to really enjoy it in person. After watching what I misssed, the camcorder was retired never to return.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "The first and last time I saw it was in *1993* and it wasn't new then. " Well, technically, it was pretty new then. The parade debuted in 1991, so at that point it was only 2 years old.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Concidering how much further "Fantillusion" pushed the envelope just a few years after Spectro premiered... I would agree about Spectro being already old and tired by it's 4th year.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 With current management, I'd expect to see SpectroTragic playing at WDW in 2015.
