Gallery Reservations?
Josh Bingham
How exactally do you go about making the reservations for the balcony
seats in the Art Gallery to watch Fantasmic? I've heard it is on a day
only basis, but would like some more info, and soon, as I will be in the
blessed Land in only 2 short days!!!
Please reply ASAP!
--
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"I've come to ask whether you'd care to join my Owsla"
Jeff Tong
In article <jbingham-010...@byur-059.xnet.byu.edu>,
jbin...@cougarnet.byu.edu (Josh Bingham) wrote:
> How exactally do you go about making the reservations for the balcony
> seats in the Art Gallery to watch Fantasmic? I've heard it is on a day
> only basis, but would like some more info, and soon, as I will be in the
> blessed Land in only 2 short days!!!
>
> Please reply ASAP!
Get to DL very early, before they open their gates. If you have early
entry privileges, use it. If you don't, be there before the gates open.
Walk down to the end of Main Street. There will be a rope across the
street, preventing guests from going any further. At the official opening
time of the park, the rope will drop, and most of the people will be
heading for Indiana Jones. You should go directly to the Gallery and wait
for them to open up. You pay $30 per person at the Gallery. If you do
have early entry access, I would use it to get to the Gallery even
earlier. They seat only 15 people per show, and they book up fast. The
only time that I saw Fantasmic from the Gallery, it was off-season. I
entered early, and was 2nd in the line. By the time the rope drop
happened, there were about 30-40 people in line behind me.
Good Luck!
Jeff Tong
The Dead Man
On Wed, 01 May 1996 00:48:26 -0600, jbin...@cougarnet.byu.edu (Josh
Bingham) wrote:
>How exactally do you go about making the reservations for the balcony
>seats in the Art Gallery to watch Fantasmic? I've heard it is on a day
>only basis, but would like some more info, and soon, as I will be in the
>blessed Land in only 2 short days!!!
>
>Please reply ASAP!
Your right, it is a on a day only basis. You must appear in person to
the Gallery to purchase the tickets. It's $30 per person and it sells
out pretty much every night. The best thing to do is get there first
thing at opening.
- Bill
DreamSendr
Can anyone explain to me what Fantasmic is???
Steve Fenwick
(Having just done this last night, I felt qualified to respond. YMMV :)
Reservations for the Fantasmic! Desert Extravaganza are no longer
taken at the Gallery itself, but at the side-door to the Blue Bayou
next to the Pirates exit. There's a sign at the foot of the Gallery
steps indicating this.
Also, reservations are not taken until the official park opening,
but folks do start lining up during early admission. We got
seats 10 and 11 at the 9:45PM show; the 8:30 was filled through
seat 10. We got in line about 8:45AM (7:30 early admission, 9AM
official opening.)
Steve
In article <318a5bd4...@news.earthlink.net>, gig...@earthlink.net
(The Dead Man) wrote:
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Doug Krause
In article <4meect$n...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
DreamSendr <dream...@aol.com> wrote:
#Can anyone explain to me what Fantasmic is???
I can't really do it justice, but it's a show on Tom Sawyer Island and
the Rivers of America. It's stars Mickey Mouse with support from many
of the other Disney characters. It has lasers, lights, fire, and a
fantastic soundtrack.
--
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"The circle is now complete. The Circle of Life!" -Mufasa Vader
Don Bertino
This description pales in comparsion with the actual show.
Enjoy.
SPOILERS...
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Disneyland - the Original (tm). These descriptions where taken out the
handout available from Disneyland called "Disneyland Park - Description
Book for Guests with Hearing Impairments"
As each attraction is typed in, it will be posted and stored at
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As the lights fade, the river is quiet and dark. Then, a very faint
musical note is heard, swelling and growing into a dramatic chord. A
brilliant cone of light shoots up from the island into the sky, circling
-- but with nothing inside.
Another chord is struck, and the cone vanishes, revealing Mickey Mouse.
The music becomes glorious and exciting, as Mickey brings the river to
life. He then appears on giant water-mist "screens" as the Sorcerer's
Apprentice, from the film *Fantasia*. The musical score from "The
Sorcerer's Apprentice" and the theme "Imagination" interweave to
accompany the action, as Mickey conducts animated shooting stars and
live firework comets flying across the sky.
The mist screens are filled with twinkling stars that dissolve into
colorful, blooming flowers. On stage can be seem huge flower petals,
changing color and transforming from a pink Camellia to a yellow and
white daisy to a purple pansy to a red rose. The petals then become
huge green leaves and combine with on-screen animation to become the
flora and fauna of the jungle.
As fog begins to float over the river, the rhythm and exotic sounds of
the jungle can be heard. Through the fog can be seen an enormous Kaa,
the snake from *Jungle Book*, slithering across the island with piercing
beams of light for eyes, searching the audience as he makes his way
through the jungle foliage. The Jungle beat grows as floating stages
carry King Louie and neon-colored monkeys across the river, which has
been transformed into an imaginative jungle where everything moves to
the wild beat.
The music changes abruptly to a pulsing, contemporary rendition of "Pink
Elephants on Parade" from *Dumbo*, as animated pink elephants appear
both on-screen and on the island. Suddenly, the elephants seem to be
puppets dancing on strings, then vanish, leaving the strings behind.
Now the magical strings manipulate three huge puppets, with Pinocchio in
the center.
On-screen we see Jiminy Cricket underwater, calling to his pal
Pinocchio, in gurgling desperation. A colorful montage of underwater
creatures appears. Jiminy then encounters the huge eye and teeth of
Monstro the Whale. A combined sequence of film and live special effects
show the angry, tail-thrashing whale creating a storm-like effect on the
water, with real water splashing around as Monstro stirs up the sea.
The sounds of crashing waves and thunder rumble through the audience, as
we witness a ship, on-screen, being tossed in the storm.
A loud canon shot takes our attention to the Pirate Ship, coming around
the bend, filled with action. Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Peter Pan and
pirates jump, climb and swing on ropes in a battle fully scored like a
scene from an epic swashbuckling adventure film. Following the ship is
a huge crocodile -- "tick-tocking" as he goes, scaring Captain Hook up
to the crows nest, as the ship disappears into the on-coming fog.
The "Imagination" theme comes in again as pink and blue clouds cover the
river. Snow White and her Prince, Ariel and Eric, and Beauty and the
Beast all float by, as if in a dream ballet in the clouds, each so happy
to have their dream come true. But the beautiful music starts to sound
a bit haunting. The Evil Queen from *Snow White* appears on stage,
calling for her magic mirror -- which appears in animated form,
on-screen, and says, "In the Magic Kingdom, there are many beautiful
princesses far more fair than you, my Queen." The sinister Queen
seethes with jealousy and hatred as the mirror continues, "In Mickey's
imagination, beauty and love will always survive."
In anger, she moves to her bubbling cauldron, where she creates a brew
of evil magic to transform herself in the Wicked Witch. The magic
mirror transforms into the ugly face of the wicked witch, who says,
"Imagine THIS!" On-screen, we see her face dissolve into that of the
sea witch, Ursula, from *The Little Mermaid*, as out from the river and
fog comes the tentacles of a 20' tall Ursula, laughing violently as she
passes. Back on-screen, the face of Ursula fades to reveal only her
evil eyes -- which transform into the eyes of the horrific Chernabog,
from *Fantasia*.
Images of skeletons on horseback, riding across the sky, appear
on-screen as Chernabog watches, flames dance in his hand. Then a real
burst of flames explodes on the island and Maleficent, from *Sleeping
Beeauty*, appears. Mickey Mouse sees Malefiecent and shakes in his
shoes as she points to him and says, "Now you will deal with MY
imagination!" Another burst of flames signals a dramatic transformation
as Maleficent grows 30' tall and changes into a ferocious dragon,
on-screen. But, as lightning flashes, you can see through the animated
sequence on-screen to a huge 40' three-dimensional dragon, taking over
the island. She lowers her head and breathes fire over the river,
igniting it into a sea of flames. The evil side of imagination have now
created an island of terror.
Only Mickey can save himself from his own imagination, and he appears as
the Brave Little Tailor, ready to do battle. With electrifying laser
special effects, he defeats the dragon and all the evil forces.
On-screen, we see the dragon, zapped by Mickey's positive powers, swirl
into the air and vanish in a burst of pixie dust. A sparkling,
twinkling presence can be seen and a magical sound begins to grow, as
Tinker Bell appears. Flying about the sky on-screen, she waves her
magic wand and showers the Mark Twain with pixie dust as it comes around
the bend. The riverboat is loaded with all the lovable Disney
characters, waving banners and cheering their hero, while fireworks
cascade over the rails of the Mark Twain.
As the riverboat reaches the dock, a flash explodes on top of the boat,
revealing Mickey Mouse as Steamboat Willie at the helm. Mickey pilots
the boat past the audience in a festive celebrational finale, and then
disappears into the fog. Suddenly, Mickey appears in a splash of light
up on the Cider Mill, now as Sorcerer Mickey. The music swells and
grows, as he conducts laser beams that criss-cross over the entire river
area, creating a sunburst effect radiating out from Mickey, proving that
the magical powers of his positive imagination are stronger than ever.
As the musical theme "Imagination" builds to a final chorus, a glorious
display of fireworks is added to the river spectacular. Mickey lifts
his arms upward as more fireworks shoot from his fingers.
Then, in a flash, Mickey magically disappears from the Cider Mill and
reappears again, center stage, in his normal character. All the effects
and music abruptly freeze, and Mickey says to the audience, "Some
imaginations, huh? Ha! Ha!" And with that, all the effects vanish,
leaving the brilliant cone of lights empty. On a final musical note,
the lights go out, and the river is quiet and dark once again.
don
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Lynn Gustafson
In article <dijonDr...@netcom.com>,
di...@netcom.com (Doug Krause) writes:
>In article <4meect$n...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
>DreamSendr <dream...@aol.com> wrote:
>#Can anyone explain to me what Fantasmic is???
>
>
>I can't really do it justice, but it's a show on Tom Sawyer Island and
>the Rivers of America. It's stars Mickey Mouse with support from many
>of the other Disney characters. It has lasers, lights, fire, and a
>fantastic soundtrack.
>
>--
Don't forget that it also uses the Rivers of America with the Mark Twain
and Columbia as 'props'. And the water screens that they project
animated sections of the story and...
Lynn Gustafson