Disneyland – Summer Nightastic 2010

Disneyland/DCA June 2010 – Everything else

Jun 13th

Posted by Jeff Keller in Disneyland - Summer Nightastic 2010

I’ve shown you the big summer events in the previous two entries, so here is everything else. I’ll begin with a bunch of California Adventure photos and then move onto a few from Disneyland.

: The entrance to DCA is all colorful now

: World of Color decorations everywhere

: I wonder how much longer this will be around

: No more water!

: I don’t think I ever noticed the S.S. Rustworthy before

: Mickey’s Fun Wheel (from behind)

: Light towers for WoC open up in the late afternoon

: Paradise Bay

: Mickey’s Fun Wheel is much more colorful now

: The Blue Sky Cellar was updated with the latest on the DCA redesign

: Details about the changes to Mulholland Madness

: Mockup of the Little Mermaid ride vehicle

: Little Mermaid ride layout

: Little Mermaid show building is huge!

: Fountains were going in preparation for the media event the next day

: Cars Land construction

: A nice touch near the WoC viewing area

: Glow Fest has, for better or worse, transformed the Hollywood Backlot

: You can see the crazy light towers and the new trolley tracks

: Hollywood Backlot entrance during Glow Fest

: Kind of out of character for DCA

: Live DJ

: Dancers

: Now to Disneyland… it’s time for the rope drop

: Inside the Indy queue

: I think someone requested this photo years ago

: Everyone knows this one

: Freshly repainted, it looks like

: Here are several photos from Pirates

: One of two new shops in New Orleans Square

: Here are three photos from Splash Mountain

Hope you enjoyed all of my photos from this trip!

Fantasmic!

Jun 12th

Posted by Jeff Keller in Disneyland - Summer Nightastic 2010

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The other big “Summer Nightastic” attraction at the DL Resort this summer is Fantasmic. It’s not new (going on 18 years, I think), but it’s been freshened over the last year with new lighting, water screens, digital projection, and dragons.

: Mickey with sparklers

: Monkeys!

: Here comes the pirate ship

: Peter Pan

: Fairly new eels

: Maleficent sets the river on fire

: Don’t mess with Murphy

: Mickey’s about to take care of that dragon problem

: Steamboat Willie

: Seemed like there were fewer characters than normal

: Nearing the end…

: Finale

World of Color premiere

Jun 12th

Posted by Jeff Keller in Disneyland - Summer Nightastic 2010

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I was crazy enough to go see the World of Color premiere at Disney California Adventure on Friday, June 11th. I got up at the crack of dawn and arrived in the Pumbaa parking lot at 6am. A few minutes later I was in line outside of the “secure zone”. At about 7:15 or so, they began to let us into the park… and about 30 minutes later, I had my Fastpass for the 9pm show!

Come about 5:30pm, people began to congregate around the viewing area on Paradise Bay. Things were not well organized — every cast member had a different story about what was going to happen next. At around 7:15pm they let us in and I found a spot toward the back of the view area.

In terms of eye candy, World of Color was jaw-dropping. It was filled with “how did they do that?” moments, and unbelievable technology and choreography. There isn’t much of a plot… rather, it’s just a series of scenes from mostly newer Disney/Pixar movies. The Lion King scene was a bit of a letdown for more than one reason. The Finding Nemo portion was uninspiring. But for the most part, the rest of the show was breathtaking.

I watched the next show from a non-reserved area and this reaffirmed what I’d heard: that you must watch from the viewing area! While you can see the fountains from other areas, the huge water screen can only be scene from straight-on.

Enjoy the photos!