Universal's Cinematic Celebration Night Show

[bob albert]

either this is running for Halloween or the lack of entertainment is reason for thee 10th house.

 

[Viator]

either this is running for Halloween or the lack of entertainment is reason for thee 10th house.

@Legacy put it, as blunt as this.

Two Shows (AoV and a new show in FFL), 9 Mazes
One Show (AoV in FFL), 10 Mazes.

 

[Evan]

Oh look trusses like in a concert going up for lighting... I guess when you're a studio park you can kind of get away with it.

 

[Viator]

Oh look trusses like in a concert going up for lighting... I guess when you're a studio park you can kind of get away with it.

*cough*

Yeah, word going around is that they are behind schedule and are putting in some temporary equipment and structures just to test and get it open on time and will replace it with final themed pieces as soon as they can get it built off site.

My concern is how close everything seems to where people will be standing. Looking at how tall those fountains are, it seems impossible to keeping them from soaking guests.

Pyrotechnics also seem really close to where people will be standing on the other side opposite of the viewing area.

 

[Evan]

*cough*

I doubt they'd be building anything to hide lighting like that... unless they are going to eventually dig trenches and have it raise and lower out?

I definitely think they'll hide all the projectors, but I don't know how they could with this kind of lighting.

 

[Legacy]

Perhaps @Legacy could help Gage if they may do that or not?

It hasn't been mentioned to me, not that I've been specifically asking.

My gut says no, though. Not that they don't want to. I just don't think they'll want to bother with the time and resources needed to develop a second new show on a new system when they'll just be figuring it out after the summer. They'd only have two months.

 

[JungleSkip]

I doubt they'd be building anything to hide lighting like that... unless they are going to eventually dig trenches and have it raise and lower out?

I definitely think they'll hide all the projectors, but I don't know how they could with this kind of lighting.

I feel like those are not the final setups. Mostly because they look like they'd get clobbered in a hurricane

 

[Miketheboss]

I doubt they'd be building anything to hide lighting like that... unless they are going to eventually dig trenches and have it raise and lower out?

I definitely think they'll hide all the projectors, but I don't know how they could with this kind of lighting.

Maybe they can do something like this. #DisneyDifference

 

[Evan]

I feel like those are not the final setups. Mostly because they look like they'd get clobbered in a hurricane

Very true. What have they done in the past for shows like this?

 

[JungleSkip]

Very true. What have they done in the past for shows like this?

They've never had a show like this, TBH. But Cinespec's projectors were given themed housings. I expect the same here, at the very least

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Quoting AGAIN, re: projector housing. MrPipps has shown to know about this project.

Yeah, word going around is that they are behind schedule and are putting in some temporary equipment and structures just to test and get it open on time and will replace it with final themed pieces as soon as they can get it built off site.

My concern is how close everything seems to where people will be standing. Looking at how tall those fountains are, it seems impossible to keeping them from soaking guests.

Pyrotechnics also seem really close to where people will be standing on the other side opposite of the viewing area.

 

[Imperius]

Maybe they can do something like this. #DisneyDifference

#Disneydifference

 

[Parkscope Joe]

#Disneydifference

Don’t turn this into a “Disney does it right” debate y’all.

 

[Imperius]

Sorry. I’ll end it there. You can delete if needed.

 

[Evan]

Quoting AGAIN, re: projector housing. MrPipps has shown to know about this project.

I totally get the projector housing. But do you think it'll include the lighting trusses/moving lights? I don't quite see how they can mask those unless they do the underground approach like Disney, or build tall skinny themed buildings... :S

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I totally get the projector housing. But do you think it'll include the lighting trusses/moving lights? I don't quite see how they can mask those unless they do the underground approach like Disney, or build tall skinny themed buildings... :S

The temporary trusses are... temporary.

 

[MrPipps]

I was told that they're getting themed poles that the lights will go on but they won't be there until after the show opens. The projectors are getting themed as well.

I asked about this because I know the retracting poles at World of Color were incredibly expensive and were problematic... Probably the cost of this entire show. I worked on Fantasmic at Disneyland and the expense of the retracting poles there could buy you an entire dark ride. I'd rather Universal put that money into the show quality itself.

 

[Evan]

I was told that they're getting themed poles that the lights will go on but they won't be there until after the show opens. The projectors are getting themed as well.

I asked about this because I know the retracting poles at World of Color were incredibly expensive and were problematic... Probably the cost of this entire show. I worked on Fantasmic at Disneyland and the expense of the retracting poles there could buy you an entire dark ride. I'd rather Universal put that money into the show quality itself.

The Fantasmic ones are also massive structures, like huge. People use the work on top of them controlling lights.

WOC I would assume was a cheaper and simpler system.

 

[MrPipps]

The Fantasmic ones are also massive structures, like huge. People use the work on top of them controlling lights.

WOC I would assume was a cheaper and simpler system.

The WoC towers were around $4 million each and had a custom made hydraulic piston that required super tight tolerances. They also require a very large pit that would be even more expensive here due to dealing with the high water table. Not worth it.

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

I could be wrong, but I seem to recollect during the first year or two of Cinemagic that they actually ran a few nights during HHN.

In 2012 they had a handful of different short show sets that would rotate throughout the evening, based on things like Hitchcock, the classic monsters, Alice Cooper, etc.