Rivers of Light General Discussion and Photos

[UK-Trigg]

An' it's not just the money that was used for this show, add in the overtime pay they had to give all the entertainers that worked the Jungle Book: Alive with Magic show for the whole summer. RoL has become a far more costly ordeal then they wanted it to, and you know there are higher ups who are not happy about that.

Yup, a right royal screw up.

 

[shiekra38]

I called those animal floats becoming permanent fixtures months ago....And now it's happening!!

 

[epcyclopedia]

I still think there's a chance the show will open.

However, everything I said about it way back when has proven true.

So we shall see...

 

[Brian G.]

Serious

Can co-sign on this.

 

[OLSinFLA]

So it is turning into Rivers of Light Magic after all....

 

[Mad Dog]

So it is turning into Rivers of Light Magic after all....

Rivers of Light No Mo Magic

 

[Parkscope Joe]

What I've heard is the show was ready for performing to execs (not saying the show was guest ready) and it was decided to scrap and start again with a new vision and direction. I bet elements will remain, maybe even the name, but looks like they'll start a-new.

 

[Nick]

Yup, Imagine the money wasted so far.

I feel like they've likely spent more money trying to get this show to work like it's supposed to than they did when building it and originally programming it.

 

[Nick]

What I've heard is the show was ready for performing to execs (not saying the show was guest ready) and it was decided to scrap and start again with a new vision and direction. I bet elements will remain, maybe even the name, but looks like they'll start a-new.

Yes, there was supposed to be an exec preview for the show about a week and a half ago, I believe.

 

[epcyclopedia]

Sent out some feelers to people who produced some of the original items intended for the show to see if they've been given new orders, been told they wont be used, etc..

 

[bob albert]

Wow what a colossal screw up.

 

[Tobias]

So it is turning into Rivers of Light Magic after all....

Rivers of Light No Mo Magic

Please, that's a disservice to Light Magic since that show actually ran for a Summer. As it stands RoL can't even make it past a media sneak preview and Exec previews.

 

[WAJAS]

I assume that the drones will become a component of the show if not a major focus.

 

[Mad Dog]

Please, that's a disservice to Light Magic since that show actually ran for a Summer. As it stands RoL can't even make it past a media sneak preview and Exec previews.

Hopefully, when Disney fires those responsible for this travesty, Universal doesn't hire any of them. Doesn't sound like a quality talented group. Sure don't want a Universal River of Light, with hotel water taxis honking by.

 

[UNIrd]

Disney has put out their best nighttime shows across the world in the past few years: Disney Dreams (DLP), Fantasmic (TDR), multiple versions of World of Color (DLR). I understand if they had a show that failed to deliver...but it's really hard to wrap my head around the fact that they may have failed to deliver a show at all.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I assume that the drones will become a component of the show if not a major focus.

That'd be cool and smart.

 

[epcyclopedia]

That'd be cool and smart.

Well then it obviously won't happen.

Elsewhere, the word I've gotten back is that exec previews keep being pushed back but no word of a total shutdown.

 

[twebber55]

at this point its fairly evident there is not a lot of real insider info on this

 

[GAcoaster]

I've heard from people I know that this was pushed back to January now. They want to wait until after the holiday rush when the park will need something to boost the attendance between Christmas and the opening of Avatar in the summer. Their hoping RoL will do the trick.

 

[Nick]

at this point its fairly evident there is not a lot of real insider info on this

I think there is info, it's just this show is in such flux the info isn't really any good or even worth reporting on anymore.