Fantasy Waters at the Disneyland Hotel
When I lived in Seattle, each trip to Disneyland was preceded by an evening spent getting into town and checking in at the hotel. Disneyland had to wait until the morning, but that wasy okay… it was thrilling just to be near Disneyland, even the warm night air was otherworldly to me. Everyone has their own Disneyland routines & rituals, and mine started that night before, in a far corner of the Disneyland Hotel. That’s where, twice a night, they ran the Fantasy Waters show:
Disneyland Hotel’s Fantasy Waters show, from ru42
It was the perfect thing to feed my building excitement for the next day. It’s gone now. I’m sad it’s not there anymore, but now that I live in California my Disneyland rituals have changed, and I probably wouldn’t make it over to see it very often anyhow. I have about a hundred photos of the show, which is pretty silly — the show isn’t much to look at in static form. Hanford found this for me the other day, and I was thrilled to get to watch the show again. This is the “new” version that was rolled out in the ’90s, so it’s a little sad, but it’s still the Fantasy Waters show. Keep your ears perked for a rare bit of Captain EO. [uploaded by ru42]
It really was the poor man’s Fantasmic. The updated show would have been far better served if they had used music from Stay Awake rather than from Simply Mad About the Mouse. Yma Sumac’s “I Wonder.” Way cooler than Ric Ocasek’s “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.”
posted on March 14th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
ooo, Can you upload some of your photos?? also do you have any photos of the nozzles etc?
posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Oooh, you’ve built your own? Fantastic! How long did it take you to put together?
Definitely not pictures of nozzles, only nighttime photos of the show in action. Unfortunately, they’re primitive paper photos, and they’re packed into a box right now. The next time I come across them, I’ll see if I can find some that are worth the time to scan them, and I’ll let you know!
posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:28 am
It took me a grand total of about 4 months to construct. It opened in 2002.
for a ton of picutres and videos visit this site: http://www.micechat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50656
alright, that’s cool. let me know when you get the photos up. thanks!
posted on March 25th, 2007 at 10:03 pm