THIS POST IS FROM MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION AND HAS NO ASSOCIATION WITH THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY.
It's almost there, but not quite. Transitions and pace needs to be worked on.
I think in addition to the fire whip, they should have included "CO2 moving head jets". You can see an example of this on youtube. Should have also put CO2 blasters in the planters with the water jets. Apparently there is also multi-colored flame effects in the market as well. I know the creators don't want fireworks, but perhaps consider "sparker" low-level pyro that looks like a water fountain.
**OPENING- THE MAGIC LIGHT**
1) Get rid of the Walt Disney quote "Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination". Use the television show's original title sequence with Tinkerbell.
2) Save this for a future show. Add a new arrangement of "The Spectrum Song". The words "red, yellow, green, blue, orange, purple", "Blend them up and what do you get?", and "Color has its harmony" will be the only lyrics in this sequence. The rest of the song is instrumental. Blackout after this sequence.
**COLORS OF THE SEA SEGMENT**
1) From an eariler test footage, I prefer the earlier "Part of Your World" sequence. The version now is too long and relies more on video footage. I just cut about 40 seconds of showtime.
2) "Under the Sea" is fine the way it is.
3) During the EAC, Jellyfish can be created with water shooting up, but lid creates a dome and tentacle effect. Dory exclaims "Oh, look. Whale!". Marlin shouts: "Move, Dory! Move!". NEMO characters in front screen and back screen transitions from EAC to whale swimming towards audience and "Pines of Rome" whales.
4) Cut out Whale Talk scene.
5) Cut out the shooting arrow sequence. It's nice on paper and on a TV/movie medium. But for a show like this, I think the transition to the WALL-E segment gets lost.
**COLORS OF THE UNIVERSE SEGMENT**
1) Stitch surfs the waves on the front water screen with flying whales in the back screen. Then Stitch rides a red hover cruiser and blasts off into outer space. When Stitch jumps to hyperdrive, he passes by Buzz Lightyear.
2) Buzz is hovering in space, looks to the audience and says "I am Buzz Lightyear. Alright. Stand back everyone!". Then continue with the current Buzz vs. Zurg segment sans "Gamma Quadrant 4" clip.
3) Get rid of the red coupling on EVE from the WALL-E segment. Cut out WALL-E giving EVE the plant. Leave the projection domes with planets, no image of WALL-E & EVE holding hands. At the end, let the planets sink under the water line.
4) WALL-E's fire extinguisher transition to the Toy Story clouds. But this actually transitions to the movie UP sequence instead.
**COLORS OF FLIGHT & IMAGINATION SEGMENT**
1) Delete the characters on the UP house and cut the lines "My name is Dug. I just met you. And I love you. Squirrel".
2) Cut out the Genie's entire appearance in the show. Save the program for another show in the future.
3) Return the original "Whole New World" opening sequence from the 1st version of the show. The sand animation is great. After "A Whole New World", add the phrase "You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!" from PETER PAN.
4) Put back "Go the Distance" from HERCULES.
5) The HERCULES sunset has an eclipse, transition to the Chesire Cat for the cut "Alice in Wonderland" sequence. One of the first things seen is Alice falling into Wonderland. The only song from the film will be "March of the Cards". Panoramic of tea table would be cool.
6) Then from "Alice in Wonderland", the last images have the plants and flowers branching over Alice (walking through the plants/trapped inside the bottle floating through water). This transitions to "Firebird Suite" featuring the Spring Sprite.
**COLORS OF EARTH SEGMENT**
1) The Spring Sprite, Pocahontas, Heimlich, & Little April Showers sequence is very successful now.
**COLORS OF FEAR SEGMENT**
1) No "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequence. Save the program for another future show.
2) The windmill vortex reveals the skull & crossbones from Dr. Facilier's hat & he says "I've Got Friends on the Other Side". The tiki masks & voo doo dolls appear on the globe projections and say "He's got friends on the other side". The Doctor says "yes... Are you ready?!". Tiki masks says "Are you ready?!" repeatedly. Instrumental upbeat.
Visuals mostly include DR with color backgrounds in his musical number from the film (without Neveen & Lawrence) & shadow army from Tiki mouth(black figures against green background). Lasers make up colorful symbols in the air.
The Shadow Man is in the back water screens flying fortune cards at front water screens. The cards turn around to reveal fortune cards with Villains on them: Horned King, Firebird, & Chernabog. (The Horned King because it seems to fit "Hellfire" the best). Doctor says "Now we're cookin!" & blows his magic powder to transition to next scene.
3) Flaming dancers sequence. No projection of flaming Judge Frollo. Instead of the current Shadow Man appearance in the show, it is replaced by the Horned King activating the Black Cauldron. The same fountain from Buzz Lightyear's blast off will be reused. Return back to Firebird/Chernabog/Hellfire sequence.
4) Save this for a future Halloween show. During the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence, have clips of Hades & Jafar throwing flames. At one point, Hades & Jafar are laughing in their glory on the sides of the water projections while Chernabog occupies the center screen.
Jafar clips: (1) blowing flames to the left frame, (2) laughing with smoking coming out of mouth, (3) walking thru flames.
Hades clips: (1)Waltzing (3 flame throwers)!! (2)Laughing to himself
5) Green River of Death vortex from HERCULES to replace Scar's introduction. Use the same music currently in show.
LYRICS: Adventure is waiting, Unrelenting
6) Cut out Scar & Mufasa saying their lines. No image of young Simba and Mufasa falling. Okay with Simba shouting "No!" but not "Dad".
**FEARS TO TEARS/HEART SEGMENT**
1) No Mufasa dead body projection. Aurora borealis appears slowly with slow opening from Brother Bear's "Transformation" music with video of where the lights touch the earth. Instead of this music becoming bigger, transition to "You'll Be in My Heart" from TARZAN to replace ENCHANTED's "So Close". The former is more on the romantic side whereas the later can be applied to almost any type of love.
**TEARS (LOVE CONQUERS ALL)/TRANSFORMATION SEGMENT**
1) I agree when someone said the double images on the water projections AND globe projections seem like overkill. So perhaps use symbols and objects from what is projected on the water. EXAMPLE: Beauty & the Beast with rose, Aladdin & Jasmine with lamp, Simba & Nala with Simba wall drawing, Pocahontas & John Smith with a compass, Hercules & Meg with the Symbol of the Gods.
2) Tinkerbell SHOULD NOT open the finale. Leave that to Fantasmic! The power of love/heart should be the element that brings back life and sets balance.
3) Simulate fireworks with fountains. Do not turn on lights until they get hit again by a bigger stream force and play fireworks sound effects with it.
4) Apparently in Glow Fest, they have Disney/PIXAR character kaleidoscopes. I wonder how that would look on the water or globe screens.
5) The Cheshire Cat seems to be really random in the finale. Should just be in the Wonderland sequence.
