Fantasmic!

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Well, it's not so terrible that I wouldn't touch it with a 50ft pole. I just wouldn't make it a nightly priority to see it, nor would I feel all that bad if I ended up missing it for one reason or another.

-- PMM

[xfkirsten]

Originally Posted by Palm Desert Babe

I've never seen it, never will. Not after this thread.

Ah, a number of us may not like it as much as Disneyland's, but I wouldn't discount it until you've seen it yourself. I still enjoy it, even with all its shortcomings.

[Fantasmic17]

Originally Posted by PeoplemoverMatt

Hard aluminum bleachers actually make my rump feel the worst of all. Most people bring soft blankets to cushion their up-close & personal seat to Fantasmic! here.


Not sure how that's possible when you're 10x closer to the fire here than at MGM. If anything that statement's the complete opposite in reality because at Disneyland you're actually close enough to the fire to feel it.


Again, in reality there's way more problems with this in a stadium setting than not. When you're seated at Disneyland, you're mostly looking up at the stage so no one's head is in your way. When standing, well, you're at the mercy of how tall you are. However, people know to arrive early enough to get their desired location at either the 9pm or 10:30pm Fantasmic!.

In the stadium, you're looking down at the stage, and you're forced to look through/around all the heads of folks around you. This is true regardless of personal height, unless you're lucky enough to be sitting behind a small child.


Ok could you please explain MGM's....

• Painfully extended bubble scene
• Pointless canoers
• Superfluous Pocahontas scene
• 10 or so villians in the dragon instead of 3
• Jafar snake scene
• Why Mickey dances around the dragon before finally deciding to shoot him
• And more...

As far as the Pinocchio scene goes, it's a transition between the dancing elephants and ultimately the Peter Pan scene. Elephants lead to Pinocchio leads to Jiminy Cricket in his burst bubble leads to Monstro leads to Mickey going 'Uh-oh!' leads to the Pirate Ship. Remember this is Mickey's dream and not all dreams move coherently from image to image. That being said, no dream is an obvious showcase for random Disney characters like the bubble & Pocahontas scenes are in MGM's version.


This statement makes no sense.

You might get more people touting their Fantasmic! with more members from the WDW area on these boards but it won't change what I've cited above. I'd like for more WDW-oriented members here so I can read how they get around these details. I enjoy a rousing discussion but when things don't make sense, they don't make sense.

-- PMM

PMM, you have summarized everything of what I've been trying to tell people in all my time being here. Thank you!

[k_peek_2000]

Does anybody have a video of "A Taste Of Fantasmic" from MGM.

[uscfan7690]

In regard to WDW Fantasmic!:

Originally Posted by PeoplemoverMatt

Well, it's not so terrible that I wouldn't touch it with a 50ft pole. I just wouldn't make it a nightly priority to see it, nor would I feel all that bad if I ended up missing it for one reason or another.

That's essentially as I would put it as well. Certainly worth seeing if you have the open time, but it's not something I center my evening around if I have other plans (at DLR, Fantasmic! comes first for me).