From Erik Yates on July 3, 2006 at 2:33 PM
And already the disney lovers have come out in FORCE on other boards, saying that it was "too much like Fantasmic". In which of course I say "Pixie dust has clouded your judgement". It is amazing to behold the effects they project on Back to the Future and MIB....simply amazing.

From Gareth H on July 3, 2006 at 2:49 PM
The fact that Disney don't use spheres doesn't mean much??
Fantasmic to me was similar to the show that SeaWorld did a couple of years ago (Last time I went :-( ) with the water effects, which in turn is very similar to Poiseidons Fury over at IOA. Now who did it first??

Trying to upload the video of Universal 360 for you, just having a few issues with you tube. Ince done I'll post the links here. Not the greatest of video but considering I was using a basic camera (OK, cell phone, but a good one) and I had no idea what was going to happen, I think you can get the general idea.!

From Robert Niles on July 3, 2006 at 4:10 PM
And what would be wrong with something that was like Fantasmic!? I'd love to see parks do more to, ahem, borrow each others' good ideas. *And* to keep them fresh. Disney hasn't done much with the Fantasmic concept (which, in turn, struck a lot of people when it debuted as similar to Illuminations...) lately. I say, let Universal have a turn.

From Gareth H on July 4, 2006 at 8:27 AM
VIDEO IS NOW ONLINE

Copy and paste this link into your browser for clip 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-sqJMUgs1A

Copy and paste this link into your browser for link 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GkwcKLio1s

Not the greatest quality but you should get a good idea how the show goes.... Remember, there is more to see thatn could be captured..

From Chris Walton on July 5, 2006 at 9:11 AM
I was present for the show on July 2nd and it was spectacular. The best pyro show yet, the use of projected images on the surrounding buildings really adds to the show. A must see, THE reason to stay to closing time!