MegaDisney
02-08-2010, 12:31 PM
From the OC Register:
The debut of a new light-and-water show at Disney’s California Adventure is scheduled for later this spring, but Disney is already trying to figure out how it will deal with expected massive crowds.
One idea is to distribute tickets for entrance to a 9,000-person viewing area to see World of Color.
Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman, said Disney officials already predict the show will be “extremely popular,” so they are considering various ways to address crowding.
A ticket program is “one of many different options being explored,” she said.
World of Color will feature images of Disney cartoons projected on a 19,000-square-foot water screen and fountains that squirt up to 200 feet from Paradise Bay.
The Showpass would be similar to the Fastpass system for rides.
Each visitor could pick up a Showpass at a Fastpass distribution site. The ticket then could be used to gain entrance to the standing-room-only viewing area, which is now under construction on the north side of Paradise Bay. Visitors would be let in to the area sometime before the nightly show.
Because there would be a limited number of Showpasses, some guests would have to search for other spots to watch the show, possibly behind the show on the south side of the bay.
The idea is to prevent people from setting up camp in the amphitheater area all day. But it might not help annual passholders, who often come to the park late in the day when the tickets likely would be gone.
Brown said no decisions have been made.
Workers are scheduled to program the water-and-light show next month. A debut date for the show has yet to be scheduled, but Disney fan sites predict it will start in April.
The debut of a new light-and-water show at Disney’s California Adventure is scheduled for later this spring, but Disney is already trying to figure out how it will deal with expected massive crowds.
One idea is to distribute tickets for entrance to a 9,000-person viewing area to see World of Color.
Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman, said Disney officials already predict the show will be “extremely popular,” so they are considering various ways to address crowding.
A ticket program is “one of many different options being explored,” she said.
World of Color will feature images of Disney cartoons projected on a 19,000-square-foot water screen and fountains that squirt up to 200 feet from Paradise Bay.
The Showpass would be similar to the Fastpass system for rides.
Each visitor could pick up a Showpass at a Fastpass distribution site. The ticket then could be used to gain entrance to the standing-room-only viewing area, which is now under construction on the north side of Paradise Bay. Visitors would be let in to the area sometime before the nightly show.
Because there would be a limited number of Showpasses, some guests would have to search for other spots to watch the show, possibly behind the show on the south side of the bay.
The idea is to prevent people from setting up camp in the amphitheater area all day. But it might not help annual passholders, who often come to the park late in the day when the tickets likely would be gone.
Brown said no decisions have been made.
Workers are scheduled to program the water-and-light show next month. A debut date for the show has yet to be scheduled, but Disney fan sites predict it will start in April.