We've already had a positive one posted by Orion last week after the CM preview.
right, I should have said "actual guest", because "special events", such as for CMs or the Press, or even special VIPs (like the Prince) are usually quite different from what we, the measly guests, get.
although I know what you mean about being a mix of 3 different shows, but what else could there have been do you think? - fireworks/lasers/water is about as good as it gets, is it not?).
Don't get me wrong, I liked the show and I think it's actually pretty cool. But I think that it does not do it for a 20th anniversary.
Despite all that's been said, the parade is just a revised version of DOUaD, where, to simplify, they changed the order of the floats and a few characters' outfits (very simplified but that's the general idea behind the "new" parade). The "train" has been abused one more time. And instead of having a truely new nightime show they just changed the fireworks into some kind of hybrid stuff.
Characters action was removed and replaced by movies which can't even be clearly seen (when at Fantasmic they are repeated 3 times for all the audience to see), etc
no really, the 20th anniversary could have been a good opportunity to give guests a true nightime experience.
Once again, look at MK, they have MSEP, The magic the memories and you, and wishes, all packed in a couple of hours. But in DLRP, it seems like they went "all in" with a 20 minutes show, as if to tell the guests "ok we gave it all, now it's time to go home, and don't forget to go through gift shops"
Maybe it's the same in WDW, but it seems pretty much less obvious.
well, nevermind. The show is good in the end, and I'm sure the vast majority of guests will enjoy it and feel that it's really worth it and the money, but I still consider that DLRP's done it the "easy way" once again. Not much magic, a whole lot of flashy cheap tricks like a CNN theme for a special news flash.
well just ignore me, it must be for a reason that my 4yr old insists that I buy Grumpy merchandise while in the parks