Fantasmic! has been back since July of 2017...what a joke. the ships were under major refurbishment for what 2 whole years and has only been up for less then a year and already it is going back down!!!!!! they better do Fantasmic! without the ships--at least on weekends!!
Fantasmic! has been back since July of 2017...
There’s no way to know yet what their plans are, but I’m sure they are trying to refurb everything that might need to be done in 2019 BEFORE Star Wars opens, so as many here have theorized, that’s going to be a lot of closures earlier in the year...
I highly disagree with that notion. They need to have paths, entertainment, and rides in other parts of the park/resort ready to go come June/July because SWGE is not going to be able to hold everyone that is visiting. And in all honesty they don’t need everything they got to bring people into the parks. The parks have been steadily busy for the last few years with crowded times just being redistributed away from summer and into the fall.I mean i guess so, but when galaxy's edge opens everyone will be in that land, so during that time is when they can actually afford to shut down Fantasmic! because most people will just be focused on Star Wars and everything that land has to offer. In my perspective it makes more sense to go into refurbishment when everyone is distracted and busy at Galaxy's Edge then to bring it down during a slow period where they need everything they got to get people in the parks. When star wars open nobody will fuss if Fantasmic! is down because a whole new land will keep them very much occupied.
With the last Fantasmic! dining package still President's Day (Jan 21) I'm starting to feel that F! will be on hiatus for a while.
As others have said, they'll be debuting the new Mickey's Mix Magic show in late-January, so there will be at least one night time show. Being the "new" show, I'm sure it'll be pretty popular. Maybe they're also hoping to have WoC back by then.But to have World of Color down, Fantasmic! down, and Paint the Night down, nighttime during February is going to be dull. All I am saying is it is a dumb move to bring down another show when all other shows are also dark.
Just to avoid confusion - Presidents Day is in February. I think the holiday you're referencing is MLK Day.With the last Fantasmic! dining package still President's Day (Jan 21) I'm starting to feel that F! will be on hiatus for a while.
As others have said, they'll be debuting the new Mickey's Mix Magic show in late-January, so there will be at least one night time show. Being the "new" show, I'm sure it'll be pretty popular. Maybe they're also hoping to have WoC back by then.
On a side note, I had totally forgotten about Paint the Night. I wonder if they'll bring it back again once all of the Food Festivals end in DCA.
While they did overlap for a few nights, I think the logistics (and crowd flow) of trying to present Paint the Night plus the festivals is difficult. To much of the parade route and the Festival booth placements overlap. I'm sure they would have liked to have a nighttime show in DCA, but I suspect the food festivals (be it Festival of the Holidays, Lunar New Year, or F&W) bring in a lot of guests and money, so it made more sense to offer the Festival and end PtN. And maybe they had really thought they'd get WoC back before the holiday season ended. Now, I could see them bringing PtN back in the summer to try and distribute some of the SWGE crowds.And Yes Paint the Night!! It is my favorite! I really hope they bring it back. I was actually surprised when it went dark in DCA as WOC was already dark leaving DCA with no nighttime show at all.
F! is officially on the refurb calendar now Jan. 22-spring 2019. Splash is also going down Feb. 5.
It's not uncommon for Splash to go down in Jan/Feb, but it had a longer more extensive refurb last year (I'd have to look up the exact dates), so I am a bit surprised that it's going down again this soon.Strange that Spash is going down in Feb as last year it went down Jan 8 reopening Feb 1. I would think they would want it open for Presidents Day weekend no?
It just seems like more and more will be going down in Feb.