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Postby Aaron084 on June 15th, 2006, 11:54 am
Has anybody seen the advertised fireworks show yet? Is it part of the parade or its own show? I haven't seen the show yet and I'd like to know what to expect. Are there any Class B fireworks (the big ones)? Or are they just Class C like they had in previous years which they used a few times during their nightly show. Thanks!
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Postby LAFFfan4lyfe on June 15th, 2006, 12:32 pm
i liked the fireworks when i saw them. They come out at three angles: from behind hometown station, from the top of the sweet shoppe, and on top of the season pass processing. These will be part of the parade, the preshow just isn't ready yet. Because i am a girl, i can't classify the fireworks for you. I think it's worth seeing once though, i was impressed by the amount there were.
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Postby Aero737 on June 15th, 2006, 1:47 pm
I can see a whole new wave of photo oppertunities at night with the nightly fireworks.
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Postby HoffmanMyster on June 15th, 2006, 1:50 pm
I wasnt too impressed with the fireworks when I saw them...there were a few pretty good ones (I dont know the classifications), and then a "grand finale", which was about the same as the non-grand finale parts of most fireworks shows...I would suggest seeing it, because you might like it, but i personally didnt like it...it didnt last that long either, probably less than a minute...
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Postby zjohn1988 on June 15th, 2006, 10:45 pm
Aaron084 wrote:Has anybody seen the advertised fireworks show yet? Is it part of the parade or its own show? I haven't seen the show yet and I'd like to know what to expect. Are there any Class B fireworks (the big ones)? Or are they just Class C like they had in previous years which they used a few times during their nightly show. Thanks!


I could go to indiana and get the same ones..

They are loud though so thats a plus!
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Postby themanoftheland8 on June 15th, 2006, 10:49 pm
Well, it's better than nothing. On May 27th, I personally did not think they were too good. On June 7th, I missed them because I was on Vu (I think somehow it is impossible to see them from anywhere on Vu) :D
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Postby Aero737 on June 16th, 2006, 1:18 am
Well the key word is daily.. Fireworks are expensive (the average towns firework show is upwards of 100,000 dollars). If they have to shoot them off every night then they can't afford a huge display.
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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on June 16th, 2006, 8:55 am
I love seeing the fireworks at closing. It's really nice.
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Postby Bob O on June 16th, 2006, 10:30 am
I havent seen the new fireworks show so i cant comment about how good they are.
But i hope they are longer in duration than some have suggested and a grand finale should last more than one minute.
If you are going to end the day with a fireworks show i would hope it would be set to music and at least 10-15 minutes in length and a major finale which would be more bigger than the earlier part of the show.
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Postby ragingbullchick on June 16th, 2006, 11:12 am
They're pretty decent. I liked them but they weren't really anything special. I mean, at Magic Kingdom, Tinkerbelle lights the fireworks... LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Binks Drake on June 16th, 2006, 1:11 pm
They are about three minutes long, and are meant to be part of the whole deal "Bugs Bunny's Starlight Spectacular" which already includes a parade and a pre-show set to debut mid-late june. It's a three part show, the fireworks don't stand alone, plus like everyone said fireworks are pretty darn expensive and it's a company with a little under 2 billion dollars in debt. So i'm not upset about the fireworks and i'd be appalled that anyone would be right now. No, They're not perfect, and as our debt goes down they'll be bigger, but right now for what they are, they are what we need.
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Postby HoffmanMyster on June 16th, 2006, 2:15 pm
^ true, but in my opinion, they shouldnt have a bunch of little shows that arent good: if theyre low on money, then save up for a good one that people will enjoy, rather than little tidbits of shows...
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Postby Sedir on June 16th, 2006, 11:17 pm
Aw man, I was one train away from being on Raging Bull's lift while the fireworks were going off, it would have been so sweet.
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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on June 16th, 2006, 11:22 pm
I was on Bull once last year, or maybe 2 years ago, during fireworks. It was neat.
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