Sat, Sept. 30 - Last "Perfect" Fireworks?

[innerSpaceman]

According to the not-often-wrong Al Lutz in his recent update, Sleeping Beauty Castle is going under a tarp on Monday, October 2 to remove the bling ... that bling being, by that time, the last of the 50th decorations.

What this means is that, for all intents and purposes, the Saturday night showing on September 30th of "Remember, Dreams Comes True," Disneyland's Fireworks Spectacular (for once, not hyperbole) will be the last "perfect" show - - visible from the Hub with the Castle playing a huge part of the festivities via projections, special lighting, and even its own pyrotechnics. Not to mention serving as the focal point for the fireworks and other effects going on all around it ... and, of course, being our culture's best-ever fireworks foreground thanks to the years of Wonderful World of Color and Wonderful World of Disney so beautifully saluted by this very fireworks show with its Tinkerbell transcendence!


So.... I'm thinking there should be a meet for the last perfect fireworks from the Perfect Spot ... the final treat for our eyes and ears of the single best fireworks show ever put on by Disney ... and perhaps ever put on by anyone, anywhere.

This likely won't be the final announced day of Remember, but once word gets out that the Castle will be out of commission for the rest of Remember's run, I have a feeling that demand for the prime seats will be similar to that on May 5 and July 17 of 2005. Meaning ... far longer than usual camp-out fun (or tedium) for this singular occassion.


The tarp is set to come off by Thanksgiving ... and though there are rumours floating around that Remember will continue for Christmastime or, even more outlandishly, be revived in 2007(!), I find such speculations to be unrealistic. But even if true, is Remember viewed from the Perfect Spot with a Bling-less Castle truly perfect any longer?


So, coming up fast, and far sooner than we'd thought - - Saturday, September 30, 2006 - the Last Perfect Fireworks of the Perfect Fireworks Show.

[Gemini Cricket]

The fireworks were great the night we saw them. They seemed even better after the constant warnings of possibly cancelling the show...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Ok, this is the weekend that we're supposed to work on the condo. So far we've got a parent visiting and a retirement dinner to attend. Hmm.

[€uroMeinke]

Damn, you know with that send up you've just jinxed us with high winds that day - so when's the penultimate perfect show?

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, I've often pondered the cruel irony that the last show would be wind-cancelled - - like so many of its forebears.


But I've decided to leave it to fate. What if there were high winds on May Fifth? What if gusts were blowing on the 50th birthday? I think they'd do the last Remember show in a hurricane.





Problem is, of course, I don't know that this will be the last announced show ... just the last perfect show. That'll count with the fire marshals, right??

[BarTopDancer]

I *should* be there. I want to say I have something going on, but I can't remember what it is, so I shall commit to this.

Pretty fire in the sky goes BOOM

[RStar]

Sorry, I can't be there. I'm throughing a big Luau. I'm hosying the swank Tiki bar with concoctions of my own design. Like the "Red Tiki Lizard" and "Mi Tiki Liki". I'll be busy.....

[Moonliner]

Perfect?

Sigh.

[Snowflake]

I can be there, JetBlue has a nice cheap fare and I have a new AP to inaugurate. I'm consulting with Hotel Swank to see if there is a vacancy for one night.

Seeing Remember in February was truly, one of the highlights of the trip for me.

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm thinking they can't do the show with tarps all over the castle. Indy fire and burn-y firework pinwheels igniting said tarps come to mind...