IllumiNations 2000
$35,000 is
spent on fireworks each night for IllumiNations at Epcot.
On Millennium
New Year's Eve, $500,000 was spent on fireworks!
Over 26,000
ft of lights outline the World Showcase pavilions.
2,800 shells
are used for each show
Earth Globe
is a 28 ft diameter sphere, which rotates on a 350-ton floating
island that houses six computer processors, 258 strobe lights
and an infrared guidance system.
Earth Globe
is the world's first spherical video display system, wrapped in
180,000 LEDs (Light-Emitting Diodes).
Sixty-seven
computers in 40 locations, hundreds of special lighting fixtures,
four fountain barges pumping 5,000 gallons of water per minute,
a 150,000-pound inferno barge with 37 nozzles to shoot propane
flames skyward, and a full color spectrum of lasers in custom
Disney shades are required to produce the brilliant 13-minute
show.
In the grand
finale, the Earth Globe opens up like a lotus flower as a giant
fire torch emerges from the center and rises 40 feet into the
air.
Fantasy in the Sky
700 feet in
diameter is the burst size of a 12-inch shell during Fantasy in
the Sky
One Disney
character flies from the top of Cinderella Castle to ignite the
fireworks at the Magic Kingdom – Tinker Bell
Fantasmic!
The lagoon
at the front of the stage is only 1.5ft deep! The water is filtered,
but they deliberately don't filter the algae out, that way the
water stays murky and people can't see how deep it really is.
There is a
driver in each of the princess boats in the show. The canoes just
have a motor, the actors use a paddle to steer. Steamboat Willie
is the only boat used that is on a track.
There is room
for 6,900 guests sitting, and 3,000 standing.
There are three
water screens, each 50 ft tall by 100 ft wide, which pump 2,400
gallons of water into the air every minute.
The mountain
is 59 ft, the fourth highest 'mountain' at WDW, behind Big Thunder
Mountain, Space Mountain and Splash Mountain, respectively.
The Maleficent
dragon weighs a massive 32,000 lbs.
During his
battle against evil, Mickey encounters the villainous Jafar in
the form of a 100-foot long and 16-foot high cobra that could
fit more than 8,000 average size King Cobras in its coils.
Fantasmic!
may revolve around Mickey’s imagination, but the hardware used
in the show is for real. A 5-watt Krypton laser and 30-watt Argon
laser create dazzling special effects.
The grand finale
sees 26 Disney characters on an 80ft replica of Steamboat Willie.
A total of
150 costumes are worn by more than 50 performers.
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