Disneyland General
Topic: small world facade

#	Author	Message
1	dresswhites Fri 5/30/2008 3:03p	ok i know i am bringing a touchy subject, but i really like the fiber optics on small world hong kong's facade. i hope they incorporate that into disneyland's small world facade. i think it would be easier to have fiber optics then to add christmas lights every year. with fiber optics for christmas time they can turn the lights so they reflect christmas time. during the rest of year the fiber optics would just be cool to look at. what do you all think?
2	k_peek_2000 Fri 5/30/2008 4:34p	Meh, I personally like the fact that the whole facade lights up only during x-mas, it just seems so much more "magical", but thats just me being nostalgic.
3	dl1956 Fri 5/30/2008 6:59p	Perhaps with fiber optics or led's they could program in different colors or light shows depending on the time of year or holiday. Just a thought.
4	lesmisfan Sat 5/31/2008 11:23a	i dont think that would be such a bad idea.
5	FerretAfros Sat 5/31/2008 11:44a	I think HKDL has LED's, which don't really change color as fluidly (the lights are what you see, where fiber optics all come from the same light source but can be spread over a great distance to achieve the effects) and are a lot brighter than fiber optics. While I would rather keep the Christmas lights special, I could definately see them changing them. I don't know which I would prefer, since the scale of the lights now seemed to work pretty well. LED's are smaller than traditional lights, but could be modified to have covers that make them about the same size. Their color is also very pure (like a child's playset) and bright, so there would be much flexibility with individual bulbs. Fiber optics are tiny and give a very delicate ammount of light. They would also need to be placed closer together to acheive the outline effects. I think I would rather have fiber optics, since they are a lot less noticable during the day and have the potential to be a lot more flexible. I would have them just be white for the majority of the year (if they're even turned on at all), along with the traditional white flood lights on the facade. Then for Christmas, have them in different colors like how they've done it before. They could use colored flood lights if the fiber optics alone aren't bright enough (which would be pretty likely) to compliment them. They could also make the colors change and do different patterns during the projections if they wanted, which could add something cool to the little display they already have. They could also do it for the regular fireworks through out the year as well.
6	dl1956 Sat 5/31/2008 12:45p	A combination of the latest projection technology ala' WDSP's TOT opening, along with new lighting sounds appealing to me. Best of all it could be easily altered, or used or not used at all, as desired.
7	Dabob2 Sat 5/31/2008 2:51p	The light show they had on the facade last Christmas was pretty dang cool.

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