DisneyKid4Life
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Day 1 April 27, 2013 Part 5 Cont.
Ive seen Fantasmic! a lot.
Certainly the show itself was as awesome as always, but this particular occasion was taken to a whole new level
Largely due to some of those very same shirt groups I previously mentioned.
It Was EPIC!
I always become very frustrated at this show when the crowd is lacking.
I mean seriously, this show is spectacular.
This is Disney at its very best with many characters you never ever see.
Good triumphs over evil courtesy of FREAKING SORCERER MICKEY!!
Why are you not excited?
There was a group of Id say probably mid teens in the row in front of me,
And I am not kidding when I say that they cheered each and every character like they were rock stars!
I was blown away and loving it.
I realized quickly that this particular showing was going to be something truly special.
To hear this reaction (and it was coming from all over the theatre actually) for Disney characters just completely made my night.
(And I thought would be the highlight of the trip, but that was topped for me a few days later).
As I said before, theres a difference between making noise just to make noise (which is extremely obnoxious and annoying),
And making noise that is born of genuine excitement.
This was, without a doubt, pure adoration and excitement.
It was clear there were a lot of first timers this night, and most importantly
They loved Disney.
It gave me hope for the next gen Disney fan to keep that fandom alive.
I really wish my words could do justice to how I felt watching the show on this night.
It was riveting and electric.
My Disney fandom is something I take great pride in, but at this moment it was off the charts.
While I always get goosebumps during this show, I literally had goosebumps on my goosebumps.
The cheering started here and really never stopped.
Throughout the bubble segment, I swear the cheers just grew louder and louder as each different character was revealed.
The place went completely nuts when Pocahontas came out!
The crowd was almost in tears and cheering their lungs out during the Prince/Princess segment.
It was at this point that I flipped over to video to record the exhilarating (even under normal circumstances) finale.
I needed this atmosphere captured.
I only wish I had recorded the whole thing.
Some imagination, huh?
Ohmygod!!!!
There was fist pumping and clapping (you can see a bit of that in the selected vid captures), screaming and cheering throughout the whole show.
It was mind blowing, and I will never forget it.
What this crowd did for me was take a show I've seen tons of times and make it feel completely brand new
Like I was seeing it for the very first time.
I wish I could thank them all for giving me this memory.
So, if you were in the Fantasmic! crowd on April 27, 2013 for the 10pm show
From the bottom of my heart
THANK YOU!
To help ease a bit of the loneliness, I took to Facebook (and to a much lesser extent Twitter) during my trip.
I posted on Facebook:
"Maybe the best Fantasmic! I've ever seen. The crowd was epic and cheering the Disney characters like rock stars. So Awesome!"
After this exhilarating show, I walked out to the car (though I may have floated above the ground I was on such a high) and drove the short trip back to POP.
I grabbed my refillable mug and skipped
(Yeah I skipped what of it I was in another zone)
Over to the food court, still not yet having come down from the high I was on from Fantasmic!
I could hardly believe that this was still only my arrival day.
I wanted a snack, so I purchased a POP exclusive Tie Dyed Cheesecake to enjoy back in my room while watching my future wife on TV and eventually drifting off to sleep in preparation for my first full Disney day
Which may include 1 or 2 (or 11) encounters with a Yeti.
And a situation that almost stopped the trip dead in its tracks.
UP NEXT I'M NOT AFRAID OF A ROLLERCOASTER THAT GOES BACKWARDS!
So I can only imagine how epic that Fantasmic was. 
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