TristanWingfield
Dancing Lights
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2013
Hey gang Tristan here, for those that don't know me from the boards, my wife is Breezy Osborne of the Spectacle of dancing lights (she is Jennings Osbornes daughter, the girl the lights were originally hung for in Arkansas.)
We've just returned from our annual holiday trip to WDW. While we are there we always have a dinner/reception with the lighting / sound crew who work tireless hours setting up, running, and then taking down all the lights, as well as some of the executives that brought the lights there and continue to bring them back each year.
I'm posting this in the rumors / news section because we all know that sometimes Disney changes there minds on things but from what we heard during our many conversations about the lights is that they will be BACK in 2015 and with a bang! 2015 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Spectacle at WDW. We were told that the replacement lights have already been ordered for the 2015 season.
When pressed about the changes being made to Hollywood Studio's, specifically Street's of America, the home of the lights we were given about 10 different stories from 10 different execs. None of which were the same, so I think it's safe to say that nobody really has any clue about what's going on right now. Rumors we heard included, the lights moving to Hollywood Blvd, or Disney Springs (although the head sound tech told me that would be REALLY hard on him), and even the old rumor that the lights would go to Epcot. Something to note when being told about potential moves is that it was always presented as "IF" the lights had to move.
Here's some food for thought about the potential closing of the SODL though. This year the SODL "Broke" the park. On one of the opening nights Hollywood Studio's expected 25,000 people to walk through the lights, 37,000 showed up that night, breaking the single attraction record for HS and in turn making most of the light & sound techs say "we broke the park that night!" We were also told that the SODL is the most popular Christmas attraction at any of the Disney parks again this year. (To be honest I don't know how many years it's been #1)
I'll try my best to answer any questions any one has, but remember all of my answers are based on here-say at best.
We've just returned from our annual holiday trip to WDW. While we are there we always have a dinner/reception with the lighting / sound crew who work tireless hours setting up, running, and then taking down all the lights, as well as some of the executives that brought the lights there and continue to bring them back each year.
I'm posting this in the rumors / news section because we all know that sometimes Disney changes there minds on things but from what we heard during our many conversations about the lights is that they will be BACK in 2015 and with a bang! 2015 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Spectacle at WDW. We were told that the replacement lights have already been ordered for the 2015 season.
When pressed about the changes being made to Hollywood Studio's, specifically Street's of America, the home of the lights we were given about 10 different stories from 10 different execs. None of which were the same, so I think it's safe to say that nobody really has any clue about what's going on right now. Rumors we heard included, the lights moving to Hollywood Blvd, or Disney Springs (although the head sound tech told me that would be REALLY hard on him), and even the old rumor that the lights would go to Epcot. Something to note when being told about potential moves is that it was always presented as "IF" the lights had to move.
Here's some food for thought about the potential closing of the SODL though. This year the SODL "Broke" the park. On one of the opening nights Hollywood Studio's expected 25,000 people to walk through the lights, 37,000 showed up that night, breaking the single attraction record for HS and in turn making most of the light & sound techs say "we broke the park that night!" We were also told that the SODL is the most popular Christmas attraction at any of the Disney parks again this year. (To be honest I don't know how many years it's been #1)
I'll try my best to answer any questions any one has, but remember all of my answers are based on here-say at best.