Magical Fireworks & Fantasmic - Returning on May 28 (Friday)

I recall Tinkerbell and Dumbo BOTH being in Magical?
You're right. Dumbo and Tinkerbell both appear in the Magical fireworks.

I'm not so sure that Dumbo isn't a person either... :flower3:
I think you're right again. I think it's the same CM. IIRC, the same CM plays Tinkerbell and also gets inside Dumbo.

That must be some ride. :upsidedow

:tinker: :dumbo:


Edited To Add: I posted before I saw barefootmomma's post. :goodvibes:
 
I'm not so sure that Dumbo isn't a person either... :flower3:
The following article is about the person inside Dumbo:

Flying Dumbo to star in new Disneyland fireworks show (June 3, 2009)
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/disneyland-fireworks-4572/

[Master puppeteer Michael] Curry “climbed inside” the projected Dumbo image and pretended to manipulate the ears with his arms. But how to move the head, trunk and legs at the same time? And then came Curry’s a-ha moment.

Within two days, his crew had crafted an aluminum frame attached to a flying harness that allowed a puppeteer hidden inside the elephant to create sympathetic motions — linking, say, a head tilt to a body twist with a simple hand movement.

Careful to minimize the overall weight of the Dumbo puppet, Curry’s crew crafted a lightweight frame with the puppeteer’s upper body positioned inside the elephant’s carbon-fiber head and the performer’s lower extremities inside the pachyderm’s inflatable body.

With an economy of motion, the puppeteer manipulates both ears with one hand and the head and trunk with the other hand. The puppeteer’s legs operate Dumbo’s front legs while the elephant’s rear legs remain motionless.
 





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