Lake Hollywood Spectacular

Finally, USS has a fireworks show to match with Tokyo Disney Resort.  Both are quite spectacular, though I have a few quibbles with the USS version.

First, why did they have to put it at 10pm?  The timing's quite bad for people with small children.  I was also hoping that they could have reloaded the fireworks outside of the park operating hours.  Its quite strange seeing the staff drive a boat out to the lake and start placing the fireworks during the daytime.  I guess I'm too used to Disney's policy of not having backstage activities be seen by guests.  Finally, the music.  There must be something wrong with their speakers, because the fireworks constantly drowned out the accompanying soundtrack - so much so I was wondering why they bothered playing it in the first place.  In any case, the music was quite forgettable.  It wasn't a tune I could easily identify with.

With the gripes out of the way, I'd have to say that visually they had tried to do something very different from the norm.  Its quite refreshing to be standing so near the fireworks - you can feel the explosions, and it really adds to the atmosphere - just like feeling the heat from Braviseamo!  Also, being near means you'd have to look up to take in the fireworks that were shot higher up into the air - the scale of it is impressed upon you.

Still, with it being timed so late into the night, I expect I'll be giving it a miss most of the time.  There's nothing much to do at USS after 7pm as most of the area's cordoned off and only the restaurants are operating.  3 hours is quite a long wait, and the restaurants are always packed due to the after 7 crowd.