Holy Shhh, why did they not end that show with Jimminy Cricket. "Well folks it's been 50 years. Where the time goes, I don't know. But we're ready for the next 50 and we'll walk together into the future. Remember you are the magic!"
@@las6766 I am already working on a new version for the show that I’ll upload on TH-cam. Jiminy could’ve also said. “All we have to do is call the magic and ANSWER IT” Something like that.
You should have been part of the imagineer team! I agree with you 100% there are those that think that this show is “spectacular” and “amazing” when in reality it wasn’t. Then there are those that say “don’t listen to the negative viewpoint they are just haters.” This presentation was a letdown for many Disney fans and I do hope they bring HEA back because the new one missed the mark.
@@stevenmero4941 Me and a friend are working hard on creating a proper version of the show, all for the fans. It will include many tributes to Disney World history and Mickey and his friends speak to, I found many music and voice clips on this wonderful place called TH-cam.
I've seen so many comments saying how much better "Happily Ever After" was by comparison to this show. But for me... this was something truly incredible. Truth be told, I'm 34 years old right now and my first real trip to Disney World was last year. I'd only been there once when I was maybe 3 or 4, so naturally I didn't remember much of it. Luckily I have an amazing friend who saved up dozens of free gift cards from his job and used them to give me my first trip to the Magic Kingdom. We did virtually everything possible throughout a 12 hour day, and among the things we capped off the night with was this fireworks show. I know the consensus for this one isn't very positive, but this was pure awe and joy for me. For someone who never got to experience anything like this, it was nothing short of beautiful and inspiring. Being such a huge Disney fan my entire life, I desperately fought back tears watching it. It took a perfect day and made it that much more important to me. Whenever you think of how much you miss the old show, try and remember that this will always be someone's first. It may not resonate with you personally, but to someone out there... it's magic.
Love your comment, I had been to Disney once before this last April and got to take my wife and 5 year old daughter this time for her first time. As soon as the lady sang make a wish upon a star and the firework went across tears filled my eyes because my little girl looked so happy in that moment and it was pure magic as a parent. I loved this show and yes Happily Ever After looked great as well but that moment to me will forever be in my mind and I have this fireworks show to thank for it.
Don't worry. I loved this show as well. I also liked Fantasy in the Sky and Wishes. I hate HEA. Lol I leave the park during it. And the thing is the show definitely overstayed it's welcome at 6 years now. 😂 People can argue all they want. This show was more impressive than HEA visually and better fireworks. My mom has been to the MK since 71 and said the same. The only thing I think people didn't like was the randomness of it all, but that's true of every MK show.
It just goes to show opinions are all different. Also hot take: Rivers of Light was pretty and just needed drones, characters, or something to add to it.
Replacing happily ever after with this…… was a choice. I hope this only sticks around for the 18 month anniversary celebration and HEA returns afterwards
HEA is not supposed to return.. but I’m hoping with enough people not liking this show, and seeing the reaction of losing HEA, they’ll bring it back after the 50th.
I thought this was going to be about the Disneyworld parks. Starting with Hooray for Hollywood representing the great movie ride. And spotlights shine on the castle during the "first hoo-ray for Hollywood!" Followed soon after by muppets, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Rock n' Rollercoaster, star wars, etc. After that, we hear "And...Action!", putting us straight into a lights, motors, action stunt show segment with fire and red fireworks racing through the sky, with the segment ending with "And...Cut!". And on Cut, there is a huge ball of fire exploding on the castle like from woc with that one huge flamethrower. Then going through Epcot and with a melody of songs from test track and the pavilions before ending with we go on from illuminations. With the same finale as well with white fireworks going off around the castle. After that we would go to Animal Kingdom and start with the sunrise scene from lion king with the sun rising behind a silouette of the tree of life. Before going through the kilamajaro safari, Avatar, Everest etc. Maybe putting a Tarzan segment in there for good measure. And finishing with MK. With a mashup between HEA's theme and Wishes's Main theme. With the final singing of "dreams come true", and as the shooting star fireworks go over the castle, HEA's last "Happily ever after" plays with a "fake finale" (Like how go the distance was used from HEA before ending with the "actual" main theme of this show. And Before the finale fireworks go off, Julie Andrews says "And remember...it all started with a mouse.
"So you've managed to create a dull castle firework show?" "Yes" "What did it cost?" "Happily Ever After" Not gonna lie, felt like I traveled back in time to the 90s when I heard the beginning of You Are the Magic, which I quite like. But when it comes to shows debuting during anniversaries, both Disneyland and Shanghai take the cake. If you're gonna flex your latest IPs, just take a look at what Shanghai has. A full-on IP showcase with a great flow and Avengers segment that gets you in the feels. For a resort as major as WDW, and a celebration as major as the 50th, this is a disappointing show to debut on the castle
I think the excuse of the pandemic ran out a long time ago WDW only closed for like a few months not like California. They could’ve easily come up with ideas over zoom.
Yeap... Disneyland's 50th does that pretty well and the 60th talked about the parks history. They could have played clips of Walt talking about Florida and his dream park. How they had to take the project to the finish line without him. Not even Mickey gets an appearance.
I thought this was going to be about the Disneyworld parks. The segment would start with hooray for Hollywood, representing the great movie ride, with spotlights shining on the castle during the first hoo-ray for...Hollywood. Followed soon after by muppets, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Rock n' Rollercoaster, star wars, etc. After that, we hear "And...Action!", putting us straight into a lights, motors, action stunt show segment with fire and red fireworks racing through the sky, with the segment ending with "And...Cut!". And on Cut, there is a huge ball of fire exploding on the castle like from woc with that one huge flamethrower. Then going through Epcot and with a melody of songs from test track and the pavilions before ending with we go on from illuminations. With the same finale as well with white fireworks going off around the castle. After that we would go to Animal Kingdom and start with the sunrise scene from lion king with the sun rising behind a silouette of the tree of life. Before going through the kilamajaro safari, Avatar, Everest etc. Maybe putting a Tarzan segment in there for good measure. And finishing with MK. With a mashup between HEA's theme and Wishes's Main theme. With the final singing of "dreams come true", and as the shooting star fireworks go over the castle, HEA's last "Happily ever after" plays with a "fake finale" (Like how go the distance was used from HEA before ending with the "actual" main theme of this show. And Before the finale fireworks go off, Julie Andrews says "And remember...it all started with a mouse
This is the first time I wasn't crying from WDW fireworks.... I will miss HEA. I hope they make some adjustments to Enchantment to make it feel more like a 50th Anniversary instead of just a montage of the newer movies.
@@vivrealafayette6706 YES!!! Wishes with projections. I'm all for it. Unpopular opinion but I didn't even like HEA that much. Nothing compares to wishes. That show got to you without all the fancy projections.
It's pretty but lacks heart. I agree with what a lot of people are saying--it feels like a bunch of random sequences mashed together. HEA had a very clear narrative: original opening centered around the excitement of starting something new. The Evening Star song leading into the "I want" songs--now that you're ready to start, what is it you are yearning to achieve, and the hopefulness that you'll make it. Merida kicks off the "We're going to do it and nothing will stop me section" section. "Friend Like Me" tells us that we're not on our journey alone, and we're going to bring family and friends along for the ride (when the castle sings at the end, it's like saying all of Disney is on your team). The "Love is an Open Door" song starts a section about the even stronger bonds of family, and the possibility of growing to learn about romantic love. Then the PERFECT transition (I mean, the timing of Mulan shooting the cannon is insanity) into the Mulan quote about how adversity spurs growth--then SHOWING the conflicts each character had to face on their journey towards their end goal (featuring some of the terrifying scenes in Disney movies). The pirates section pushes us to triumph! The fight was hard but we won! And then from the literal ashes, we lift ourselves up and keep moving forward, remembering how those experiences got us to where we are now (our happily ever after!) Then the closing song: You watched Disney characters do it, now it's your turn! Enchantment feels like someone watched HEA and tried to copy it with different music and sequences without understanding that the show had real story with a beginning, middle and and. HEA feels like a labor of love. Enchantment feels like something that was hastily thrown together for the sake of having something different for the 50th. It's not bad, but it's not magic.
Is it just me, or does it seem like random projections placed over mismatched music, with bad transitions, fireworks that sync to nothing and forced overacted narration? Why no actual songs from the films, instead of just music samples that don't match the projection? Even Tinkerbell appeared with no build up, like they couldn't find a spot for her but knew they had to fit her in. I'm guessing there were tears, but not for the same reason as HEA.
First she actually flew from the balcony of the castle to the top spire before taking off and secondly they say with the words let it fly these people put it out right there in front of your faces and you guys still don’t get it ??
@@jonathanbaldwin798 seems like a lot of folks missed it, so I couldn't have been as prominent as you keep saying. Ppl are allowed to dislike something.
@@sacrosby I’m just saying you guys complain about everything there are people in the world who will never know about his show or Disney but we are lucky to have it and I’m hearing all these people complain there less fireworks we’ll when most of there customers try cancelling there original attraction and story’s and all those people are pushing for a better environmental impact there gonna pull back on fireworks
@@jonathanbaldwin798 It just felt randomly put in just because they said 'Fly' in the song. Where as HEA seemed to create that specific part for Tinker Bell and gives off more impact to her flying.
I hope my 50th Birthday is better than Disney's. Disney World deserved better than this. Sorry, just not impressed at all with any of the 3 new shows released.
I visited Disneyworld for the first time this year, and was fortunate enough to experience this with my other half in one of the best spots in the Kingdom. I don't have any experiences to compare to, but even after a few months, this will always be my most favorite memory of my trip. A lot of people don't really like it from what I can see in the comments, and I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to come back, but this event has motivated me to work hard every day so I can watch it again. I will always be grateful for the opportunity and hope someone else that enjoyed it knows they aren't alone. :)
Right on! Did you make it back? Just watched it Tuesday and Wednesday this week and it was AMAZING! It made me feel like a kid again and is now one of the best memories of my life. I want to see it again too but it's over for good a little more than a month from now. I wish upon a star that it runs forever.
So glad this channel still also has the HEA recording from 4 years ago that I can just binge watch over and over again after seeing this. Great recording quality as always, just wish the show was the same quality 😂
I feel like someone high up in Disney creative is actually a mole for Universal and purposely green lighting crappy shows. It's the only solution I can come up with that explains this.
So, as someone who has never seen these shows in person and with my first ever visit planned for last year, I tried my best when watching vlogs etc to avoid seeing them so I didn’t ruin the surprise and I wanted feel all the emotions in person in real time. But of course our trip got cancelled so today I thought I would finally watch Happily Ever after seeing as I’ll never see it in person. To understand hype I decided to watch Wishes first then Happily Ever After and after seeing the negative feedback, intrigue got the better of me and ended here, and this I will say; Wishes - It was ok, I liked the underlying concept and it was clear and carried through. But knowing that projections on the castle were to come I found it a little boring. But I can imagine at the time this was a great and impressive fireworks show. Happily Ever After - I GET IT! Just WOW…. just like Wishes the concept was clear. When people say they cry watching it… I was right there! But I know why I felt that. It showcased every moment in Disney films that really made you feel for the character and the songs that made the movie, the crescendo’s, the lot. The projections were just incredible and the way it used the castle, amazing. I will say however, with everything going on on the castle, I barely noticed the fireworks, it’s almost like they weren’t necessary. It was nostalgic and heart warming and was the montage of all things that make Disney, Disney, it evoked all the right emotions. Knowing now I’ll never see it in person is heart breaking. Enchantment - If I’d have gone from watching Wishes to this, I would have been impressed, but was was it even about?! The name of the show does not match what they were trying to portray. I just didn’t get it, or the feels. I thought the fireworks were more impressive than Happily Ever After. But as for the projections, I hated the way that when they showed characters it felt like they were using the castle as a flat piece of paper, unlike HEA where the castle was used to frame them and look like they were right there in the castle. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I hate the whole this, it was just ok, but it just lacked so much emotion and I totally agree that for the 50th and in comparison to HEA it was disappointingly underwhelming!! And that’s my review that no one asked for 😅
@@melaniemcintyre6115 i really love celebrate the magic, especially Walt’s projection when he says “I just hope we never loose sight of one thing, it was all started by a mouse” P.s some tears dropes as I wrote this reply
Ive been a Disney fan for a very long time, ever since i can remember. From my first visit in 2000 to now my family has been going to Disney World every year! I have never been more disappointed in Disney than i have been in this past year. I understand things change but over the years its always been for the better. This.. this is just disappointing. I was hesitant about HEA when it first came but even watching it online i was blown away and moved to tears when i seen it in person. Even my husband who is not as big into Disney as i am was blown away with HEA. I really hope it comes back after the 50th celebration is over. I want my child to have the same magical and emotional experiences i had and this is definitely not it.
I remember streaming HEA on its debut night, wanting to hate it because Wishes was so emotional for me... but after watching HEA, I admitted I was wrong about hating prematurely hating on it. I cannot say the same for this show.
I think this might be the first time I've never cried at a firework show. I feel HEA would have perfectly fit the anniversary, adding a few movies into that would have sufficed. I just hope this is better in person
right? even epcot forever got me at points. this made me feel nothing at all. the fact that the best fireworks show of all time had to die for………. for THIS?
determined to make this comment section at least a little positive, so im taking it upon myself to rant abt how good enchantment is and how excited i am to see it this february :)
50 years of history! How about tributes to Walt, Mickey Mouse, older movies, past attractions ie. Spectromagic, ELP, Wishes, HEA. Call it DREAMERS or something... Celebrate 50 years of some brilliant creations......oh and Craig, fantastic job🤙
Cried my eyes out when I watched Happily Ever After’s first premiere. Watching this… the only thing I felt was longing for HEA to return. There wasn’t a need to replace the show. Honestly, Enchantment felt like it was trying too hard to be Disneyland Forever, but it miserably failed, and instead ended up being a jumbled mess of Disney IPs with no cohesive storyline or underlying message. Barely nothing relating to WDW’s 50 years. Felt like it dragged because of how boring it was in some parts, but it’s around the same time lenght as HEA. Yeah… this is a big L for the WDW parks. All three shows felt like they were rushed to completion.
What’s even sadder is the fact that HEA not only had a short run of about 4 years, but about 1.5 of those years didn’t even have HEA because of the pandemic 🙃🙃🙃
@obicorn1237 no! Bob Chapek was a gold digger! He was not Disney worthy! One more thing: You may not know the old Disney days but, I do! You have a very bad taste! You go get a life! We can say whatever the heck we want!
Wowwww…. Disney you’ve let me down 😭 I was halfway and wanted it to be over already. I always got emotional with Happily Ever After and I had no real reaction with this one. Bring back HEA 🥺
Welcome all! Here in Europe we already had our disappointing downgrade from Disney Dreams to Disney Illuminations a few years ago, so I know exactly how you all feel. So sorry you guys need to experience the same thing happening in Disney World right now
Totally! Disney Dreams remains the best show Disney has ever done. Illuminations is better than Enchantment but it's the same show that Disneyland Shanghai used for their opening in 2016 so it was disappointing to take something from another resort
Disney dreams was by far my favourite. I’ve been going to DLP a couple Times a year every year since 2010 and dreams was the absolute best. Illuminations doesn’t compare at all.
the fact that shanghai disneyland celebrate there 5th anniversary with a grand fireworks and they have newest nightime celebration called "Illuminate! A nighttime celebration" i think this is greater that shanghai's illuminate because disney world uses fireworks and shanghai didn't unless that was a big celebration, just wait i think this is not the center of there celebration and i think there is a greater 4-10 minutes grand fireworks that disney world will gonna released, just be happy for this newest nighttime.
After a re-watch, I actually don't hate this show. I appreciate what they're trying to do with collecting all the stories that are partly why we love the Magic Kingdom so much. Is it lacking in an overarching story? Yeah. Do the songs with lyrics sound like somebody handed some fans a microphone and told them to sing along? Unfortunately. Do I wish there were some voiceovers or some other sort of tribute to Walt/Mickey? Absolutely. There are lots of things about this show that could be tightened up and polished. However, in the context of an anniversary celebration, it makes sense to focus on the stories and characters that give the park so much life, and some of the projections are truly magical (the pyro coordinating with Into the Unknown was beautiful). It's no Happily Ever After or Wishes, but those shows were damn near perfect and, as a result, damn near impossible to beat. Thanks for the 4K, Craig! Excellent as always.
Seeing this after the 50th annivsary ended brought back so many memories of when I first saw this show and was amazed, I'm so sad it had to go as I liked it better then Happily Ever After. Taking my first trip back after the 50th annivsary and without harmonious and enchantment it didn't feel as special. Thank you for bringing back the feeling of when I first seen this.
@@rikparren5157 she didn’t even come out of nowhere she literally flew from the balcony to the top spire just before taking flight and they sang let it fly idk how much they could put it out there for people to pick up cues if you can’t maybe you need to find another park or something I noticed it very east and knew it was coming
I just watched Wishes, Hallowishes and HolidayWishes. I don’t know if it’s me being nostalgic but those shows just seem like they have way more heart and soul and character. The timing of each firework was perfect.
I cannot believe they replaced HEA with this. This may have been good 10 years ago but its terrible after seeing HEA. I was actually bored watching it. you can even tell by the lack of applause compared to the first HEA that everyone must have been in shock watching such a let down. anyway great video craig
Disney, This… isn’t it. Happily ever after was amazing, inspiring, exciting. It was a show I would tell everyone about. This just felt so blah. Every aspect fell short.
This is a perfectly good show. I saw HEA for the first time this year and honestly, it was also a perfectly good show. Only thing that was better was the music. The only reason the music in this is eh is because of how they covered it. Should have just used the original audio lol. But this show was Beautiful too.
I thought so, too, at first. It’s growing on me though. Once I realized this was not going to be what I expected, I am now beginning to enjoy what it _is._ There’s some spectacular moments here.
As much as I very much disliked the show when I saw it the first time, I still appreciate this channel for posting it in beautiful quality, along with all the other shows filmed here, so thank you so much! Keep doing what you do! :)
I mean, I wasn’t expecting it to be better than HEA, I’m not sure anything could be, but I wasn’t expecting something so totally lackluster and amateurish. This was just very boring. I felt nothing, there was no story, and the music and projections were painfully mediocre. It had nothing to do with Disney World, despite the fact that it’s supposed to be celebrating WDW’s 50th anniversary, and felt like it dragged on forever. I saw HEA dozens of times, but no matter how many, it always blew me away and really made me FEEL. It was always a thrill and a joy, and I was always sad when it was over. I don’t think that’s going to happen with this. I didn’t think it was possible to mess something up so bad, but they managed.
the fact that shanghai disneyland celebrate there 5th anniversary with a grand fireworks and they have newest nightime celebration called "Illuminate! A nighttime celebration" i think this is greater that shanghai's illuminate because disney world uses fireworks and shanghai didn't unless that was a big celebration, just wait i think this is not the center of there celebration and i think there is a greater 4-10 minutes grand fireworks that disney world will gonna released, just be happy for this newest nighttime.
Lex Luther strikes again with another mediocre show. There is a petition online to bring back HEA if anyone is interested. It’s pretty funny that the Disney parks blog took down their live stream. Lots of negative comments. Well thanks for uploading it here Craig.
They had comments turned off on the live stream from the beginning so there were no negative comments. Well, there were, but just not on the video. LOL. Does seem odd they took it down immediately.
@@randisney They definitely knew they would get crapped on by Disney fans. Both 50th anniversary shows seem to be more targeted to the general audience who visit once a year or every 2+ years than people to come regurlarly to the parks.
I thought this was going to be about the Disneyworld parks. Starting with Hooray for Hollywood representing the great movie ride. And spotlights shine on the castle during the "first hoo-ray for Hollywood!" Followed soon after by muppets, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Rock n' Rollercoaster, star wars, etc. After that, we hear "And...Action!", putting us straight into a lights, motors, action stunt show segment with fire and red fireworks racing through the sky, with the segment ending with "And...Cut!". And on Cut, there is a huge ball of fire exploding on the castle like from woc with that one huge flamethrower. Then going through Epcot and with a melody of songs from test track and the pavilions before ending with we go on from illuminations. With the same finale as well with white fireworks going off around the castle. After that we would go to Animal Kingdom and start with the sunrise scene from lion king with the sun rising behind a silouette of the tree of life. Before going through the kilamajaro safari, Avatar, Everest etc. Maybe putting a Tarzan segment in there for good measure. And finishing with MK. With a mashup between HEA's theme and Wishes's Main theme. With the final singing of "dreams come true", and as the shooting star fireworks go over the castle, HEA's last "Happily ever after" plays with a "fake finale" (Like how go the distance was used from HEA before ending with the "actual" main theme of this show. And Before the finale fireworks go off, Julie Andrews says "And remember...it all started with a mouse
Well done Craig... Nailed it yet again! Disney... Fail. I actually skipped parts I though it was so dull. It's like they took the trailers of all the Disney films and threw them on a premiere editing suite and placed them on the castle. No story, no heritage, no cohesive approach bookended in waffle. Such a shame Disney has lost its magic this week.
@@sacrosby thank you. Such a shame those given perks by Disney (the vloggers have all been diplomatic about it) (I know Craig gave a great video last night and hopes he will do the same).
I don't know what people are talking about that there's no story. Host tells you to go on a journey to find your magic. First song is the aspirational song of what you want to do despite all the naysayers. Second song is the start of the journey. Then the next four songs symbolize the unexpected surprises(be our guest), celebrations (under the sea), New friendship you make(toy story), and love (whole new world) you find on this journey. Then just when you find your magic and soar higher(peterpan), you get the hero song(into the unknown), follows by the villain song crashing your hopes. Then we get the redemption pick me up song (I am moana) and then finale. I think it has just as strong of a story as HEA.
So disappointed in this show. I didn't get any of the feels that I get while watching Happily Ever After. No tears, no goosebumps. The quality of the video was excellent as always!!!
I visited Disney World in May of this year. Unfortunately I never got to see happily ever after in person. In May the protocols for covid were still in place and there were no fireworks. But every time that I watched a video or a blog of happily ever after I cried. It was moving. It touched your emotions. Replacing happily ever after with this new show is a mistake on Disney's behalf. Whose idea was it to approve the show? The only reason I could think of that they would prefer this show on their 50th anniversary over happily ever after is to cut cost. I was disappointed with last night's show.
I'm so sad I didn't get to see Happily Ever After, was due to go Sept 20 and would have seen this but because of Covid we still haven't got to go but fingers crossed for June this year but so disappointed that we are not going to see it and I agree there was something so magical about HEA and I don't feel this with Enchantment and wish Disney would bring HEA as I believe lots of people are so disappointed with Disney and Enchantment !!! I hope when I go in June that I'm not so disappoint as it will be my first time and so many people have said how amazing it was.
My god… words cannot describe the emotions I fee when I watch this. I went to Disney world January 15-18 2022 and the first time I saw those fireworks I teared up. It’s amazing what the imagination of one wonderful man can bring to the world. RIP Walt Disney, you are missed and I wish you were here with us today.
The “into the unknown” frozen part…it was badass when she is throwing fireworks out of her hands on the castle. And the affects of the castle that look like bolts of lightining going up it!! This is sweet!!!!
Even a second time, it's bad. I just can't imagine sitting around a table and saying, "50th-anniversary show, what should we do?" One guy "Fewer fireworks, more projections " Another "2 Moana songs and no classic songs," Another "recreate already great songs and make them sound bad and out of tune," The lead "Great, anything with Walk, Roy or Mickey?" "NO!!!! Get to da fu-cha!"
I completely forgot this debuted and just watched it last night. The music was my #1 complaint! I love that part with Grandma Tala, but with an unfamiliar voice singing it, it just takes away from the potential connection. I don’t understand why they couldn’t keep the original songs from the movies.
After rewatching this, I really see what people meant when they said the fireworks seemed so uncoordinated. Some of them even feel random, this is so sad. And that entire Into the Unknown really just hurt.
How dare you celebrate 50 years of WDW without remembering its legacy? Disneyland 60th was amazing, and Disney World deserved so much more since it must be the most important place for you, Disney.
I didn't think it was possible, but Disney managed to disappoint me twice with their new nighttime spectaculars. No heart, no story, no emotion, and even no nostalgia somehow in both Harmonious, and Enchantment. Also, for the 50th anniversary, I expected way better. I expected a firework show that was dedicated to the history of WDW. Disneyland's 50th and 60th anniversary firework show blows this show way out of the water. I'm afraid Disney is beginning to lose that magical touch, big time.
I thought this was going to be about the Disneyworld parks. Starting with "And...Action!" The segment would start with hooray for Hollywood, representing the great movie ride. Followed soon after by muppets, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Rock n' Rollercoaster, star wars, etc. After that, we hear "And...Action!", putting us straight into a lights, motors, action stunt show segment with fire and red fireworks racing through the sky, with the segment ending with "And...Cut!". And on Cut, there is a huge ball of fire exploding on the castle like from woc with that one huge flamethrower. Then going through Epcot and with a melody of songs from test track and the pavilions before ending with we go on from illuminations. With the same finale as well with white fireworks going off around the castle. After that we would go to Animal Kingdom and start with the sunrise scene from lion king with the sun rising behind a silouette of the tree of life. Before going through the kilamajaro safari, Avatar, Everest etc. Maybe putting a Tarzan segment in there for good measure. And finishing with MK. With a mashup between HEA's theme and Wishes's Main theme. With the final singing of "dreams come true", and as the shooting star fireworks go over the castle, HEA's last "Happily ever after" plays with a "fake finale" (Like how go the distance was used from HEA before ending with the "actual" main theme of this show. And Before the finale fireworks go off, Julie Andrews says "And remember...it all started with a mouse."
I had been hoping for some homages to past shows... Since it is an anniversary celebration. I feel like Disney is forgetting what anniversaries are about... All these new things that don't bring any nostalgia. That aside... It is a very good show. I think the Moana part after the villains section fit perfectly with the "you are the magic" theme they went with.... Though it makes me think the name should have been 'You Are the Magic' instead of 'Enchantment'.
I think we all need to realize that they are starting to usher in the new era of Disney fans. I saw this show live last month with my 2 year old daughter and she knew every song. These are the movies they are growing up with. I loved this show and I will always remember it. Whatever show was at Magic Kingdom in 05, I don’t even remember to be honest.
Enchantment will be nostalgic to the younger generation now the same way Wishes was nostalgic for Gen Z AKA people my age as well as millennials. I'm okay with this.
Thanks for your videos, I had watched both live streams from Disney parks of harmonious and enchantment and your 4K version certainly is far better. Reading all the comments so far my view is I don’t think hea had had its day, I didn’t think it had become tired and with the pandemic and the park being closed for several months I wouldn’t have been disappointed if Disney had of continued with hea for the anniversary, surely hea could of been enhanced for the 50th to include the Main Street projections, or added more fireworks to the finale. Alan menken and Howard Ashmans music was featured heavily throughout hea, and for me that’s what made hea so great, I didn’t get that from watching the new show.
I don’t care what anyone says about this firework show, it will always have a special place in my heart, this was the show during my college program now everytime I watch it I sob like a baby 😭😭💛💛💛
they really replaced HEA with this??? I didn’t feel anything at all during this but every time i watched HEA in person and on youtube i always felt so much emotion and connection and sometimes cried. I’m actually so sad HEA is gone that was my favorite and will always be
This show is so amazing in person!! I feel like the music from happily ever after could of gone in bc I really loved that music but overall I really loved the show!!
Thank you, Craig!! Your Happily Ever After video is the Gold Standard and I knew you’d nail this one, too. You’re bringing the Magic to so many of us that can’t be there! 💜 Edited to add: Gosh, I miss Happily Ever After! 😢 Where was Tink? Where were the single-cannon shots over the castle that start every Disney movie? Where were the tears? Where was the Magic? WHAT JUST HAPPENED?? Happily Ever After was the 50th Anniversary show we all wanted and needed. THIS should have been the “filler” show that led up to HEA for the diamond anniversary. #kitetails (Edited again to add that I must have missed Tink’s entrance. My apologies. Apparently others missed it, too.)
tink was there. they just didnt create a moment for it to shine. and yeah. I see what you mean. this show is missing emotion, maybe that will come with time. but its no H E E.
@@rikparren5157 you missed it then because she flew from the balcony of the castle to the top spire before taking off if you were paying attention you would notice
Yeah - she came in at 13:33. But still - the show was passable but not exciting. Disney is storytelling and I felt it didn't tell one here. That's my opinion, though.
Haha.....last night too I didn't notice Tink's flight during the Disney's own live stream. I noticed Tink's flight for the first time on Craig's video. I am soo disappoointed with Disney imagineers.
Craig is 2 for 2 in filming better versions of these shows than the livestream. The projections on the livestream were so dark and it made them look terrible. Here they look so much more vibrant. Great job!
Both are awesome! I love live streams! They are not for great quality images/videos, they are just for you to see it and enjoy it at the moment, together with the live streamers, while chatting with them and viewers and having fun 😊
the magic of dreams come true is in our customer wallets - bob chapek say what you want about michael eisner, but at lest he kept the spirit of what made the disney parks great
Disney weren't kidding when they got (mostly) all their disney/pixar movies in one fireworks show, including the underrated Treasure Planet But this can't replace Happily Ever After
Okay, I know I'm not there in person however I don't feel any emotional connection to this firework show. Like at all. I know the Disney Imagineers worked a lot on it but Bob and his team have missed one important quality the last couple of months, Listening to feedback from their audience!! We all love Disney for what it is, now it's missing a whole magical side. It really upsets me how much it bothers me but I think we all should start something new for Disney to listen to about what we don't like and what qualities make Walt Disney World & Disneyland special. I'm excited for the 50th anniversary so hopefully, I can see the show for myself next year when I visit but for right now, they need to read their comments and focus on what their Disney fans really want.
I can't say I like this. It's not because it's new or old. But wether it's well done or not. I loved the lyrics of Happily Ever After the FIRST time I heard it. And that was YEARS after it premiered. And when I saw the firework show on TH-cam for the first time I was moved to tears. It was impressive, inspiring, and it had a story and morale that made you want to continue and never give up to find your Happily Ever After. This one on the other hand, and I say this respectfully, is a disappointment. It doesn't have a story, that inspires you from beginning to end, and the segments don't connect naturally. And I tried to like it. I really wanted to like it. But it just doesn't have a storyline, a main idea, or different parts of movies that connect to a main idea. And the fireworks weren't even half as impressive as in Happily Ever After. It just seems to be a jumble of movies and songs just to put them up there and promote new films. And this is shorter by well over 7 minutes than Happily Ever After including the silent times.The expectations were set high after Happily Ever After AND it is the 50th Anniversary, so one would expect the biggest, greatest, most emotional, inspiring firework show for such a special event. And this is not it. And I am so sad that it wasn't impressive. You are welcome to disagree. This is my observation.
Thank you Craig for the 4K upload! 😄 I like many others have felt a bit deflated after watching that. I only got to see HEA once as i'm from the UK, and I cried my eyes out. This definitely fell short in my opinion, especially to celebrate the 50th.
I was at the final wishes performance the next day the first happily ever after. I’m glad I didn’t travel to see this. Disney has some of the most unbelievable special music and lyrics ever why would they use bad covers of the songs? When I was watching happily ever after for the first time I stood there with my mouth open realized here as well coming down my face. I stood there in disbelief of what they had done. Granted I wasn’t there and just watched on TV but this made me sad , it makes no sense and has nothing to do with a 50th anniversary. Be brave and admit your mistakes Disney it’s time for new leader ship I can’t believe that the imagine he is in the creative people at Disney thought this was a good way to go.
Great job filming, but this show lacked the emotional draw that Disney shows historically had. At no point was I even close to tears and that would be a first for a nighttime show at Magic Kingdom. So sad
Really well done Craig. I’m glad I watched this after the Parks Blog version because it did make me appreciate the show more. It lacks the emotional grab of WISHES, but is on par with HEA. Thanks again!
I like the Into the Unknown and Moana sections. Feel it really lacks on storytelling, especially following HEA which had a fantastic story and powerful message. Feel like it’s been thrown together quite quickly. Would have loved to see HEA continue for the 50th with the addition of the Main Street projections for an additional bit of magic.
I watched it last night on FB live and I wasn’t impressed. I like HEA so much more. To me it’s just better. I do hope they bring it back after the 18 month celebration.
We’re celebrating 50 years of Walt Disney World by bringing you a fireworks show that has ZERO to do with the parks. The projections look beautiful and vibrant and at least they kept Tinkerbelle, but she was put in an odd spot of the show.
I love it!! The colors are bright and beautiful 🤩 and the music is lively and very upbeat!! No worries 😉!! Great show!! Thankyou!! ❤️💚🧡💙💜💛👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫✨✨✨
It's a no from me, dawg: Where do I begin? Well I guess, Once Upon a Time...2015 was the first time I ever saw FANTASMIC at Hollywood Studios and I was blown away by the magic of it all! Until then, I only ever enjoyed night time shows as "the fireworks" (as ppl most do). But this felt different; from there I fell down the TH-cam rabbit hole of Disney night time spectaculars. Of all the shows I came across, hands down I fell in love with Disney Dreams! (Paris) For me, the score was absolutely glorious! HORNS! I WANT HORNS! I was totally impressed by the use of water jets in the moat, water screens, flame throwers, and a bevy of pyro loaded ON the castle. It's the kind of magic I was hoping over the years would come to Orlando. HEA (imo) was a great replacement to the classic WISHES show at Magic Kingdom, the projections were royal, regal, and dazzling. Maybe not the most inspired score, but very easy to listen to! ENCHANTMENT was laboring to listen to. Why does everyone only sing in two styles: Billie Eilish OR Bubblegum Pop voice? YIKES! Call me old fashioned but I think arrangements for classical choral parts is way better and more on brand with with catalogue. It didn't make me reflect on the last 50 years at all. "It was all started by a mouse"... was it? You'd never know with this show. I VERY MUCH DISLIKE the finale. It's almost the exact same pyro as HEA except with fewer shots coming from castle. I remember FEELING that finale when I was in the park and I still FEEL it when I hear the audio. ENCHANTMENT: WHERE IS THE BUTTON?! I always flashback to a clip of Steve Davison saying about a show (paraphrasing) "give them everything and just when they think it's all, give them more" 50 years, Disney? I expected more...
I just don't personally see the point in replacing Happily Ever After. It seems to me like they had this song and they thought "ooh we can use this as the anthem for the 50th celebration, but we need someway to play it in the parks, let's just make a new fireworks show cause that's cheaper". I wish they would have spent the time and money to work on entertainment that actually NEEDS upgrading like Fantasmic, or even a new daytime or nighttime parade (however with covid I don't think they are doing those). It doesn't have to be huge changes, just adding in new sections to Fantasmic with new characters or new costumes, or new floats to Festival of Fantasy.
incredible job as always craig! i was so disappointed after the livestream but watching this was much better oh my god. your video coverage of these shows are always so amazing so thank you. i enjoyed the show much more 😭
Wishes and Happily Ever After were inspirational, nostalgic, and caused the viewer to self reflect. They spoke "humanity". It had the classic magical vibe of Disney. Enchantment seems like it was created from a group of people with competing opinions on it's creation. The visuals are great, but there is no story it's just pretty images strung together, but the overall show is a mishmash of random pieces that often didn't belong together or transition well. The narrator's voice is too deep to be heard crisp and clearly over the audio. Overall, it's not great, but the biggest failure is the soundtrack. Did these creators even work together? Or did they bring separate parts together? There's no synergy here. I took particular issue with the beginning message "the magic is you". Really Disney? The magic is your customer but you are treating us so poorly as of late. That stung given the current state of the retail/customer relations right now with Disney Parks/CEO's bad choices. This is the first show I will not stay at the park to see. Sadly the magic is dimmed and dimming more over time.
@@jeanhealy3132 I’m so sorry to hear that. I feel your emotion and pain on that part also because I lost my mom in 2018. Disney just knows how to pull on those heart strings!
The castle looked amazing! The start of the show was good. but the segments of the songs were way too long. Thanks to Craig for the great video!. We are so glad you share your amazing talent with us!
Fantastic video Craig, as always! The show, however....wow. How sad, underwhelming, and dare I say it? Boring. HEA would make me literally weep in several places. Namely hearing Robin Williams' brilliant voice, Mufasa reminding us all that we are more than what we've become, and Tinkerbell taking flight at the exact right time. That show had a message. It reminded us all that, no matter what we were facing, we could rise above and reach our dreams if we pushed ourselves. Every part of that show was deliberately thought out and pulled out emotions every single time. I get goosebumps and get choked up just telling people about the show. While I do not want to detract from the people who I'm sure put a lot of hard work into this show, it is just so uninspired. It seemed very rushed and evoked zero emotion. There didn't seem to be much thought behind timing of fireworks. And why just send Tinkerbell out there like that? With no build up? I'm so confused. Disney deserved better than this for the 50th. To echo sentiments from other commenters, they should have just added some scenes to HEA. I'm very sad this will be the show my parents will see in January.
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Holy Shhh, why did they not end that show with Jimminy Cricket. "Well folks it's been 50 years. Where the time goes, I don't know. But we're ready for the next 50 and we'll walk together into the future. Remember you are the magic!"
THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING!!
dan t - perfect narration - lol... that was really a cute idea...and you put that together quite nicely. :)
@@las6766 I am already working on a new version for the show that I’ll upload on TH-cam. Jiminy could’ve also said. “All we have to do is call the magic and ANSWER IT” Something like that.
You should have been part of the imagineer team! I agree with you 100% there are those that think that this show is “spectacular” and “amazing” when in reality it wasn’t. Then there are those that say “don’t listen to the negative viewpoint they are just haters.” This presentation was a letdown for many Disney fans and I do hope they bring HEA back because the new one missed the mark.
@@stevenmero4941 Me and a friend are working hard on creating a proper version of the show, all for the fans. It will include many tributes to Disney World history and Mickey and his friends speak to, I found many music and voice clips on this wonderful place called TH-cam.
I've seen so many comments saying how much better "Happily Ever After" was by comparison to this show. But for me... this was something truly incredible.
Truth be told, I'm 34 years old right now and my first real trip to Disney World was last year. I'd only been there once when I was maybe 3 or 4, so naturally I didn't remember much of it. Luckily I have an amazing friend who saved up dozens of free gift cards from his job and used them to give me my first trip to the Magic Kingdom. We did virtually everything possible throughout a 12 hour day, and among the things we capped off the night with was this fireworks show.
I know the consensus for this one isn't very positive, but this was pure awe and joy for me. For someone who never got to experience anything like this, it was nothing short of beautiful and inspiring. Being such a huge Disney fan my entire life, I desperately fought back tears watching it. It took a perfect day and made it that much more important to me.
Whenever you think of how much you miss the old show, try and remember that this will always be someone's first. It may not resonate with you personally, but to someone out there... it's magic.
Love your comment, I had been to Disney once before this last April and got to take my wife and 5 year old daughter this time for her first time. As soon as the lady sang make a wish upon a star and the firework went across tears filled my eyes because my little girl looked so happy in that moment and it was pure magic as a parent. I loved this show and yes Happily Ever After looked great as well but that moment to me will forever be in my mind and I have this fireworks show to thank for it.
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if your like me and grew up on Fantasy in the Sky this show strikes a chord. I love this show as well.
Don't worry. I loved this show as well. I also liked Fantasy in the Sky and Wishes. I hate HEA. Lol I leave the park during it. And the thing is the show definitely overstayed it's welcome at 6 years now. 😂 People can argue all they want. This show was more impressive than HEA visually and better fireworks. My mom has been to the MK since 71 and said the same. The only thing I think people didn't like was the randomness of it all, but that's true of every MK show.
It just goes to show opinions are all different. Also hot take: Rivers of Light was pretty and just needed drones, characters, or something to add to it.
Replacing happily ever after with this…… was a choice. I hope this only sticks around for the 18 month anniversary celebration and HEA returns afterwards
HEA is not supposed to return.. but I’m hoping with enough people not liking this show, and seeing the reaction of losing HEA, they’ll bring it back after the 50th.
Hea will not return when 18 months happens it will then be time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Disney company
Ok I want The Same Thing But Again They Worked Really Hard And Not For People To Start Hating On It.Just Try To make a firework Show Yourself???
I thought this was going to be about the Disneyworld parks.
Starting with Hooray for Hollywood representing the great movie ride. And spotlights shine on the castle during the "first hoo-ray for Hollywood!" Followed soon after by muppets, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Rock n' Rollercoaster, star wars, etc. After that, we hear "And...Action!", putting us straight into a lights, motors, action stunt show segment with fire and red fireworks racing through the sky, with the segment ending with "And...Cut!". And on Cut, there is a huge ball of fire exploding on the castle like from woc with that one huge flamethrower.
Then going through Epcot and with a melody of songs from test track and the pavilions before ending with we go on from illuminations. With the same finale as well with white fireworks going off around the castle.
After that we would go to Animal Kingdom and start with the sunrise scene from lion king with the sun rising behind a silouette of the tree of life. Before going through the kilamajaro safari, Avatar, Everest etc. Maybe putting a Tarzan segment in there for good measure.
And finishing with MK. With a mashup between HEA's theme and Wishes's Main theme. With the final singing of "dreams come true", and as the shooting star fireworks go over the castle, HEA's last "Happily ever after" plays with a "fake finale" (Like how go the distance was used from HEA before ending with the "actual" main theme of this show. And Before the finale fireworks go off, Julie Andrews says "And remember...it all started with a mouse.
We need an updated wishes
"So you've managed to create a dull castle firework show?"
"Yes"
"What did it cost?"
"Happily Ever After"
Not gonna lie, felt like I traveled back in time to the 90s when I heard the beginning of You Are the Magic, which I quite like. But when it comes to shows debuting during anniversaries, both Disneyland and Shanghai take the cake. If you're gonna flex your latest IPs, just take a look at what Shanghai has. A full-on IP showcase with a great flow and Avengers segment that gets you in the feels. For a resort as major as WDW, and a celebration as major as the 50th, this is a disappointing show to debut on the castle
If I can squeak out one small thing. WDW is not allowed to use Avengers or anything Marvel related due to the contract with Universal.
Perhaps it had to a lot with people not being in the offices last year to properly collaborate?
Agree….lackluster. I was there on the 50th at Disneyland….this doesn’t come close to the feels on that day
I think the excuse of the pandemic ran out a long time ago WDW only closed for like a few months not like California. They could’ve easily come up with ideas over zoom.
Comments from people who have only ever sat in the house and never actually lived it TBH, show is outrageous when actually witnessed
For me, the firework show should be about the history of WDW and its rides and shows past and present instead mishmash clip of Disney movies.
Yeap... Disneyland's 50th does that pretty well and the 60th talked about the parks history. They could have played clips of Walt talking about Florida and his dream park. How they had to take the project to the finish line without him. Not even Mickey gets an appearance.
I agree, but the theme song is great!!
I thought this was going to be about the Disneyworld parks.
The segment would start with hooray for Hollywood, representing the great movie ride, with spotlights shining on the castle during the first hoo-ray for...Hollywood. Followed soon after by muppets, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Rock n' Rollercoaster, star wars, etc. After that, we hear "And...Action!", putting us straight into a lights, motors, action stunt show segment with fire and red fireworks racing through the sky, with the segment ending with "And...Cut!". And on Cut, there is a huge ball of fire exploding on the castle like from woc with that one huge flamethrower.
Then going through Epcot and with a melody of songs from test track and the pavilions before ending with we go on from illuminations. With the same finale as well with white fireworks going off around the castle.
After that we would go to Animal Kingdom and start with the sunrise scene from lion king with the sun rising behind a silouette of the tree of life. Before going through the kilamajaro safari, Avatar, Everest etc. Maybe putting a Tarzan segment in there for good measure.
And finishing with MK. With a mashup between HEA's theme and Wishes's Main theme. With the final singing of "dreams come true", and as the shooting star fireworks go over the castle, HEA's last "Happily ever after" plays with a "fake finale" (Like how go the distance was used from HEA before ending with the "actual" main theme of this show. And Before the finale fireworks go off, Julie Andrews says "And remember...it all started with a mouse
I rather keep the original music same as it now "You Are the Magic"
And not even the good movies
This is the first time I wasn't crying from WDW fireworks.... I will miss HEA. I hope they make some adjustments to Enchantment to make it feel more like a 50th Anniversary instead of just a montage of the newer movies.
First Adjustment would be to replace the show with HEA
@@Sealed-Seven I fully support this. It was more celebratory of the old + the new than this show is.
I totally agree. I usually get emotional and I felt nothing watching this. Snooze
I kinda agree with you
Kayla, go see the one at EPCOT.. I was in tears after THAT ONE!! LOL
they got rid of happily ever after, one of the most moving, innovative and well-crafted fireworks shows in Disney history
for this
This made me feel nothing.
Y’all……. they really made us say goodbye to both Wishes and HEA in less than 5 years just to give us this!?
Agreed! Wishes should have stayed and HEA debuted for the 50th. So disappointing!
I'm gutted
@@vivrealafayette6706 I love this idea! Like keep the story and soundtrack and do all new projections to go along with it!
@@Cathleen425 That is a really good idea!! We need to make a time travel machine and go back in time and tell them.
@@vivrealafayette6706 YES!!! Wishes with projections. I'm all for it. Unpopular opinion but I didn't even like HEA that much. Nothing compares to wishes. That show got to you without all the fancy projections.
It's pretty but lacks heart. I agree with what a lot of people are saying--it feels like a bunch of random sequences mashed together. HEA had a very clear narrative: original opening centered around the excitement of starting something new. The Evening Star song leading into the "I want" songs--now that you're ready to start, what is it you are yearning to achieve, and the hopefulness that you'll make it. Merida kicks off the "We're going to do it and nothing will stop me section" section. "Friend Like Me" tells us that we're not on our journey alone, and we're going to bring family and friends along for the ride (when the castle sings at the end, it's like saying all of Disney is on your team). The "Love is an Open Door" song starts a section about the even stronger bonds of family, and the possibility of growing to learn about romantic love. Then the PERFECT transition (I mean, the timing of Mulan shooting the cannon is insanity) into the Mulan quote about how adversity spurs growth--then SHOWING the conflicts each character had to face on their journey towards their end goal (featuring some of the terrifying scenes in Disney movies). The pirates section pushes us to triumph! The fight was hard but we won! And then from the literal ashes, we lift ourselves up and keep moving forward, remembering how those experiences got us to where we are now (our happily ever after!) Then the closing song: You watched Disney characters do it, now it's your turn!
Enchantment feels like someone watched HEA and tried to copy it with different music and sequences without understanding that the show had real story with a beginning, middle and and. HEA feels like a labor of love. Enchantment feels like something that was hastily thrown together for the sake of having something different for the 50th. It's not bad, but it's not magic.
Is it just me, or does it seem like random projections placed over mismatched music, with bad transitions, fireworks that sync to nothing and forced overacted narration? Why no actual songs from the films, instead of just music samples that don't match the projection? Even Tinkerbell appeared with no build up, like they couldn't find a spot for her but knew they had to fit her in. I'm guessing there were tears, but not for the same reason as HEA.
First she actually flew from the balcony of the castle to the top spire before taking off and secondly they say with the words let it fly these people put it out right there in front of your faces and you guys still don’t get it ??
@@jonathanbaldwin798 seems like a lot of folks missed it, so I couldn't have been as prominent as you keep saying. Ppl are allowed to dislike something.
@@sacrosby I’m just saying you guys complain about everything there are people in the world who will never know about his show or Disney but we are lucky to have it and I’m hearing all these people complain there less fireworks we’ll when most of there customers try cancelling there original attraction and story’s and all those people are pushing for a better environmental impact there gonna pull back on fireworks
@@jonathanbaldwin798 It just felt randomly put in just because they said 'Fly' in the song. Where as HEA seemed to create that specific part for Tinker Bell and gives off more impact to her flying.
@@Sealed-Seven they just didn’t say fly 😂 but ok your imagination is pretty dull 😂
I hope my 50th Birthday is better than Disney's. Disney World deserved better than this. Sorry, just not impressed at all with any of the 3 new shows released.
Amen. I’m sad and embarrassed for everyone responsible for this. 😰
Its like most 50th Birthdays. Significant, but one tries to down play it to not feel old. I think that sums up the show.
I disagree
What is the 3rd show your talking about?
They might be talking about Disney Kite Tails at Animal Kingdom
I visited Disneyworld for the first time this year, and was fortunate enough to experience this with my other half in one of the best spots in the Kingdom. I don't have any experiences to compare to, but even after a few months, this will always be my most favorite memory of my trip. A lot of people don't really like it from what I can see in the comments, and I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to come back, but this event has motivated me to work hard every day so I can watch it again. I will always be grateful for the opportunity and hope someone else that enjoyed it knows they aren't alone. :)
Right on! Did you make it back? Just watched it Tuesday and Wednesday this week and it was AMAZING! It made me feel like a kid again and is now one of the best memories of my life. I want to see it again too but it's over for good a little more than a month from now. I wish upon a star that it runs forever.
@@ShortsAndSpookies It was a total flop! This didn’t perform great! It never will until next year! It will be for extended evening hours!
So glad this channel still also has the HEA recording from 4 years ago that I can just binge watch over and over again after seeing this. Great recording quality as always, just wish the show was the same quality 😂
I feel like someone high up in Disney creative is actually a mole for Universal and purposely green lighting crappy shows. It's the only solution I can come up with that explains this.
I have felt the same way about some of the resort decisions, for a long time.
Hmmm
So, as someone who has never seen these shows in person and with my first ever visit planned for last year, I tried my best when watching vlogs etc to avoid seeing them so I didn’t ruin the surprise and I wanted feel all the emotions in person in real time. But of course our trip got cancelled so today I thought I would finally watch Happily Ever after seeing as I’ll never see it in person. To understand hype I decided to watch Wishes first then Happily Ever After and after seeing the negative feedback, intrigue got the better of me and ended here, and this I will say;
Wishes - It was ok, I liked the underlying concept and it was clear and carried through. But knowing that projections on the castle were to come I found it a little boring. But I can imagine at the time this was a great and impressive fireworks show.
Happily Ever After - I GET IT! Just WOW…. just like Wishes the concept was clear. When people say they cry watching it… I was right there! But I know why I felt that. It showcased every moment in Disney films that really made you feel for the character and the songs that made the movie, the crescendo’s, the lot. The projections were just incredible and the way it used the castle, amazing. I will say however, with everything going on on the castle, I barely noticed the fireworks, it’s almost like they weren’t necessary. It was nostalgic and heart warming and was the montage of all things that make Disney, Disney, it evoked all the right emotions. Knowing now I’ll never see it in person is heart breaking.
Enchantment - If I’d have gone from watching Wishes to this, I would have been impressed, but was was it even about?! The name of the show does not match what they were trying to portray. I just didn’t get it, or the feels. I thought the fireworks were more impressive than Happily Ever After. But as for the projections, I hated the way that when they showed characters it felt like they were using the castle as a flat piece of paper, unlike HEA where the castle was used to frame them and look like they were right there in the castle. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I hate the whole this, it was just ok, but it just lacked so much emotion and I totally agree that for the 50th and in comparison to HEA it was disappointingly underwhelming!!
And that’s my review that no one asked for 😅
Did you watch "Celebrate the Magic"? It was the first projection show. It was performed prior to Wishes during its last few years. You'll like it.
@@melaniemcintyre6115 i really love celebrate the magic, especially Walt’s projection when he says “I just hope we never loose sight of one thing, it was all started by a mouse”
P.s some tears dropes as I wrote this reply
Ive been a Disney fan for a very long time, ever since i can remember. From my first visit in 2000 to now my family has been going to Disney World every year! I have never been more disappointed in Disney than i have been in this past year. I understand things change but over the years its always been for the better. This.. this is just disappointing. I was hesitant about HEA when it first came but even watching it online i was blown away and moved to tears when i seen it in person. Even my husband who is not as big into Disney as i am was blown away with HEA. I really hope it comes back after the 50th celebration is over. I want my child to have the same magical and emotional experiences i had and this is definitely not it.
Same here ! But since 2002, never had an issue with Disney, until this recent year? Hopefully after hitting rock bottom the only way is up I guess
I remember streaming HEA on its debut night, wanting to hate it because Wishes was so emotional for me... but after watching HEA, I admitted I was wrong about hating prematurely hating on it.
I cannot say the same for this show.
I think this might be the first time I've never cried at a firework show. I feel HEA would have perfectly fit the anniversary, adding a few movies into that would have sufficed. I just hope this is better in person
right? even epcot forever got me at points. this made me feel nothing at all. the fact that the best fireworks show of all time had to die for………. for THIS?
I totally agree. It's like they removed all emotion from this and Harmonious
Yes. This show lacks the feeling that Happily had.
Sadly it’s not. I felt nothing. It’s cold and uninspired. I miss Happily Ever After and am truly heartbroken it won’t come back. 💔
@@ldubs8495 Harmonious was almost emotional
determined to make this comment section at least a little positive, so im taking it upon myself to rant abt how good enchantment is and how excited i am to see it this february :)
Bob obviously wanted something "new for the 50th" from a marketing perspective and didn't care about quality
50 years of history! How about tributes to Walt, Mickey Mouse, older movies, past attractions ie. Spectromagic, ELP, Wishes, HEA. Call it DREAMERS or something... Celebrate 50 years of some brilliant creations......oh and Craig, fantastic job🤙
Cried my eyes out when I watched Happily Ever After’s first premiere. Watching this… the only thing I felt was longing for HEA to return. There wasn’t a need to replace the show. Honestly, Enchantment felt like it was trying too hard to be Disneyland Forever, but it miserably failed, and instead ended up being a jumbled mess of Disney IPs with no cohesive storyline or underlying message. Barely nothing relating to WDW’s 50 years. Felt like it dragged because of how boring it was in some parts, but it’s around the same time lenght as HEA.
Yeah… this is a big L for the WDW parks. All three shows felt like they were rushed to completion.
I cried at HEA and after watching these new 3 shows (especially Enchantment) I wanted to cry for different reasons! Unimaginative and uninspired. 😔
What’s even sadder is the fact that HEA not only had a short run of about 4 years, but about 1.5 of those years didn’t even have HEA because of the pandemic 🙃🙃🙃
I don’t know why they even bothered.
I still cried, only at the beginning with a flashing memory of Happily Ever After.
@obicorn1237 no! Bob Chapek was a gold digger! He was not Disney worthy! One more thing: You may not know the old Disney days but, I do! You have a very bad taste! You go get a life! We can say whatever the heck we want!
Wowwww…. Disney you’ve let me down 😭 I was halfway and wanted it to be over already. I always got emotional with Happily Ever After and I had no real reaction with this one. Bring back HEA 🥺
Welcome all! Here in Europe we already had our disappointing downgrade from Disney Dreams to Disney Illuminations a few years ago, so I know exactly how you all feel. So sorry you guys need to experience the same thing happening in Disney World right now
I seen Illuminations yday on TH-cam. No comparison to the show from Enchantment. That blew Enchantment out of the water.
Totally! Disney Dreams remains the best show Disney has ever done. Illuminations is better than Enchantment but it's the same show that Disneyland Shanghai used for their opening in 2016 so it was disappointing to take something from another resort
Disney dreams was by far my favourite. I’ve been going to DLP a couple
Times a year every year since 2010 and dreams was the absolute best. Illuminations doesn’t compare at all.
Disney Illuminations is still superior
Illuminations was pretty good aside from using the live action beauty and the beast clips
Somehow they managed to replace the amazing HEA with very very dull show for the 50th
the fact that shanghai disneyland celebrate there 5th anniversary with a grand fireworks and they have newest nightime celebration called "Illuminate! A nighttime celebration" i think this is greater that shanghai's illuminate because disney world uses fireworks and shanghai didn't unless that was a big celebration, just wait i think this is not the center of there celebration and i think there is a greater 4-10 minutes grand fireworks that disney world will gonna released, just be happy for this newest nighttime.
Craig you did an outstanding job as always. I was ready for tears and chills and had none. Hard to explain how numb the show made me. Dang it.
After a re-watch, I actually don't hate this show. I appreciate what they're trying to do with collecting all the stories that are partly why we love the Magic Kingdom so much. Is it lacking in an overarching story? Yeah. Do the songs with lyrics sound like somebody handed some fans a microphone and told them to sing along? Unfortunately. Do I wish there were some voiceovers or some other sort of tribute to Walt/Mickey? Absolutely. There are lots of things about this show that could be tightened up and polished. However, in the context of an anniversary celebration, it makes sense to focus on the stories and characters that give the park so much life, and some of the projections are truly magical (the pyro coordinating with Into the Unknown was beautiful).
It's no Happily Ever After or Wishes, but those shows were damn near perfect and, as a result, damn near impossible to beat.
Thanks for the 4K, Craig! Excellent as always.
Seeing this after the 50th annivsary ended brought back so many memories of when I first saw this show and was amazed, I'm so sad it had to go as I liked it better then Happily Ever After. Taking my first trip back after the 50th annivsary and without harmonious and enchantment it didn't feel as special. Thank you for bringing back the feeling of when I first seen this.
That's the first time people didn't get excited or happy when they saw tinkerbell or the show. Their selection of fireworks were not as good as HEA
yeah. she did came out of nowhere to be honest.... no big buildup like how they did it with the H E E song
*H E A
@@rikparren5157 she didn’t even come out of nowhere she literally flew from the balcony to the top spire just before taking flight and they sang let it fly idk how much they could put it out there for people to pick up cues if you can’t maybe you need to find another park or something I noticed it very east and knew it was coming
I still haven’t seen her. What’s the time stamp?
@@KatRoyalOfficial 13:33
I just watched Wishes, Hallowishes and HolidayWishes. I don’t know if it’s me being nostalgic but those shows just seem like they have way more heart and soul and character. The timing of each firework was perfect.
you are completely correct those shows were so moving right? but these newer shows are mocking the Disney name 🙄
@@gerd5687 definitely! 👍 I grew up watching wishes when I had my vacations!
I cannot believe they replaced HEA with this. This may have been good 10 years ago but its terrible after seeing HEA. I was actually bored watching it. you can even tell by the lack of applause compared to the first HEA that everyone must have been in shock watching such a let down. anyway great video craig
Disney, This… isn’t it. Happily ever after was amazing, inspiring, exciting. It was a show I would tell everyone about. This just felt so blah. Every aspect fell short.
This is a perfectly good show. I saw HEA for the first time this year and honestly, it was also a perfectly good show. Only thing that was better was the music. The only reason the music in this is eh is because of how they covered it. Should have just used the original audio lol. But this show was Beautiful too.
I thought so, too, at first. It’s growing on me though. Once I realized this was not going to be what I expected, I am now beginning to enjoy what it _is._ There’s some spectacular moments here.
100% agree Liz
The sound and voices were horrible. Someone needs to be dismissed
girl… shut UP it’s fireworks just watch them
As much as I very much disliked the show when I saw it the first time, I still appreciate this channel for posting it in beautiful quality, along with all the other shows filmed here, so thank you so much! Keep doing what you do! :)
I mean, I wasn’t expecting it to be better than HEA, I’m not sure anything could be, but I wasn’t expecting something so totally lackluster and amateurish. This was just very boring. I felt nothing, there was no story, and the music and projections were painfully mediocre. It had nothing to do with Disney World, despite the fact that it’s supposed to be celebrating WDW’s 50th anniversary, and felt like it dragged on forever. I saw HEA dozens of times, but no matter how many, it always blew me away and really made me FEEL. It was always a thrill and a joy, and I was always sad when it was over. I don’t think that’s going to happen with this. I didn’t think it was possible to mess something up so bad, but they managed.
the fact that shanghai disneyland celebrate there 5th anniversary with a grand fireworks and they have newest nightime celebration called "Illuminate! A nighttime celebration" i think this is greater that shanghai's illuminate because disney world uses fireworks and shanghai didn't unless that was a big celebration, just wait i think this is not the center of there celebration and i think there is a greater 4-10 minutes grand fireworks that disney world will gonna released, just be happy for this newest nighttime.
Lex Luther strikes again with another mediocre show. There is a petition online to bring back HEA if anyone is interested. It’s pretty funny that the Disney parks blog took down their live stream. Lots of negative comments. Well thanks for uploading it here Craig.
They had comments turned off on the live stream from the beginning so there were no negative comments. Well, there were, but just not on the video. LOL. Does seem odd they took it down immediately.
@@randisney They definitely knew they would get crapped on by Disney fans. Both 50th anniversary shows seem to be more targeted to the general audience who visit once a year or every 2+ years than people to come regurlarly to the parks.
I was watching when they took it down last night. Had to come here to finish the show
I thought this was going to be about the Disneyworld parks.
Starting with Hooray for Hollywood representing the great movie ride. And spotlights shine on the castle during the "first hoo-ray for Hollywood!" Followed soon after by muppets, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Rock n' Rollercoaster, star wars, etc. After that, we hear "And...Action!", putting us straight into a lights, motors, action stunt show segment with fire and red fireworks racing through the sky, with the segment ending with "And...Cut!". And on Cut, there is a huge ball of fire exploding on the castle like from woc with that one huge flamethrower.
Then going through Epcot and with a melody of songs from test track and the pavilions before ending with we go on from illuminations. With the same finale as well with white fireworks going off around the castle.
After that we would go to Animal Kingdom and start with the sunrise scene from lion king with the sun rising behind a silouette of the tree of life. Before going through the kilamajaro safari, Avatar, Everest etc. Maybe putting a Tarzan segment in there for good measure.
And finishing with MK. With a mashup between HEA's theme and Wishes's Main theme. With the final singing of "dreams come true", and as the shooting star fireworks go over the castle, HEA's last "Happily ever after" plays with a "fake finale" (Like how go the distance was used from HEA before ending with the "actual" main theme of this show. And Before the finale fireworks go off, Julie Andrews says "And remember...it all started with a mouse
@@rebeccabrown3337 I was watching the five fires stream when the Enchanted stream was pulled and I thought it was due to copyright.
Well done Craig... Nailed it yet again! Disney... Fail. I actually skipped parts I though it was so dull. It's like they took the trailers of all the Disney films and threw them on a premiere editing suite and placed them on the castle.
No story, no heritage, no cohesive approach bookended in waffle. Such a shame Disney has lost its magic this week.
Well said.
@@sacrosby thank you. Such a shame those given perks by Disney (the vloggers have all been diplomatic about it) (I know Craig gave a great video last night and hopes he will do the same).
I don't know what people are talking about that there's no story.
Host tells you to go on a journey to find your magic. First song is the aspirational song of what you want to do despite all the naysayers. Second song is the start of the journey. Then the next four songs symbolize the unexpected surprises(be our guest), celebrations (under the sea), New friendship you make(toy story), and love (whole new world) you find on this journey. Then just when you find your magic and soar higher(peterpan), you get the hero song(into the unknown), follows by the villain song crashing your hopes. Then we get the redemption pick me up song (I am moana) and then finale. I think it has just as strong of a story as HEA.
Thank you finally someone who said it!
I always loved this show and didn't notice that storyline! More people should read your comment!
So disappointed in this show. I didn't get any of the feels that I get while watching Happily Ever After. No tears, no goosebumps.
The quality of the video was excellent as always!!!
you are the magic is the best part about this show - it hits everytime
It doesn’t to me!
I visited Disney World in May of this year. Unfortunately I never got to see happily ever after in person. In May the protocols for covid were still in place and there were no fireworks. But every time that I watched a video or a blog of happily ever after I cried. It was moving. It touched your emotions. Replacing happily ever after with this new show is a mistake on Disney's behalf. Whose idea was it to approve the show? The only reason I could think of that they would prefer this show on their 50th anniversary over happily ever after is to cut cost. I was disappointed with last night's show.
I'm so sad I didn't get to see Happily Ever After, was due to go Sept 20 and would have seen this but because of Covid we still haven't got to go but fingers crossed for June this year but so disappointed that we are not going to see it and I agree there was something so magical about HEA and I don't feel this with Enchantment and wish Disney would bring HEA as I believe lots of people are so disappointed with Disney and Enchantment !!! I hope when I go in June that I'm not so disappoint as it will be my first time and so many people have said how amazing it was.
Craig - you did an amazing job capturing the show. Thank you for doing a beautiful job and for getting it out there so quickly. I appreciate you!
My god… words cannot describe the emotions I fee when I watch this. I went to Disney world January 15-18 2022 and the first time I saw those fireworks I teared up. It’s amazing what the imagination of one wonderful man can bring to the world. RIP Walt Disney, you are missed and I wish you were here with us today.
I know
The “into the unknown” frozen part…it was badass when she is throwing fireworks out of her hands on the castle. And the affects of the castle that look like bolts of lightining going up it!! This is sweet!!!!
This video saved me hours waiting in shoulder to shoulder crowds and a frustrated wife. Thank you.
Even a second time, it's bad. I just can't imagine sitting around a table and saying, "50th-anniversary show, what should we do?" One guy "Fewer fireworks, more projections " Another "2 Moana songs and no classic songs," Another "recreate already great songs and make them sound bad and out of tune," The lead "Great, anything with Walk, Roy or Mickey?" "NO!!!! Get to da fu-cha!"
I completely forgot this debuted and just watched it last night. The music was my #1 complaint! I love that part with Grandma Tala, but with an unfamiliar voice singing it, it just takes away from the potential connection. I don’t understand why they couldn’t keep the original songs from the movies.
Thanks so much for Disney for letting my dying cat be part of the show. He sang Into the Unknown
I was there last night, and some how grins decent spot at the last minute. Needless to say, I cried lmao
Yesterday I was here. It's amazing
After rewatching this, I really see what people meant when they said the fireworks seemed so uncoordinated. Some of them even feel random, this is so sad. And that entire Into the Unknown really just hurt.
It really isn’t the best song from Frozen two.
I think that's when it falls apart for me - Into The Unknown.
@@mclark2288 yeah! That song wasn’t meant to have all that whaling!
How dare you celebrate 50 years of WDW without remembering its legacy? Disneyland 60th was amazing, and Disney World deserved so much more since it must be the most important place for you, Disney.
I didn't think it was possible, but Disney managed to disappoint me twice with their new nighttime spectaculars. No heart, no story, no emotion, and even no nostalgia somehow in both Harmonious, and Enchantment. Also, for the 50th anniversary, I expected way better. I expected a firework show that was dedicated to the history of WDW. Disneyland's 50th and 60th anniversary firework show blows this show way out of the water. I'm afraid Disney is beginning to lose that magical touch, big time.
If you think this was bad, watch KiteTails.
@@danielcapshaw1033 Trust me, I've seen it X3 I'm shocked that's considered new entertainment
Disney new model is greatly disappoint and change more👎🏻😩😥🤑😡
I thought this was going to be about the Disneyworld parks.
Starting with "And...Action!" The segment would start with hooray for Hollywood, representing the great movie ride. Followed soon after by muppets, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Rock n' Rollercoaster, star wars, etc. After that, we hear "And...Action!", putting us straight into a lights, motors, action stunt show segment with fire and red fireworks racing through the sky, with the segment ending with "And...Cut!". And on Cut, there is a huge ball of fire exploding on the castle like from woc with that one huge flamethrower.
Then going through Epcot and with a melody of songs from test track and the pavilions before ending with we go on from illuminations. With the same finale as well with white fireworks going off around the castle.
After that we would go to Animal Kingdom and start with the sunrise scene from lion king with the sun rising behind a silouette of the tree of life. Before going through the kilamajaro safari, Avatar, Everest etc. Maybe putting a Tarzan segment in there for good measure.
And finishing with MK. With a mashup between HEA's theme and Wishes's Main theme. With the final singing of "dreams come true", and as the shooting star fireworks go over the castle, HEA's last "Happily ever after" plays with a "fake finale" (Like how go the distance was used from HEA before ending with the "actual" main theme of this show. And Before the finale fireworks go off, Julie Andrews says "And remember...it all started with a mouse."
Being a pyrotech in Texas love them actually using some unique effects, including some from Japan! There is actually more pyro then HEA
the finale seems to be much smaller than other shows though
The finale is more like Wishes from 2012.
I had been hoping for some homages to past shows... Since it is an anniversary celebration.
I feel like Disney is forgetting what anniversaries are about... All these new things that don't bring any nostalgia.
That aside... It is a very good show. I think the Moana part after the villains section fit perfectly with the "you are the magic" theme they went with.... Though it makes me think the name should have been 'You Are the Magic' instead of 'Enchantment'.
Yeah, the name is a mismatch for sure.
If it wasn’t going to be about the 50th, they shouldn’t have even bothered making a new show.
I think we all need to realize that they are starting to usher in the new era of Disney fans. I saw this show live last month with my 2 year old daughter and she knew every song. These are the movies they are growing up with. I loved this show and I will always remember it. Whatever show was at Magic Kingdom in 05, I don’t even remember to be honest.
Enchantment will be nostalgic to the younger generation now the same way Wishes was nostalgic for Gen Z AKA people my age as well as millennials. I'm okay with this.
exactly
Wishes was the magic kingdom fireworks show in 2005
@@cancelled148 I saw it in the 2010's!
Thanks for your videos, I had watched both live streams from Disney parks of harmonious and enchantment and your 4K version certainly is far better.
Reading all the comments so far my view is I don’t think hea had had its day, I didn’t think it had become tired and with the pandemic and the park being closed for several months I wouldn’t have been disappointed if Disney had of continued with hea for the anniversary, surely hea could of been enhanced for the 50th to include the Main Street projections, or added more fireworks to the finale.
Alan menken and Howard Ashmans music was featured heavily throughout hea, and for me that’s what made hea so great, I didn’t get that from watching the new show.
I don’t care what anyone says about this firework show, it will always have a special place in my heart, this was the show during my college program now everytime I watch it I sob like a baby 😭😭💛💛💛
they really replaced HEA with this??? I didn’t feel anything at all during this but every time i watched HEA in person and on youtube i always felt so much emotion and connection and sometimes cried. I’m actually so sad HEA is gone that was my favorite and will always be
Reminder that we got this instead of a night time parade and an add on to HEA celebrating the 50th
Craig, your video production is better than Disney Parks live stream. Thank you!
I will see it live in Nov!
This show is so amazing in person!! I feel like the music from happily ever after could of gone in bc I really loved that music but overall I really loved the show!!
Tinkerbell: “So when’s my big moment?”
Someone at Disney: “Uuhhh, now? Yeah just go!”
Thank you, Craig!! Your Happily Ever After video is the Gold Standard and I knew you’d nail this one, too. You’re bringing the Magic to so many of us that can’t be there! 💜
Edited to add: Gosh, I miss Happily Ever After! 😢 Where was Tink? Where were the single-cannon shots over the castle that start every Disney movie? Where were the tears? Where was the Magic? WHAT JUST HAPPENED??
Happily Ever After was the 50th Anniversary show we all wanted and needed. THIS should have been the “filler” show that led up to HEA for the diamond anniversary. #kitetails
(Edited again to add that I must have missed Tink’s entrance. My apologies. Apparently others missed it, too.)
tink was there. they just didnt create a moment for it to shine. and yeah. I see what you mean. this show is missing emotion, maybe that will come with time. but its no H E E.
@@rikparren5157 you missed it then because she flew from the balcony of the castle to the top spire before taking off if you were paying attention you would notice
The single wish upon a star shots were there as well as Tink flying. The music is too shrill & an octave or two too high. No emotional heft.
Yeah - she came in at 13:33. But still - the show was passable but not exciting. Disney is storytelling and I felt it didn't tell one here. That's my opinion, though.
Haha.....last night too I didn't notice Tink's flight during the Disney's own live stream. I noticed Tink's flight for the first time on Craig's video. I am soo disappoointed with Disney imagineers.
This feels like happily ever after's first draft
Craig is 2 for 2 in filming better versions of these shows than the livestream. The projections on the livestream were so dark and it made them look terrible. Here they look so much more vibrant. Great job!
That's because he takes actual pride in the recording. What WDW streamed was full of so many camera changes and jumpcuts that I had to stop watching.
Totally agree, the live stream was really bad. i'm thinkiing the director had their output monitor brightness set too high so it looked fine to them.
Both are awesome!
I love live streams! They are not for great quality images/videos, they are just for you to see it and enjoy it at the moment, together with the live streamers, while chatting with them and viewers and having fun 😊
the magic of dreams come true is in our customer wallets - bob chapek
say what you want about michael eisner, but at lest he kept the spirit of what made the disney parks great
I’m here 3 months later. This show has grown on me! I definitely love this show and love “You Are the Magic”
Same!
Disney weren't kidding when they got (mostly) all their disney/pixar movies in one fireworks show, including the underrated Treasure Planet
But this can't replace Happily Ever After
Not every single one of them, though.
Even watching this show alot of times, it doesn't have an impact on me emotionally like happily ever after. Come on Disney, do better then this.
Okay, I know I'm not there in person however I don't feel any emotional connection to this firework show. Like at all. I know the Disney Imagineers worked a lot on it but Bob and his team have missed one important quality the last couple of months, Listening to feedback from their audience!! We all love Disney for what it is, now it's missing a whole magical side. It really upsets me how much it bothers me but I think we all should start something new for Disney to listen to about what we don't like and what qualities make Walt Disney World & Disneyland special. I'm excited for the 50th anniversary so hopefully, I can see the show for myself next year when I visit but for right now, they need to read their comments and focus on what their Disney fans really want.
I can't say I like this. It's not because it's new or old. But wether it's well done or not. I loved the lyrics of Happily Ever After the FIRST time I heard it. And that was YEARS after it premiered. And when I saw the firework show on TH-cam for the first time I was moved to tears. It was impressive, inspiring, and it had a story and morale that made you want to continue and never give up to find your Happily Ever After. This one on the other hand, and I say this respectfully, is a disappointment. It doesn't have a story, that inspires you from beginning to end, and the segments don't connect naturally. And I tried to like it. I really wanted to like it. But it just doesn't have a storyline, a main idea, or different parts of movies that connect to a main idea. And the fireworks weren't even half as impressive as in Happily Ever After. It just seems to be a jumble of movies and songs just to put them up there and promote new films. And this is shorter by well over 7 minutes than Happily Ever After including the silent times.The expectations were set high after Happily Ever After AND it is the 50th Anniversary, so one would expect the biggest, greatest, most emotional, inspiring firework show for such a special event. And this is not it. And I am so sad that it wasn't impressive. You are welcome to disagree. This is my observation.
Good observation!
Thank you Craig for the 4K upload! 😄 I like many others have felt a bit deflated after watching that. I only got to see HEA once as i'm from the UK, and I cried my eyes out. This definitely fell short in my opinion, especially to celebrate the 50th.
I was at the final wishes performance the next day the first happily ever after. I’m glad I didn’t travel to see this. Disney has some of the most unbelievable special music and lyrics ever why would they use bad covers of the songs? When I was watching happily ever after for the first time I stood there with my mouth open realized here as well coming down my face. I stood there in disbelief of what they had done. Granted I wasn’t there and just watched on TV but this made me sad , it makes no sense and has nothing to do with a 50th anniversary. Be brave and admit your mistakes Disney it’s time for new leader ship I can’t believe that the imagine he is in the creative people at Disney thought this was a good way to go.
Great job filming, but this show lacked the emotional draw that Disney shows historically had. At no point was I even close to tears and that would be a first for a nighttime show at Magic Kingdom. So sad
Really well done Craig. I’m glad I watched this after the Parks Blog version because it did make me appreciate the show more. It lacks the emotional grab of WISHES, but is on par with HEA. Thanks again!
What happened to "it all started with a Mouse"? Where was Mickey? Walt? Anything to commemorate 50 years?? So disappointing.
Updated quote-it all started with a moana. yikes
This was before the addition debuted.
You can tell they’re trying to save money on fireworks
into the unknown we're the only words I actually heard and that's been Disney since we left 2019 so I guess it's fitting
I like the Into the Unknown and Moana sections. Feel it really lacks on storytelling, especially following HEA which had a fantastic story and powerful message. Feel like it’s been thrown together quite quickly.
Would have loved to see HEA continue for the 50th with the addition of the Main Street projections for an additional bit of magic.
Your videos are always better than the Disney live stream. Well done.
I watched it last night on FB live and I wasn’t impressed. I like HEA so much more. To me it’s just better. I do hope they bring it back after the 18 month celebration.
When tinker bell appeared in 13:34 there wasn’t any build up to it, I honestly think the she should appear in 13:38 instead
We’re celebrating 50 years of Walt Disney World by bringing you a fireworks show that has ZERO to do with the parks.
The projections look beautiful and vibrant and at least they kept Tinkerbelle, but she was put in an odd spot of the show.
Didn't get me in the feels like previous fireworks show and I usually always cry when watching them, but this one....no happy tears. I miss wishes 🙈
This summarizes my thoughts on enchantment… harmonious > enchantment. And that’s not saying much, replacing HEA with this was a weak move.
I declare this show a remake of fantasy in the sky
I wish it would have, PUT WALTS VOICE IN IT, GET A EMOTOINAL PARTS, SHOW HOW THE CASTLE LOOK THROUOUT THE GROWING OF THE PARK! Thank U
I love it!! The colors are bright and beautiful 🤩 and the music is lively and very upbeat!! No worries 😉!! Great show!! Thankyou!! ❤️💚🧡💙💜💛👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫✨✨✨
Once again you did a better job than Disney. Seemed they must have had thier monitor gain set too high as the output was really dar.
Thanks Craig!
It's a no from me, dawg: Where do I begin? Well I guess, Once Upon a Time...2015 was the first time I ever saw FANTASMIC at Hollywood Studios and I was blown away by the magic of it all! Until then, I only ever enjoyed night time shows as "the fireworks" (as ppl most do). But this felt different; from there I fell down the TH-cam rabbit hole of Disney night time spectaculars. Of all the shows I came across, hands down I fell in love with Disney Dreams! (Paris) For me, the score was absolutely glorious! HORNS! I WANT HORNS! I was totally impressed by the use of water jets in the moat, water screens, flame throwers, and a bevy of pyro loaded ON the castle. It's the kind of magic I was hoping over the years would come to Orlando. HEA (imo) was a great replacement to the classic WISHES show at Magic Kingdom, the projections were royal, regal, and dazzling. Maybe not the most inspired score, but very easy to listen to! ENCHANTMENT was laboring to listen to. Why does everyone only sing in two styles: Billie Eilish OR Bubblegum Pop voice? YIKES! Call me old fashioned but I think arrangements for classical choral parts is way better and more on brand with with catalogue. It didn't make me reflect on the last 50 years at all. "It was all started by a mouse"... was it? You'd never know with this show. I VERY MUCH DISLIKE the finale. It's almost the exact same pyro as HEA except with fewer shots coming from castle. I remember FEELING that finale when I was in the park and I still FEEL it when I hear the audio. ENCHANTMENT: WHERE IS THE BUTTON?! I always flashback to a clip of Steve Davison saying about a show (paraphrasing) "give them everything and just when they think it's all, give them more" 50 years, Disney? I expected more...
Oh I loved Fantasmic!!!!!
I just don't personally see the point in replacing Happily Ever After. It seems to me like they had this song and they thought "ooh we can use this as the anthem for the 50th celebration, but we need someway to play it in the parks, let's just make a new fireworks show cause that's cheaper". I wish they would have spent the time and money to work on entertainment that actually NEEDS upgrading like Fantasmic, or even a new daytime or nighttime parade (however with covid I don't think they are doing those). It doesn't have to be huge changes, just adding in new sections to Fantasmic with new characters or new costumes, or new floats to Festival of Fantasy.
🤣😂😅 TOTALLY AGREE
incredible job as always craig! i was so disappointed after the livestream but watching this was much better oh my god. your video coverage of these shows are always so amazing so thank you. i enjoyed the show much more 😭
Where can I sign the petition to bring back HEA ???? Please!!!!
Wishes and Happily Ever After were inspirational, nostalgic, and caused the viewer to self reflect. They spoke "humanity". It had the classic magical vibe of Disney. Enchantment seems like it was created from a group of people with competing opinions on it's creation. The visuals are great, but there is no story it's just pretty images strung together, but the overall show is a mishmash of random pieces that often didn't belong together or transition well. The narrator's voice is too deep to be heard crisp and clearly over the audio. Overall, it's not great, but the biggest failure is the soundtrack. Did these creators even work together? Or did they bring separate parts together? There's no synergy here. I took particular issue with the beginning message "the magic is you". Really Disney? The magic is your customer but you are treating us so poorly as of late. That stung given the current state of the retail/customer relations right now with Disney Parks/CEO's bad choices. This is the first show I will not stay at the park to see. Sadly the magic is dimmed and dimming more over time.
I agree completely. This show is a bland mess.
The fireworks don’t match the songs
Exactly
please bring fantasmic back so i dont have to watch either of those new awful show.
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I miss the old colors of the castle. This reminded me of it
Yeah! Me and my mom asked a lady which we are friends now! We asked her if she liked the pink castle! She said a straight no!
There were no points in Enchantment that I got emotional. Felt none of those Disney feels that happily ever after had.
Me too! I almost cried on the You'll Be In My Heart part! Because I thought of my real parents there! I lost them in 2009!
@@jeanhealy3132 I’m so sorry to hear that. I feel your emotion and pain on that part also because I lost my mom in 2018. Disney just knows how to pull on those heart strings!
@@itzjoshh93 yeah! 👍 😢
This was my first ever Disney fireworks show. I loved every moment
The castle looked amazing! The start of the show was good. but the segments of the songs were way too long. Thanks to Craig for the great video!. We are so glad you share your amazing talent with us!
Excellent show
Fantastic video Craig, as always!
The show, however....wow. How sad, underwhelming, and dare I say it? Boring. HEA would make me literally weep in several places. Namely hearing Robin Williams' brilliant voice, Mufasa reminding us all that we are more than what we've become, and Tinkerbell taking flight at the exact right time. That show had a message. It reminded us all that, no matter what we were facing, we could rise above and reach our dreams if we pushed ourselves. Every part of that show was deliberately thought out and pulled out emotions every single time. I get goosebumps and get choked up just telling people about the show.
While I do not want to detract from the people who I'm sure put a lot of hard work into this show, it is just so uninspired. It seemed very rushed and evoked zero emotion. There didn't seem to be much thought behind timing of fireworks. And why just send Tinkerbell out there like that? With no build up? I'm so confused. Disney deserved better than this for the 50th. To echo sentiments from other commenters, they should have just added some scenes to HEA. I'm very sad this will be the show my parents will see in January.
No French horns=do not like... It's missing so much