A carousel of color...

So maybe i've just been on a Disney kick since i work there now, or maybe it's because i'
m really five years old, but the new(-ish) World of Color show in Disney California Adventure is one of the COOLEST things i've ever seen.

Everyone tells me they start crying after the stampede scene, when Alan Menken's "So Close" starts playing and they do a montage of the Disney couples in love. I tell them i start crying when all the lights in the water come on for the first time.

I mean LOOK AT THAT.

The thought and imagineering that went into this show much have been insane. Every single one of those water jets has a ring of LEDs around the base which just fills the stream with a pure bold color. which is the coolest thing i've ever seen. I don't even really understand quite how that works, especially how the color doesn't bleed out of the jet. It looks like thick acrylic paint is jumping in and out of Paradise Bay.

And then on top of that they have fans of water spraying outward to make a faux projection screen which actually works extremely well. And then on top of that, they use lasers to project outward on the water, as well as using the lights on Mickey's Fun Wheel and California Screamin', which just adds a whole other layer of awesome to the show.

And then top top that all off, the pyro inside me went crazy when they turned off all the water and just used jets of fire to create another scape, which i thought was really cool and was an awesome throwback to the beginnings of lighting design, at least thats what was going through my head.

In all, i just think that Disney really goes above and beyond and they really find new ways of presenting things. and THAT's why they're allowed to charge exorbitant prices to their theme parks. I really think it's worth paying 80 bucks because just to go and see the thought that goes into everything, it's really overwhelming.