Disney Dreams! will have stunning
projections,
pyrotechnics, fire, a brand new orchestral score — the lot. But there’s no mistaking the most anticipated element of this
20th Anniversary spectacular: the
fountains. And so the grand prize goes to
Jérémy on
Disney Central Plaza forum who, at 24 minutes past midnight, made Disneyland Paris history by posting the first clear photo of those 40-or-so main fountains shooting into the sky around
Sleeping Beauty Castle. Taken from Disneyland Hotel, overlooking the park during nighttime testing, it’s the very first preview of what a
Steve Davison fountain array looks like surrounding a Disney castle. Something you won’t see anywhere else in the world.
The height of the water erupting from those
nondescript jets is incredible, easily as high as the main window at the top of the castle — and these aren’t even the most powerful jets. Twelve
further nozzles, six on either side of the moat, will use a compressed air technique to intermittently blast water a good few metres more into the sky, apparently higher than the castle itself. And then we have to add the
two enormous water screens on top, to complete the scene’s liquid special effects. The proximity to the castle is unusual and certainly dramatic, raising all kinds of questions — for example, what will happen to performances during high winds?
Lit here simply with a purple glow from below, the fountain array at this moment thankfully gives few spoilers for the actual show. It is simply an awe-inspiring glimpse of what’s to come.
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