Event 5

On Sunday, November 21st, I went to Disneyland and California Adventure. My boyfriend and I arrived early enough to receive fast passes so that we could witness Disney's World of Color. After a very long day, we were finally able to go see what all of the hype was about, and I must say that it was very much worth waiting for! It was amazing how they incorporated water, lights, fire, fog, lasers, and projectors, as well as the Ferris wheel, for the show. The 30 minute show included scenes of Tinker Bell, Little Mermaid, Fantasia 2000, Finding Nemo, WALL-E, Aladdin, A Bug's Life, Pirates of the Caribbean, UP, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fantasia, Beauty and the Beast, and many, many other Disney movies. There were also songs the Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas, the "Little April Showers" song from Bambi, Beauty and the Beast, and a couple songs that had been composed specifically for World of Color. I thought the entirety of the World of Color performance was put together very nicely, and it had a very nice flow from one song or scene to the next, and it was interesting seeing how they had altered some of the movie scenes to fit in with the performance. I was in awe throughout the entire performance because watching clips from a lot of the movies I grew up with brought back a lot of memories, and I was on the verge of happy tears because I had not seen many of the classic Disney cartoons since I was younger. My favorite part of the entire World of Color performance was the Tron: Legacy encore, which they included song’s from Daft Punk’s new soundtrack to the Tron: Legacy movie, which come out in two weeks! It was so cool how the light bikes were projected onto the mist screen, and it included clips from the movie trailer. The lights on the California Screamin’ rollercoaster displayed an interesting flow of blue and green lights, as well as the Ferris wheel in the back ground. My favorite part of the Tron: Legacy encore portion was when it finished because it seemed that all of the colors glitched out and flickered back to the rainbow colors from World of Color. After World of Color, we wandered over to the Hollywood backstage area of California Adventure, where they were promoting Tron: Legacy with ElecTRONica, where there was a live dj spinning electronica dance music, as well as dancers on stages all around the area. There was also a Laser Man performance, which was pretty much one of the coolest things ever! There was a man on a platform wearing a suit one would expect to be seen worn in the world of Tron, and he was interacting with lasers by bending, splitting, spreading out, spinning, and twirling beams of light! It was very interesting and mind-boggling to watch. I thought this was an interesting and unique way to promote a Disney movie, and now I definitely cannot wait until the Official Sound Track and the movie Tron: Legacy come out!