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Old 04-20-2009, 09:45 AM   #1
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Fantasmic gets a new Dragon (PICS)

This morning the new mechanism that is the Dragon in the climax of Fantasmic was airlifted from backstage to the Rivers of America to be installed and readied for performances.

The good news is that I woke up before sunrise to get these shots for you. The bad news is that, frankly, it's not much to look at.

The sun was just showing signs of cresting the horizon as the backstage area was buzzing with activity. Kinda neat.






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Just after 7am a Helicopter flew in from the north, crossed over the golden state fwy behind TDA and landed near the coral.






Suddenly it was up again, flying over the berm, across the Rivers of America and to the front of Tom Sawyer's Island.




Close-up of the mechanism



It then touched back down briefly to drop off the cable and then disappeared.

Interesting stuff. The whole operation didn't take more than about 3 minutes.


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Old 04-20-2009, 09:48 AM   #2
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Uhhhhhh........



Thanks for the pics of the empty cage like thing?

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Old 04-20-2009, 10:04 AM   #3
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Hmmm. Verry Interrrrrestink! (Imagine an Arte Johnson Smiley with a Pickelhaub helmet and a potted palm...)

But there are too many straight lines and 45-degree bracing, not enough head bits and arm & wing bits. That looks like the welded cage for the stage lift mechanism they will use to raise the new Dragon into position, rather than the dragon itself...

Just a guess, but after they get that section installed in the pit and tested for clerarances, expect another helicopter pick in a few days with the dragon itself.

Then again, it could be the lift frame and "torso" combined - the visibly "Dragon-y" pieces should be small and light enough to take over on a raft, and do the final assembly in place. All the articulation is bearings and joints and hydraulics, which provides convenient places to take it apart into sub-assemblies.

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Fishy, thank you SOOOOO much for waking up before dawn to get these pictures for us. I'm sure that EVERYONE on MiceChat appreciates your sacrifice to keep us all up to date on the Disney news!

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Thanks! I can't wait to see what the whole thing will look like!
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Glad to see some visible progress on this part I can't wait to see the new dragon.
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This is airlift 2 of 3.

There will be one more soon.
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Cool, major props for waking up at the break of dawn to take those pics.
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Hey, I enjoyed the report and the pics. Thank you!
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I love behind the scenes stuff like this. So cool! Thanks!!
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Thanks for the pics Fishbulb! Your dedication is appreciated!!!!!!!
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Fishy, thank you SOOOOO much for waking up before dawn to get these pictures for us. I'm sure that EVERYONE on MiceChat appreciates your sacrifice to keep us all up to date on the Disney news!

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Thanks for such great shots, Fishy! (Before dawn?? YEEGADS!)

This one is really pretty.
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Thanks for getting up so early. I too like the behind the scenes pictures and will look forward to seeing the full dragon in the future.
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