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Show Notes
Hosts: Matt Hochberg, Len Testa, Mike Newell & Mike Scopa
Topics:
- Osborne Lights
- The Osborne Lights run from November 13, 2006 - January 7, 2007
- Mike Scopa mentions Jennings Osborne was at the Studios last year
- Mike Scopa tells the story of the Osborne Lights and how they ended up at Walt Disney World
- Len says there are 400 dimmers for the lights to include choreography for the lights
- Matt mentions the dancing lights are new this year
- Matt mentions a video from last year of some guy's house
- Len says there are 32 miles of extension cords, 43 hidden mickeys and 100 gallons of snow fluid per night
- Matt says the lights are shown at the Streets of America in the Disney-MGM Studios
- Matt says the entrance is near the Sci-Fi restaurant
- Len says last year he started by Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show although the problem was he had to fight the crowds
- Matt thinks the dancing the lights will cause the crowds to be worse
- Matt liked the BBQ light display
- Mike Scopa stands right at the beginning of the entrance to the Streets of America because it looks like christmas tree forest from that perspective
- Matt says the lights go on at 6pm
- Matt recommends letting the initial crowd go through and to see the lights around 6:30
- Matt and Len don't remember the 3D glasses being there last year
- Matt says the best time to see the lights is during Fantasmic!
- Matt says if you want to see the lights and Fantasmic! in the same night, see Fantasmic! first and after the show most of the time you should be able to go see the lights even though technically the park is closed
- Matt says if there are two showings of Fantasmic!, see the lights during the first showing of Fantasmic! and then see the second showing of Fantasmic
- Mike Scopa recommends for those video taping to pan slowly and be close to a speaker
- Mike Scopa also recommends picking a couple of spots to record from rather than recording the whole thing at one time
- Matt says if you're going to use a digital camera, look for a setting in your camera for night mode or fireworks mode and to be very still
- Matt says the Hollywood Holly-Day Parade which is just an overlay of the regular parade
- Matt says ideally you would see the Osborne Lights one night and Fantasmic! a different night
Running Time: 17:48
