Thursday, February 09, 2006

We've gathered here around the fire....


Finally, after 6 months of empty space the Inferno Barge blasts back to Epcot for Illuminations.
Stacey picked me up from Studios the other day with the hopes that the Inferno Barge will make an appearance. After a long day of work dealing with some terrible guests, a fireworks show was just what the doctor ordered. As soon as the first pyro streaks across the sky and the music starts, work was the last thing that I thought of. My attention quickly changed from the fireworks that were in the sky to the awesome-ness of the explosions that now were talking place on the lagoon near Mexico. Yes that's right, it was back. As the hairs on the back of my neck and arms stood up the only thing that I could do was cheer and smile and enjoy Chaos, one of the best acts of the show.
As I looked around I realized that people looked at me as though I was the craziest person they had seen on their whole vacation. If only they knew the whole story behind the barge, they would be happy as well. A 150,000 lb barge with 37 nozzles spewing fire in all directions while Hans Zimmer again does great work with the music.
Illuminations is one of my favorite nightly shows at Walt Disney World, though it may not have the high number of shells that Wishes does, or the live action of Fantasmic.
Combine this show with the Company of a great friend and no matter what happened earlier in the day, it doesn't matter. The only thing right then is fireworks, and friends.

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