Week 10: The House of Mouse

This week I was able to fit in a few trips to Disneyland in between studying for finals. Luckily one night I made it in time to catch the lighting ceremony on Sleeping Beauty's Castle and on Main Street. While Main Street has a standard design for the exterior lighting on the buildings, during special events they bring out the big guns. On the roof of the buildings on Main Street, as well as other places in the park, they have specifically designed lights for the event.

This event in particular was to create a cool, winter feeling while fans blew snow onto the crowd below. Throughout the event, intricate lighting was displayed on the Castle, the tree and all down Main Street. It was so neat seeing instruments similar to those we use in class in a real world setting, creating looks I'm so used to seeing on a stage outside in the world.

Also, just as a bonus: the lighting for the Teacups ride in Fantasyland is done so well! They hid the lights in lanterns to keep the theme of a tea party, while also creating a grid-like structure above the attraction (masked by vines and such) for a very unique lighting look.

Every time I go to the park I try and find a lighting element that I haven't noticed before, and it makes me feel so cool when I can identify an instrument or the source of the lighting!