WDW Magazine April 2016 - Disney's Hollywood Studios | Page 131

(2016) Star Wars Symphony in the Stars: A Galactic Spectacular Fireworks Disney's Hollywood Studios Video All Around Orlando Show World of Color uses lights and nearly 1200 fountains along with special effects like fire, fog, bubbles, and lasers, to tell a narrative with the help of video projections on mist screens, similar to those used in Fantasmic! The show has evolved constantly over the years, thanks to digital technology being so readily adaptable. In addition to special versions, seasonal encore scenes are added and deleted as appropriate. Typically, the show is broken down into a nostalgic opening sequence honoring Walt Disney and the company history, followed by several composite scenes centered around a common theme (water, space, animals, love, etc.), and concluding with an over the top montage or past and present favorite moments in Disney movie history. Movies featured have included Fantasia 2000, Up, Frozen, WALL-E, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Tangled, Pocahontas, The Little Mermaid, Bambi, Dumbo, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, The Princess and the Frog, Hercules, A Bug’s Life, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Lilo and Stitch, and many others. Newer versions like Winter Dreams and Celebrate! The Wonderful World of Walt Disney have had celebrity narrators (Josh Gad