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80-414: Starlight Spectacular is a nightly sound-and-light show at Canada's Wonderland . It takes place at the theme park's International Street at approximately 10:00 pm during the regular park season. The show was introduced to the theme park in 2011 to celebrate its 30th anniversary. It has also played during the 2012, 2016, and 2019 regular park seasons. Canada's Wonderland stated that the total cost for
160-506: A fairy fountain , prismatic fountain or dancing fountain , is a type of choreographed fountain that creates aesthetic designs as a form of entertainment . The displays are commonly synchronised to music and also feature lighting effects that are refracted and reflected by the moving water. Contemporary multimedia fountains can include lasers , video projection and three-dimensional imagery. Installations can be large scale, employing hundreds of water jets and lights, and costing into
240-583: A sequencing fountain and a programmable fountain effect which can move in different directions. For the 2019 season, the Royal Fountain underwent a mechanical reconstruction of the pumps and control infrastructure. This included removing the Hydra constants and upgrading to a modern variable frequency drive (VFD) to precisely control the water jets and create new effects. Most of the fountain lighting effects are produced by 15 Chauvet Legend fixtures installed around
320-452: A background of classical music (though the patterns weren't specifically intended to be synched with the music.) The fountain was very large, designed as a concrete bowl around a 'moonscape' of broken limestone, at the center of which was a tiled dome studded with pointy black nozzles. The fountain was not originally designed for interaction but was redesigned in 1995 by WET to make the fountain more inviting, interactive and safe. Switching out
400-457: A cave, and is not wearing a party hat at the end, where the "Happy 30th Birthday" is omitted. During the 2013–2015 seasons, the closing shows were called Illuminations of Water. These musical fountain shows featured lighting effects on the upgraded fountains, synchronized to music, with some of the projections from Starlight Spectacular used on Wonder Mountain as a supporting backdrop. Starlight Spectacular returned in 2016, with minor changes to
480-542: A choreographed show. The white lights were later changed to color RGB fixtures in 2021 by WET. The CESC Fountain of Joy was inaugurated in 1991 in Kolkata, India, as part of the tricentennial celebrations. In 2005, it was shut down due to technical problems. The fountain was reopened in October 2012 following a ₹ 3 crore (US$ 561,000) renovation. The fountain features 150 channels available for water and light effects while
560-412: A fountain to random musical input is novel. Unlike conventional musical fountains, which must be manually pre-programmed moment-to-moment, a fully automated musical fountain uses the venue's own live background music to animate the water and lights in real time. Celebrate... Tokyo Disneyland! is a nighttime show based on Disneyland's Remember... Dreams Come True and The Magic, Memories, And You. It uses
640-468: A man-made lake 1,000 feet (300 m) long with an area of 9 acres (3.6 ha). The fountain is formed as a pair of large concentric rings and a long, curved arc, and two smaller circles are attached to the arc near each end. Shooters outline all aspects of the layout, allowing for the arc and circles to rise as columns and curtains of water, as well as providing high-speed chase sequences. Re-engineered HyperShooters fire jets nearly 240 feet (73 m) into
720-478: A nearly infinite variety of patterns can be created on the lake. A fog generating device rises from beneath the water to blanket the entire lake with fog, and about 4000 individually controllable underwater lights follow the water patterns' precise movements, sparkling on the water or glowing through the fog. Performing to everything from opera to classical to Broadway to pop, the Fountains of Bellagio run every day on
800-410: A nighttime spectacle on a grand scale. Music was played live by the fair's band and broadcast by large speakers to the areas surrounding the display. The updated show displayed at the same fairgrounds in 1964 lacked the colored flames but used punched cards for the choreography, had prerecorded music, and utilized the then-revolutionary system of dichroic light filtering (developed by Bausch and Lomb for
880-537: A punched paper card which was scanned by a computer; and even later, it could be recorded on magnetic tape or, in the most modern shows, on a CD or in an app along with the music. In most automated examples, the choreography is still painstakingly programmed by hand, while some shows are still played live from a control console (sometimes recorded for automatic playback). Recent advances in technology provides for unattended automatic choreography that can rival manual programming. Péter Bodor (June 22, 1788 – August 17, 1849)
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#1732854836555960-521: A rainbow and butterflies appeared around the mountain. The second scene begins with lightning effects and parts of the mountain appearing to explode and release lava. One lightning strike opens a large cave in the mountain; a dragon- or dinosaur-like creature emerges, roars, and blows fire which covers the entire mountain. The third scene features geometric displays with 3D effects, in which images of white, blue, green, and red cubes and squares of various sizes move and interact. An optical illusion then made
1040-454: A second, thereby resulting in water shooting in air at a spectacular speed. One of the project engineer's claimed that "the concept of a three-tier fountain pool surrounded by architectural and dynamic fountains in the intermediate and lower pools is quite unique in this subcontinent". WET (Water Entertainment Technologies) also designed the Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas, which are set in
1120-594: Is a linear display of pumps and lights. In the United States , similar fountains are the Musical Waters. Musical Waters shows use the basic Dancing Waters mechanics. The fountains use single-speed pumps and do not offer variable water heights, and the revolving nozzles are not present since the Dancing Waters design having been prone to jamming. Despite lacking the rotating nozzles that usually define this type of show,
1200-540: Is as well received as it is in France, many of the nations's principal historic houses and church buildings have enjoyed such a production. Of particular interest have been the ones at Canterbury Cathedral (produced as part of the European "Cathedrales en Lumière" events), Rochester Castle , St Augustine's Abbey , St. George's Hall, Liverpool , Tewkesbury Abbey , St Paul's Cathedral , Hampton Court Palace , and at Chartwell ,
1280-560: Is on a deck rather than in a basin, so it is possible to experience close enough to get lightly misted. The Blackpool fountains, created by French company Aquatique Show, are located at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the UK. The fountains dance every 30 minutes to a range of music. They opened in 2009 letting people run through them. In 2010, people were barred from entering them due to health and safety. Security guards are present during
1360-418: Is performed in the evening at approximately 10 pm (weather permitting), and acts to guide visitors for the park's daily closing. Performances project light shows onto Wonder Mountain and the programmable water jets of Royal Fountain, accompanied by music and sound effects. The images projected were precisely mapped for the dimensions and contours of the mountain. The apparatus for the show is also used during
1440-594: Is ready to be placed in rotation with the other shows. Branson Landing located in Branson, Missouri , features a picturesque boardwalk along the Taneycomo Lakefront. The Landing's center attraction is the Town Square, which is home to a $ 7.5 million choreographed water attraction designed by WET . The fountains at Branson Landing include dancing and blasting water shooters, blasting water up to 125 feet (38 m) in
1520-487: Is that, rather than the music and narration coming through a concert-like sound system, they may use headsets , such as in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania's "Lights of Liberty". This allows an audience to move through a historic district as the show proceeds. In France, son et lumière shows are performed in and around France's historical châteaux . In neighboring Luxembourg , a son et lumière event took place in 2007 at
1600-624: Is unknown if the fountain was operated in a static mode when there were no performances or if it was shut off. Restoration of this fountain is planned by the Friends of West End in New Orleans. In 1915, the new greenhouses and conservatory were built in Garfield Park, Indianapolis . The dedication of the Sunken Garden took place on October 29, 1916. In 1916, Darlington was hired to design and build
1680-407: Is used as the projection area. Video images from TV, DVD, or VHS sources are projected directly into the dome. These images fill almost two thirds of the space. As a result of the various depths of the room, a new laser video system is used to ensure that the images are not distorted. Outside the "Miracle World Box" is the largest fully automatic screen (24-by-24-meter (79 ft × 79 ft)) in
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#17328548365551760-565: Is viewable from a grandstand on the waterfront in Grand Haven. Multimedia Fountain Kangwon Land was opened in August 2007. It is considered Asia's largest musical fountain. Multimedia system consists of 180 m water fountains, water screen, video, light, 12 multi-coloured fire units, and laser. The Magical Box multimedia show consists of the big cube system and the fountain. In combination with
1840-518: The Burj Khalifa used an LED lighting system to present Light Up Dubai —a multimedia show that served as its New Year's countdown in lieu of a fireworks show (which had been one of the most expensive fireworks displays in the world). It set a record for the largest light and sound show displayed on a single building; for 2018-19, the show was supplemented by the return of its fireworks. Musical fountain A musical fountain , also known as
1920-563: The Czech inventor and electrical engineer František Křižík in 1891 on the occasion of the World Exhibition in Prague . It became a unique European attraction. The fountain was rebuilt in the 1920s by architect Z. Stašek. The bottom of the fountain plate is equipped with 1300 multicolored reflectors and water circuits composed of more than two kilometers of pipes with almost 3000 nozzles. In 2018–2021
2000-830: The Dubai Mall . It is situated in front of the Burj Khalifa . World of Color is nighttime spectacular at Disney California Adventure Park , part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California . The entire show cost US$ 75,000,000 to design, manufacture, and build. The process of assembling, installing, and testing the show's numerous components and equipment in Paradise Bay spanned a period of approximately 15 months. It premiered on Friday June 11, 2010, as part of " Summer Nightastic! ". Conceived by VP of Parades and Spectaculars Steve Davison and designed by Walt Disney Creative Entertainment ,
2080-545: The Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center , this musical fountain features an 85-foot (26 m) high center geyser surrounded by 68 vertical and 28 arching jets, each with its own RGB LED fixture, plus a fog system and 5 articulating color theatrical lights from above. The sophisticated system was designed by water feature specialists Aquatic Creations, Inc., and plays original music shows choreographed by H2Oarts.com, both of California . The Delta fountain
2160-653: The Loire Valley , at the Palace of Versailles and at Les Invalides in Paris. The format usually involves no active participation by actors but a recorded narrative of the history of the building concerned by one or a cast of voices. To this is added music or sound effects as appropriate, all of which is synchronised to lighting and/or projection effects which provide the visual dimension. Pyrotechnic effects are occasionally included for added spectacle. A relatively recent variation
2240-424: The 2012 season, Starlight Spectacular begins with the image of a passenger train on the waterfall diving ledge, surrounded by cutout animations of Canadian landmarks while the corresponding provincial flags are displayed on the mountaintop. Attention is brought to a maple leaf which then begins the "seasons" scene. A roller coaster replaces the star scene, and the dragon emerges from behind the waterfalls instead of
2320-759: The Chateau de Septfontaines. In other countries, son et lumière has been mounted at the Forum in Rome and at the Parthenon in Athens. In the United States, the first such presentation took place at Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1962. Another presentation took place at George Washington's Mount Vernon in May 1976 as France's bicentennial gift to the United States. The opening performance
2400-415: The European "Cathedrales en Lumière" project. In Britain, where the majority of such productions have been staged at churches, cathedrals and abbeys , indoor presentations are frequently preferred, particularly as architectural gems might otherwise not be shown to best advantage. The first British production was at Greenwich Palace in south London in 1957. In England in particular, where son et lumière
2480-612: The Halloween Haunt season, in which effects are intermittently projected onto Wonder Mountain. Starlight Spectacular was first presented in the 2011 season for the park's 30th anniversary. Starlight Spectacular played in four scenes, fading to darkness in between. The first scene has a theme of the seasons, beginning with images of maple leaves (a national symbol of Canada ) blowing around Wonder Mountain, then falling snowflakes and effects which made Wonder Mountain appear to be frozen. The snow then began to disappear and plants grew, and
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2560-654: The International Street area, and 500 LED lights submerged in the Royal Fountain. Each of the Royal Fountain's 400 water jets has two to three RGBW lighting elements. Additionally, two KVANT Spectrum 20 lasers are installed 27 metres (90 ft) above ground level. The unique control system is patented by the Canada's Wonderland Company, and programmed using a Grand MA 1 lighting desk. The Starlight Spectacular show uses four Christe Roadster S+20K 3-chip Digital Light Processing (DLP) projectors located just in front of
2640-441: The Musical Waters shows are one of the few of this kind that still retain most of the simple elegance that defined Otto Przystawik's first fountains, including the visual attraction of the human element with live "fountaineers" controlling the effects. Otto Przystawik water shows went well beyond previous musical fountains. While previous fountain merely change scenes during a performance, Przystawik introduced moving water that created
2720-889: The Southern Cross , shown at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat since 1992, depicts the events of the 1854 Eureka Rebellion . In Israel, a son et lumière production is presented both at the Tower of David in the Citadel of the Old City of Jerusalem , and at the desert butte of Masada . Composers who have produced son et lumière shows include Jacqueline Nova and Halim El-Dabh . French electronic music composer Jean Michel Jarre has incorporated son et lumière productions into his live concerts, which often take place outdoors at historical sites, sometimes with more than one million spectators. On December 31, 2017,
2800-521: The air, and more recently added ExtremeShooters are capable of reaching heights of 500 feet (150 m). Needing a better way to define smoother passages of music, WET engineers developed the Oarsman nozzle, a robotic water jet that can be moved 120 degrees from side to side, to front and back, grouped with a pod of lights that follow the water stream. With the direction, water height, and light of every Oarsman controllable independently from every other Oarsman,
2880-613: The air, fire, light and music. One other notable fountain of the choreographed type is the Grand Haven Musical Fountain in Grand Haven, Michigan . Built in 1962 by volunteers and designed by a local engineer, this fountain was based on a Przystawik show seen in Germany and was the largest musical fountain in the world when it was built. The display comprises a small number of water formations grouped in odd and even segments, with
2960-482: The back curtain and Peacock sprays have their own lights—green and yellow for the back curtain, and two sets each red, blue and amber for the Peacock. In addition, nozzles called "sweeps" provide the moving effects, swaying side-to-side. A patented drive mechanism allows each pair of sweeps to follow or oppose each other in direction of movement, to move along long or short paths, and to move at any of three speeds, allowing
3040-465: The bridge that crosses the fountain pool. Audio units placed along International Street provide sound comparable to a concert audio system, designed to maximize audio levels within the area. As of 2019, the International Street sound system consists of 16 QSC AD-S82H units on the top of each building along the street. This was an upgrade from the 1997 sound system of 10 EV X array audio stacks with sub-woofers. The 1997 sound system had been installed for
3120-456: The companies that supplied new lighting and fountain equipment. Starlight Spectacular is one of a number of outdoor shows presented at International Street , the main promenade of Canada's Wonderland between the theme park's entrance and Wonder Mountain. Running the length of International Street is a 91-by-24-metre (300 by 80 ft) water basin, known as Royal Fountain, which has hundreds of programmable water jets. The sound-and-light show
3200-529: The construction of floating watershows. Fontana Fountains first introduced the use of stainless-steel floaters allowing bigger water show applications even in coasts and lakes. Manufacturers in the Near and Far East , in places such as India and Pakistan , also produce musical fountains. Many of them have updated the look with individually servomotor -controlled nozzles, large water screens on which video can be projected, and laser effects. Shows are built not only in
3280-452: The country home of Winston Churchill . Part of the London 2012 Olympic bid involved the use of son et lumière inspired light projections of athletes upon various London buildings. In India , popular shows are at Red Fort , Amer Fort , Khajuraho , Akbari Quila , Ajmer , Jantar Mantar, Jaipur , Purana Qila, Delhi , and Golconda Fort . Most of these shows highlight historic tapestry of
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3360-413: The effects directly like a piano roll, it was marked with commands that told the operators when to push the buttons and throw the switches. The fountain was more than just water and lights. Besides 3 million watts of lights and a gigantic pool containing 1,400 water nozzles, there were over 400 gas jets with a mechanism that caused colored flames and fireworks were shot from over 350 launchers, creating
3440-511: The first true Dancing Fountains. Other United States based companies such as Waltzing Waters Inc, owned by Przystawik's family, WET (Water Entertainment Technologies), Fontana Fountains, Atlantic Fountains, Fountain People, Formosa Fountains, Hall Fountains, and Waterworks International have built fully computer controlled musical fountains since 1980. These include two-to-six-meter (6 ft 7 in to 19 ft 8 in) wide systems available to
3520-400: The fountain during daylight hours the box appears mirrored, but at night it is illuminated to reveal its interior. At night a globe can be seen, some 20 meters (66 ft) in diameter. The special lighting effects give the impression that the globe is rotating and displays the five continents of the world. Inside the globe is the "Dome Cinema". The "Dome Cinema" has a diameter of 18 meters and
3600-570: The fountain was closed. F. W. Darlington was a pioneer in electrical fountain control as well as water design. In 1908, Darlington constructed a fountain in Denver City Park lake at a cost of US$ 19,577 (equivalent to $ 664,000 in 2023). It featured eleven colored light streams that were controlled by an operator. In 2009, the fountain was restored using modern technology for US$ 3,200,000 . The Darlington fountain in West End, New Orleans ,
3680-438: The fountain) which now allowed a dark colored lens and a light colored lens to produce the same brightness of light. It was by this process that 700,000 watts of light produced over 3 megacandelas . This show also had single lights with multiple sliding color filters for mixing colors, and arrays of nozzles that could be adjusted, their direction changed by hydraulic or pneumatic actuators. The Dancing Waters style of water show
3760-582: The fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas. It includes 6,600 lights, 25 colored projectors, and fog. It is 275 meters (902ft) long and shoots water 150 meters (490 ft) into the air (equivalent to a 50-story building), accompanied by a range of classical to contemporary Arabic and world music. It was built at a cost of 218 million dollars. The fountain was formally opened by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on May 8, 2009, along with
3840-463: The fountains at the east end of the Sunken Garden. The fountains were the first in the country to be equipped with the mechanics that allowed the changing of the spray and displayed lights according to the season and holiday. For Memorial Day , the fountain's lights were alight with red, white, and blue, and on other days, gold and white. The fountains are still an attraction for visitors. The fountain
3920-434: The half-hour, and every quarter-hour during the evening. A team of dive-certified engineers is on-site at all times, maintaining the fountain's complex mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems. Despite the scale of such shows as the Fountains of Bellagio, these shows must still be programmed and choreographed by hand. Computers aid the process, but engineers must still spend weeks or months on each new performance before it
4000-670: The history of the place. The invention of the concept is credited to Paul Robert-Houdin, who was the curator of the Château de Chambord in France, which hosted the world's first son et lumière in 1952. Another was established in the early 1960s at the site of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. This nighttime medium naturally lends itself to ecclesiastical buildings, stately homes and ruins, and has rapidly become very popular in France where about 50 annual productions take place, principally in
4080-450: The homeowner as well as large corporate, municipal and show fountains in excess of fifty meters in length—and in the case of WET's Fountains of Bellagio , 9 acres (3.6 ha) in size. These include proportional, interactive and audio spectral control that bring musical fountains to a wide audience. Fountain shapes are not limited to linear layout stage shows but include geometric and freeform shapes as well. Moreover, latest technology allows
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#17328548365554160-463: The impression of a giant machine. The mountain peaks move faster as the gears grow larger. Lights seem to shoot out of the gears and fly around the mountain, leaving string-like trails. Smaller lights appeared descending down the mountain. Water jets synchronize with the accompanying music, which grows in intensity. Blue lights then appear on the mountain's two largest waterfalls, with jellyfish-like images beside them. Vibrant rainbow colours flash across
4240-504: The intermediate pool. The CESC Fountain of Joy comes with an enormous number of lights including LED, PAR lamps and high watt reflectors, capable of constantly changing the colours to make the fountain attractive and eye-catching. According to CESC sources, the Fountain of Joy is integrated with ultra-fast technology, in which water effects will be controlled by the pneumatically assisted solenoid valves, capable of opening and shutting 12 times in
4320-511: The main entrance of the Efteling , one of Europe's oldest and largest theme parks. Aquanura means "water frogs" and tells the story of The Frog Prince by the Brothers Grimm in a spectacle of water, music, lights, and fire. The water fountain was designed and built by WET and features over 200 brightly colored fountains in a 12-minute-show each day. The show premiered for the 60th anniversary of
4400-412: The millions of dollars. Techniques tend to be complex, and require mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and electronic components that are usually kept out of view. The earliest musical fountains were played manually by a live operator, who usually controlled pumps or valves and sometimes lights by way of switches on a control panel. Music was almost always live. Later, choreography could be prerecorded on
4480-514: The moat of Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant were provided by the French company Aquatique Show. The project took 18 months to be entirely built, including tests and changes, and cost €10,000,000 (~$ 13,000,000). It ran daily at the park until March 2017, when it was replaced by Disney Illuminations , which utilizes the same technology. Located indoors in Nashville, Tennessee , under a glass dome at
4560-408: The mountain appear to move up and down, left and right, and tilt. Cubes reappeared, moving in all directions, followed by coloured strings. The mountain then seems to collapse. In the fourth scene, the peaks of the mountain are lit to visibility one by one, and appear to be moving in rhythm with mechanical sounds. Images of rotating gears are then projected on the lower portions of the mountain, giving
4640-471: The mountain, then imitate the four waterfalls. The image of a giant disco ball appears, seeming to flash coloured spots before falling down the mountain. Circles and stars fly around the mountain, followed by animated fireworks and balloons. The dinosaur reappears wearing a party hat and dances, and the words "Happy 30th Birthday Canada's Wonderland" appears along with more animated fireworks and balloons. This 2011 show lasted 10 minutes and 30 seconds. For
4720-481: The moving water to follow nearly any kind of music. The original show used punched paper cards, though computers control the new system. The nozzles and pumps have never been changed, only cleaned and maintained, and shows must still be programmed by hand. Even with the simplest of the many programs used to create shows for this fountain, choreographing one three-minute song can take anywhere from two to four hours. The Grand Haven Musical Fountain still performs nightly, and
4800-429: The multicolored lights for white, WET added fog nozzles, a ring of their MicroShooters set into the pavers around the base of the dome, and four large SuperShooters hidden in the upper surface of the dome. The restored fountain behaves as its predecessor did for most of the day, producing changing water patterns as music plays, but it now marks each hour & half hour by bringing out other effects such as fog, and performs
4880-476: The old fountain had only 20 water spouts. It has a centre-fed circular water screen of 6-metre (20 ft) height and 18-metre (59 ft) width. In the upper pool, the CESC Fountain of Joy has 99 water effects, while the intermediate pool has 20 water effects and another 30 special water effects in the lower pool. It features a large water cascading area – more than 80 metres (260 ft) long from upper pool to
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#17328548365554960-423: The opening season was approximately one million dollars with 16 million different colours and 300,000 LED lights. Wonder Mountain, the primary symbol of the park, is the focus of the show as lighting effects are projected onto its surface with many colours and 3D effects. The show was created and designed by Tantrum Design for its first two seasons, with subsequent work by the park's production team in cooperation with
5040-668: The place. In Peru , a son et lumière show opened in Park of the Reserve , Lima in 2007, called "Circuito Mágico del Agua" ( magic water circuit ) which has a Guinness World Record as the world's largest water source exposed in a public park. In Canada, the National Capital Commission has sponsored a sound and light show on Parliament Hill in Ottawa every year since 1984, from early July to mid-September. In Australia, Blood Under
5120-451: The projection screen dimension is about 16 metres (52 ft) high and 45 metres (148 ft) wide, and the frontal water dispersion constitutes 140 metres (460 ft). The project design and development was performed by Emotion Media Factory . Opened in May 2012, Aquanura boasts being the largest water fountain show in Europe and the third largest in the world. It was built on a lagoon near
5200-473: The pyrotechnic show "The Erruption" (1998–2001). When this show was closed (due to the cost of liquid propane for flame effects), the sound system was mainly used for diving shows and special events, in addition to the background park music. Sound for the 2011–2013 seasons was designed by Tantrum and featured original music from Apollo Studios in Montreal. PM Audio provided sound design from the 2013 season. Audio
5280-475: The same formations on each. Augmented by curtains of water at the back and front, a large fanlike array called the Peacock , and three fire hose nozzles—one placed vertically in the center, and the others aimed at an angle from each end—the show produces a simple Dancing Waters style display. Colored lights are arrayed along the front of the fountain in individually controllable groups in red, blue, amber, and white, and
5360-654: The show at the attraction. The fountain has 25 jets which can shoot up to 100 feet (30 m). Multimedia fountain Roshen is located in Vinnytsia , a city in west-central Ukraine , on the banks of the Southern Buh . Built in 2011, it is considered one of the largest floating fountains in Europe . It is the major multimedia attraction in the city. The multimedia shows combine water effects (fountain), music, lasers, and 3D projection on
5440-419: The show has more than 1,200 fountains and includes lights, water, fire, fog, and lasers, with high-definition projections on mist screens. Disney Dreams! was a nightly nighttime spectacular at Disneyland Paris, based on Peter Pan's shadow story and included scenes from many Disney Films. It included HD projections onto the castle, with pyrotechnics, synchronized fireworks. Water screens and fountains located in
5520-462: The show to take advantage of the fountain upgrades. During the 2017–2018 seasons, the closing shows were called Northern Reflections, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of Canada . These shows added new scenes and lasers. Starlight Spectacular returned again for the 2019 season. Starlight Spectacular updated after COVID-19 for the 2021 season. The 2013 show was designed in consultation with Crystal Fountains , which supplied products including
5600-658: The standard linear form, but in circular, semicircular and oblong shapes, in multiple pools, and many other layouts. In many places in India, a musical fountain is a must-have attraction for any city, and there will often be at least one local company ready to build them. Firms also rent shows. Built for the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle in 1962, the International Fountain's original design had changing water and light patterns, with
5680-457: The theme park and can be seen daily. It is included in the entrance price to the Efteling; however during the summer, separate tickets are sold for viewing just Aquanura. Before Aquanura opened, the Efteling had an indoor musical fountain ('waterorgan'). It used to be hand-operated, with pedals and levers, but was later automated. When it opened in 1966, it had live music, but as of 1979, a recording
5760-511: The water screen. For the fountain shows, powerful LED lights are used allowing the application of bright and showy backlighting resulting in various picturesque effects. Unlike other fountains in Ukraine, the Roshen multimedia fountain has moving particles reaching verticality in which the water spring angle changes dynamically. The sound power of the audio system is 3840 watts. The height of the central spring reaches 65 to 70 metres (213 to 230 ft),
5840-549: The world. It uses lighting effects, laser projections and synchronized choreographies. All of the technology used in and around the "Miracle World Box" was designed, developed and installed by Emotion Media Factory . The largest musical fountain project in the world is the Dubai Fountain. It spans on the 30-acre (12 ha) manmade Burj Khalifa Lake. It was designed by WET Design, the California-based company responsible for
5920-480: Was a Hungarian mechanical engineer who built a musical or chiming fountain in the Transylvanian town of Marosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureş , Romania ) between 1820 and 1822. His fountain had a round floor-plan, with two arched stairs on the sides, and a dome roof supported by six pillars. The mechanical core was a hydraulic structure driven by the force of water that played popular chimes at every six hours. There
6000-408: Was a gilded Neptune (or Apollo) statue on the top, that turned round in 24 hours. The musical device was destroyed in 1836 by a snow storm , and was never restored. The fountain itself was demolished in 1911. An almost identical copy was built on Margaret Island of Budapest in 1935−1936 that did not operate by hydraulic means, but used electricity instead. Křižík's light fountain was built by
6080-791: Was attended by French President Giscard d'Estaing and American President Gerald Ford . Further afield, the first African production was at the Pyramids of Giza at Cairo , Egypt, in 1961, while the first in Asia was the Red Fort in Delhi , India in 1965 by the India Tourism Development Corporation . Canterbury Cathedral in England featured a son et lumière in 1965 and more recently in 2005, along with Rochester Cathedral and Castle as part of
6160-477: Was designed internally from 2014. Son et lumi%C3%A8re (show) Son et lumière ( French pronunciation: [sɔ̃n e lymjɛʁ] (French, lit. "sound and light")), or a sound and light show , is a form of nighttime entertainment that is usually presented in an outdoor venue of historic significance. Special lighting effects are projected onto the façade of a building or ruin and synchronized with recorded or live narration and music to dramatize
6240-493: Was likely completed around 1915 or 1916 as the last date on the original drawings are from February 1915. The fountain served as an icon for the West End Park and surrounding yacht clubs and numerous restaurants that were located in the area. All of Darlington's fountains required an operator to change the water effects and lighting and were likely used in conjunction with music played by a band or orchestra for special events. It
6320-461: Was restored by The Fountain People in 1997 and with a musical control system by Atlantic Fountains in 2003. An early example of a musical fountain choreographed live was the Pool of Industry at the 1939 New York World's Fair , where three operators controlled the fountain, guided by a paper program that unscrolled under a glass window like the paper roll of a player piano . However, rather than controlling
6400-417: Was used. The waterorgan was put out of operation in August 2010, its venue being reused as a studio for a children's television program. It is not clear whether the installation has only been covered up temporarily, or if it has been permanently removed. While all pre-programmed musical fountain shows involve computerized show control systems, the use of computer technology to spontaneously "self-choreograph"
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