FireGuide! - Outside the Berm

I highly recommend watching the Fireworks from inside the park - the music and atmosphere just makes it very special.  But sometimes, there are times when you just cant be inside the Happiest Place on Earth™.

Below are two locations where you can see, if not hear, the show - the Harbor Boulevard overpass over Interstate 5, and the Disneyland Pacific Hotel.

Below, a huge burst seems to come right over the backstage Monorail and Disneyland Railroad Roundhouse.

The shells below are being launched from an area just behind ToonTown.

   

Finales are wonderful from all directions.  Above and below we see the final shells framed by the Team Disney Anaheim building to the right and the Warehouses and Roundhouse to the left. 

An especially colorful burst above lights the sky above the automobiles zipping along Interstate 5.

For a far more practical location - here are some views from the Pacific Hotel.  Parents may often find themselves here or at the Disneyland Hotel tending to small children who just can't stay awake for the nightly show.

Above, an aerial burst over Toontown lights up the new Grand Californian Hotel and Downtown Disney area in the foreground.

While the castle is hard to find at night from this distance, the show does a good job of spotting for you just where to look!

In stark contrast to the intensity of the show near Small World, here we see the show as if we are overlooking a diorama.

Above from the hotel, you can see the finale portion of Fantasmic!  It's hard to see the Twain or other elements, but the nightly pyros certainly brighten this corner of the park.

 

ADDITIONAL INFO:

The Best Viewing Locations

How to be in the right place for the new fireworks show

Tinker bell's Flight

Tink takes flight over the castle. Take a look at this high-flying nightly act

Showtimes

The latest times for the fireworks show are found on the HOURS page

The music playlist

Introduction (Boy)

Magic in the Stars (Main Theme)

A Whole New World (Aladdin)

You‚ll Be in My Heart (Tarzan)

Magic in the Stars (Fun Lyric)

Step in Time (Mary Poppins) / Topsy Turvy (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

The Un-Birthday Song (Alice in Wonderland)

Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)

Magic in the Stars (Menacing Lyric) 

Two Worlds (Tarzan) / Hellfire (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

[Castle Fireworks]

Magic in the Stars (Hopeful Lyric)

When You Wish Upon a Star

[First act finale]

When You Wish Upon a Star (Reprise)

[Tinker bell flyover]

Magic in the Stars /
When You Wish Upon a Star (Medley)

Running time: 10 minutes

A CD with the music is now available through MouseShoppe

The camera used for these shots

I use the Sony TRV-900, a 3-CCD Digital Video camcorder

Most images were taken using Progressive Scan with a 1/4 or 1/8 second shutter speed, and set on manual focus

Final Images were captured in a post editing process. Images required modest adjustment in PhotoShop before size reduction and conversion to a JPEG file

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