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A sword into the heart of a mighty beast
Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Recently, the Orlando Sentinel’s Jason Garcia explored how Disney theme-park fans have been disappointed and dismayed over Expedition Everest’s Yeti failure at Animal Kingdom.
Now come reports that a similar fan letdown has taken place at Disneyland, this time with the fire-breathing Maleficent in the recently updated Fantasmic show that debuted there a year ago. The giant West Coast dragon, which is familiar to anyone who has seen it at the Hollywood Studios version of the show, is 45 feet tall and with menacing eyes of red.
Or, at least, it was menacing. Now, though, the technically troubled beast seems to have finally bitten the dust after a brief, troubled tenure at Disney’s west coast park. And it didn’t even take Prince Phillip’s courage to fell the dragon. Rather, some fans said they witnessed the dragon simply collapsing face-first into its demise, which might not be a surprise, given how the mechanical animal had suffered from various glitches for quite some time.
Disney officials, however, said simply that the beast suffered mechanical difficulties and would not be returning.
The Los Angeles Times has more on the fall of the once-mighty legend that some fans had taken to calling “Murphy” or even “the reluctant dragon.”
Let’s just hope our Hollywood Studios incarnation of terror will continue to breath fire, and enjoyment, for all in King Stefan’s kingdom and beyond.
Steven Ford, Orlando Sentinel
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