Tips for World of Color at Disney California Adventure

Debuting this Friday, June 11th, 2010, is the World of Color water show at Disney California Adventure, next to Disneyland. Some have already experienced a sneak preview exclusively held for special guests, friends, media, and family of Disney insiders aka cast members, and celebrities on 6/10. LA Times’ Travel Blog [via] anticipate this “water spectacular” to be a crowd control nightmare. Plus, there’s a video contest to win a free vacation to see World of Color along with sweet prizes. Contest entries are due by July 12, 2010. We get to vote for the grand prize winner among 10 finalists between July 26 to August 6th. (At the time of this writing, 36 videos have been created.) MiceChat is holding a contest for the first 3 reviews of World of Color and best photo. Here’s the official Disney 80-second promo video about World of Color:


There is a bit of buzz scattered around the web, not any one place that links them all together, until now, at this blog post, right here. Here’s what I’ve found so far::

• first-hand review of World of Color Sun 6/6 preview by dlfreak @ MouseInfo
• MiceChat World of Color Reviews official thread 6/6 reviews = DisneyLD [w spoilers] + Flickering Bulb + 3rdshiftCM + The Forbidden Eye + FutureImagineer183 [w major spoilers]
• read twitter conversations about #worldofcolor
• Facebook Fan Page for World of Color
• World of Color, behind the scenes @ The Big D Podcast (6/10/10) w raw HD footage
• Sept 2009 videos of Press Conference about World of Color at D23 Expo part 1 + part 2 + part 3 and Imagineering Press Conference part 1 + part 2 + part 3
• The official Disney World of Color web page does not yet have links to showtimes and info. [but this blog has tipped-off that 9pm and 10:15pm are show times; more food info; cf]
• Wikipedia’s page for Disney’s World of Color
• The official Disney Parks blog has viewing tips for World of Color and details 3 ways to get reserved seating for the June 11th showing: FastPass ticket, picnic, or prix fixe dinner. And, you can also read all blog posts tagged “World of Color” there.
• “California Adventure offers World of Color Reserved Viewing” at The Disney Blog has more details about meals and souvenirs.
• OC Register gave World of Color a brief mention in Guests can guarantee spots for Disney show
• MousePlanet‘s First Look: World of Color Dress Rehearsal has 5 photos; Laura Gilbreath was there too; OC Family shared World of Color dress rehearsal photos and a Whrrl photo essay; but these bloggers were “not allowed to post any reviews or write details of the show until it opens to everyone…”
• MIceChat has some day-time photos from sprinkler tests at World of Color and an official discussion thread about World of Color + some might be camping out for the 6/11 FastPass frenzy according to Whirl of Color
• Disney Parks blog announced the June 11th debut date back in April 2010, via Examiner and Press Release (4/20/10)
• for more unofficial info, here’s a Sneak peek: Scene-by-scene preview of World of Color water show at Disney’s California Adventure (7/17/09)
• a test run of the World of Color show was video’d by a hotel guest on April 7th 2010; watch the video embedded below

And for those who are Southern California residents with the 215-day Southern California Annual Passport, non blockout dates when you can see World of Color are: M 6/14, T 6/15, M 6/21, T 6/22, Sun 6/27, M-F 6/28-7/2.