Disneyland Paris will be the first Disney theme park to incorporate drones into a nightly show as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations.
200 drones will be used as part of the Disney D-Light show, which serves as a pre-show to the main Disney Illuminations show. The drone segment has been developed alongside specialist drone show company Dronisos based in Bordeaux France, which interestingly also has a presence in Orlando Florida.
Disney has long been developing drones for shows in the parks, with both EPCOT and Magic Kingdom strongly linked with their use. News of Disney developing drone technology for use in nighttime spectaculars surfaced back in late 2014 with the filing of various patents relating to their Flixel system that used drones to carry a projection surface.
Unfortunately, Walt Disney World's 50th, which saw the debut of two new nighttime shows, Disney Enchantment and Harmonious, did not bring drones to the parks as hoped.
Walt Disney World did produce the limited run drone show Starbright Holidays at Disney Springs for the 2016 holiday season, produced in association with Intel and its Shooting Star drone product.
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