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Top Two Spectacles

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1. Fireworks
As she has for decades, Tinkerbell swoops down toward Sleeping Beauty's castle every night about 9:15 p.m.; the crowds, who have been waiting for hours on Main Street, ooh and ahh, and the modern science of pyrotechnics—now enhanced by lasers and computers—turns the park around you into a fiery night in the kingdom.

2. Fantasmic!
You may not be much for parades. And as a four-year veteran of the UCLA marching band, I'm right there with you. But Fantasmic!—a presentation that involves lasers, pirate ships, projections onto sheets of mist, and rivers exploding into flame—is the equivalent of every Super Bowl halftime show in history spun into a single spectacular. Inquire about times (they change), and aim to catch the more sparsely attended second show.

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