Minicot - Part 2 Illuminations, Mexico

A little slice of Epcot in a Minnesota back yard. This is a fireworks/light show using music from Epcot's nightly show. We added a bunch of synchronized Christmas lights wrapped around trees and poles to augment the fireworks. The firework ignition was also synchronized using nichrome wire and a homemade controller run from a computer...mini-Epcot style automation.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Minicot
• Epcot
• Soarin
• Illuminations
• Minnesota
• Mexico
• Re-creation
• Remake

[Clrntfrk7]

Hey how much did it cost you guys to put this together? I'm trying top find light-O-rama products for cheap but its hard.

[DreamersEmpire]

My brother has two lightorama boxes and quite a bit of stuff, I'm sure over $1000.

[Prettybebita]

Im still in amazed how talented your family is. Can I be part of your family>?? lol

[DreamersEmpire]

Hey thanks! We had a lot of fun doing it, and have some fun plans for 2009 :)

[sucrefee]

amazing. illuminations is my favorite and this is such a creative and imaginative way of looking at it. the timing on the lights and the fireworks was perfect. i got to hear it every night for a year when i worked at epcot, and your timing is just perfect. i adored it. congrats on a fabulous job.

[DreamersEmpire]

Thank you!! We are also big fans of Illuminations ROE, so it was alot of fun doing a small tribute to it.

[RickNovile]

[Insert 5mil commets about how awesome this is here]

[ejud2001]

Wonderful!

[JumboshrmpXS]

You're very good at this.

I'd love to see what you'd be able to do if you had a slightly bigger budget!

[Mijaro09]

That would have been useful to celebrate 4th of July and New Years.

[rachellyxxbeans]

haha i felt like i was really there.

too cute!!!

all you need now is the monorail and its like living with epcot in your backyard!

[ams1115]

Great job with the fireworks and the lights it went with the music perfectly. I also like the song that you used from the original Mexican boat ride. Oh how I miss that.

[SaveTheLastRide]

Wow, fantastic!