Cosmic Waves
Interactive fountain with large marble in center
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The interactive fountain called Cosmic waves must have seemed like a good idea when the Disneyland designers first conceived
it who wouldn't have fun jumping along thin jets of water shooting up intermittently from the ground, especially on a blazing
summer day and who wouldn't want to try to rotate a big wet marble sitting in the middle of all the action. Unfortunately the
reality proved to be less Cosmic than expected.
Cosmic Waves open with the remodeled Tomorrowland in mid 1998 its location a 60 foot wide circular plaza near the Moonliner.
The plan was for kids to run between the fountains 5 foot high water jets without getting wet additionally kids could team up
to push the giant 6-ton grand ball and state and place has it slowly turned.
Cosmic Waves is a high-tech interactive water fountain. Here many visitors "chill" as they engulf themselves in intermittent
bursts of water while navigating through the fountain's many jets. The jets, located in the concrete pavement, alternate the
spray so unpredictably that it is easy to become drenched.
Designed after Elizabethan concept of hedge mazes. Cosmic Waves became a part of this retro-future vision, using a simple
concept in physics water to reduce surface friction to create a magnificent wonder.
It turned out however that experiencing the water was more fun than avoiding the water leaving parents and cast members
to deal with soaking wet kids who hadn't thought to bring bathing suits.
By the end of 2001 as Cosmic Waves became more like a cosmic bath to park turn off the fountain though the water no longer
spurts. The stone ball can still be taken for a spin.
The water area was a big hit, but many people would visit Honey I Shrunk the Audience after playing in the water and the
seats in the theater were beginning to show some damage so the water area was removed and replaced with planters.
At the Cosmic Waves fountain in front of Space Mountain guests can try their hand at turning a giant 1000 pound granite ball
From Los Angeles Times May 23, 1998 Instead of figuring out how to avoid getting wet, guests treated Cosmic Waves as water-
found floating on a thin sheet of water. This enormous, perfectly round boulder appears immovable, but the constantly flowing
water creates a low friction environment allowing even the youngest of guests to rotate it by simply pushing on the ball
in any direction.
play area. Parents sent in their not-yet-potty-trained toddlers. Disney addressed the health issue by increasing the chlorine
level of the recirculating water, which caused the soft flooring to deteriorate.
Cool Clear Water Water
Dateline: June 5, 2010
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
My how time fly's, seems like yesterday I was asking about when the Rivers of America would be filled again. I never like to visit the park when any of the water is not working. It even bummed me out during the renovation of It's a Small World when I saw the canals were dry. I know, weird eh? Yeah that's me; the water kind of calms me down. Those of you that
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Dateline: May 23, 1998
Status: Archive
Source: Los Angeles Times
With rocket ships zooming overhead, Marsha Berlo shaded her eyes from the midday sun and wondered how long she would have to wait to step into the future.
“It won 't be the 21st century when we get to the front,” Berlo said from the rear of a three-hour line. “It 'll just feel like it.”
The Las Vegas resident, with husband Bill, was one of
the water jets shot 5 feet in the air
The center marble weighed 6 tons
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