Forecast wind conditions shifted significantly the afternoon of the show, prompting a partial redesign of the finale sequence with under six hours to ignition — a scenario our simulation software is specifically built to handle quickly.
The revised program kept the planned musical choreography intact but swapped several wide-spread effects for tighter, less wind-sensitive bursts. Guests at the harbor viewing area weren’t told a change had happened, which is generally how we consider a wind-driven redesign to have gone well.