Big Bay Boom. Ha. That's a pretty ironic title for the name of the firework display that goes off every year in the San Diego Bay.
The Big Bay Boom takes place in the port of San Diego on the 4th of July. It's allegedly one of the largest displays in the United States, garnering over 500,000 viewers. Four barges located in the bay are set to let off fireworks at the same time, revealing an amazing eyegasmic display over the water. Well...this year's show is becoming known as the Big Bay Blunder.
We arrived at the port at 8:30 PM. We sat on a floating public dock in the middle of the bay. Many people had been waiting all day, trying to claim the best spot to see the show. At 8:55 a huge boom did go off across the bay. It looked like a finale. It was amazing, like nothing I'd ever seen before. Pretty much the way I'd imagine an explosion to look. It lasted about 20 seconds. I thought we were in for a huge treat, if that was the beginning of the show. But then, we waited...for 30 minutes, and there were no more fireworks.
We heard mutterings that the show was cancelled. But how could a firework show be cancelled on the fourth of July? The hoards of people started to diminish. We got up too, it was cold. I asked a police officer what happened. Apparently, a technical difficulty had shot off all the fireworks at once, causing a 20-30 minute show to erupt in 20-30 seconds. It was disappointing, but kind of cool. I just couldn't believe what a huge mistake that was.
When we got back to LA (NOTE: San Diego is a great day or weekend trip - only about a 2 hour drive away), we saw that someone's mistake was all over the internet. You can even read about it on the Big Bay Boom's official website.
If I don't have other plans for next year, I would like to try to see this show again. It had the potential to be an amazing show - fireworks over water, in various places, etc. And hopefully, they'll try to make it up to all the people that traveled far and wide (we met people that came down from Arizona, and heard people traversed from different countries, as well!), and have a spectacular show. I can't necessarily recommend it though, since we saw a blunder and not a bang.
Learn more about the show here: http://www.bigbayboom.com/
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