[MacMan4000]

http://www.thunderoverlouisville.org

So did anybody here go to Thunder this year? I've been goin the past 4 or 5 years, but I didn't make it this year, I had to work until 8 and the show starts at 9:30... for those of you who've never been that might sound like plenty of time to make it, but with 800,000 other people (this years crowd) all looking for parking spots in downtown Louisville KY... its not even possible to go that late. My friends went at 10 AM to get a good spot at river front park.

Anyone else ever been?

About the show
Rated as one of the top 100 events in North America, the Derby Festival’s Opening Ceremonies is truly a sight to behold. And each year, more than 500,000 eager thrill-seekers do just that.
The day-long event kicks off the two exciting weeks of events that are part of the annual Kentucky Derby Festival. The Thunder Air Show dazzles the crowd with more than 100 planes, aerobatics teams, daring sky diving teams and breathtaking stunts.

When it gets dark, the Thunder rolls. The fireworks will feature the latest in pyrotechnic power from Zambelli Internationale, America's "first family of fireworks". Eight 400-foot barges assemble on both sides of the 2nd Street Bridge to form the stage from which the fireworks spectacular ignites.

The breathtaking and mind-numbing 28-minute show includes Thunder’s signature one-mile “waterfall” effect off the bridge, making the fireworks seem to rain down forever. And in the crowd’s memory of the show, it does!

After more than a decade, the show remains the largest annual pyrotechnic display in North America. Seen by millions worldwide via a July 4th rebroadcast on the Armed Forces Network to more than 150 countries, it is the state’s pride. A Discovery Channel documentary on fireworks shows says it best, “Thunder is the Grand-daddy of them all!”.

[edit]the countdown on that website is messed up... the show just now ended at 10 PM eastern time.