Notes from Neverland
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Could've sworn I read it somewhere that it was doubtful, but wasn't positive. Fingers crossed!
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EPCOT Epcot Forever to debut as interim show before full Reflections of Earth replacement
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TTA94
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Of course way to soon for anyone to know probably but it would be cool if Harmonius gets a full Holiday show.
Magic Feather
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As far as the soundtrack goes, does anybody know what the origin is of the somewhat Western-sounding instrumental that follows the "Universe of Energy" snippet? It's likely sacrilege that I don't know, but I unfortunately had very limited experience with original Epcot.
spacemountaincarlo
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Listen to the Land.
erider
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I saw this show 5 times on our last trip and loved it! Lots of creative use of fireworks and while I always thought the middle part of Illuminations with the globe was a bit boring this show doesn't have any boring parts in it. I am kind of sad it's only running for so short, I would have liked it to stay for another 2 years or so.
*Disney Princess*
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I thought the show was awesome. The music was fantastic bringing in some of the old favorites and the kites were great.
C'mon. People are allowed to have wrong opinions!!
Rteetz
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I liked it better in person.
It does play better in person, and does a nice job filling the ‘canvas’ of the lagoon visually in some ways that RoE fell short in. It’s a pretty show to look at, but you know what they say... beauty is only skin deep.
ToTBellHop
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Not what we wanted to hear, but I understand the holiday tag has, indeed, been cut. Apparently its funding has instead allowed for holiday upgrades elsewhere, including DAK’s new package, new fireworks at MK, improvements to JB:JB, and additions to the resorts. Disappointing for Epcot, but nice everywhere else. I’m led to believe HarmoniUs will get a holiday version next year. They are knowingly shifting focus from Epcot right now as it’s objectively a mess.
RSoxNo1
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I didn't.
Keep in mind that for me, Illuminations was such an integral part of Epcot to the point where if I was hopping there on any given evening I would be sure to see Illuminations but wasn't necessarily going to see Spaceship Earth (or any other attraction). Saying that, I understand that this bothers me more than it does most other people.
I also had the expectation that this was going to be fan service and the A Whole New World segment REALLY bothered me. What led up to it was so-so, but that segment was downright awful. I would have absolutely accepted so-so fan service for an interim show, but A Whole New World felt like a deliberate attack on Epcot fans. In fact, I'd be more comfortable with that being the explanation than them genuinely thinking it fit.
Rteetz
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The whole new world bothers me but I think it bothered me less in person. Its certainly not a perfect show by any means. I do know that many of those who worked on this show are sort of upset by how much bashing this is getting by the fans. Its okay to not like it of course. I think it may be hard for Disney to justify fan service in the future if this is the sort of response things get. This show is also gauging how some things will go for Epcot nighttime shows in the future. Hence the higher level pyro. That is completely intentional. Gotta sell rooms at Riviera.
NoChesterHester
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I’m not shooting the messenger here, but this narrative really rubs me the wrong way. “You better like the crap we pooped out or you won’t get any in the future you ungrateful slob.“
The fans aren’t just being hyperbolic. It isn’t great and some of the choices are very offputting. It is “fan service” by people that are either blatantly patronizing or have no reverence for the original design intent.
Perfect example; the children narrating is cringeworthy and not humanizing. It dumbs down the content.
Rteetz
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I just hope Harmonious wows. I think we all need to accept what the future of Epcot is because we aren't getting back what it used to be unfortunately.
Tom Morrow
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Glad I made the effort to see the holiday tag last year. I had a feeling it would not return.
Tom Morrow
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Yeah, a fan service-y run-through of the classic songs would have been fine. For the most part it's okay, but there's some clearly odd decisions that turn the show from fanservice filler to insulting and patronizing. Mainly, the children announcers, the Kidz Bop versions of the songs, and the Whole New World finale.
peter11435
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Many of the original Epcot songs featured children’s voices so those don’t really bother me. I feel they need to update the announcements both for content and narrator, and then ditch A Whole New World
Not as the leads though in all fairness.
DreamfinderGuy
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So, was it really cringeworthy or was it just a subtle nod to the fact that they’ve been doing that to all of Future World for about 20 years now?