News EPCOT's Harmonious to be replaced with new nighttime spectacular Luminous

[MrPromey]

Maybe towed around the Seven Seas lagoon as the new, improved EWP.

Maybe they could plop them on the top of buildings around I-4, run semi-static ads for WDW on them and call it an art installation?

 

[trainplane3]

I'm not talking about the completed end product, but the change will likely be a disappointment unfortunately.

I guess I'll look forward to Epcot Forevers temporary return yet again.

 

[OwlHouseKing97]

EPCOT's new nighttime spectacular will continue to feature music from the Disney songbook​

EPCOT's new nighttime spectacular will continue to feature music from the Disney songbook

EPCOT's new nighttime spectacular will continue to feature music from the Disney songbook

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Hoping to keep my fingers crossed that we see a song/score piece from Tangled in this new nighttime spectacular(like maybe the Kingdom Dance score piece), since Harmonious wrongly excluded it from the final show(despite being seen in concept art and the old Epcot Experience exhibit), because they preferred to incorporate Merida over Punzie

 

[Andrew25]

Imo if they focused on a nighttime parade similar to Universal Tokyo's they'd have a better chance of competing against WDW but I guess neither WDW or Universal want to pay the performer cost of doing such a thing..

a nighttime parade at universal isn't out of the question

they know they can't compete head to head with the daytime parades... but WDW doesn't have any night parades

 

[Brer Oswald]

I'm not talking about the completed end product, but the change will likely be a disappointment unfortunately.

Smells like the meddling of the Weatherman and his Umbrella gang.

 

[jrhwdw]

a nighttime parade at universal isn't out of the question

they know they can't compete head to head with the daytime parades... but WDW doesn't have any night parades

I'm also suspicious if USF keeps any hardware from CineCele for Future Shows...............

 

[Andrew25]

I'm also suspicious if USF keeps any hardware from CineCele for Future Shows...............

They are keeping that but upgrading it (due to hurricane, they had a bunch of tech issues after) and hopefully approved the addition of drones.

A nighttime parade however would truly give Universal the ability to compete with Disney head on. When EU comes online, WDW/UO will be somewhat even in their nighttime spectacular offerings.

 

[montydysquith-navarro]

Hoping to keep my fingers crossed that we see a song/score piece from Tangled in this new nighttime spectacular(like maybe the Kingdom Dance score piece), since Harmonious wrongly excluded it from the final show(despite being seen in concept art and the old Epcot Experience exhibit), because they preferred to incorporate Merida over Punzie

It was actually surprising that they didn't even include Tangled in Harmonious, considering the story it's based on is from Germany. Then again, they barely represented the cash cow that is Frozen (to represent Norway/Scandinavia) in the show...

 

[monothingie]

I'm not talking about the completed end product, but the change will likely be a disappointment unfortunately.

So the WSL Aircraft carriers and Star Gate are remaining because someone figured out how much money they blew on them?

 

[ToTBellHop]

This is rather unfortunate.

At least we have F! and HEA…

 

[jrhwdw]

They are keeping that but upgrading it (due to hurricane, they had a bunch of tech issues after) and hopefully approved the addition of drones.

A nighttime parade however would truly give Universal the ability to compete with Disney head on. When EU comes online, WDW/UO will be somewhat even in their nighttime spectacular offerings.

Thanks!!!!!!! Came as a Shock that CineCele was canceled.....

Do we know if UOR is planning Fireworks for EU? if not, Parades?

 

[jrhwdw]

So the WSL Aircraft carriers and Star Gate are remaining because someone figured out how much money they blew on them?

No? I didn't see any Harm Stuff on the Art so Daytime Views are still safe???

 

[mattpeto]

So the WSL Aircraft carriers and Star Gate are remaining because someone figured out how much money they blew on them?

They are gone and not in the art work.

 

[monothingie]

No? I didn't see any Harm Stuff on the Art so Daytime Views are still safe???

Possible Hint.

Is it just me or does this concept art make it clear they have no plans yet for the show? They’re not going to be launching fireworks from the center of the lagoon into the crowds as this would show….

Yes its still very much in development

 

[Spash007]

No? I didn't see any Harm Stuff on the Art so Daytime Views are still safe???

This is my hope, but that lagoon view is real cloudy and dark on the art so anything could be hiding in there

 

[Andrew25]

I don't think the art is 100% accurate to whatever the new show will be, but it's definitely assuring us that those barges are gone.

 

[trainplane3]

I don't think the art is 100% accurate to whatever the new show will be, but it's definitely assuring us that those barges are gone.

This.
The art is very rarely accurate. The Harmonious art wasn't even accurate.

 

[SaucyBoy]

Sounds like another stale show in an even staler park. My how the mighty continues to fall.

 

[monothingie]

I don't think the art is 100% accurate to whatever the new show will be, but it's definitely assuring us that those barges are gone.

I can't go into details unfortunately, but there has been a significant shift in the new EPCOT show.

I'm not talking about the completed end product, but the change will likely be a disappointment unfortunately.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Surely Disney wouldn’t replace a show with a disappointing new show?

Didn’t they learn their lesson