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

[pdude81]

It worked for 20 years with ROE.

Absolutely. Illuminations 3: ROE was a great show. But times have changed and they need the parks to sell the movies more than they need the movies to sell the parks.

 

[HMF]

Absolutely. Illuminations 3: ROE was a great show. But times have changed and they need the parks to sell the movies more than they need the movies to sell the parks.

How have times changed? How is the story of earth and the concept of celebrating humanity and it's achievements and hope for a better future become out of date? If it has, This is a pretty sad time we are living in.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

There's a lot of panicking and meltdowns over a show with very little info, rightfully so given Disney's track record lately. But, take it from me, it's just not worth stressing and risking a heart attack over a fireworks show (or anything really).

Okay, now I sound like my husband when he sees me getting worked up over something outside my control

Personally I've come to accept that whatever happens happens. If the show ends up being a bust then oh well, it happens. If the show ends up being really good then that's perfect. Already though it seems to address 3 of the main issues people had with Harmonious (sightlines, 360 view, lack of original composition).

Just based off of the descriptions alone it sounds like something interesting and intriguing.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

How have times changed? How is the story of earth and the concept of celebrating humanity and it's achievements and hope for a better future become out of date? If it has, This is a pretty sad time we are living in.

Not the storyline, the style of the show

... I know I heard a lot of comments towards the end of the shows life and especially after it was announced it was leaving from people that said it was boring and never stayed for it, etc

 

[SaucyBoy]

Personally I've come to accept that whatever happens happens.

Right. There's no use contorting ourselves out of shape over something beyond our control. I'm sure the new show will be a nice change (better than what's there now, that's for sure) and if it's not, well I will just continue not spending any evenings at Epcot.

 

[HMF]

Not the storyline, the style of the show

... I know I heard a lot of comments towards the end of the shows life and especially after it was announced it was leaving from people that said it was boring and never stayed for it, etc

Probably the same people who think EPCOT as a whole is boring.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Probably the same people who think EPCOT as a whole is boring.

Maybe - but if so isn't it up to Disney to evolve and look to entertain a higher percentage of guests?

Or just stick to what was built 40 years ago and thumb their nose at people who don't like it?

 

[dreday3]

Probably the same people who think EPCOT as a whole is boring.

We love Epcot, but could not sit through Illuminations more than once a trip in later years. What was exciting to us in 2000 (the globe) was pretty boring (the globe) in 2017. That globe took a long time to move across the lagoon.

 

[wdwfan22]

The show needs to be grand to keep people in the park and in the restaurants till closing time. Another Version of happily ever after isn’t going to cut it. The show needs to be different from what’s over at Magic Kingdom or it’s not going to work. Harmonious couldn’t do it, Epcot forever isn’t much better either. I have a feeling they are going to fail again and be right back where they started.

 

[SaucyBoy]

Probably the same people who think EPCOT as a whole is boring.

I'm a big fan of Epcot but the truth is that Epcot in 2023 is absolutely boring.

 

[UNCgolf]

I'm a big fan of Epcot but the truth is that Epcot in 2023 is absolutely boring.

I wouldn't call it boring -- it still has things worth doing like Spaceship Earth, the World Showcase, etc. -- but it's like 15% of the park it was in the early 1990s. Almost everything is worse now than it was then, and none of the new construction is going to change that.

It will be better than it was immediately before the work started, though, so there's at least some improvement.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I'm a big fan of Epcot but the truth is that Epcot in 2023 is absolutely boring.

Don’t worry, Moana’s water squirting fountain thingy will make Epcot the best park ever!

 

[PREMiERdrum]

Don't worry. The Play Pavillion - whose poster is still for sale on Shop Disney - will fix everything!

 

[Epcot81Fan]

If we could only get that "Walt on a toilet" statue up! THEN we're back to Epcot being the wonder it once was!

 

[GhostHost1000]

If we could only get that "Walt on a toilet" statue up! THEN we're back to Epcot being the wonder it once was!

They’ve decided to replace Walt with an image of their stock price on a toilet. Flushing every couple of days

 

[HMF]

I'm a big fan of Epcot but the truth is that Epcot in 2023 is absolutely boring.

That's because nearly everything that was great about it has been destroyed.

 

[aladdin2007]

That's because nearly everything that was great about it has been destroyed.

best post of the day!

 

[wdwfan22]

People keep saying the hardware in the lagoon was the main reason Harmonious was hated. Only the die-hard Epcot fans cared about the hardware. Other Disney Guests could care less. The main fact was the show sucked. It wasn't keeping Guests in the restaurants till 9 either. You couldn't see it from half the viewing locations, it was just a clip show with limited fireworks. It was a see one time and never have to see it again kind of show.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I just hope will have a good preshow loop as great as the Illuminations versions...I miss hearing Busindre Reel when it echoed through World Showcase as the evening got dark and the torches turned on....

 

[SaucyBoy]

I just hope will have a good preshow loop as great as the Illuminations versions...I miss hearing Busindre Reel when it echoed through World Showcase as the evening got dark and the torches turned on....

For those interested, I made a Spotify playlist of both pre-show loops. Some songs are missing simply because they aren't available in the USA on Spotify, at least. I found them in other places and they're forever at home on my laptop, haha. I know you can find them on Apple Music or YouTube, though.