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

[PREMiERdrum]

Two things:

Great pacing... something they've missed on a LOT recently. And,

Incredible open-air design. Each element operating on each plane fully suported eachother without a shred of dissonance. The deliberate cascading of the moving spots to pull and push your eye exactly where they wanted it to setup or surprise you with the next step.

Wow. Just wow.

Home run.

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

Agreed. Was my least favorite section from the show

Once I saw the rest, I agree with this

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I feel like I need to see it in person to fully judge. Not sure it translated well via stream.

I liked the 2nd / ending original song, liked that there was narration, likes the post show song.

Not sure, just didn't wow me

my 14 year old said she found it boring

 

[JustInTime]

Wait. Did I miss Figment?

 

[Surferboy567]

Interested to see it in person, and not over a grainy livestream.

 

[Den Carter]

My take is that it feels old school Disney. Very pyro heavy. Builds really well. It lacks the energy of Harmonious, though. Much better visibility though. I LOVED Harmonious, but only from a small number of viewing positions. I think this show is a winner. And the vibe at Epcot tonight was the buzziest I've experienced it for years

 

[CJR]

I thought it was OK. Not as good as RoE, but better than Harmonious.

It would be fun to eventually revive a version of RoE with this technology. It looks like it's designed for multiple shows. Smart move, honestly.

Overall, a win, just because the lagoon looks better during the day.

 

[Andrew C]

Too choppy for me as well. 6 out of 10 for me.

 

[Surferboy567]

Wait. Did I miss Figment?

Yeah, no clue what they were talking about.

 

[Mikey73181]

As someone who LOVED Illuminations and was sad to see it go, and I was there for the final show of it and the debut of Epcot Forever and hated it because it wasn’t Illuminations but eventually knew it was just the temporary replacement until Harmonious. Harmonious eventually grew on me but it still wasn’t great and the tacos were obnoxious. I was very impressed by this show.

 

[aladdin2007]

I can't decide what to make of it either,,,It had moments, the singing got a little screeching again like the last show and it was way too preachy with all the narration that bothers me....but the one heartbeat song that plays several minutes after? why didnt they use this track in the show itself!!! it was excellent.

 

[Ayla]

I really hope it was better in person, because it was meh via video.

I liked the lasers and I thought the center barges and the fountains were a nice touch.

SSE was turned into the Illuminations globe.

 

[wtyy21]

Luminous fits Epcot, but Harmonious and Momentous do what this show does better.

Harmonious or Momentous-type show are more fit with the Disney castle-style fireworks show than non-castle nighttime fireworks like in Epcot.

 

[lilclerk]

I thought so. It was the section about “loss” after all.

I mean I get it, I just don't need a segment about loss in the uplifting nighttime fireworks show before I go to bed but I guess that's just me

 

[jpeden]

It’s leaps and bounds better than Harmonius. I loved the fireworks from the central barge - great effect.

I could live with cutting “friend like Me” as I didn’t feel it fit. Other than that I felt like it was a home run. I liked the homage to Illuminations by using SSE as the globe in the background.

 

[brickbuilder711]

Certainly the aesthetic is very nice, it will not have the full wow of Illuminations but the execution was excellent. I'd like to see it in person to be really immersed in it.

 

[Horizonsfan]

Overall, it is an improvement from Harmonious. No question there.

It seems like it would have benefited from a few more minutes of showtime to ramp up the energetic parts and slow down the sad sections. The pacing just felt herky-jerk in spots.

 

[monothingie]

I can't decide what to make of it either,,,It had moments, the singing got a little screeching again like the last show and it was way too preachy with all the narration that bothers me....but the one heartbeat song that plays several minutes after? why didnt they use this track in the show itself!!!

Agree way too much narration. It stopped the momentum of the show each time it came up and didn’t work effectively as a transition.

 

[IanDLBZF]

I think honestly I was glad to see Harmonious go, Harm was meh.
But I think Luminous, given what I've heard (so far) from folks here on the forums and on X, may be a worthwhile successor to IROE. Looking forward to seeing it on NYE at 6:30pm (before hopping back to MK to see FITS). Though I can agree Friend Like Me may be better off not in the show.

 

[OSUPhantom]

Overall, it is an improvement from Harmonious. No question there.

It seems like it would have benefited from a few more minutes of showtime to ramp up the energetic parts and slow down the sad sections. The pacing just felt herky-jerk in spots.

I can agree with this, the pace was a little fast at times