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

[Disone]

My 'happily ever after' would be no more shows like HARModious and HEA. Ever. But that's just me. Looking forward to seeing Luminous for the first time soon, though, if everything works out.

Hummmmm I worry for you as Luminous is, IMO, sort of cut from the same cloth Harmonious and HEA. It doesn't have any type of screens or projections but aside from that, it's definitely a clip show.

 

[PuertoRekinSam]

What could make Luminous better visually… …drones.

I keep seeing people want drones at Epcot. This would not work well.
Drones work really well at DLP because there is a large optimal viewing direction towards the castle, with the drones behind it.
Drones did okay at Disney Springs because generally you had an okay viewing angle from where they funneled the Guest, but if you were too close to edge by Drawn to Life, or over on the market place side you lose what the drones are doing.

Epcot would not work because the Guest are in a theater in the round setting. Remember the issues with the central stargate of Harmonious? This would be similar with drones. Unless you only do basic geometric shapes, it’s not going to look right. The only other option would be to have the drones on the outside of the park with the fireworks in the lagoon. But this would require a whole heck of a lot of more additional drones to not just be random pixels. And you will still have the issue of a dead spot on the future world side am(assuming Disney won’t fly them over Guest).

Or… they could actually use some of those drone puppets they got a patent on a while back.

Disney explores ditching puppets and fireworks for drone-powered displays

A patent application outlines how Disney’s theme parks could swap traditional displays for drone aerial light displays and animated puppets. By Samuel Gibbs

www.theguardian.com

 

[Starship824]

My 'happily ever after' would be no more shows like HARModious and HEA. Ever. But that's just me. Looking forward to seeing Luminous for the first time soon, though, if everything works out.

Yeah... You're not going to like Luminous then.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Yeah... You're not going to like Luminous then.

It has neither humongous oil rigs nor projections on a castle never meant to be a projection surface. So it has that going for it right out of the backstage area.

We shall see. Hopefully.

 

[Starship824]

It has neither humongous oil rigs nor projections on a castle never meant to be a projection surface. So it has that going for it right out of the backstage area.

We shall see. Hopefully.

Well, your enjoyment of the show really depends on if you like the music and the music selection. If projections are the main problem for you than it won't be that bad.

 

[wdwmagic]

Any idea how much notice, if any, we may get before these song swaps take place?

Any possible changes are a way off.

 

[wdwmagic]

Paris did it justice for New Years, IMO!

The pyro design on that is rough IMO, nowhere near as effective as Eric Tucker's design for MK Wishes.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

It has neither humongous oil rigs nor projections on a castle never meant to be a projection surface. So it has that going for it right out of the backstage area.

We shall see. Hopefully.

Enjoy the show

I just want to say I'm Looking Forward to your "verdict or final analysis of it."

 

[Starship824]

The pyro design on that is rough IMO, nowhere near as effective as Eric Tucker's design for MK Wishes.

I agree, this it even Wishes without the "shooting star" shot?'

 

[gerarar]

Had the opportunity to (sorta) see Luminous for the first time last Friday 8/30. Wasn't able to go to Epcot during our quick 2-day WDW trip last weekend (we opted for MK & HS), but was able to watch it from the bridge between International Gateway and the Boardwalk on our arrival day on Friday.

I had the soundtrack queued up on my phone, so was listening to it with my earbuds during the duration of the show.

Majority of the extra pyro added back in June is mostly gone now. The last 20 secs of the show still has the extra shells, thankfully.

Will be able to finally see the show actually inside the park when I'm back next month, so can't wait for that!
But first thoughts are that I love the finale even more in-person, even from afar. The music, pyro, lights, lasers, etc. work together so beautifully.

Video of the finale:

 

[Henry Mystic]

My personal experiences matches this as well. I've seen it a bunch of times. It seems to be much more engagement than harmonious which like you observed was pretty packed for the Stargate viewing area but elsewhere could be sparse.

I was surprised that @lentesta revealed that Harmonious ratings were pretty favorable. I liked the show very much, probably more than luminous but I do like luminous. However there was no doubt the show had a huge following of critics online. But the ratings revealed showed that overall it seemed to be doing pretty well with the guests so I'm surprised that Disney moved forward with changing it. Regardless as someone else pointing out I think luminous grows on me with each subsequent viewing. I too have gone from it's good to its very good. I'm probably going to fall in love with the show with a few more viewings.

The powers that be really hated the barges out in the lagoon during the day. That was always its main issue from the start.

 

[Sneaky]

The powers that be really hated the barges out in the lagoon during the day.

Thank you execs then! Though, I wonder, why did they green light it in the first place?

 

[SplashJacket]

Thank you execs then! Though, I wonder, why did they green light it in the first place?

It was not designed to be left out in the open

 

[Henry Mystic]

Thank you execs then! Though, I wonder, why did they green light it in the first place?

It originally was not supposed to be in the lagoon all day.

It was a park operations battle that ended up killing its ability to not ruin the sightlines.

 

[Sneaky]

It originally was not supposed to be in the lagoon all day.

It was a park operations battle that ended up killing its ability to not ruin the sightlines.

That makes more sense. For me harmonious falls in the same category as starcruiser: I still think they suck, but I admire the fact they were tryna swing for the fences and be ambitious.

 

[James Alucobond]

IIRC, the Harmonious centerpiece barge was also originally envisioned as having rotating sections akin to an orrery or armillary globe, which would have mitigated the many dining venue sightline issues created by the bi-directional water screen.

 

[TTA94]

They can do this in Paris but not Epcot

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Who’s running Disneyland Paris? Can they take over the US parks too!?!? Please!?

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Who’s running Disneyland Paris? Can they take over the US parks too!?!? Please!?

IKR Paris is amazing! You'd think Tokyo supposed to be the best but Paris is something else!

 

[Surfin' Tuna]

First Wishes and now this?!? Who knew Paris would be winning our hearts like this.