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

[Fox&Hound]

How embarrassing! Disney spent all this money on this brand new show and equipment just to take down shortly after. They need to take a hard look at how they spend money. Come on DIS, be better than this. You used to be.

 

[jrhwdw]

End Date now on MDE

 

[GhostHost1000]

How embarrassing! Disney spent all this money on this brand new show and equipment just to take down shortly after. They need to take a hard look at how they spend money. Come on DIS, be better than this. You used to be.

They just raise prices to pay for all their stupid decisions and then want us to keep coming back for more

 

[Squishy]

Is the new show still planned for the end of the year or will it be sooner?

 

[wdwmagic]

Is the new show still planned for the end of the year or will it be sooner?

Late 2023 all being well. But it is still early in dev, so we will see how it goes.

 

[brb1006]

 

[James Alucobond]

How embarrassing! Disney spent all this money on this brand new show and equipment just to take down shortly after. They need to take a hard look at how they spend money. Come on DIS, be better than this. You used to be.

Sure, but at least they were willing to kill it and start again. I was quite sure we were going to have to live with the steel behemoths for a few years so that they could wring as much life from them as possible. I can almost enjoy them on my next visit now knowing it's the last time I'll have to see them.

 

[trainplane3]

Late 2023 all being well. But it is still early in dev, so we will see how it goes.

I assume we'll be seeing a new barge assembly site popping up backstage again? At the rate Disney builds stuff, they really need to get moving.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Well the new show will hopefully have that, but it's going to have something else that will attract a lot of attention.

 

[MisterPenguin]

And won't be Chapeked at all. But what will Igered look like?

More trees.

 

[DisAl]

Sure, but at least they were willing to kill it and start again. I was quite sure we were going to have to live with the steel behemoths for a few years so that they could wring as much life from them as possible. I can almost enjoy them on my next visit now knowing it's the last time I'll have to see them.

What, you don't like the shipyard look better than a great view of the world showcase?

 

[ShookieJones]

It sux that this is the kind of stuff we have to be excited for, but hey you get what you get - I will give this a solid “yay!!”

The show wasn’t horrible, but it didn’t come close to warranting Stargate and the taco twin barges.

 

[HMF]

Come on DIS, be better than this. You used to be.

No they are not, They indeed used to be.

 

[FettFan]

Harmonious COULD have worked had they just spent the extra money to expand the backstage harbor to dock the barges during the day instead of throwing up their hands, anchoring the beasts, then installing a half-@$$’d daytime fountain mode.

Alas, they’re now discovering that an ounce of prevention is far cheaper than a pound of cure.

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[FettFan]

And won't be Chapeked at all. But what will Igered look like?

An Avatar: Way of Water/Seed Bearer show.

Because *synergy*.

 

[jrhwdw]

Harmonious COULD have worked had they just spent the extra money to expand the backstage harbor to dock the barges during the day instead of throwing up their hands, anchoring the beasts, then installing a half-@$$’d fountain system.

Alas, they’re now discovering that an ounce of prevention is far cheaper than a pound of cure.

I do believe the Fountains didn't fail much, if it all during Harm...

 

[celluloid]

One of the very few places where they will improve the appearance of said place

Nah. South of the Border has rolled with the kistchy theme intentionally. Those pyro barges were just ugly.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Happy World Showcase will be looking much better by summer but I’d like to formally request that the word “phased” be banned from DPB posts. At this point, it gives me post-traumatic stress. Just say “We will present Epcot Forever nightly until later in the year as we dismantle the Harmonious infrastructure. It will not go down without a fight and we do not negotiate with terrorists.”

 

[FettFan]

I do believe the Fountains didn't fail much, if it all during Harm...

Oh I was talking about the daytime fountain system that was meant to “hide” the structures.

That was half-@$$’d.

 

[James Alucobond]

Harmonious COULD have worked had they just spent the extra money to expand the backstage harbor to dock the barges during the day instead of throwing up their hands, anchoring the beasts, then installing a half-@$$’d daytime fountain mode.

I think it needed more work than that to function in the space. The central barge facing only one prime viewing area was another blunder. Anything they do needs to play to the entire lagoon perimeter.