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

[stuart]

Alright, this may be a big ask, but I feel like this forum is the best place to ask it. I am going to EPCOT on Monday for the first time in about 3 years after my college exams end, and was wondering what everyone's opinion for the best place to watch Luminous is. I know it's not the same stress as Harmonious, but I still want the best view of the show. Has anyone found what they believe is the best place to watch the show with the least obstructions, especially if I don't want to camp out forever prior to the show? (Also, pictures of the view are appreciated.)

We only ever watch it from the beer garden at the Rose and Crown. I would say to be there by 7 if you want a table by the wall.

We'll be there in July so cant share anything of my own, but I was very taken with how the view appears from this person's clips.

 

[hismattjesty]

For all the arguments and attacks this site can sometimes hold, these are the moments that I know there are good people on this site. Thanks everybody! How early do you need to reserve these spots?

I walked right up to the railing 15 minutes prior to showtime (Tues. 4/23). It was a beautiful evening, park was dead, and I don't think there were but 10 people behind me stretched all the way back to the troll photo-op set up for Flower and Garden.

 

[IMDREW]

Probably tomorrow for the rest of us? Its online now in Japan.

 

[McMickeyWorld]

OMG, it's the complete soundtrack without narration. I didn't expect so much goodness from Disney.

 

[Starship824]

OMG, it's the complete soundtrack without narration. I didn't expect so much goodness from Disney.

Huge W, plus the post show? Thank you Disney.

 

[TTA94]

Huge W, plus the post show? Thank you Disney.

Omg Yes! They included the post show to!

 

[Brian]

My, oh my, what a long way we've come from the old days of source audio leaking out to newsgroups and torrent sites.

 

[Starship824]

OMG, it's the complete soundtrack without narration. I didn't expect so much goodness from Disney.

Are we sure there's no narration?

 

[roro494]

Are we sure there's no narration?

i started listening to it on my Japanese spotify account (lol) and the narration is there, but the "welcome" voices we're strangely absent

 

[McMickeyWorld]

Are we sure there's no narration?

I use a VPM. Not all segments are available to me, but in the ones that are, there's only narration at the beginning and end of the entire show. In the intermediate segments, it's just the instrumental.

 

[trainplane3]

Probably tomorrow for the rest of us? Its online now in Japan.

Just bought it. Glad to finally own it. Now I'm hoping for a physical release.

 

[Starship824]

Just bought it. Glad to finally own it. Now I'm hoping for a physical release.

Harmonious had a physical release so I would assume this would too

 

[Starship824]

i started listening to it on my Japanese spotify account (lol) and the narration is there, but the "welcome" voices we're strangely absent

So you just hear instrumental for a minute and a half? LOL does it have the "Everyone on this Earth is part of the blah blah blah blah"

 

[trainplane3]

Are we sure there's no narration?

Barely any narration.
- Welcome has narration but no greetings. No drum beats, just starts at "welcome, to the great gathering"
- Parental has no narration
- Family has nothing
- Friendship has nothing
- Luminous Romance has nothing
- Romance has nothing
- Loss has no narration
- Into the light has narration
- Beating of our hearts has no narration, only "in the great symphony of us" bit

 

[McMickeyWorld]

So you just hear instrumental for a minute and a half? LOL does it have the "Everyone on this Earth is part of the blah blah blah blah"

It's the 'Welcome, to the great gathering.' at the beginning, instrumental, and then transitions to the narration 'Everyone on this Earth is part of the great Symphony of Us...' In the end, it's just 'In the great Symphony of Us.'

 

[TTA94]

Is this going to be on ITunes?

 

[McMickeyWorld]

 

[trainplane3]

Is this going to be on ITunes?

If Harmonious was, I'd assume it would be. I only raced to grab it because I've seen weird things happen with media in the past like random removal.

If Japan got it today, I'd assume tomorrow for a US release since it's technically tomorrow there already. But music rights are weird so who knows.

 

[TTA94]

If Harmonious was, I'd assume it would be. I only raced to grab it because I've seen weird things happen with media in the past like random removal.

If Japan got it today, I'd assume tomorrow for a US release since it's technically tomorrow there already. But music rights are weird so who knows.

Feeling stupid lol but how did you purchase it from Japan?

 

[trainplane3]

Feeling stupid lol but how did you purchase it from Japan?

- Set my VPN to Japan
- Made a Amazon Japan account
- My address was set to the Ghibli museum
- Bought a Amazon JP gift card for 2k yen from a 3rd party site that I mostly trust
Order went through without issue

I tried using my credit card but it refused it everytime regardless of address or VPN location. Not sure if VPN is absolutely needed but from what I remember, Amazon Music JP is pretty strict (media rights and such) so I ran with it.

Edit: Who wrote the music?
Everyone apparently