Illuminations and the rain

[MagicKatMe]

Does EPCOT ever cancel Illuminations due to rain? And if so, how bad would it have to be to trigger cancellation?

 

[WDWBusDriver]

I have only witnessed a postponement and an earlier start, but never a cancellation. Both instances involved severe lightning moving into the area. Since all of the fireworks are electronically controlled, one bad lightning strike could spell disaster.

I have seen all of the parks' fireworks shows in heavy downpour, rain isn't a deciding factor when it comes to fireworks, lightning and extreme winds are.

 

[MagicKatMe]

I have only witnessed a postponement and an earlier start, but never a cancellation. Both instances involved severe lightning moving into the area. Since all of the fireworks are electronically controlled, one bad lightning strike could spell disaster.

I have seen all of the parks' fireworks shows in heavy downpour, rain isn't a deciding factor when it comes to fireworks, lightning and extreme winds are.

Thank you!

 

[Master Yoda]

You would most likely see some old guy building a really big boat before Illuminations was outright canceled.

Nearly every show on property has a "wet" version where certain elements might be changed or removed due to weather, but the fireworks go on largely unchanged unless it gets really, really bad.

 

[Pluto89]

We have watched Illuminations when standing in ankle deep water in Mexico at world showcase. It was basically a smoke show with music could hardly see the fireworks. IMO it was a bad show for Disney the should have cancelled that performance!

 

[Herdman]

We have had Fantasmic cancelled twice during visits to WDW, but never Illuminations.

 

[marni1971]

Fantasmic gets cancelled due to lightning and wet stages. Pyro shows 99.9% of the time get postponed.