IllumiNations recent rumor

[PhotoDave219]

New show.

It better be good or....

Pretty much. Of course if Steve puts that out there, I'm willing to take it as gospel.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I just don't trust Disney to create something as meaningful as IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth. Technically impressive no doubt, but lacking in that depth of content, most likely in favor of a more franchise obsessed show in the vein of World of Color.

 

[mikeymouse]

In all fairness, Illuminations pre 2000 was pretty lame. The music was mainly a collection of recycled standards from the countries represented in WS with fireworks not starting until 9 minutes into the show.

There was a lot of room for improvement.

I just don't see that much room for improvement to the core of what we currently have. Sure, fountains could be better, fireworks can get better, maybe tweak the pacing a bit or add some effects for the zero attention span crowd, but I just can't envision a drastic jump like we saw from Illuminations to Illuminations Reflections of Earth.

I sincerely hope I am wrong. I would love to be wowed with something better.

One thing I liked about IllumiNations was how they played music from each showcase and they lit up and strobed.

 

[Nmoody1]

Pretty much. Of course if Steve puts that out there, I'm willing to take it as gospel.

I just imagined he would be flat out working on shanghai now all the 6th stuff is out there... or maybe he is in emergency talks about World of Color: Celebrate.

 

[matt9112]

It begs the question 'Why replace such a popular show?"

I would much rather see Illuminations run for 50 years with incremental improvements to the elements of the show than have it replaced with something inferior.

Disneyworld is more popular now than ever? Is it the best it has ever been?....no so that's yur point. Popularity means nothing Chevrolet once asked customers what kind of car they should make next. In a nutshell you can't build race cars for 15K

I say replace that aging globe jessus a local apple store up ends that things tech.

 

[raven]

Roommate has a CM friend who keeps posting on FB about how excited she is for the "new nighttime show that's coming to Epcot which will be replacing Illuminations."

 

[Sage of Time]

Too limited.

The beauty of all the shows since New World is they're viewable 360 degrees.

It would be interesting to have both, to be honest. Have the 360 degree lagoon show. Have SSE supplement it with imagery and lights and lasers and maybe even the Fountain of Nations for those people still in Future World.

 

[PhotoDave219]

I just imagined he would be flat out working on shanghai now all the 6th stuff is out there... or maybe he is in emergency talks about World of Color: Celebrate.

Wrong Steve.

I meant our Steve.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Roommate has a CM friend who keeps posting on FB about how excited she is for the "new nighttime show that's coming to Epcot which will be replacing Illuminations."

tell her to "knock off the crap before she gets fired"

 

[montyz81]

So would NOW be a good time to point out that this site started as an Illuminations fan site?

Anyone have a picture of the original site. I'm just curious

 

[PhotoDave219]

Anyone have a picture of the original site. I'm just curious

Ask @wdwmagic, I think I saw one once

 

[SoupBone]

I just don't trust Disney to create something as meaningful as IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth. Technically impressive no doubt, but lacking in that depth of content, most likely in favor of a more franchise obsessed show in the vein of World of Color.

Hopefully, they just turn it into a Frozen show!

 

[Texas84]

Had to look up pips. British slang apparently.

 

[doctornick]

It would be interesting to have both, to be honest. Have the 360 degree lagoon show. Have SSE supplement it with imagery and lights and lasers and maybe even the Fountain of Nations for those people still in Future World.

Good point. Why not have a FW projection/fountain show in addition to a 360 degree lagoon show (whether RoE or a replacement)?

 

[marni1971]

Good point. Why not have a FW projection/fountain show in addition to a 360 degree lagoon show (whether RoE or a replacement)?

Anything more than the current fountain that's going to cause guests to stop and watch would be a no no.

Lessons learned from Splashtacular.

 

[doctornick]

Anything more than the current fountain that's going to cause guests to stop and watch would be a no no.

Lessons learned from Splashtacular.

Can you expand? I don't remember Splashtacular beyond the name, so I'm assuming there was some sort of logistical nightmare associated with it.

 

[marni1971]

Can you expand? I don't remember Splashtacular beyond the name, so I'm assuming there was some sort of logistical nightmare associated with it.

The viewing area blocked entry, exit and cross park traffic.

Guests had to divert via the two north most doors of Communicore. To enter the park. To leave the park. And to cross Futureworld.

 

[WDWLover#1]

Had to look up pips. British slang apparently.

Really old slang

 

[brb1006]

If Illuminations gets replaced, I hope the new show can top the soundtrack heard in Illuminations. Especially since the music heard from 8:35 - 9:29 served as Epcot's unofficial theme song. Which was heard in various advertisements and WDW planning videos for Epcot.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

The viewing area blocked entry, exit and cross park traffic.

Guests had to divert via the two north most doors of Communicore. To enter the park. To leave the park. And to cross Futureworld.

all that trouble for what was a terrible, stupid show