Rumor New nighttime show at Epcot

[skibum123]

This thread was started a year ago today. I just read through all 13 pages thinking it was posted this morning.

 

[Haymarket2008]

How did they even remotely get the information that they are recording the score this week?

 

[Father Robinson]

I pray they incorporate the torches into the new show. They add such an amazing feeling to the WSL.

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

Ah, I was in the right ballpark, LOL

It's a shame Click-Bait uses such vague phrasing to get people worked up over. I'm guessing most people will assume within this year when he says "soon". This is (one of the reasons) why he gets criticism ...

He actually said "a few short months." But yeah, considering his well-deserved nickname, we shouldn't get worked up about anything he posts (at least not until a real WDWMagic insider confirms it!).

 

[RSoxNo1]

This is the environment where a permanent drone show could really be presented. I'm a huge fan of Illuminations and would hope that this is a fitting update rather than an outright replacement.

 

[marni1971]

This is the environment where a permanent drone show could really be presented. I'm a huge fan of Illuminations and would hope that this is a fitting update rather than an outright replacement.

DroneCot.

Has a ring to it.

 

[tissandtully]

While I can't go into detail as to content, expect this show to contain a large dosage of top of the line tech.

Intel drones, perhaps?

 

[MisterPenguin]

And how does Click-bait define "soon" (in terms of soon being when the new show debuts). "Soon" in Disney terms could be Summer 2020.

Pulling out the positorial statements...

"may be a few months away"

"scores and vocals recorded this week"

"an unannounced shakeup of the creative team working on the park's overhaul' the cause of the new timeline.

 

[marni1971]

Intel drones, perhaps?

DroneCot.

Has a ring to it.

 

[Father Robinson]

I'm a huge fan of Illuminations and would hope that this is a fitting update rather than an outright replacement.

Please, THIS!!

 

[DisneyInsider101]

DroneCot.

Has a ring to it.

You're not funny..

 

[marni1971]

You're not funny..

Never claimed to be.

 

[mikejs78]

Never claimed to be.

@marni1971 The site that shall not be named also referenced a change in the creative team behind the overall Epcot project - anything to that that you're aware of?

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 The site that shall not be named also referenced a change in the creative team behind the overall Epcot project - anything to that that you're aware of?

It wouldn’t surprise me if true.

 

[Father Robinson]

@marni1971, any idea if this new show will incorporate/ re-record any of the music to give it a fresh yet familiar feel to it much like the way Soarin' did with it's update? Would be an amazing way to let the diehard ROE fans still have something to hold on to going forward.

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971, any idea if this new show will incorporate/ re-record any of the music to give it a fresh yet familiar feel to it much like the way Soarin' did with it's update? Would be an amazing way to let the diehard ROE fans still have something to hold on to going forward.

I’ve not much idea about the version settled on. I’ve heard everything from a refresh and update to a completely new production.

 

[HauntedPirate]

@marni1971, any idea if this new show will incorporate/ re-record any of the music to give it a fresh yet familiar feel to it much like the way Soarin' did with it's update? Would be an amazing way to let the diehard ROE fans still have something to hold on to going forward.

But would the new music be more timeless, more relevant, and more Disney?

 

[nevol]

From my brief discussions with CM's, it sounds like Disney wants to embrace the the retro-80s nature of the park while pushing it forward -- trying not to get stuck in 1982 but keeping in mind people's fond memories of the place. I can completely see them going back to EPCOT Center going forward.

Or Epcot World Center.

 

[EvilChameleon]

My only worry about drones is... will it look good from all angles? Or are they going to pull a World Of Color and sell fast passes for premium viewing areas?

 

[HauntedPirate]

My only worry about drones is... will it look good from all angles? Or are they going to pull a World Of Color and sell fast passes for premium viewing areas?

Sell FastPasses for "premium viewing locations"? I think that's a given in today's Disney.