New nighttime show 'Rivers of Light' confirmed to be coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom

[Master Yoda]

Thanks for posting! Have they said how they are going to give the illusion of floating mountains?

The curved steel supports will be disguised as vines.

 

[danlb_2000]

Dont know when they built these, but new structures covering the backstage area for RoL

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Here is a picture from Google Earth from earlier this year. You can see the start of construction for some of the new structures.

 

[YodaMan]

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...ampaign=Feed:+DisneyParks+(Disney+Parks+Blog)

 

[RandomPrincess]

From Disney Parks Blog

In “Rivers of Light,” a pair of mystical hosts come to the river bearing gifts of light. During the show, the hosts set out from the shore on elaborate lantern vessels for a dramatic dance of water and light to summon animal spirits. With the storytellers as your guides, the wonders of “Rivers of Light” builds to a stunning crescendo.

Tree of Life will undergo an amazing awakening as the animal spirits of the tree are brought to “light” by magical fireflies, revealing moments of wonder and enchantment.

 

[RandomPrincess]

 

[Horizons '83]

Looks fantastic!

 

[Timothy_Q]

I have been waiting SO LONG for a new original show with no characters / movie tie ins
This looks amazing!

Hopefully it'll be AK's RoE, but with today's technology

 

[adam.adbe]

Any hope of 'spring' being May 1st?

 

[JohnD]

Any hope of 'spring' being May 1st?

With Star Wars Weekends no longer happening, having evening options at AK including RoL by May could help to shift visitors who otherwise would have been in HS for the evening. Obviously, I'm referring to the casual visitor, not the hard core SW fan.

 

[Kman101]

It'd be nice if they'd have it ready by April 22 (Earth Day & AK's birthday).

It looks great. I'm looking forward to this.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Looking really nice. I think this show is going to be a bit of a sleeper hit for Animal Kingdom. I don't think there has been a lot of press about it thus far, plus Avatar has/will be the main focus of attention as we push into 2016.

But this show will be very welcome for a number of reasons. Look forward to seeing it at some point.

 

[Fox&Hound]

Wow!!!!!! So, so, so excited for this!!!!!

 

[JohnD]

Sounds like a great show. Speaking of sounds, will Everest be continually running during the show? It's right behind the new seating areas. People can't help but scream while they're on it. One would think the Imagineers have already thought about that.

 

[flyerjab]

This is going to be incredible!! This and the night safaris will really set the table for the 2017 debut of Pandora. You won't be able to get me out of this park!

 

[brb1006]

This reminds of the time I was learning more and more info of World Of Color back when it was still in construction. I hope once this show debuts as AK, this might be the chance to Hollywood Studio's Fantasmic to have the water screens more easy to see.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

If I teared up for this, this night time show is going to ruin me.

I CANNOT WAIT!!!

 

[TTA94]

Looks like we have Fountains!! NOW I'm happy! Up until now they just talked about mist screens... After today's info I'm almost thinking this show could end up being better than WoC! using not just water, lights and fire but also it seems live performers to!

 

[tnemgif]

Excited to see that Mark Mancina will be scoring a Disney attraction. There couldn't be a better fit for this project IMO.

 

[Homer fan]

They have to have a pretty good idea of when this will open...anyone with a decent guess?

 

[TTA94]

I'm still a bit confused if the Tree of Life will have a separate projection show? Or all together in RoL?