News Reflections of Earth confirmed to be replaced by Harmonious

[TTA94]

Not that they are going to do this but even a colorful covering on the barges would do wonders, more or less. I don’t know if that gray covering they have rolled back on the arms and arch is the final look or what. I’ve said it before but the concept art showed the arms to be gold.

I’m still holding out hope the bottom parts will be covered in some way. Which again will help.

 

[TTA94]

You are all forgetting the key part of all this - the water video to be played on the screens!

That has me worried though. Those screens running all day long will likely cause a higher risk of failures or burn outs come show time.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Partially hiding the clouds there for sure. For any cloud haters out there

The demographic visiting needs shade since they aren’t used to walking.

 

[MaximumEd]

The water shooting out the top looks like a broken water main. The jets on the side look like an old man trying to pee. Maybe split the difference?

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[TTA94]

One, maybe only, thing exciting about this is all the lighting. At least Harm should be very, bright. Actually in all seriousness this could be the largest use of lighting they have done in a nighttime show?

 

[marni1971]

They manage to continually make it look worse. Bravo.

 

[monothingie]

The manage to continually make it look worse. Bravo.

Can you imagine how "good" it will look after a couple of months of continuous operation.

Come on, we all know how this is going to work.

Recirculating all that nasty lagoon water through the pumps and nozzles, spraying it all over everything and getting it all nice and rusty and covered in filth. Water and show effects failing with intricate mechanical components breaking down and not being able to be fixed because of their complexity and show time table. Eventually it becomes an even bigger hulking mess that no one has the resources or time to fix, which results in watered down (no pun) show that audiences become quickly bored of.

But I'm sure the top notch maintenance teams at Epcot, (the same one that kept the fountain of nations in tip top shape) will have no problem keeping this heaping hot mess of a Instagram fever dream of Imagineer Extraordinaire Zach Ridley's ego, working like champ.

 

[trainplane3]

Can you imagine how "good" it will look after a couple of months of continuous operation.

Come on, we all know how this is going to work.

Recirculating all that nasty lagoon water through the pumps and nozzles, spraying it all over everything and getting it all nice and rusty and covered in filth. Water and show effects failing with intricate mechanical components breaking down and not being able to be fixed because of their complexity and show time table. Eventually it becomes an even bigger hulking mess that no one has the resources or time to fix, which results in watered down (no pun) show that audiences become quickly bored of.

But I'm sure the top notch maintenance teams at Epcot, (the same one that kept the fountain of nations in tip top shape) will have no problem keeping this heaping hot mess of a Instagram fever dream of Imagineer Extraordinaire Zach Ridley's ego, working like champ.

"Something something as it ages, the colors look like Mary Blair!" - Instagramineer

 

[Giss Neric]

"More Disney....."

 

[wutisgood]

They spent all that money on Rivers of Light to get the automated floats working only to cancel it. They should have applied that tech here and just put a version of world of color in animal kingdom.

 

[Surfin' Tuna]

My 9 year old finally saw a picture of this and said, "what's that, please don't tell me that's at the park." I told her what it was, and she said, "why would they do that, the earth was much better?" This is their target audience, and she hates it. Uh oh...

I get why us old people who were inspired by Epcot hate this stuff, but to ruin your "more Disney" park for a kid takes real talent.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

"More Disney....."
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Modern WDW has already passed our wildest parodies. We can't even trash them with a good old 'what's next' anymore...

 

[marni1971]

I just rewatched my American Adventure edit. It pains me to see an attraction where so much thought and planning was given to something as small as an extra audio channel and speaker just for Ben Franklin’s squeaking chair, then you can step outside and see a disaster in the making.

Today’s company is a lifetime away from the quality and standards of old. At least. They can quote out of context speeches from years gone by in a desperate attempt to justify their current decisions but those who are meant to know better just don’t have a clue.

 

[montyz81]

I just rewatched my American Adventure edit. It pains me to see an attraction where so much thought and planning was given to something as small as an extra audio channel and speaker just for Ben Franklin’s squeaking chair, then you can step outside and see a disaster in the making.

Today’s company is a lifetime away from the quality and standards of old. At least. They can quote out of context speeches from years gone by in a desperate attempt to justify their current decisions. Those who are meant to know better just don’t have a clue.

This is painful to read from such a diehard fan. Given that you know more than most, I just wonder if having hope that we will all be surprised is even worth it.

Question: Will Harmonious be playing in June?

 

[TTA94]

This is painful to read from such a diehard fan. Given that you know more than most, I just wonder if having hope that we will all be surprised is even worth it.

Question: Will Harmonious be playing in June?

There is currently no dates. Epcot Forever is rumored to return before Harmonious, but not confirmed.

We need to keep in mind there is the possibility of delays not related to Covid such as construction related or testing/programming related. With all the effects, mechanical components and tech there is definitely potential for things to not go as planned.

 

[TTA94]

@marni1971 Have you heard if the barges have some type of filtration system? Not necessarily for the sake of guests getting sprayed on lol but for the sake of the equipment and tech?

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 Have you heard if the barges have some type of filtration system? Not necessarily for the sake of guests getting sprayed on lol but for the sake of the equipment and tech?

I’ve not asked.

 

[dennis-in-ct]

I am willing to reserve judgement until I see it in person. The depth of field collapses in the photo and is not representative of how it looks in person.
In my opinion, the old Illuminations globe was lost in the vast size of the lagoon. People struggled and had to be mindful to get a particular viewing spot whereas I feel these large barges are better scaled for the space and will be more visible, in a GOOD way, to the guests around the lagoon.

 

[Unbanshee]

I’ve not asked.

I don't think there's any type of filtering from what we've seen... BS in, BS out