I wonder.
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EPCOT Reflections of Earth confirmed to be replaced by Harmonious
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TikibirdLand
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Why does that always remind me of Six Flags, "More Flags, More Fun, More Six Flags"?
EvilChameleon
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Marni isn't infallible. I just don't see them bringing back a clearly weaker show in EPCOT Forever before busting this bad boy out. Especially since all the infrastructure for this show is already in place. Or, waiting months and months to debut this show, for that matter.
I think you'll find Martin is very well informed and unless something changes at the last minute, is always accurate.
Absolutely. I’m not always right. It’s all in the name of fun anyway.
For all I know Harmonious could debut July 4th and fastpass plus comes back July 5th.
ToTBellHop
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A couple things:
1) they don’t want fireworks jam-packed at first. A brand new show would be jam-packed. I’m sure they’d rather wait until capacity is much higher
2) parks are already running out of park passes. What would the financial benefit be for a new show? Best to push it later to drive demand. Bringing fireworks back this summer is meant to spread guests out throughout the day, bring back a guest favorite, and was originally envisaged to help them develop crowd control strategies for the 50th, which was initially expected to still have social distancing. That’s no longer the case but the firework calendar was set and they’ll stick with it.
1) they don’t want fireworks jam-packed at first. A brand new show would be jam-packed. I’m sure they’d rather wait until capacity is much higher
2) parks are already running out of park passes. What would the financial benefit be for a new show? Best to push it later to drive demand. Bringing fireworks back this summer is meant to spread guests out throughout the day, bring back a guest favorite, and was originally envisaged to help them develop crowd control strategies for the 50th, which was initially expected to still have social distancing. That’s no longer the case but the firework calendar was set and they’ll stick with it.
TTA94
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Agreed. I think Harmonious debuting on Oct 1st would be ideal for them to spread out guests, especially those who can’t get into MK. I’d be shocked if that isn’t the official debut date.
I get your point but DPB never goes live unless it's a event. There’s no events coming. FOTLK is done with DPB. The only event may be Celeberate America but that's a Miracle!
*rolls eyes*Martin confirms -- Harmonious debuting 7/4 and FP returns 7/5!!!!!
The rumors just don't match up with what we are seeing. Not saying the rumors are false.
But to run a "full" test of Harmonious makes little sense to me if it's not debuting for 4 more months. To perfect it, have it ready to go... and then mothball it for 4 months, just seems like a waste of resources. They would then have to do lots of re-testing a few months from now.
My best guess: We see a "soft" Harmonious premiere soon, maybe not all elements every night. They might just call it "Epcot Forever" or something else.
Squishy
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I mean it happened to the Rat ride, very well might just be the same case with this.
They can’t test HARModious while EF is running over the summer. This has been mentioned more than once.
TTA94
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Martin confirms -- Harmonious debuting 7/4 and FP returns 7/5!!!!!
I wish the FP part was true lol. Plus ax the park registration system by the time fireworks come online. At the very least a large capacity increase to almost 100%.
Ha. Let em go for it.You know some random vlog is going to use it as “a credible rumor”.
As things stand, nope.
PS it’s not ready to go.
Squishy
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What's missing?
ToTBellHop
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It’s timeless, family, and relevant but needs to be 5% more Disney.