News Reflections of Earth confirmed to be replaced by Harmonious

[Inspired Figment]

nothing was “accidental” except the popularity of figment

Uh.. what?! They clearly developed Figment to be popular and unique to said park & one that was a catalyst to a ride about the real world concept of Imagination. What I think you meant was “accidental” was not creating & marketing more characters like him to begin with…
Now if we can talk about any “mistakes” here.. it’d be the moment they thought shoehorning & advertising film IP into that pavilion via Honey I Shrunk the Audience (as the main attraction, I might add..) & treating free spirited creativity & Figment like they were a nuisance or a problem for putting that lousy IP retheme idea on blast when they changed it (rightfully so, I might add) was a good idea. Now ‘that’ had a big impact on the ride & rest of the desecration of EPCOT for the past couple decades or so…

 

[Inspired Figment]

Jim Cummings was the narrator for IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, not Corey.

They know that.. they were just using Corey Burton as an example of what they would’ve rather heard. Speaking of which, Figment was voiced by Corey in the line queue videos and the finale of Journey into YOUR Imagination also and sounded spot on to Billy Barty. If Figment was supposed be hosting it along with Dreamfinder, possibly Corey being the main announcer that introduces the show., that’s the direction they should’ve gone.. but they didn’t.. so there ya have it. Tbh though, probably best they didn’t either because of that terrible ending. Would much rather we get them for a better night time spectacular that’s perhaps more like Reflections of Earth but includes Future World & it’s pavilions along with the World Showcase pavilions

 

[VJ]

They know that.. they were just using Corey Burton as an example of what they would’ve rather heard. Speaking of which, Figment was voiced by Corey in the line queue videos and the finale of Journey into YOUR Imagination also and sounded spot on to Billy Barty.

Okay.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Uh.. what?! They clearly developed Figment to be popular and unique to said park & one that was a catalyst to a ride about the real world concept of Imagination. What I think you meant was “accidental” was not creating & marketing more characters like him to begin with…
Now if we can talk about any “mistakes” here.. it’d be the moment they thought shoehorning & advertising film IP into that pavilion via Honey I Shrunk the Audience (as the main attraction, I might add..) & treating free spirited creativity & Figment like they were a nuisance or a problem for putting that lousy IP retheme idea on blast (rightfully so, I might add) was a good idea. Now ‘that’ had a big impact on the the ride & rest of the desecration of EPCOT for the past couple decades or so…

You’re being too literal…I was tongue in cheek about figment.

though you never know exactly what would play in the late 70’s

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

water shortage in Orlando area strikes again…

…winner…thread over

 

[culturenthrills]

No more daytime fountains is not surprising. Especially with all the maintenance issues they are having with the screens.

 

[mightynine]

If they are truly giving up on the daytime fountain idea, they could at least put something up on the screens during the day, some abstract colors or the like. Maybe even something akin to the animations that used to run at Earth Station back in the day.

Just say "It's for the 'Gram" and it'll get approved with the quickness.

Or maybe my joke from ages ago about the tacos being your new tip/time boards won't be too far off after all....

 

[Club Cooloholic]

Was anyone surprised by this? I bet they fired the guy who tried to make it at least look decent during the day

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I look forward to their decision to advertise Genie+ on the screens.

 

[Club Cooloholic]

I look forward to their decision to advertise Genie+ on the screens.

"Who's idea was it to block that great advertising space with a buncha dancing water!"
Btw, Vegas somehow figured out how to do a decent daytime water show(and nighttime one)

 

[123mart123]

Can’t polish a turd.

Having seen them in person, the family was appalled. Far worse in person than we thought the pics (which, BTW made it look like a dumpster fire).

World showcase is a work of art, unique in the real world I dare say.

These barges look like flotsam...“Waterworld“ kind of floating junk vomited into the lagoon.

 

[techgeek]

"Who's idea was it to block that great advertising space with a buncha dancing water!"
Btw, Vegas somehow figured out how to do a decent daytime water show(and nighttime one)

The Bellagio fountains are 20+ years old at this point, and still impress. You’d think WDI would have been able to imagine a display that could at least match that in style and awe… with all of their bottomless resources and budget, experience with the World of Color rig, the legacy of innovative fountains at the Imagination pavilion, Fountain of Nations (back when it was maintained)… Instead we got sprinklers on a oil rig. It truly boggles the mind how this could have gone so badly.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

There are dry docks capable of lowering and raising aircraft carriers, how hard would it have been to sink some dry docks into the lagoon that allowed them to simply lower and raise the barges by raising and lowering the water level inside?

The Panama Canal raises and lowers dozens of ships (a thousand times the size of these barges) every day.

Disney has (had?) the most imaginative people In the world, why didn’t they foresee these issues and plan ahead?

 

[Casper Gutman]

I look at those barges, and two words come to mind…

“Light Magic”

not sure why.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Can’t polish a turd.

…you actually can…

…you just shouldn’t eat a sandwich directly afterwards

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

There are dry docks capable of lowering and raising aircraft carriers, how hard would it have been to sink some dry docks into the lagoon that allowed them to simply lower and raise the barges by raising and lowering the water level inside?

The Panama Canal raises and lowers dozens of ships (a thousand times the size of these barges) every day.

Disney has (had?) the most imaginative people In the world, why didn’t they foresee these issues and plan ahead?

It’s not that deep

 

[ImperfectPixie]

"Who's idea was it to block that great advertising space with a buncha dancing water!"
Btw, Vegas somehow figured out how to do a decent daytime water show(and nighttime one)

Disney really does seem to be phoning it in lately.

 

[pdude81]

There are dry docks capable of lowering and raising aircraft carriers, how hard would it have been to sink some dry docks into the lagoon that allowed them to simply lower and raise the barges by raising and lowering the water level inside?

The Panama Canal raises and lowers dozens of ships (a thousand times the size of these barges) every day.

Disney has (had?) the most imaginative people In the world, why didn’t they foresee these issues and plan ahead?

I'm sure they aren't looking to dig and potentially destabilize the lagoon, but even if they were, you'd need all those electronics to be fine living under the water for hours at a time, and then all the visual maintenance associated with it. This isn't two or 3 feet of lights and water pipes we're talking about.

It'd be far more straightforward to widen the canal they intended to take these in and out through. Or..... build the barges slightly smaller.

 

[SpectroMagician]

Everyone involved with those ugly barges needs to be fired.

 

[PolynesianPrincess]

I wish they had gone the way of "World of Color" that seems to work really well at DCA. Does anyone know exactly how the maintenance on WOC is? I know it goes down sometimes and they drain the water. Just wondering if maybe something like would've worked for Harmonious.