After watching Harmonious in the park twice and confirming just how bad it is - at least in my opinion, I decided to sit down tonight and watch our video from the last night of RoE. I cried like a baby remembering the energy and love shown as the crew sailed the barges backstage (there's an idea) for the last time. The music of the show is so moving versus what we get today. The pyro was better. The show was simply great and all done without ruining the view across the stunning WS Lagoon. I know we all know it, but Tom Morrow's coments about the tearjerker compelled me to come clean with my tear story.
Thanks for sharing the personal part
People were leaving before the show, the show is only a few days old and the parks suppose to be full. The videos of the show are either from the north or south of the lagoon and they are zoom in. If you are anywhere else you can't barely see anything because the taco barges block he view, and the screens look small. The sound system on the lagoon was designed for voice and instruments like violin and guitar, it can't handle bass or drums. Most of the show is music, there is almost no fireworks. The sound system doesn't work with that music. Most of the fireworks are small and you can barely hear them, only a few at the end. This show is not Disney quality. Epcot forever was a 100 times better. This is not a firework show. I don't care about the song lyrics or the language, the quality of the show is really bad. I love Disney and wanted this show to be good and not feel like I am at Universal. For one year of waiting and a lot of talk and announcements, my disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
We just came back from the World a week ago. 4 days one at each park, and 2 days at Uni one at each park. Even though I'm writing trip reports for my blog, I'll spill one thing early. In its current state, Epcot moved from my favorite Disney park in Florida to last place- and I was there two years ago. How the once mighty have fallen and so quickly.
This is soo sad to say....but you are right. I dont know how our beloved Epcot will look in 2 or 3 more years but Im pretty sure that for top executives, only it's profit/loss metrics will be what matters.
Judging by the masses of humanity I saw waiting in line for Ratatouille/50th merch, as well as the fact that there’s now a booze-pumping festival more often than not, the answer is yes.
Yes,...the stark and cold truth is that traditional Epcot "purist" fans like me are potentially 100% replaceable. This is a true profit/loss reality and there is nothing we can say or do about it.Judging by the masses of humanity I saw waiting in line for Ratatouille/50th merch, as well as the fact that there’s now a booze-pumping festival more often than not, the answer is yes.
The arms are really a head-scratcher. I think if we have to have them, they might be better without the edge lighting...so you don't see the arms themselves, but can see the water/lighting/effects that they create. (Trying to picture this in my head and unsure whether I like it or hate it.)
I feel you could say this for WDW as a whole. There have been decisions made for rides, shows, and the hotels in the last ~5 years that, for lack of a better word, feel "alien" to a lot of long time WDW fans. So many new things are clones and/or character IP focused, the constant up charges for park events, the perceived loss of value and perks for staying on-site...
I don’t even mind the edge lighting and there are a couple of instances where the arms work, but I think they’d be better just stationary and let the water nozzles and lights do all the movement. From certain angles they block a good portion of the Stargate as they aimlessly wave back and forth.
I’m a fan of “lagoondoggle”.