I'm excited and nervous for Rivers of Light, as you since sometimes when things are hyped up for so long expectations get really high. I want to be wowed not leaving feeling MEH. It just has to be better than the Jungle Book show they had this past summer. I'll never forget the lady that was sitting next to my husband, at the end of the Jungle Book show she turned and said, "What the #&*!$ was that?!"
I have actually been expecting Disney to announce a replacement for Wishes for quite awhile, although I really thought that they would hold out until the 50th anniversary. But perhaps they will bring out a new Illuminations for that one, maybe one with some of the music they used in the late 1980's-early 1990's. I loved that one. So, I'm a little bummed about the loss of Wishes, but really it had a good run and hopefully the new one will be good too.