nickys
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Don't see it at all.
The only thing I can think of is if you have the OP on ignore......
Or the equivalent for the thread - not sure if you can “mute” a thread on this site.
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Well Illuminations this is it
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The only thing I can think of is if you have the OP on ignore......
Or the equivalent for the thread - not sure if you can “mute” a thread on this site.
Towards the end of the show I was like “ sweet I’m really holding it together” and really didn’t think I would loose it. Once the second mine launched out of the torch I lost it and walked off from my crowd, I don’t even remember the finaly. This show was the start to May of my talents and inspired any of my work and the reason I enrolled into pyrotechnic classes so everything just flooded at once. I’ve designed shows of my own and arranged soundtracks, nothing ever came of it but it became one of my main hobbies I know I’m crazy lol. This show has impacted my life in many ways.
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DisneyGentlemanV2.0
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I’ve seen it ROE maybe 100 times and have some strong sentimentality attached to it. But my most moving memory was the first time I saw Tapestry. It was in the England area and the experience is forever embedded in my soul.
DisneyGentlemanV2.0
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The closest thing I can compare to is the fixation on Devils Tower in Close Encounters...
First time was outside Norway sat on a rock.
Funny how you remember little things.
EPCOT View
New Member
First time for me was near to the Germany boat dock.
Do you think they will keep the preshow music and the aftershow music of Tapestry of Nations for the new show ?
Do you think they will keep the preshow music and the aftershow music of Tapestry of Nations for the new show ?
If there going to do anything different they should use the original Illuminations preshow music and keep the buildings lit until the park is empty
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bUU
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Yes! I think those memories of Illuminations I mentioned above were really about the combination of Tapestry of Nations and Illuminations that followed. The music, which is what really tugs at our heartstrings, probably doesn't have as much impact on those who never experienced the whole experience.
EPCOT View
New Member
I hope I get the chance to see the show again. I loved the show since the first time I saw it in 2000
I will miss it terribly. It will feel like losing a part of my soul.
The only thing that I am glad about is that I can watch it again as have I video taped over all the years.
But it will never replace seeing it live.
I will miss it terribly. It will feel like losing a part of my soul.
The only thing that I am glad about is that I can watch it again as have I video taped over all the years.
But it will never replace seeing it live.
EPCOT View
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Let's hope the new show keeps to the ideals of EPCOT and not use Disney characters in the show.
JIMINYCR
Well-Known Member
On so many trips, knowing Dis was going to stop or change out things, I had to say... Well this is the last time I'll get to do this or see this. At least I had the heads up that change was happening and had trips planned in time to say goodbye. Disneys had me crying on so many occasions and they havent been all tears of joy. 
bUU
Well-Known Member
I believe that the interim replacement will be Epcot focused, and the permanent replacement will be Disney characters focused. And I think that's great. Epcot, like all of WDW, must be ever changing, and must adjust to the changes in what drives guests to visit. Even science and history museums are finding that to survive today they need to be more focused on edutainment rather than education. Surely, Disney should as well.
The thing that gets me the most is that Illuminations as we know it will be changing forever. Although Reflections of Earth was different it was always a non Disney related story and had its similarities in many ways. I’m assuming Epcot Forever will be like an Illuminations and will probably be the last we see of the fountain barges.
Tom Morrow
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I have two wishes for after RoE ends:
1. Keep the torches. Even though they were intended to be a specific story-telling device (one for each century leading up to the new millennium, following with the new one inside the Earth Barge), they're pretty much iconic now and set the mood of the evening perfectly.
2. Do not destroy the Earth Barge. I doubt it would be used in the new shows but it could make guest appearances or something, or be put on display somewhere.
1. Keep the torches. Even though they were intended to be a specific story-telling device (one for each century leading up to the new millennium, following with the new one inside the Earth Barge), they're pretty much iconic now and set the mood of the evening perfectly.
2. Do not destroy the Earth Barge. I doubt it would be used in the new shows but it could make guest appearances or something, or be put on display somewhere.
I just hope they store away the entire set for ROE as is for a possible nalstalgic return someday but now with all this new hardware they could probably just run the show off all the new hardware with just the Earth Barge. I wouldn’t even mind seeing an updated Reflections of Earth using all the new gear after the 50th is over. With this idea of all these new floating objects I wonder if the Earth barge will have a spot in the show.
tinker-ella
Member
I have loved Illuminations-ROE, and bought the soundtrack on both cassette (yes, that long ago!) and CD. I added it to my I-Pod and used it as my go-to walking music for years. It brings tears to my eyes every time we see it, and I will miss it terribly. I know Disney will replace it with something amazing....hope it measures up!!
As of now it’s about how Disney music inspires people around the world, lets just hope that changes.
MinnieWaffles
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Watched for the last time on the rainy evening of the 26th. Quite emotional knowing that it was the final showing of Illuminations I would ever watch. I ended up watching from Norway after rushing ouy from Frozen and got a spot right next to the railing because it was raining quite hard.
I never got to see Wishes one last time to say goodbye, so I'm glad I got to say goodbye to this one!
I never got to see Wishes one last time to say goodbye, so I'm glad I got to say goodbye to this one!
Saw it with my wife to be in 2009, took our 3 kids back this past November and it turned out that ROE was the only night time show we caught. It will forever be what our kids think of as Disney fireworks unless we go back. It is also our Saturday Morning Breakfast music.