HARMONIOUS SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

[fla4fun]

All newer songs. That is oldest Disney movie one seemed to be short clip from Jungle Book. I thought for sure there would be something from Mary Poppins and Cinderella. Surprisingly heard nothing from Frozen. And where was Wish Upon a Star. Guess this old person wants older songs.

Frozen was represented near the beginning with Lion King, mixed together.

 

[cakebaker]

I was so wanting to love this, but saying it was bad doesn’t express how awful it was. It had no soul. The ending was abysmal. When they have to tell you it’s over, something’s wrong. It makes me miss Illuminations all the more.

 

[Cramden]

On a positive note it just saved me from spending $300 for seating and dinner at the Rose and Crown. The Magic Kingdom Dessert Parties are still on the table though. For now.

 

[VAtink]

Is it too soon to be looking forward to its replacement?

In all seriousness, while I wasn't a huge fan of Epcot forever, the one thing I loved about it was you didn't need to get front row spot to see everything. This seemed to be the opposite, looked like most of it was lower on the lagoon so being up front or close to front would be important to see it, and with the stargate being fixed it seems like a large portion of views wouldn't be ideal. Was definitely expecting more fireworks with this one as well, had been planning a fireworks cruise for our next trip to see this, but not now, definitely doesn't seem worth it.

Also, the ending seemed, I guess off? After they said goodnight I was expecting something else, it didn't really seem over? I dunno, maybe it's different in person and the ending seems more like an ending!

 

[RedmonFamily]

I enjoyed the multiple songs in different languages but it immediately made me think of youtube videos that have done the same. It was like they took one and added fireworks. Overall no connection across the show. Looks pretty and sounds good but not magical.

 

[MikkiMom]

Frozen was represented near the beginning with Lion King, mixed together.

Ok I missed it. I did see/hear Lion King.

 

[Dis Dragon]

I like how they leave it on like a night light after it's over.

 

[Princess.Pocahotmess]

I just watched the livestream and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I'm not big on fireworks or night time shows usually. I did not care for the last song or ending. It felt...maybe hypocritical or disingenous or pandering is the word I'm looking for? I don't know. It also just seemed kind of disconnected to me from the rest of the show. Overall I quite liked it even though the ending did kind of leave a bad taste in my mouth for some reason. I didn't really feel like there was a story line but I actually enjoyed that about it. Not sure how the show reads in person though since it seems kind of like flat front facing.

 

[Kms943]

All I have to say after watching this travesty is, Enchantment better knock it out of the park and make me simultaneously cry like a baby and cheer like a lunatic. I cannot believe this is the best they could come up with for the 50th!

 

[patty57]

I hated the speaking lines at the very end. Not moving or inspiring like Illuminations. I miss We Go On.

Me too. We Go On got to me every time I watched Illuminations. I teared up every time.

 

[DisneyGuy]

It was ok, but doesn’t compare to Illumunations at all!

 

[Dis Dragon]

This would have actually been great at Animal Kingdom as a replacement to Rivers of Light.

This is pretty right on, after seeing Kite tales earlier today I was thinking they should have dropped this fountain show in AK and dropped some of the tie ins.

I got most of them but what were they tying Jungle book into? And there was no representation for Canada, Germany or Italy. They could have thrown in Pinocchio for Italy and Snow White for Germany...

 

[gharter]

Is it too soon to be looking forward to its replacement?

In all seriousness, while I wasn't a huge fan of Epcot forever,

I wasn't a huge fan of EPCOT Forever, but now find myself wishing it was back.
Hopefully they can fix it before we get there.
OTOH, it now frees up several nights where we would have watched the EPCOT night time show.

 

[Takket]

it had some high and low points for me. the mariachi horns in the Coco song and the high notes in the Princess/Forg song were EAR SPLITTING and had me turning my volume down. I didn't like the mishmash of Moana/hercules at the beginning, pick a song....... and the jungle book song? we're doing the apes that want to be like humans in the Africa section... really?

other parts were good... pyro at the end exciting, Notre Dame projections for Hunchback, loved it, Lion King section good, Mulan I liked... basically I like most of the middle. Song at the end was meh (there is a line in there about someday greed won't pay. I looked at my wife and said "tell that to Chapek"), beginning needed more joiking (Frozen song).

Overall it was what Disney does nowadays. Nothing new, just slap a new bow on some IP and regift it. I get what they were going for, the world showcase represented by the voices of the world. But it was a flood of IP familiar music and nothing really emotional about it. And i miss stories being told with just music and fireworks. More pyro please!

I would certainly say this show wasn't worth forever ruining the beautiful lines of site across the lake. We get to look at the barges for 23.5 hours a day for .5 hours of that show.

 

[sethschroeder]

Terrible

Clean house

 

[maryjl]

I am so disappointed in this show. Definitely not worth having those barges out there. It just seemed like a random assortment of songs from Disney movies with some fireworks thrown in.

 

[GrnMtnMan]

It felt...maybe hypocritical or disingenous or pandering is the word I'm looking for? I don't know. It also just seemed kind of disconnected to me from the rest of the show. Overall I quite liked it even though the ending did kind of leave a bad taste in my mouth for some reason.

i Didn’t quite catch the full lyrics of the last song, but ‘fair-er‘ and ‘greed’ are among them. Which is really rich when they’ve taken away free FP and will be charging per ride for lightning lane access. I suspect that’s the bad taste.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

All I have to say after watching this travesty is, Enchantment better knock it out of the park and make me simultaneously cry like a baby and cheer like a lunatic. I cannot believe this is the best they could come up with for the 50th!

You kind of wonder if they made this show to save money on fireworks. Long term the colored water must be a lot cheaper then pyrotechnics, and this show does not have much in the way of pyro. Also i it takes a lot to make me miss Epcot Forver, but yeah, I miss Epcot Forever.

 

[jsbowl16]

The show was great visually but no story. You also have to stand in certain spots to see the middle barge so you can no longer stand all the way around WS. Also Spaceship Earth looks like a giant version of one of the Electric Light Parade spinning floats which is just hideous.

 

[Dis Dragon]

It was ok, but doesn’t compare to Illumunations at all!

I was thinking about 3/4 of the way through, why couldn't they have just made the illuminations globe the size of the ring and call it good... Illuminations was amazing but that globe was just too small.