Illuminations replacement?

jamiedawn27 wrote:

Never been a fan of Illuminations (yeah go ahead and boo me) so I am fine with a replacement.

You know what, I’m not a fan either (I’ve never felt comfortable saying that about the beloved show before ), so I’d be good if this were true too.

I could take or leave the show, and they have robbed us of far more beloved things, so… whatevs

I love Illuminations. I love the preshow music, I love when they blow out the torches, it all has such a special place in my heart. I do think it’s time for something new though. I just hope that I get a chance to see it one more time before they move on. Cuz Disney has a bad habit of announcing on Tuesday that something will be closing that Sunday

I love the music pre-show and during the show. I love the fireworks and lasers. I love the lights that come on and light up the World Showcase skyline. But the globe part is really drawn out for way too long. I’m ok with an update but really hope it doesn’t become more projections on buildings or water screens. I know that is cheaper than fireworks but I like fireworks and don’t want them to all go away!

Oooooooooooooh… this is TOUGH!

I ROE. Love the preshow, the music, the story, the celebration of life and promise of rebirth.

But I have to admit… that’s barely half of my Evening at Epcot. And we all know what the other half of that beloved hour-long track is? I miss Tapestry of Nations more.

It astounds me that I was 17 years between visits to Epcot. But I was. Someone was talking about not seeing the value of park-hopping? We park hopped during my family’s week there… and most nights we caught the two ToN parades and wrapped up with RoE. Now, without the parade, it’s just not quite as magical. (For that matter, one-score after its introduction, the globe is a tick low-resolution at this point, I think…)

And frankly? I enjoyed the earlier iterations of Illuminations, too. In fact, when I rediscovered the various Illuminations tracks, I realized where I had heard so many pieces of classical music before — from Illuminations in the 90s!

So in conclusion, knowing the success of Happily Ever After in succeeding Wishes, I have faith that Disney will come up with a suitable successor to this nearly 2-decade-old show. Maybe someday they’ll bring it back… and bring Tapestry of Nations with it.

Ferg wrote:

I love the music pre-show and during the show. I love the fireworks and lasers. I love the lights that come on and light up the World Showcase skyline.

Echoing this, I also love the music and like Kelly said I think blowing out the torches is awesome! Lighting up World Showcase is pretty magical too. But I’ll concede it’s not my favorite nighttime show and we didn’t catch it on my last Disney trip.

Like others have said, I’d want it to be replaced (ahem, MSEP) and I’d want the replacement to be good like Happily Ever After not so-so like River of Light.

I am so sad about this…. seriously. I LOVE Illuminations!!