food IS a theme park
Today is certainly a busy day in EPCOT!
EPCOT Festival of the Arts
The 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts has officially started! Naturally, we’re checking out all the artistic eats, specialty merch, and entertainment. Plus, an exciting construction update also caught our eye!
Last year, we bid farewell to one of the MOST beloved nighttime shows at Walt Disney World — EPCOT’s
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth.
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
However, we learned that this long-running show would be replaced with a BRAND NEW nighttime spectacular: Harmonious.
We’ve been keeping a close eye on progress with EPCOT fireworks, especially since the park closures delayed a brand new show!
Harmonious
Harmonious was meant to debut earlier this year but, due to the global health crisis, has been indefinitely postponed. Progress is underway though as testing might have begun and barge work has been ongoing. Now, Walt Disney Imagineering has filed a new permit for work on the EPCOT fireworks barges — and the end date might surprise you.
Disney’s newest fireworks show Harmonious, has been in talks for some time.
©Disney
This show has been on our minds for a WHILE and with the park closures, we’re not too sure when we’ll finally get to see it hit the waters of World Showcase Lagoon. So, it’s pretty exciting whenever we see a potential sign of work on the area of Harmonious — and we saw a sign today!
We’re in EPCOT today admiring Spaceship Earth!
Spaceship Earth
Well, we’re looking at other parts of the park too! We’re always on the lookout for updates in the Disney World parks and today we’re doing a lap around Future World and the World Showcase. So, without further ado, here’s EVERYTHING new in food, construction, and merchandise in EPCOT!
While it was sad to lose the beloved IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth in 2019, Disney assured us a new nighttime spectacular was in the works for 2020!
HarmonioUS Concept Art ©Disney
And although we’ve enjoyed the temporary show Epcot Forever, we’re ready for the “largest nighttime spectacular ever created for a Disney Park” to begin — HarmonioUS! Luckily for all of us, it looks like we won’t have to wait very much longer! That’s because Disney’s just announced when HarmonioUS is slated to start!
Yes, it’s true — the 20 year run of IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth is coming to an end on September 30th in Disney World.
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
But starting October 1st, Epcot Forever will take its spot in the World Showcase Lagoon, and hopefully in our hearts, too!
We now have a name and more details about the new nighttime show to replace Epcot Forever…which is replacing IllumiNations for a limited time…after September 30th. (So much coming to Epcot! So much to keep track of!)
HarmonioUS Concept Art ©Disney
After it was announced Illuminations would take its final bow Sept 30th, to be followed temporarily by Epcot Forever, we were eager to hear what the NEXT replacement would be! The new long-term IllumiNations shows that OUR kids will grow up with. Well, we still don’t know much; but we DO know the NAME!
Greetings from Epcot! Between enjoying the Flower and Garden Festival, seeing construction progress (on SO many projects), finding new paper straws, menu updates, and so much new merchandise… well, we were pretty busy!
Hello from Epcot!
Let’s start our update in the parking lot this week.
WOW! Our latest visit to Epcot was packed with new finds! We caught up on all of the construction progress in the park, found new menu items, enjoyed some adorable sweet treats, and added more Disney items to our must-buy list!
Hello from Epcot!
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