During last night’s live stream of “Illuminations: Reflections of Earth,” Disney made some anticipated announcements. The long running Epcot nighttime spectacular is coming to an end this year, and we now have an end date.
Disney has announced that the “Illuminations: Reflections of Earth” will have its final show on September 30, 2019. So if you are a fan of this show you have a bit of time to get in a last visit to watch. It’s bittersweet for a lot of fans though. I know I’m excited to see what the new show will be like, but I am sad to see “Illuminations” go.
There will not be a gap between shows, which is good news. So on October 1, 2019 “Epcot Forever” will debut. This is a limited time show and will have fireworks, music, lighting, lasers, and choreographed, special effects kites. If you check out the video below you will see the kites and they look pretty cool. Disney describes this show as:
“Featuring a stirring collection of songs that paint a colorful picture of the park, this nighttime extravaganza will offer both a trip down memory lane and a look towards the future and all the magical possibilities still to come.”
For a look at the show, watch Disney’s video below.
The show sounds like it’s going to be a fun one to watch. I’m really interested to see those special effects kites!
While “Epcot Forever” is a limited-time show, it will continue into 2020. At some point next year Disney will introduce their next nighttime show for Epcot. No end date was announced for “Epcot Forever,” but we’ll keep you posted when it is announced.
Are you excited for this new show?
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*Liz*
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Liz
I love all things Disney, but my main love is for Disney World and I'm always planning for the next trip. Before becoming a Disney blogger, I was a radio DJ, so I guess I'm just continuing in the communication industry, just in a different form. I love talking Disney and I could talk about Disney all day. That's why I started blogging and created the Facebook group. The Disney community is full of friendly, helpful, and happy people...and I love being a part of it! If there is any Disney subject you would like to see covered just let me know! Need help planning your Disney vacation. Feel free to contact myself or Melissa at Never Stop Dreaming Travel Co. We love helping people plan their trips! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to check out our Countdown to Disney app! Feel free to email me with suggestions of things you would like to see in the app :-)
That’s great Liz I’ll be going this July and then I’m going back on September 30th into October so I’ll get to see illuminations a few maybe times and then the new show. It seems like yesterday that illuminations first came out and I remembered the show before that. My children were little now I go with my grandkids. Thanks again for all the info.
Oh fun! That’s great that you will get to say goodbye to Illuminations and see the new show too. It’s so nice to have memories like that with family. 🙂
I loved the previous Illumination show with the many images projected on the globe This show, not so much. Let’s hope the next show is more exciting. Going in Oct so looking forward tol seeing the interim show. Thanks Liz for sharing, Maine Liz 🙂