The dismantling of Harmonious gets underway on EPCOT's World Showcase Lagoon

Apr 05, 2023 in "Harmonious"

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Posted: Wednesday April 5, 2023 9:50am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Crews are working in the center of World Showcase Lagoon at EPCOT, dismantling the Harmonious show barges.

Harmonious barge dismantling - April 5 2023

Work is concentrating on the German "taco" video barge, which looks like it will be the first to be removed from the lagoon, clearing the way for the larger central icon barge to be moved backstage to the marina.

Harmonious barge dismantling - April 5 2023

Crews are stripping the barge of lighting and other hardware. Each barge is a complex piece of machinery equipped with pyrotechnic launchers, fountain pumps and piping, lighting, LED screens, computer control systems, fire suppression, and air conditioning.

Harmonious barge dismantling - April 5 2023

Although most of the work is taking place on the Germany barge, crews are also removing lighting from the central icon platform.

Harmonious barge dismantling - April 5 2023

Backstage, a large crane is ready to move the barges out of the marina and position them on the site originally prepared to build Harmonious.

Harmonious barge dismantling - April 5 2023

Disney has not yet given a timeframe for the total removal of the Harmonious hardware, but our estimates put the work at around 6 weeks.

With Harmonious now dark, the interim EPCOT Forever show is being performed, which does not rely on any Harmonious hardware. A new show is currently in development, set to debut this fall.

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TheCoasterNerd1 day ago

The fantasmic changes are temporary. Everything that was and more will return. They just wanted the show back at all. In addition, we have 4 viewing areas for our fireworks each with different show elements such as lighting, projections, and now even a second soundtrack. You have... one? two? viewing areas. Also yes you were just unlucky. That's not normal hours.

ToTBellHop1 day ago

Last time I went, both parks were 10-8. Guess I was unlucky! I wasn’t at all impressed with DL’s nighttime offerings but that’s a matter of preference. They keep making their Fantasmic! worse.

TheCoasterNerd1 day ago

Fireworks are on weekends most of the year, but that's just because of a legal issue with daily fireworks, not Disney themselves. They offer WoC (usually twice) every single night at DCA as well. They have two parades, Fantasmic, fireworks, and on nights without fireworks, still a stunning projection show. The projections (unless the projectors are under their occasional maintenance) are every night. Still, longer hours. Also when does it open at 10? I've never seen that. On a Thursday in November (November 17 2023) it was still 8-12 and 8-10. Even in January, it's still 8-10, which is an hour longer than WDW.

jrhwdw1 day ago

Very Fair

ToTBellHop1 day ago

To be fair, DL closes early with no fireworks and opens at 10 am on weekdays for most of the year. WDW deserves much criticism by they should be lauded for offering nighttime spectaculars in 3 parks 365 nights a year. It took DL a year to bring F! back with Maleficent in B-mode…

jrhwdw1 day ago

And F! hasn't changed their Schedule since the early 90s since DL went down to 2 a night. Also, every time MSEP returns, it falls back into the old Schedule....

jrhwdw1 day ago

Ah........ We'll see what MK comes up with......

TheCoasterNerd1 day ago

I've always thought MKs hours were dumb. 9am-10pm? Yet another reason I prefer Land, where hours are 8-midnight usually. So nice to be able to do hours of rides afterwards with minimal waits (after the families have gone home post-fireworks). I find it ironic that Disneyland's SECOND GATE is open an hour longer than all of Magic Kingdom