PHOTOS - Construction restarts on Harmonious barges backstage at EPCOT

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HarmonioUS barge construction - late June 2020

Posted: Tuesday July 28, 2020 11:12am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Another Walt Disney World construction project is back underway - Harmonious at EPCOT.

HarmonioUS barge construction - late June 2020

The cranes that are working on the barges can be seen moving from around World Showcase, as work resumes on building the massive show barges.

These aerial views were shot during the COVID-19 shutdown the parks.

HarmonioUS barge construction - late June 2020

No firework shows are currently taking place at Walt Disney World due to COVID-19, and it is likely this will be the case for some time. It is expected that EPCOT Forever will be the first to return, to then be replaced by Harmonious.

HarmonioUS concept art

Aerial photos for WDWMAGIC by @cchard.

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Chi8418 days ago

Saw it last night and loved it! Visibility was much better than the previous show.

Jayspency19 days ago

Imagine this is the song they play right before the fires around the world showcase go out for illuminations when it comes back

Cmdr_Crimson19 days ago

Problem now with the Illumination Name it now reminds me too much of this..

Cmdr_Crimson19 days ago

Yes, see this is why I'm not a fan of The most recent shows since Epcot Forever..They don't interest me.

Captain Barbossa19 days ago

“Harluminously EPCOT: Reflections of Centerous!”

Nottamus19 days ago

I think the next show name should also sound like Luminous, harmonious, illuminations, festivus, fireworkious - so we At some point just give up and call it The Epcot show

MisterPenguin19 days ago

No animated projections. Just planar lasers and spotlights.

Starship82419 days ago

Luminous has no projections?

Gusey19 days ago

Luminous got the perfect balance for its projection infrastructure. The Illuminations globe was too small that you couldn't see what was going on, whilst Harmonious had the giant tacos that couldn't be moved and also needed to be viewed dead center to be fully experienced. Luminous is right in the middle in that you can see the projections but the floats can be moved backstage

MisterPenguin19 days ago

I am not of the opinion that IluumiNations was the epitome of fireworks shows. It had issues of pacing and visibility... And less fireworks. While I hate that Luminous includes You Got a Friend, it's a nice mix of new and well-known songs. It's visibility around the Lagoon or standing behind a crowd is great.

DreamfinderGuy19 days ago

Luminous feels like it’s trying to be Harmonious 2 (which in itself was essentially HEA) while trying to capture some drops of RoE’s essence. It’s better than Harm, but the lot of successors are all a far cry from IllumiNations

Jayspency19 days ago

You’re talking about luminous right?

Cmdr_Crimson19 days ago

IMO I just think HarmonioUS feels more like it has 5 years on it's lifespan before they end it..Unless by 2032 For IllumiNations 50 we at least would see something amazing.

heapster41120 days ago

I believe it's all about concept. IROE was a story of how we came to be and what we have become, and possibly what our future could be. Everything else IMHO is just a low brow movie soundtrack sing-along. To me, once you leave the true story telling that was the concept of IROE and Epcot, it will be very hard to go back.