![]() Show: A booming voice welcomes everyone to Epcot’s World Showcase where people from all lands have gathered around a metaphorical fire, just as men have for thousands of years. Large torches around the lagoon light up, a special music mix begins to play, and some guests might begin to appear increasingly drunk. Pre-Show: There is no pre-show, per se, but the mood around World Showcase begins to shift around an hour to a half-hour before the show. (FastPass+ is not recommended but if you choose to use it, you will be positioned between the gift shops at the front of World Showcase and should arrive at least 20 minutes before showtime.) If you don’t mind being partially blocked by a tree, a fence, or a guy taking selfies in front of you, then you can grab a location at pretty much any point before the show begins. Just keep in mind that these locations can fill up by 45-minutes before showtime. If these areas are being used for special events, consider the bridge between France and the United Kingdom and the area between Mexico and Norway. Without a reservation at a restaurant on the lagoon, your best walk-up locations to see IllumiNations are the raised area in front of the Italy pavilion and the area in front of the Yorkshire County Fish Shop in the United Kingdom pavilion. The really good spots for IllumiNations do go early, however, especially in busier times of year. ![]() Touring Strategy: The show takes place at the center of World Showcase lagoon so it can be seen in full from anywhere around the lagoon, with the fireworks visible from many parts of Future World as well. This version of the show was originally conceived as a signature attraction of the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration but has been showed continuously ever since with the only variation being a special ending for the Christmas holiday season. The first version of the show actually titled IllumiNations began in 1988 and continued with some variations until 1999 when it was replaced by the current show Reflections of Earth. Both of these shows used fireworks, lasers, lights, and projection screens on barges all set to classical music. But is it really that good? Let’s break it down.īackstory: The first incarnation of an Epcot nighttime show premiered in the fall of 1982 and was called Carnival de Lumiere (no relation to the candelabra from the not yet conceived Beauty and the Beast film.) This small scale fountain show was replaced a year later by A New World Fantasy and that show was replaced yet another year later by Laserphonic Fantasy. Illuminations: Reflections of Earth, the long-running nighttime spectacular at Epcot, is beloved by many.
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