PHOTO - Harmonious water fountain testing underway at EPCOT

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Friday March 5, 2021 9:32am ET · "Harmonious"
PHOTO - Harmonious water fountain testing underway at EPCOT
The fin shaped barge delivers impressive height from its fountain nozzles.

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Harmonious fin barge fountain test

Harmonious fin barge fountain test

Crews at EPCOT were busy earlier this morning testing the fountain effect on one of the Harmonious show platform barges in World Showcase Lagoon.

This image, captured by Brooke Geiger McDonald on Twitter shows one of the fin shaped barges delivering some impressive height from its onboard fountain nozzles.

Looking at the image closely, you can see the 6 story central icon ring barge to its right, and the fountain appears to be higher than that.

See the original tweet for video of the fountain in action.

The fountains will be used during the main nighttime show, and during the daytime to disguise the show platforms.

Disney is yet to announce an opening date, but hopes remain for an opening by the Walt Disney World 50th on October 1 2021.

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We have Fountain Testing!!!
↩ replying to jrhwdw
So high!!!
↩ replying to Supernova
That is a lot of offshore drilling equipment to cover up! lol
↩ replying to jrhwdw
Wow looking at the video, that’s a Taco not the Stargate. It’s going to look amazing from Italy, Japan, Morocco, the FP area, the desert party area and the handicapped area. However the stargate will completely be obscured from every other viewing point.

This is not going to go well, especially if (as I assume) the stargate is the main storytelling window. Does anyone know if those central arms are going to be used to broadcast similar images to Norway-China and IG gateway-Great Britain?
↩ replying to jrhwdw
It’s just laughable if that’s really how high they’ll need the water to go. Walking into WS will be hilarious.
↩ replying to Rose&Crown
Maybe it was a burst pipe.
They spend all this money on tech and the only thing the fountains do is shoot straight into the air?

Hopefully, I am misjudging them entirely.
If that's how much running water will be in the background of your Epcot Experience, those bathroom lines are going to get quite long.
↩ replying to Touchdown
What makes you say it is a taco? I think it's the stargate looking at the position in the lagoon and the height.
Photos of what I found Earlier:

I love it! It looks like WOC height! A first for WSL. If that's the Daytime Height(Who really knows at this point) we should have no problem hiding the Tacos/Stargate in the sunlight!

As far as this and the Bathroom lines....Rollseyes!...This can't be any different than being near FON, which ran 24/7 from 1982 till 2019!

Overall, a good 48 Hours for Epcot!!!
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Zoom in on the video, I can clearly see the stargate to through the trees to the right of the water. I suppose it could be the arms in front of the gate but it’s not the gate itself. The photo to the left jrhwdw confirms it.
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Do we have Fountain Heads on the actual Stargate Ring?? Or is it just the barges on either side of the Stargate in the center?
↩ replying to Touchdown
Yes you are right, I see it now. thanks
I can’t imagine it will go this high in the daytime - this is likely testing for the night time show surely?
↩ replying to Supernova
Hey! Disney could have gotten an inspiration from Vegas for instance the fountains at The Bellagio.