Final Harmonious barges removed from World Showcase Lagoon at EPCOT

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Wednesday May 17, 2023 9:46am ET · "Harmonious"

EPCOT's World Showcase Lagoon is now free of all the Harmonious show platform barges. 


Last night, the final two taco-shaped barges from Harmonious were removed from the lagoon and moved backstage to begin demolition.

With Harmonious now completely cleared, work can continue preparing the lagoon for the new show debuting later this year.



While Disney has not shared any specific details on the hardware configuration, we expect the new show to be much simpler than Harmonious, comprised chiefly of fireworks and lighting effects. No barges are planned to be left out of the lagoon, with the hardware expected to be brought out in the afternoon ahead of the evening's performance.

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All the barges have been removed from the World Showcase lagoon.
↩ replying to DCBaker
Nice Birthday Gift!!!!!!
↩ replying to DCBaker
When I see this, I get the same happy feeling as when the removed the wand from Spaceship Earth 👍
…our long International nightmare is over
↩ replying to Sirwalterraleigh
Until the next nighttime show is a dud and we want harmonious back lol

(with movable barges that is)
↩ replying to GhostHost1000
I'll take that over Harmonious. The hate for that show extended to the barges cluttering up the view during the day.
↩ replying to DCBaker
I ate Tacos last night on Taco Tuesday and didn't even realize I was eating them in honor of the demise of those barges.
↩ replying to JohnD
Yeah, I loved the soundtrack and the finale and the pyro, just hated the barges.
↩ replying to TTA94
Worried? I wouldn't be. Disney has had a great track record of late. (sarcasm btw)
↩ replying to JohnD
I'm actually one of the few who liked the show - but not enough to justify the awful daytime views....
↩ replying to GhostHost1000
I'm fully convinced this show is about to be a downgrade at this point
↩ replying to Vinnie Mac
There are some very talented people working on it, and I am sure it will be a great firework show. However, it is not going to be the massive and complex spectacle that Harmonious was. It will be interested to see how it is received and how it will shape things going forward.
With all the Harmonius barges gone, they could (but surely won't) bring back the kites for EPCOT Forever.
↩ replying to wdwmagic
This is good news as far as I'm concerned.
Massive and complex is not always better.
Better is better.
↩ replying to Aschwenker
They won’t.