Final Harmonious barges removed from World Showcase Lagoon at EPCOT

May 17, 2023 in "Harmonious"

Posted: Wednesday May 17, 2023 9:46am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

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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TTA943 hours ago

Pre show with announcement:

ToTBellHop7 hours ago

I’ll take the EWP on trailers “sailing” down MSUSA.

TTA947 hours ago

Even if it’s the old MSEP? Lol. But at this point I think most of us would still be happy.

ToTBellHop7 hours ago

They get that back and I won’t even care that DAK closes at sunset. It will honestly be nice to have one park I don’t feel compelled to stay out late in.

Vinnie Mac10 hours ago

Looks like this is happening too apparently :)

SaucyBoy12 hours ago

Absolutely!!! December ‘23 was the first time I’ve been at Epcot at night since 2022 when I saw Horrendous for the first and only time. Now we just need a night parade back and we are in another golden era.

Chef idea Mickey`=14 hours ago

Yesss, I absolutely captured a beautiful clear heart from a simple video I took with my phone from up there!

gerarar14 hours ago

The finale from the Riviera is simply wonderful. You can even still see the heartbeats from that far away. The video linked below even has a "It's a heart" reaction from a guest! 💗 Also tbh, I think the recent soundtrack recordings that have been popping up on YouTube came from this resort, it's lacking the same bass as some of these "source" recordings.

gerarar15 hours ago

It's so nice to have a great nighttime spectacular show in each of the parks again (excluding AK because...reasons). I completely skipped Epcot at night on my recent 5-day trip last October. Because of that I saw HEA on 2 nights (only nights without MNSSHP) and Fantasmic! the other 3 nights (total of 6 times since x2 nightly F! shows). Epcot Forever was just simply skippable after seeing it back in 2019 and no more kites. Now if I were to make a trip, I would have to do all 3 parks at night throughout. Could even do some MK to Epcot or Epcot to HS park hopping to see multiple shows in one night. Makes me so excited as a parks/nighttime spectacular fan lol.

Vinnie Mac15 hours ago

To be honest it grew on me a lot. Went from a D- to a C+ for me

Vinnie Mac15 hours ago

Pumped for that drone show. Like you said we just need a DAK nighttime show and we'll have solid nighttime entertainment for each park (even Disney Springs!)

jrhwdw17 hours ago

Besides the Price, HEA & DE in 1 Night.....I don't see the Problem.

ToTBellHop17 hours ago

Glad its three fans can watch it if they shell out $200…

jrhwdw17 hours ago

Yeah....DE Isn't Complete Trash............