Experience 'Luminous The Symphony of Us' captured in multi-angle video

Probably old news to you both, but at the beginning of the show during the narration, there are red lights on the small fountains that "palpitate" with the heartbeats.

Might as well call it Illuminations symphony of us like they did with all the other versions on Illuminations.

That would make it too obvious that Harmonious was a failure. Had to make it a tribute to both shows of the past. (but in that case they left out quite a few other ones from before Illuminations)

My understanding is they were afraid it might fail after Harm and didn’t want to tarnish the IllumiNations name so they went with a similar word.

They played it safe on this show in several ways because Harm and EF received the responses they did.

Another Disney failure. Being a Disney fan is almost exactly like being a New England Patriots fan right now. 20 years of positivity followed by four years of straight disappointment. My expectation balloon has a lot of holes in it!

Are you sure those are holes or is it just deflated? ;)

Just saw the show live for the first time and WOW did we love it! I appreciated the idea of the use of story with actual beats. Emotion was effectively conveyed with music, either original or known songs completely recomposed. The Frozen 2 section is rather epic, and the last section where the central barge is used to propel the shells out towards the audience was fantastic. Great use of pyro, fountains and lights all around. Harmonious was basically an advertisement for Disney IP with this hideous creature parked in the lake all the time. I hated that thing.

With this show, the beauty of the lake is restored, the night ends with an emotional story, and there is both originality and creativity on display. Well done Disney.

The IP in Luminous is really well done, even the “ Play” segment that might be one of the weaker parts of the show is completely salvaged by the incredible pyro and lighting that takes place during that segment. The videos do not do these effects justice.

Watched it in person last night from the East side of the theater and noticed quite a few new things. Only complaint from that spot is we missed the first 20 minutes of the pre show music since the speakers were off for the Processional. I’m still not ready to say it’s better than ROE but Lumonous is a great show that I want to see each night I’m at Epcot. That alone is huge win for the park.

Edit: Just a note regarding the perimeters, I have seen the show in person with perimeters and with the comets being launched from the barges. The initial welcome is way better with the perimeters and it takes nothing away from the finale when the perimeters go off. Shows need to grab your attention and say here I am in the opening, and in the finale. Luminous does both very well.

Happily Ever After is nice and has grown on me but we typically avoid the Castle/Main Street area due to all the people. So points off for 5 million people in close quarters.

I've watched Luminous twice and I can't get over the awful IP and I don't like the original songs so there is that.

Could not agree more. You can’t truly judge this until you see it in person. This can be said about most things though I suppose.

I will say also that my wife loved this show, and she did not like Harmonius at all. And she is not one to post on fan sites but even she noticed the difference between this show and its predecessor. She loved the creativity of the entire show and felt that the music was very original as opposed to whatever Harmonious was.

And there were multiple times that the crowd reacted positively to what they were seeing. Just a really great show and worthy successor.

They do. And yes I get what they were going for. Having said that, it looks a little bit more like runway landing strip than anything else 🙂 but I still appreciate the attempt.

Thankyou for sharing but a bummer you're not getting any enjoyment out of either of the two shows. No show will ever be perfect for everyone. But there is no denying he has a home run for the masses. Luminous to be determined. I hope both continue to grow on you.

When I first watched it Tuesday I honestly didn't like Beating of our Hearts; it sounded too poppy. Now I can't stop listening to it.

It's been stuck in my head for 3 days now lol