A piece of IllumiNations Reflections of Earth pyro launch hardware to be auctioned

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Thursday June 4, 2020 12:03pm ET · "IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth"

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is offering a piece of hardware from the former Epcot nighttime spectacular - IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth.

Described as "12ft x 12ft Pontoon Marine Equipment, the barge will be sold through a timed auction on the RBAuction website. It appears from the website pictures that there are at least two available.

The "midi barge" was introduced for the Reflections of Earth show back in 1999, and worked alongside the existing "maxi barges" from IllumiNations to offer more pyro launch locations in the center of the World Showcase Lagoon.

Reflections of Earth had its final performance at the end of September 2019, and much of the hardware was scrapped. Some of the smaller pieces were kept, and are now being sold.

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So...anyone want one of the small barges?
https://blogmickey.com/2020/06/illuminations-fireworks-barge-up-for-auction/
@marni1971, you always mention your coffee table book. I think this would be a good coffee table!
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So any reason Epcot can't use this for pyro for Harm. Or Tags???
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Because we still have EF! Any pic of the billboard?
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I understand there won't be fireworks shows for a while but why hold up the work? Seems like the perfect time to be working on it.
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Most things are on hold as the company determines the financial impact and re-evaulates every expenditure.
Regarding the barge auction, there are two identical ~12x12 barges in the auction photos... Edit: actually all 4 barges are going on auction.
6244, 6247, 6245, 6246.

And maybe unrelated to Disney:
https://www.rbauction.com/qty-of-5-pontoons-marine-equipment-other?invId=11863446&id=ci&auction=orlando-fl-2020120
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Agree. They should finish it and debut it when fireworks can return.
If I had my house on the lake I’d always wanted I’d love to have one of those barges to put out into the lake to hang out on, jump off of and of course rig up a firework show on it.
I know a number of people who saw Epcot Forever and didn’t think it was the 9th layer of hell. Personally I didn’t like it, and thought the ending was an odd middle finger more than anything, but to the average guest I don’t see how it was too bad.
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Cause average guests sees fireworks first then the show itself. A fan sees the show first then fireworks.

Fireworks are always crowd pleasers anyways so the kites was a nice added touch.
I suggested to my wife that she buy me one of these for Father's day. I will host Illuminations in my neighbor's pool.
I bought one of the barges. I shoot local fireworks shows. Interestingly, they didnt remove anything from them except the racks. All electronics are still intact.
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Could we get a up close picture?