PHOTOS - Base of the main Harmonious central Stargate ring barge now in World Showcase Lagoon

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Posted: Friday February 26, 2021 8:53am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Part of the huge central barge for Harmonious has now been brought into EPCOT's World Showcase as work continues on completing the hardware infrastructure for the new show.

Central ring barge

The ring shaped "Stargate" barge, the largest of the show platforms, features lighting effects and a huge water screen to display projections.

Central ring barge

We understand that what is currently in the lagoon is not the completed piece, but the first part of a 3-part platform.

Central ring barge

The central barge will be joined by 4 of the fin shaped barges, of which 2 are currently in position - at Mexico and Canada. The concept are below shows the arrangement of the show platforms in the lagoon.

HarmonioUS concept art

An opening date for the show is yet to be announced, but speculation continues to suggest that the show is being planned to be open by October 2021.

Central ring barge

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Chi8420 days ago

Saw it last night and loved it! Visibility was much better than the previous show.

Jayspency21 days ago

Imagine this is the song they play right before the fires around the world showcase go out for illuminations when it comes back

Cmdr_Crimson21 days ago

Problem now with the Illumination Name it now reminds me too much of this..

Cmdr_Crimson21 days ago

Yes, see this is why I'm not a fan of The most recent shows since Epcot Forever..They don't interest me.

Captain Barbossa21 days ago

“Harluminously EPCOT: Reflections of Centerous!”

Nottamus21 days ago

I think the next show name should also sound like Luminous, harmonious, illuminations, festivus, fireworkious - so we At some point just give up and call it The Epcot show

MisterPenguin21 days ago

No animated projections. Just planar lasers and spotlights.

Starship82421 days ago

Luminous has no projections?

Gusey21 days ago

Luminous got the perfect balance for its projection infrastructure. The Illuminations globe was too small that you couldn't see what was going on, whilst Harmonious had the giant tacos that couldn't be moved and also needed to be viewed dead center to be fully experienced. Luminous is right in the middle in that you can see the projections but the floats can be moved backstage

MisterPenguin21 days ago

I am not of the opinion that IluumiNations was the epitome of fireworks shows. It had issues of pacing and visibility... And less fireworks. While I hate that Luminous includes You Got a Friend, it's a nice mix of new and well-known songs. It's visibility around the Lagoon or standing behind a crowd is great.

DreamfinderGuy21 days ago

Luminous feels like it’s trying to be Harmonious 2 (which in itself was essentially HEA) while trying to capture some drops of RoE’s essence. It’s better than Harm, but the lot of successors are all a far cry from IllumiNations

Jayspency21 days ago

You’re talking about luminous right?

Cmdr_Crimson22 days ago

IMO I just think HarmonioUS feels more like it has 5 years on it's lifespan before they end it..Unless by 2032 For IllumiNations 50 we at least would see something amazing.

heapster41122 days ago

I believe it's all about concept. IROE was a story of how we came to be and what we have become, and possibly what our future could be. Everything else IMHO is just a low brow movie soundtrack sing-along. To me, once you leave the true story telling that was the concept of IROE and Epcot, it will be very hard to go back.