IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth has been taking place nightly in Epcot for nearly 20 years. It’s a favorite for a lot of guests and a must-see for each trip, but it will be coming to an end next year.
Disney has announced that at the end of summer 2019, IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth will have it’s final show. The show started in October 1999 as part of the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration and has been playing nightly ever since. The good thing is Disney gave guests a nice warning about this change, there’s almost a year to see this show before it ends.
There’s no word yet on what will be replacing IllumiNations, but Disney says that “the all-new nighttime fireworks spectacular coming to Epcot’s World Showcase Lagoon will be part of the park’s exciting evolution.” So it’s hard to tell what it’s going to be from that description, but Disney always does a great job with nighttime spectaculars.
I’m sad that IllumiNations is going away, I’ve always loved this show, but I’m excited to see what is next. How do you feel about this change?
Thanks for reading!
*Liz*
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Liz
I love all things Disney, but my main love is for Disney World and I'm always planning for the next trip. Before becoming a Disney blogger, I was a radio DJ, so I guess I'm just continuing in the communication industry, just in a different form. I love talking Disney and I could talk about Disney all day. That's why I started blogging and created the Facebook group. The Disney community is full of friendly, helpful, and happy people...and I love being a part of it! If there is any Disney subject you would like to see covered just let me know! Need help planning your Disney vacation. Feel free to contact myself or Melissa at Never Stop Dreaming Travel Co. We love helping people plan their trips! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to check out our Countdown to Disney app! Feel free to email me with suggestions of things you would like to see in the app :-)
It’s one of my favorite events. I will miss it so much! I will plan to see it multiple times when we go this December!
Boo. I say…….don’t fix it unless it is broken!
Hello Liz , yes I also will be sad to see that show end I Have many great memories there, I was there for the millennium and my children were young teenagers they also loved the show.The good news is I’m glad back in a few weeks and that is always on my to do list.As always thanks for the info…..
I’m very upset that Illuminations will be ending even though I knew it had to end some time. I’m glad they gave us an early heads up.
Sad to see it go, but we are going back at the end of April/first of May so we’ll get to see it one last time!
I still miss the show from 20 years ago. I never totally fell in love with Illuminations and often skip it. I’m headed to Disney World in 3 weeks, so I’ll be sure to catch it for the final time, but I’m excited to see what’s coming. They’ve been doing such amazing things recently with imaging on the buildings, so hopefully whatever comes next will be incredible.