![]() ![]() on Monday, from my house it sounded and looked like Disney was testing it over at Magic Kingdom, though we neighbors did not get the usual courtesy notice that there would be late night fireworks testing.Īs regular readers may recall from my prior writings and appearances here on MousePlanet, I moved just down the block from Walt Disney World Resort back in 2014, having been a Chicagoan who became a Disney Vacation Club member in 2000, and an Annual Passholder most of the years since (I was an occasional visitor before that, going back all the way to 1972). We also know that an updated version of Magic Kingdom's previous nighttime spectacular, Happily Ever After, will also return that same night, and, indeed, starting at about 1 a.m. Before that show debuts, we know that the "temporary" EPCOT Forever nighttime show that previously ran on and above World Showcase Lagoon after Illuminations: Reflections of Earth was retired in 2019 will "temporarily" return starting on April 3. Disney has said that a new nighttime spectacular in development for EPCOT will be tied to the 100th anniversary, but has provided no additional details so far. It has centered that celebration, at least from a promotional standpoint, out at Disneyland Resort in California. The Walt Disney Company is now celebrating its 100th anniversary. The other three theme parks also have projection-based "Beacons of Magic," which I have long-stopped going out of my way to see (except for the seasonal projection show at Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios this past winter), and it's unclear whether they will continue. The celebration also saw the start of the "Beacons of Magic" light shows on and around Spaceship Earth at EPCOT, and the undercarriage lighting added to the monorail fleet, both of which I like very much and believe are still intended as permanent the EPCOT entry area, fountain, and Spaceship Earth lighting, in particular, were designed as part of the ongoing EPCOT transformation project. Neither were widely loved, however, and both are ending their runs on April 2. The celebration has featured two new nighttime spectaculars-Disney Enchantment at Magic Kingdom and Harmonious at EPCOT-both of which were introduced as "permanent" replacements for the nighttime spectaculars that came before them. ![]() It was hampered in its planning, preparation, and execution by the COVID-19 global pandemic, and there may have been other reasons for its shortcomings that we can speculate about, but lack substantiation. In my opinion and that of others I chat with, it has not been a particularly "festive" celebration for the Resort. The World's Most Magical Celebration ends March 31. We 'e just weeks away from the end of the 18-month-long celebration of Walt Disney World Resort's 50th Anniversary. For the Instagram, Facebook or Twitter posts embedded in the Update, you can click them and view images or videos on the respective sites too. You can view a larger version of the individual photos included in the Update by clicking on the photo the photo will open in a separate tab without a caption. Walt Disney World Resort Update for March 7, 2023 ![]()
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