If you’ve been on team “Harmonious barges be gone” then you’re going to want to read this!
Our View
For a while, one central barge and 4 side barges have called World Showcase Lagoon their home in EPCOT, blocking the view through World Showcase (much to the dismay and frustration of many Disney guests). These barges were critical for the Harmonious fireworks show. But that show has ended and Disney has announced that the barges will be going away (they’ll be removed in phases). We’ve seen the barges removed from the EPCOT map, but now we’ve got a big update.
One of the Harmonious barges in EPCOT is GONE.
One barge down 👀
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One of Them Is GONE
Now, that doesn’t mean that all of the barges are gone…yet.
They’re Not All Gone
Several barges still remain, including that large circular one in the center.
UPDATE: That large center barge is now starting to be removed. When we stopped by EPCOT on April 18th, we saw that the main circular part of the barge is now gone.
The middle part is gone!
The base of that center barge is still there, although we saw some Cast Members working on it from a boat.
Working on it
Disney had announced that these would be removed in phases, so we’ll keep an eye out for updates.
Barges
For the time being, if you visit EPCOT at night you’ll find EPCOT Forever is showing as the nighttime spectacular.
EPCOT Forever
Later this year, EPCOT Forever will be replaced by a NEW fireworks show!
New EPCOT show ©Disney
We’ll keep you updated with more photos from EPCOT as changes continue to hit the park in the coming weeks. In the meantime, click here for your ultimate guide to the BEST snacks in EPCOT.
And click here to see an important update on the Moana attraction coming to EPCOT
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I beg your pardon, but not everyone hates this! It just so happens that there are a good many people who loved this show, myself included, and are devastated to see it go. I am a musician who loves music, especially world music and when I saw this for the first time I cried, I loved the show from beginning to end and I’m sure many others feel the same.
I’m mostly curious how much Disney spent making these barges for them to be in use for so little time. Another wasteful expenditure?
Thank Goodness!!!!! Trurely an eyesore! Did not like Harmonious, stick to the original music scores and bring back the original show. Love to have option of boats sailing to two locations again.
Barges Smsrges! How about a parking lot outside World Showcasd? 17 Billion oughtta cover that!
I loved harmonius! It was fun, the music was great! It was one of my favorite 50th shows. The MK fireworks on the other hand…. Yeah, bring back Wishes! THAT was a great show.
Don’t really care much about fireworks. What I miss are the Earth Globe and ESPECIALLY the wonderful Illumiations music. Fortunately I was able to buy it on disk and now have it in iTunes.
From the title I thought you were talking about alcohol