They really found a way to give people a sour feeling from Day 0. The Boarding Groups for Ratatouille are just the cherry on top of the mess.There's just so many it's hard to keep track
What a mess.
They really found a way to give people a sour feeling from Day 0. The Boarding Groups for Ratatouille are just the cherry on top of the mess.There's just so many it's hard to keep track
What a mess.
Honestly the saddest thing about all of this for me is that even the Merch that people are crowding in for isn't even particularly good. The only good designs are the ones copied directly from the 70s, everything else looks like a Earidescent reskin of bad shirts from the early 2000s.They really found a way to give people a sour feeling from Day 0. The Boarding Groups for Ratatouille are just the cherry on top of the mess.
Agree on the merch.Honestly the saddest thing about all of this for me is that even the Merch that people are crowding in for isn't even particularly good. The only good designs are the ones copied directly from the 70s, everything else looks like a Earidescent reskin of bad shirts from the early 2000s.
I get that pandemic related changes threw a lot of this out of whack with scheduling and budget, but the overall design choices made really indicate to me that they were always planning to phone most of this in.
I don't know how long Harmonious specifically will be around, but I think we will be seeing nighttime spectaculars use this show infrastructure in the lagoon for many, many years to come.I want to add, that I do not think this show will be around terribly long so I'm also taking that into consideration in my thoughts
This show feels like it has a Rivers of Light problem - not enough action. As a show, the last 6 minutes of this show are pretty good, but like RoL with the Lotus float, it's just a good way to end a boring show. My read is they added these screens so you are distracted enough that you don't notice that they massively cut down on pyro throughout almost the entire show.
I had these exact same thoughts. Like I was saying, the last 6 minutes of the show are generally pretty good, but it takes 14 sluggish minutes in order to finally get there.For me, the show didn't pick up until the Coco and PatF segments which I really enjoyed, both of those are easily the strongest segments of the show as it feels like everything is working together the way it should without rapidly jumping from one thing to another. But as mentioned before, when those segments don't kick in till the 14 minute mark on a 20 minute show, that's a BIG problem.
For my part, I don’t think it necessarily shows all its cards/tricks too early, my issue is it doesn’t start to use them well until the 14 minute mark.I'm a bit confused by some of the comments here because it sounds like people are saying both that the show takes too long to get to the good/exciting stuff, and that it uses up all of it's tricks too early so there's nothing good left for the rest of the show. Those arguments feel somewhat contradictory, and I'm not sure how to reconcile it, especially because that feels like a can't win type situation.
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I've watched a few different videos of the show (but not in person), and I don't think it seems THAT bad.
It's technically and visually impressive, I like the supposed story, most of the music is good, and most of the scenes are well put together. I have two main complaints:
1) It lacks cohesion in the storytelling, particularly in the realms of transitions and narration. Previously, I thought of clip shows as falling somewhere along a spectrum of storytelling, where on one end you have HEA with its strong narration and original theme in the opening and finale to frame a story told through the IP clips. On the other end you have something like Universal's Cinematic Celebration, which is just clips delivered in a blatant "greatest hits" style with no transitions, but it works because at the beginning they come right out and say that's what they're doing. What makes harmonious weird and confusing is that's supposedly trying to deliver a story, but it's basically doing it in the greatest hits style. If they just focused a little bit more on making the transitions and narration fit together to tell the story I think this could have been a pretty darn good show.
2) It's disappointing that the center screen is only really visible from two sides, and makes me wonder if the now-cancelled table festival pavilion would have helped with providing more viewing points along that axis.
You're not the only one who feels this show has a Rivers of Light problem, but for me the RoL problem is Harmonius shows it's hand way too early and has nowhere to go from there. After the opening segment, my reaction was "Uh-Ohhhhhh" since I could tell this is how the entire show was gonna' be. It wasn't gonna' throw in any new tricks since it already had the screens, fountains and moving arms going bombastic. (The only surprise to be had was the pyro off the arms way later in the show.)
I'm a bit confused by some of the comments here because it sounds like people are saying both that the show takes too long to get to the good/exciting stuff, and that it uses up all of it's tricks too early so there's nothing good left for the rest of the show. Those arguments feel somewhat contradictory, and I'm not sure how to reconcile it, especially because that feels like a can't win type situation.
I feel they committed and the barges will be out there the next 10 years if Chapek gets his contract renewedI see a lot of people complaining about the barges but I think people are forgetting this is Disney. I’m pretty sure they have huge maintenance costs and will definitely disappear after the 18th month celebration is over.
Unless....the price of junk metal soars sky high....and Chapek thinks he can make a profit selling the barges to a scrap dealer. O:I feel they committed and they will be out there the next 10 years if Chapek gets his contract renewed
The barges certainly. Doesn't mean Harmonious itself will be, but I certainly think that a show will be around for some time using that infrastructure.I feel they committed and they will be out there the next 10 years if Chapek gets his contract renewed
The barges certainly. Doesn't mean Harmonious itself will be, but I certainly think that a show will be around for some time using that infrastructure.
Apparently not in working condition, however.Yeah those things are staying forever.
I think you just need to stop going to Disney, Alicia...Camped out for two hours to get a good view that allowed us to see the center water screen. Center water screen didn’t work tonight. Shame.
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It's really poor design that that center screen can only be seen from two main areas instead of being a 360 degree screen or a rotating center that looks similar to the current one. It forces the majority of people to watch from either the North or South end of World Showcase to get the absolute best view, thus making it mandatory to camp out extra early if you want one of those prime spots.Camped out for two hours to get a good view that allowed us to see the center water screen. Center water screen didn’t work tonight. Shame.
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