Just finished watching the live stream. Ugh.
Now I will preface this by saying that when my wife and I watched the HEA live stream we didn’t care for it, then we saw it in person and LOVED it. However, this was a big giant dud for me. It already had several strikes against it:
1.It replaced what I consider the best firework show in terms of thematic fit with Illuminations.
2. The score of Illuminations is about as perfect as you can be.
3. those barges are giant, and ugly, and destroy the views around showcase lagoon so this had to be worth it.
Sadly, I think this is a giant miss. There was nothing here that they couldn’t have done with World of Color tech and hidden the platform during the day.
Second, there is NO story here. I mean they make an attempt at the end but this is no where near the Disney standard I’m used to in terms of story telling for a nighttime show. All this is, is a bunch of random Disney songs sung in different languages.
Third, the original song/score, that Disney usually uses to drive home the story and make the tears in the eyes start is trash. It evoked zero emotion from me. Compare that with HEA’s song that made me fight back tears every time I saw it.
I am so saddened that this was the show we got with those giant scoreboards destroying the views. I was hoping, so hoping that the show would be worth it. It’s not.
