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Jack Wagner:
In 15 minutes, EPCOT Center and GE will present this evening's performance
of IllumiNations. When it comes to lighting, GE is
light. The show takes place on and around the World Showcase Lagoon
and may be viewed from points all around the World Showcase Promenade.
Due to lower light levels around the lagoon, please watch your step
and take small children by the hand during the show. Once again, this
evening's performance of IllumiNations will begin
in 15 minutes. Thank yo
Jack Wagner:
In 10 minutes, EPCOT Center and GE will present this evening's performance
of IllumiNations. When it comes to lighting, GE is
light. The show takes place on and around the World Showcase Lagoon
and may be viewed from points all around the World Showcase Promenade.
Due to lower light levels around the lagoon, please watch your step
and take small children by the hand during the show. Once again, this
evening's performance of IllumiNations will begin
in 10 minutes. Thank you.
Jack Wagner:
In 5 minutes, EPCOT Center and GE will present this evening's performance
of IllumiNations. When it comes to lighting, GE is
light. Excellent viewing locations are still available all around
World Showcase Promenade. Due to the use of fireworks and lower light
levels around the lagoon, for your safety we request that you remain
on the Promenade side of all railings. During the show, please watch
your step and take small children firmly by the hand. Once again,
this evening's performance of IllumiNations will
begin in just 5 minutes. Thank you.
Shortly after this announcement, guests
wait eagerly for the show to begin. Things are fairly quiet around the
lagoon and then the pavilion lights are turned off, the lights along
the walkways fade, and the show begins. Lights flash on the pavilions
as the music begins with a custom IllumiNations Fanfare written for
the show (not the same as the one written in '97 for the current show).
In the middle of the fanfare, we are introduced to the show.
Female Announcer:
Good evening and welcome to World Showcase. Tonight we are pleased
to present a visual journey, an international fantasy of music and
light. We're about to embark on a sparkling, abstract expedition around
World Showcase. With the music as your passport, we'll discover sights
and sounds from colorful ports of call. And to celebrate our journey,
the countries will be united by the festive elements of water, fire,
and light. And now, let your imagination be your guide as EPCOT Center
proudly presents IllumiNations!
ACT I
Arranged by Don M. Dorsey.
- Symphony #5
- "Flight of the Bumblebee"
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Zampa Overture
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Italian Concerto
-
William Tell Overture
ACT II
Arranged by Don M. Dorsey, Steve Skorija, and Bruce Healey.
During this act, each pavilion (except for Morocco and Norway) is
highlighted by having its name rotate around the sphere in the center
of the lagoon. Canada features dancing maple leaves, United Kingdom
has Big Ben, and Germany lights up like a gingerbread house. Norway
was not open when the show debuted and so is not included. There is
music included for Morocco, but the pavilion is not lit up and its
name does not appear on the sphere. The reason why comes from an IllumiNations
tech: "Every pavilion (the actual country [or sponsors]) was
responsible for the financial side of their lighting. Morocco and
Norway didn't have the funding." Thus, the Moroccan music serves
as a transition from Act I to II.
Scheherezade
La Vie Parisienne
Days of Emancipation
Rule Brittania
Tales of the Vienna Woods
Sakura
Espana Cani
French Canadian Jig
Funiculi, Funicula
Rhapsody in Blue
ACT III
Arranged by Don M. Dorsey.
Carnival Overture
"March of the Toreadors"
Alla Hornpipe
Titan Symphony
"Ode to Joy"
Prelude to Act III
Firebird Suite
"Great Gate of Kiev"
"Promenade"
1812 Festival Overture
Female Announcer:
All of us at EPCOT Center and G.E. Lighting hope you've enjoyed IllumiNations.
Around the world, in every nation, G.E. brings good things to life.
Thank you and good evening.
Total Running Time: 16:30 minutes
The exit music first repeats the second half of the
"IllumiNations Fanfare." Then it features a mix of "It's
A Small World" (by Richard and Robert Sherman) and the same theme
heard outside Horizons (then still sponsored by G.E.).
This part is repeated a second time.
IllumiNations Fact
Sheet | Original IllumiNations ('88) | Holiday
IllumiNations
IllumiNations 25 A | IllumiNations
25 B | IllumiNations ('98-99)
IllumiNations (2000): Reflections of Earth
Return to: IllumiNations
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