Originally Posted By cstephens I'm listening to my WDW Millenium Celebration CD and remembering how much I love it. We saw Illuminations in late 1999 - can anyone who's familiar with it from then and now tell me if it's basically the same or if there are any significant changes that have been made? If I recall, "We Go On" plays at the end, and I absolutely love that song. Also, in looking at the Disney website, it doesn't look like there's any parade in the park. We loved Tapestry of Nations, and I know that morphed into something else similar but weird, and then it went away. Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing a listing of a replacement parade. Thanks. /cs
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There is no parade at Epcot right now. There have been talks of making a new one, but apparently there were major crowd control issues with Tapestry of Nations that would be very expensive and difficult to fix. I don't see why they couldn't try to do something in the Future World areas, as there seems to be plenty of unused walkways there. As for Illuminations, I saw it in fall 2000, and again in spring 2005. I only saw it once each time, but I didn't notice anything that was extremely different between the two. I don't really know the show well enough to know if anything has really changed though.
Originally Posted By Doobie FA is correct - no change on Reflections of Earth. Identical, I believe. Tapestry of Nations became Tapestry of Dreams (some changes but essentially the same parade) then went away with nothing to replace it. I thought it was a perfect Epcot parade (at least the pre-character driven Epcot). I'd love to see it back. Doobie.
Originally Posted By cstephens Thanks, good to hear about Illuminations. We hadn't really been planning on seeing Tapestry, but your other half told us how much she liked it and urged us to see it. I'm so glad she did, because I would have been sad to have missed it. /cs
Originally Posted By danyoung If you liked the parade, you'll like the fact that the music track from the parade is now the chaser music that plays for about 15 minutes after the IllumiNations show. It's a terrific mood setter for a last stroll around the World Showcase as the rest of the crowd is madly rushing for the exits. Enjoy!
