Last night we watched the debut of the all new IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth “Let There Be Peace on Earth” at Epcot. Walter Cronkite is no longer narrating, but it was a female which was a nice change. The fireworks themselves were a little different with a VERY explosive finale.
Here are shot from the “Let There Be Peace on Earth” Holiday show finale:
Bring back Walter Cronkite. Our friend’s 10 year old boy, after hearing Walter Cronkite’s “let there be peace on earth” said to his parents: “Wow, that was very inspirational”….I’m afraid I can’t say the same about the new version with the “generic sounding lady”.
Just got back from Illuminations for the second time this trip. The ending is so substantially different with half the ending finally you end up wondeeing if it is even over. I felt guilty tellng people who started to leave after illuminations to stay for the real show…apparently when Cronkite left he took the fireworks with him. Huge disappointment. Will cause me to re-evaluate where I spend my vacation dollars. The old show was worth every penny, new show has me thinking other parks can do better. Bad move Disney…bring back the finally.