Luminous The Symphony of Us premiered on EPCOT's World Showcase Lagoon, succeeding Harmonious with synchronized pyrotechnics, choreographed water fountains, lasers, searchlights, and fire torches set to original music by Pinar Toprak (including the EPCOT Anthem), two new original songs, and new arrangements of classic Disney songs.
Everything that changed here
across the land, newest first- 2025
Reopened after a roughly two-month refurbishment (closed Aug 25, 2025) that restored audio-animatronic fluidity in several scenes (notably the Egypt and Phoenician boat figures), brightened the woolly-mammoth projection, refreshed the geosphere's lower exterior panels and entrance paint, and relit a long-dark oval entrance sign; narration and scenes were unchanged.
- 2023
Harmonious→Luminous The Symphony of Us
- 2008
Reopened after a major refurbishment (closed July 9, 2007) with Dame Judi Dench as narrator, a new Bruce Broughton score, reworked descent scenes, and interactive ride-vehicle touchscreens ('Project Tomorrow') that build a personalized vision of the future.
Jeremy Irons→Judi Dench narration - 2002
Reopened as the current 'Journey Into Imagination With Figment,' restoring Figment to a lead role across the Imagination Institute's sensory labs and bringing back 'One Little Spark' with new verses; Dr. Nigel Channing was retained as co-host.
Figment cameo only→Figment featured in every scene - 1999
Reopened as 'Journey Into Your Imagination,' a full retheme that dropped the Dreamfinder, sidelined Figment to a brief cameo, and added new host Dr. Nigel Channing (Eric Idle) leading a shortened tour of the 'Imagination Institute.'
Dreamfinder & Figment as hosts→Dr. Nigel Channing host, Figment cameo only - 1998
The original attraction closed for a major renovation, permanently retiring the Dreamfinder character and shuttering the upstairs ImageWorks interactive gallery.
- 1994
Reopened after a major reimagining with Jeremy Irons as narrator and a new orchestral score (based on Bach's Sinfonia No. 2); the near-future finale scenes including the network operations center, paperless office, and boy's bedroom were removed and replaced with a single Internet video-call scene.
Walter Cronkite→Jeremy Irons narration -
Changedat Spaceship Earth
Reopened after its first major refurbishment with new narration by Walter Cronkite replacing Vic Perrin, the added 'Tomorrow's Child' finale, and new near-future scenes (a paperless office and a boy at a bedroom computer).
Vic Perrin→Walter Cronkite narration - 1983
Journey Into Imagination opened with audio-animatronic hosts the Dreamfinder and Figment, a slow-moving dark ride set to the Sherman Brothers' song 'One Little Spark,' alongside the hands-on upstairs ImageWorks gallery.
- 1982
Opened as the opening-day centerpiece of EPCOT Center, a Bell System-sponsored dark ride climbing through the history of communication inside the geosphere, originally narrated by Vic Perrin.