Former Show // latest change 1983.06
World Showcase · EPCOT · Walt Disney World
Former Show · the memorial record
Also known as Carnival de Lumiere.
This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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A New World Fantasy took over the World Showcase Lagoon slot in June 1983, reusing the same rear-projection barges.
Le Carnaval de Lumière ended its run in June 1983 after roughly eight months on World Showcase Lagoon.
Le Carnaval de Lumière premiered on World Showcase Lagoon as EPCOT Center's first evening presentation, celebrating world festivals with fountains, film, music and other effects.
The show was staged on floating barges carrying rear-projection screens, with fountain and firework barges between them controlled by Apple computers, scored to "The Festival of Festivals" by Don Dorsey.
The show could be seen only from the stretch of promenade between the Mexico and Canada pavilions rather than from all around the lagoon.
Per the documented record, Le Carnaval de Lumière at EPCOT opened on Oct 23, 1982.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Le Carnaval de Lumière is dated Jun 1983: Le Carnaval de Lumière ended its run in June 1983 after roughly eight months on World Showcase Lagoon.
The latest documented change (documented Jun 1983): A New World Fantasy took over the World Showcase Lagoon slot in June 1983, reusing the same rear-projection barges.
5 documented changes, dating back to 1982 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.
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