Former Show // latest change 2018.07.16
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Former Show · the memorial record
This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Universal Orlando's Cinematic Celebration debuted on the same lagoon, which Universal described as having new animation featuring characters from its attractions, a new storyline, new music, lighting and special effects.
Universal confirmed that Cinematic Spectacular had closed for good after five years, with its final performances having run before Halloween Horror Nights 2017 and no farewell show, and announced a replacement nighttime lagoon show.
Performances stopped after Hurricane Irma struck Central Florida and damaged the show's lagoon equipment, and the show never resumed.
Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories officially opened as the nighttime show on the central lagoon at Universal Studios Florida, projecting Universal Pictures film clips onto water screens with fountains and pyrotechnics and narrated by Morgan Freeman.
The show held its first public preview performance on the lagoon ahead of its official debut.
The 20-minute show was narrated by Morgan Freeman and projected scenes from Universal Pictures films onto walls of water across eight sequences, with music combining existing film scores and Brian Tyler's arrangement of Jerry Goldsmith's Universal fanfare into a 100th Anniversary theme.
Per the documented record, Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories at Universal Studios opened on May 8, 2012.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories is dated Sep 2017: Universal confirmed that Cinematic Spectacular had closed for good after five years, with its final performances having run before Halloween Horror Nights 2017 and no farewell show, and announced a replacement nighttime lagoon show.
The latest documented change (documented Jul 16, 2018): Universal Orlando's Cinematic Celebration debuted on the same lagoon, which Universal described as having new animation featuring characters from its attractions, a new storyline, new music, lighting and special effects.
6 documented changes, dating back to 2012 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.
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