WDW Millennium Celebration - Illuminations 2000

Illuminations 2000: Reflections of Earth
Also new for the Millennium Celebration is "Illuminations 2000: Reflections of Earth". While this production shares its name with shows that have played on the Epcot World Showcase Lagoon since 1986, this version is all new. This production, by far the most complex ever presented at Walt Disney World, tells the story of the Earth, beginning with Chaos, then Order and finally a Higher Meaning.

"Reflections of Earth" is 13 minutes long. It requires 67 computers in 40 locations, hundreds of special lighting fixtures, four fountain barges pumping 5,000 gallons of water per minute, a 150,000-pound inferno barge with 37 nozzles shooting propane flames into the air, and lasers delivering a kaleidoscope of colors. Some 2,800 shells are exploded during the nightly display -- more than twice the number used in previous productions. Fireworks are launched from 750 mortar tubes and 56 firing modules at 34 locations.

The spinning Earth Globe is a 28-foot diameter sphere that becomes a three-story video screen projecting vivid pictorial images that celebrate both human diversity and the unified spirit of humankind. Covered with video screens in the shape of the continents, the twinkling, steel-ribbed Earth Globe rotates on a 350-ton floating island that houses six computer processors, 258 strobe lights and an infrared guidance system. The Earth Globe uses more than 180,000 Light Emitting Diodes create its electronic pictures from around the world.

Related Links

• Feature: Tapestry of Nations and Illuminations 2000 (from LaughingPlace.com)
• Illuminations 2000: Reflections of Earth (from LaughingPlace.com's Epcot Attraction Guide)
  Includes more pictures of Illuminations 2000.
• Illuminations 2000: Reflections of Earth (from Walt Disney World Information Guide)

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