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Act 1: Gather
The lit torches around the World Showcase Lagoon are extinguished and the park's lighting is dimmed. The show begins with a female vocalising to the tune of the EPCOT Anthem. A female narrator begins speaking, as a clamor of voices vocalising Disney arias and chants are heard:"'All around us, the world is alive with music. Voices calling out in search of one another, we find each other in song.'"The clamor of voices then melds into a single crescendo and stops, leading into a multi-lingual medley of "How Far I'll Go" from Moana and "Go the Distance" and Hercules. High-launch fireworks shells are used, while the fountains take on multiple colors. Abstract, colorful images cover the screens, before eventually transforming into an image of the morning sun and its rays at the end of the act.

Songs include:


 * "Opening Chants", composed of the EPCOT Anthem by Pinar Toprak, "Tolou Tagaloa" from Moana (music and lyrics by Opetaia Foa'i), "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid (music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman), "Circle of Life" from The Lion King (music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice and Lebo M.), "The Bells of Notre Dame" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (music by Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz), and "Vuelie" from Frozen (music and lyrics by Frode Fjellheim).
 * "Awakening", composed of "How Far I'll Go" from Moana (music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda) and "Go the Distance" from Hercules (music by Menken and lyrics by David Zippel).

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On the banks of the World Showcase Lagoon, the 19 torches left over from IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth are lit. At the beginning of the show, a call done by a single female vocalizing is sent out as the torches are extinguished. Abstract, colorful imagery fills the center screen, as low purple floodlights light up. A female narrator begins speaking:

As the narration plays, various voices are heard, either singing in harmony or sending out calls of their own. The imagery on the center screen changes to show a sunrise, while the perimeter screens displays various emanating rays. The fountains also display orange and yellow water effects. As the voices crescendoes, the imagery on the screens changes to show blue swirling patterns. On the central screen, a blue, double-spiraled koru — a symbol of peace, kinship, and belonging in the Māori culture — appears. The fountains also change colors to purple. As "How Far I'll Go" plays, the imagery changes to a colorful swirling vortex before changing once again to show the sea from underneath. An outrigger boat can be seen sailing on the two of the perimeter screens, while an illuminated manta ray swims in the other two. The blue swirling patterns return to the perimeter screens as the swimming manta ray image moves to the central screen and swims upward. The image is then transferred into a mist screen above the central screen through lasers.

The music then transitions to "Go the Distance". The central barge's low searchlights are lit in purple and in the direction of the World Showcase pavilions. The pavilions themselves are lit up in red and purple front lights. The central and perimeter screens shows various golden rays of light (?), while the fountains are lit in white. The imagery then transitions to show two balls of lights chasing each other, before revealing a starfield on the screens. The first set of eight high-launch fireworks shells explodes in the sky as the music build ups. The fountains are lit in various color combinations of teal/pink/blue, blue/green, and a rainbow before briefly flashing to white.

As fireworks shoot off from the perimeter barges, the screens shows dusk turning to dawn. A second set of high-launch fireworks shells explodes above the lagoon, which triggers two large white fireworks as well as another set of high-launch ones. As a refrain of the EPCOT Anthem plays, various comets are then fired upwards toward the central screen which triggers a set of colorful fireworks to set off.

Songs include: EPCOT Anthem by Pinar Toprak, "Circle of Life" from The Lion King, "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid, "The Bells of Notre Dame" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, "Vuelie" from Frozen, "How Far I'll Go" from Moana, and "Go the Distance" from Hercules, performed by Danny Gokey and Elisha Garrett.

Act 2: Celebrate
Guests are taken on a musical, globe-trotting journey across many countries and regions through the prism of the Disney movies that take place in each one. The songs that represent each country or region are partially performed by local artists and partially in their respective mother tongues. Likewise, the visuals shown on the central and perimeter screens are inspired by art looks and styles from each country or region.

Middle East
This section celebrates the Middle Eastern folk tales that have inspired Disney's Aladdin.

A laser image of the Sultan's palace from Aladdin is projected on the mist screens above the screens. Images of swirling sands covers the screens, which reveals the Genie's lamp on the perimeter screens and the Cave of Wonders on the central screen. The moving arms on the perimeter screens are raised to form part of the lamp as its "spout" where four pink firework shells are launched. On the central screen, the mouth of the Cave of Wonders opens wide and as as the image zooms forward, Arabic geometric patterns can be seen moving past. A dancing, stylized Genie (rendered in the style of Arabic calligraphy) appears on the central screen and "summons" the launching fireworks. More moving geometric patterns covers the screens before revealing the rooftops of Agrabah at nighttime and a silhouetted Aladdin and Jasmine riding the magic carpet. The Genie then returns to "summon" more fireworks on the perimeter screens before moving to the central screen to close the section.

Featured song: "Arabian Nights" from Aladdin (music by Menken and lyrics by Ashman).

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A laser image of the Sultan's palace from Aladdin is projected on the mist screens above the central screen. The compass image on the central screen itself dissolves into swirling sand that scatters to the perimeter screens. As strains of "Arabian Nights" play overhead and a brief female vocalization is heard, the swirling sands reveal the Genie's lamp on the perimeter screens. The Cave of Wonders can also be seen rising from the sands on the central screen. The music then picks up, as the moving arms on the perimeter screens are raised to form part of the lamp as its "spout" where four pink firework shells are launched. On the central screen, the Cave of Wonders opens wide and as as the image zooms forward, Islamic geometric patterns can be seen moving past. As the vocals of the song kick in, a dancing, stylized Genie (in the style of Islamic calligraphy) appears on the central screen and appears to "summon" the launching fireworks. The screens are then covered in moving geometric patterns before revealing the rooftops of Agrabah at nighttime. A silhouetted Aladdin and Jasmine can be seen riding on the magic carpet on one side of the perimeter screens towards the moon on the central screen. Moving, colorful geometric patterns then cover the screens again during a musical interlude. The stylized Genie then appears to "summon" more fireworks on the perimeter screens before moving to the central screen to close the section.

India
This section celebrates the ancient Indian fable texts that have partly inspired The Jungle Book, which was adapted into the 1967 animated film of the same name by Disney.

Several orange searchlights and lasers flash as chanting and electronic beats plays overhead. The lights, lasers, and fountains take on a light green color as large, spiraling leaves cover the central screen. The spiraling leaf cover on the screens then parts to reveal a Tholu bommalata shadow play retelling of The Jungle Book. Dancing puppets of Baloo, King Louie, Mowgli, and the other animal and human characters, as well as swirling Indian patterns, are displayed on the screens. The fountains, searchlights, and lasers display alternating light green, orange, and blue light effects. A set of colorful fireworks are launched to close the section, as the images on the screens disappear in clouds of colorful smoke (similar to the ones used during the Holi festivities).

Featured song: "I Wan'na Be like You" from The Jungle Book (music and lyrics by Robert and Richard Sherman).

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The lights and lasers, as well as the fountains, take on a green color as large, spiraling leaves cover the central screen. The music transitions to a Bollywood-inspired take on "I Wan'na Be Like You" from The Jungle Book, as previously seen at Disneyland Paris "The Jungle Book Jive". The spiraling leaf cover on the central screen then parts to reveal a dancing puppet of Baloo, as well as several dancing monkeys on the perimeter screens. The puppets are reminiscent of the ones used in Indian shadow puppet plays. A "cloth screen" descends from above, and a puppet of King Louie appears. Light green rays of light emanate from the central ring as he begins to sing the song, with a close-up of his face on the central screen and his arms extended to the perimeter screens. Several laser images of green leaves appear above the central ring as well. Mowgli periodically appears on the perimeter screens, dancing to the tune. During the chorus, moving and swirling Indian patterns cover the screens as four fireworks shells are launched. The fountains first display orange, then light blue effects. The puppet King Louie then reappears on the central screen, dancing. He was then replaced by a set of dancing human puppets in traditional Indian attire. Two large fireworks shells are launched, in addition to various comets. As the section comes to a close, another "cloth screen" descends on the central screen before the puppet Baloo and Mowgli reappears to dance with each other. A set of colorful fireworks are launched, as the images on the screens disappear in clouds of colorful smoke (similar to the ones used during the Holi festivities).

China
This section celebrates the Chinese legends and literature that have inspired Disney's Mulan.

A traditional Chinese painting shows a magnolia tree's branches and its falling flowers. Continuing the motif, the characters of Mulan, Fa Zhou, Mushu, and a riding Chinese army riding across various Chinese landscapes covers the screens. The fountains are lit in white and pink. A red and white laser image of the Taijitu symbol also appears above the perimeter screens. The fountains are lit in red, as the screens displays real-life martial artists performing movements from Chinese martial arts against an intense red background. In addition to fireworks shells, firecrackers are also launched from the moving arms to create a "firecracker storm" above the central screen. As the climax nears its end, three Chinese characters appears on the perimeter screens: 勇 ("Brave"), 忠 ("Loyal"), and 真 ("True"). The section closes with merged images of Mulan in her traditional pink and blue hanfu and her warrior disguise on the perimeter screens, and an image of her and Mushu together on the central screen.

Featured song: "Reflection" from Mulan (music by Matthew Wilder and lyrics by David Zippel).

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Rice paper appears to cover the screens, where a traditional Gongbi painting of the branches of a magnolia tree and its pink flowers appears to paint itself. The fountains are lit in white. As "Reflection" from Mulan plays overhead, a silhouetted Mulan appears on the central screen, followed by three fishes swimming in a circle on the central screen and falling magnolia flowers on the perimeter screens. Several traditional ink wash paintings then cover the screens. On one side of the perimeter screens, a silhouetted Mulan and Fa Zhou in conversation appears, while a landscape appears on the other. An image of the bridge found in the Fa family home appears on the central screen. As swirling magnolia flowers and petals cover the screens, the imagery changes again to reveal more of the village on the perimeter screens and a contemplating Mulan holding a magnolia flower on the central screen. The fountains now take on pink and white effects. The imagery on the perimeter screens change to show an army riding across screens as several mountain peaks loom behind them. A red and white laser image of the Taijitu symbol appears above the perimeter screens, where two spinning magnolia flowers appears to reveal two images of Mulan: one wearing her pink and blue hanfu on the left, and one where she is disguised Ping wearing her father's armor and wielding his sword on the right.

As the image on the left fades out, the music dramatically changes. A silhouetted Mulan can be seen cutting her long hair on the central screen before being covered by swirling swathes of red cloth. Two firecrackers are then launched from the central barge, as the cloths reveal silhouetted warriors engaged in kung fu training against a deep red background on the central and perimeter screens. The fountains and the strip lights on the moving arms take on the same red color. As the music reaches its climax, more firecrackers and red fireworks shells are launched. Notably, a "storm" of firecrackers are shot from the tips of the moving arms above the center ring, as if simulating the firing cannons used during the warfare sequences in the film. At the end of the sequence, three Chinese characters appears on the perimeter screens: 勇 ("Brave"), 忠 ("Loyal"), and 真 ("True"). The section closes with a repeat of the two images of Mulan, though now slowly joining together, on the perimeter screens, as an image of Mulan and Mushu appears on the central screen.

Songs include: "Reflection" from Mulan, performed in English and Mandarin Chinese by Wang Liqui

Africa
This section celebrates the African landscapes and fauna that have inspired Disney's The Lion King.

An African tapestry of a young Simba appears on the center screen, lit by circling pink, red, and purple fountains. Continuing the tapestry motif, a growing Simba is then seen traveling with Timon and Pumbaa and traversing the African landscape day and night across the screens. The fountains are lit in blue and red. A spinning continental map of Africa is then displayed on the central screen, while the animals of the Pride Lands can be seen traveling towards it on the perimeter screens. Red and green fireworks are shot off periodically to the beat of the music, while the fountains display blue and purple effects. A now-adult Simba and Nala can be seen frolicking in the forest, before the former encounters the spirit of Mufasa on the central screen and on the mist screen above it (through laser projection). The section closes with the images of Rafiki holding up a cub Simba over Pride Rock as Mufasa and Sarabi watches on on the central screen and the animals bowing to him on the perimeter screens, as several red and green high-launch fireworks go off.

Featured songs: "Hakuna Matata" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King (music by John and lyrics by Rice).

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Europe
The Europe section is divided into two subsections. The first subsection celebrates the French literature that has inspired two Disney films: Beauty and the Beast (adapted into the 1991 animated film of the same name) and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (adapted into the 1997 animated film of the same name). The second subsection celebrates the Scottish mythology that has inspired Pixar's Brave.

Misty and dream-like images of Belle and the Beast slowly dancing in the ballroom covers the center screen, as a laser image of a rose appears above the central screen. The fountains are first lit in blue and pulsing yellow, and then red as the laser image changes into a heart. As a singular perimeter firework is shot from the top of the America Gardens Theatre, the images on the screens change to stained glass windows (similar to those found in Notre-Dame de Paris) depicting Quasimodo and the cathedral itself. The fountains display blue, pink, and white effects. Several high-launch fireworks are used in this subsection, in addition to large white fireworks.

The Ring of Stones is laser-projected above the central screen. As the fountains' blue lights are flickering, several will-o'-the-wisps appear on the screens. Animated woven tapestries depicting Merida, her family, the 3 clan leaders, and her family's crest are then displayed on the screens. The fountains are lit in brown and highlighted by green searchlights (depicting trees), before changing to a flickering blue and yellow. Several green and white fireworks are launched. The section closes with Merida riding Angus (her horse) across the perimeter screens and shooting an arrow to a target on the central screen, which triggers a set of green fireworks to go off.

Featured songs: "Prologue" from Beauty and the Beast (music by Menken and lyrics by Ashman), "Out There" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (music by Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz), and "Touch the Sky" from Brave (music by Alex Mandel and lyrics by Mandel and Mark Andrews).

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Latin America
This section celebrates the Latin American (specifically Mexican) cultural traditions that have inspired Pixar's Coco.

A close-up image of a strumming guitar displayed across the screens opens the section, before transitioning to that of the Rivera family ofrenda (a home altar used during the Día de Muertos celebrations) lit with candles and filled with flowers. The fountains are lit in yellow and orange to depict the candles. The cempasuchil (Mexican marigold) bridges then covers the screens, before changing into hung strings of colorful papel picado (decorative banners) with animated elements. The moving fountains display colorful water effects, specifically blue, yellow, red, pink, violet and peach effects. The screens then changes to show the swooshing folkorico skirts of real-life Mexican folk dancers, colorful calaveras (sugar skulls), and a close-up image of Pepita (Mamá Imelda's alebrije) with her wings unfurled. Multiple colorful fireworks, as well as high-launch ones, are used throughout the section. The section closes with a motif-pattern of colorful guitars and Miguel strumming a guitar while cempasuchil petals fly around him.

Featured songs: "Remember Me" and "The World Es Mi Familia" from Coco (music and lyrics by Lopez and Anderson-Lopez) and "Saludos Amigos" from Saludos Amigos (music by Charles Wolcott and lyrics by Ned Washington).

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U.S.A.
This section celebrates aspects of African-American culture that has inspired Disney's The Princess and the Frog.

Silhouetted images of a young and adult Tiana wishing on the Evening Star can be seen on the screens, as well as images of the bayou of New Orleans filled with fireflies. The fountains display bright purple and blue effects. As the music changes to be more upbeat, Louis the Alligator can be seen on the central screen playing his trumpet as laser images of colorful music notes are projected on the mist screen above. Fantastical imagery of the bayou and its dancing inhabitants (including Tiana and Naveen in their frog forms) — inspired by the work of Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas — then covers the screens, as flashing purple fountains, yellow and orange searchlights, and launched white fireworks move to the music. The setting on the screens then changes to show downtown New Orleans, featuring a paddle steamer showing the word "DIG" and several New Orleans streetcars. The fountains are lit in blue, while purple, blue, orange, and yellow searchlights color the skies. A flyer advertising "Tiana's Place" flies into view as the setting changes into a recreation of the "Almost There" sequence from the film. Multiple large, colorful firework shells, as well as as several comets, are launched during this segment. Flashing pink and yellow and blue and green searchlights accentuate the scene. Silhouetted figures of The Firefly Five Plus Lou band, as well as a dancing Naveen in his human form, can also be seen on the perimeter screens. More colorful fireworks are launched as Tiana dances on the central screen while falling shimmering gold dust covers the perimeter screens to close the section.

Featured song: "Dig A Little Deeper" from The Princess and the Frog (music and lyrics by Randy Newman).

Act 3: Unite
A slowly-spinning globe appears on the central water screen. Blue searchlights illuminate the skies as multiple emanating and cascading white fireworks are launched. A singular perimeter firework is then shot from the America Gardens Theatre roof and streaks halfway through the lagoon. This triggers a set of Roman candles that are launched from the top ends of the perimeter barges and several orange comets from the central barge. As the music swells to a climax, multiple seawall perimeter fireworks shoot up to illuminate the lagoon. Several large white and red fireworks also explode. The act concludes with a final launch of perimeter fireworks and a set of bright white flashes.

Songs include: "Someday" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, performed by