Beacons of Magic Fun Facts for Spaceship Earth

You will notice many new additions if you have been to Walt Disney World since October 1st for the 50th Anniversary. One of those is Beacons of Magic at all four theme parks. Although all of them are spectacular, there’s just something about the one at EPCOT that is even more magical. Imagineer Zach Riddley shared some fun facts about Beacons of Magic on Spaceship Earth on his Instagram:

Revealed three weeks ago, the stunning new Spaceship Earth Beacon of Magic at EPCOT has quickly become a must-experience of the @waltdisneyworld #disneyworld50 ! It’s been exciting seeing the world’s reaction – especially seeing our guests share their own photos and videos of this park icon come to life like never before. I just couldn’t help but add a few more photos!

 

We have also gotten many questions about the design and capability of the system, so I went straight to the source and asked our Imagineering lighting designers responsible for this experience – Jason Read and Galen Lande – to give us a few fun facts that we’re revealing for the first time here:

?The system is capable of generating more than 30 million lumens of light – equivalent to more than 35,000 standard light bulbs!

 

?In addition to the integrated LED fixtures, lights from 14 locations shine onto Spaceship Earth, giving our designers much more artistic flexibility to blend colors and achieve the classic color gradients Spaceship Earth has always been known for.

 

?Roughly 60 miles of cable was installed for the project, enough cable to travel around the World Showcase Lagoon more than 45 times!

 

?With nearly 2000 fixtures, there are nearly 12,000 side-firing beams that produce the iconic starburst effects.

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