Wonderful World of Animation is a nighttime show at
Disney's Hollywood Studios. The show is a celebration of all Disney animation (including
Pixar), beginning with
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
. It premiered on May 1, 2019, as part of the park's 30th anniversary celebration, replacing
Disney Movie Magic
''Disney Movie Magic'' is a nighttime projection show that debuted at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World on May 26, 2017. It is projected onto the façade of the park's Chinese Theater ( Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway). It mainly ...
.
It was originally set to close on May 13, 2020, but it closed early on March 16, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and was replaced by an updated version of Disney Movie Magic.
An updated version of the show returned on August 1, 2021, as part of Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary celebration.
Summary
The show kicks off with a tribute to the beginning of Disney animation,
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
, followed by segments highlighting a number of animated feature films, including ''
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...
'', ''
Sleeping Beauty'', ''
The Little Mermaid'', ''
Beauty and the Beast'', ''
Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...
'', ''
Lilo & Stitch'', ''
Finding Nemo
''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...
'', ''
The Incredibles'', ''
Frozen
Frozen may refer to:
* the result of freezing
* a paralysis response in extreme cases of fear
Films
* ''Frozen'' (1997 film), a film by Wang Xiaoshuai
* ''Frozen'' (2005 film), a film by Juliet McKoen
* ''Frozen'' (2007 film), a film by Sh ...
'', ''
Big Hero 6'', ''
Zootopia
''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' in various regions) is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 55th Disney animated feature film, ...
'', ''
Cars 3'', ''
Coco'' and ''
Ralph Breaks the Internet
''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' is a 2018 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 57th animated film produced by the studio and the sequel to ...
''. There is also a
Disney Villains segment, highlighted by Tamatoa,
Hades
Hades (; grc-gre, ᾍδης, Háidēs; ), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also ...
, and
Yzma.
Show scenes
* Opening
** ''
Mickey's Gala Premiere
''Mickey's Gala Premier'' is a Walt Disney cartoon produced in 1933, directed by Burt Gillett, and featuring parodies of several famous Hollywood film actors from the 1930s. It was the 58th Mickey Mouse short film, and the eighth of that year.
So ...
''
* Magic
**"
The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (''
Fantasia
Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcore ...
'')
** "
Friend Like Me" (''
Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...
'')
** "
Let It Go" (''
Frozen
Frozen may refer to:
* the result of freezing
* a paralysis response in extreme cases of fear
Films
* ''Frozen'' (1997 film), a film by Wang Xiaoshuai
* ''Frozen'' (2005 film), a film by Juliet McKoen
* ''Frozen'' (2007 film), a film by Sh ...
'')
*** ''
Brother Bear''
*** ''
Pinocchio''
*** ''
Sleeping Beauty''
*** ''
Cinderella''
*** ''
The Princess and the Frog''
*** ''
The Sword in the Stone''
*** ''
Tangled''
* Family
** "The World Es Mi Familia" (''
Coco'')
** "
Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" (''
Lilo & Stitch'')
** "
Beyond the Sea" (''
Finding Nemo
''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...
''/''
Finding Dory'')
*** ''Sleeping Beauty''
*** ''
Pocahontas''
*** ''
Brave
Brave most commonly refers to:
*Brave, an adjective for one who possesses courage
*Braves (Native Americans), a EuroAmerican stereotype for Native American warriors
Brave(s) or The Brave(s) may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Brave'' (199 ...
''
*** ''The Princess and the Frog''
*** ''
Tarzan''
*** ''
The Rescuers''
*** ''Frozen''
*** ''
Bambi''
*** ''
Dumbo''
*** ''
Hercules''
*** ''
One Hundred and One Dalmatians''
*** ''Pinocchio''
*** ''
Moana''
*** ''
Zootopia
''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' in various regions) is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 55th Disney animated feature film, ...
''
*** ''Tangled''
*** ''
Peter Pan''
*** ''
Inside Out
Inside Out may refer to:
*Backwards (disambiguation) or inverse
Books
* '' Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd'', by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason
* ''Inside Out'', Christian book by Larry Crabb
* ''Inside Out'', novel by Barry Eisler
...
''
*** ''
Lady and the Tramp''
*** ''
The Little Mermaid''
*** ''
Mulan
Hua Mulan () is a legendary folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century CE) of Chinese history.
According to legend, Mulan took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as ...
''
*** ''
Big Hero 6''
*** ''
The Good Dinosaur''
*** ''
The Lion King''
*** ''
Meet the Robinsons''
* Action
** "The Glory Days" (''
The Incredibles''/''
Incredibles 2'')
** "
Try Everything" (''Zootopia'')
** "
Life is a Highway" (''
Cars''/''
Cars 2
''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American computer-animated Spy film, spy comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to ''Cars (film), Cars'' (2006), the second film in the Cars (franchise), ''Cars'' f ...
''/''
Cars 3'')
*** ''Coco''
*** ''Peter Pan''
*** ''Aladdin''
*** ''
Up''
*** ''Hercules''
*** ''
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' is a 1977 American animated musical anthology comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. It is the 22nd Disney animated feature film and was first rel ...
''
*** ''The Princess and the Frog''
*** ''Big Hero 6''
*** ''Mulan''
*** ''
Robin Hood''
*** ''
The Emperor's New Groove''
*** ''Tarzan''
*** ''
Toy Story''
*** ''Pinocchio''
*** ''
The Great Mouse Detective''
*** ''
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...
''
*** ''Finding Nemo''
*** ''
Beauty and the Beast''
*** ''
Toy Story 2''
*** ''
Ralph Breaks the Internet
''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' is a 2018 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 57th animated film produced by the studio and the sequel to ...
''
*** ''
Alice in Wonderland
''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...
''
*** ''
Bolt
The BOLT Browser was a web browser for mobile phones including feature phones and smartphones that can run Java ME applications. The BOLT Browser was offered free of charge to consumers and by license to mobile network operators and handset manuf ...
''
*** ''
The Black Cauldron''
*** ''Tangled''
*** ''Frozen''
*** ''Sleeping Beauty''
*** ''The Little Mermaid''
*** ''Brave''
*** ''The Lion King''
*** ''Pocahontas''
*** ''
Treasure Planet''
* Love
** "
Once Upon a Dream" (''Sleeping Beauty'')
** "
Kiss the Girl" (''The Little Mermaid'')
** "
Beauty and the Beast" (''Beauty and the Beast'')
*** ''Bambi''
*** ''
Monsters, Inc.
''Monsters, Inc.'' (also known as ''Monsters, Incorporated'') is a 2001 American computer-animated Monster movie, monster comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, B ...
''
*** ''Lady and the Tramp''
*** ''The Princess and the Frog''
*** ''
The Rescuers Down Under''
*** ''Hercules''
*** ''
Toy Story 3''
*** ''Cinderella''
*** ''Frozen''
*** ''Tarzan''
*** ''
WALL-E''
*** ''
Wreck-It Ralph''
*** ''The Lion King''
*** ''Up''
*** ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''
*** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''
*** ''Aladdin''
*** ''Tangled''
* Villains
** "Shiny" (''Moana'')
** "
The Gospel Truth
''The Gospel Truth'' is an album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1963 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.Freed., RLes McCann Discographyaccessed January 12, 2016
Reception
Allmusic gives the album 3 stars.
Track listing
''All compos ...
" (''Hercules'')
** "Perfect World" (''The Emperor's New Groove'')
*** ''The Sword in the Stone''
*** ''The Princess and the Frog''
*** ''Inside Out''
*** ''Toy Story 2''
*** ''
The Jungle Book
''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, ...
''
*** ''Finding Nemo''
*** ''Toy Story 3''
*** ''Cinderella''
*** ''Tangled''
*** ''
Monsters University
''Monsters University'' is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Kori ...
''
*** ''Robin Hood''
*** ''Meet the Robinsons''
*** ''Beauty and the Beast''
*** ''Coco''
*** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''
*** ''The Incredibles''
*** ''Alice in Wonderland''
*** ''Zootopia''
*** ''Aladdin''
*** ''Frozen''
*** ''Peter Pan''
*** ''Lady and the Tramp''
* Friendship
** "
When Can I See You Again?
"When Can I See You Again?" is a song by American electronica project Owl City from the 2012 Walt Disney Animation Studios film ''Wreck-It Ralph''. It was written and produced by Adam Young, with additional writing from Matt Thiessen and Brian ...
" (''Wreck-It Ralph''/''Ralph Breaks the Internet'')
** "
The Silly Song
"The Silly Song", also known as "The Dwarfs' Yodel Song", is a song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' sung by Otis Harlan, Billy Gilbert, Pinto Colvig, Roy Atwell, and Scotty Mattraw. This features an in ...
" (''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'')
** "
Immortals" (''Big Hero 6'')
*** ''Aladdin''
*** ''Toy Story 2''
*** ''
Oliver & Company
''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on November 18, 1988, by Walt Disney Pictures. The 27th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the Charl ...
''
*** ''
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' is a 2001 American animated science fiction film, science fiction action film, action-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. ...
''
*** ''Zootopia''
*** ''The Jungle Book''
*** ''
The Fox and the Hound''
*** ''The Good Dinosaur''
*** ''Moana''
*** ''Monsters, Inc.''
*** ''Hercules''
*** ''The Little Mermaid''
*** ''Mulan''
*** ''Up''
*** ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''
*** ''Toy Story 3''
*** ''Tarzan''
*** ''Inside Out''
*** ''Beauty and the Beast''
*** ''Peter Pan''
* Back to the Past
** ''
Encanto''
** ''
Luca''
** ''
Raya and the Last Dragon''
** ''
Soul''
** ''
Onward''
** ''
Frozen II''
** ''
Toy Story 4''
** ''Ralph Breaks the Internet''
** ''Incredibles 2''
** ''Coco''
** ''Cars 3''
** ''Moana''
** ''Finding Dory''
** ''Zootopia''
** ''The Good Dinosaur''
** ''Inside Out''
** ''Big Hero 6''
** ''Frozen''
** ''Monsters University''
** ''Wreck-It Ralph''
** ''Brave''
** ''
Winnie the Pooh''
** ''Cars 2''
** ''Tangled''
** ''Toy Story 3''
** ''The Princess and the Frog''
** ''Up''
** ''Bolt''
** ''WALL-E''
** ''Ratatouille''
** ''Meet the Robinsons''
** ''Cars''
** ''
Chicken Little''
** ''The Incredibles''
** ''
Home on the Range''
** ''Brother Bear''
** ''Finding Nemo''
** ''Treasure Planet''
** ''Lilo & Stitch''
** ''Monsters, Inc.''
** ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire''
** ''The Emperor's New Groove''
** ''
Dinosaur''
** ''
Fantasia 2000''
** ''Toy Story 2''
** ''Tarzan''
** ''A Bug's Life''
** ''Mulan''
** ''Hercules''
** ''
The Hunchback of Notre Dame''
** ''Toy Story''
** ''Pocahontas''
** ''The Lion King''
** ''Aladdin''
** ''Beauty and the Beast''
** ''The Rescuers Down Under''
** ''The Little Mermaid''
** ''Oliver & Company''
** ''The Great Mouse Detective''
** ''The Black Cauldron''
** ''The Fox and the Hound''
** ''The Rescuers''
** ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''
** ''Robin Hood''
** ''
The Aristocats''
** ''The Jungle Book''
** ''The Sword in the Stone''
** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''
** ''Sleeping Beauty''
** ''Lady and the Tramp''
** ''Peter Pan''
** ''Alice in Wonderland''
** ''Cinderella''
** ''
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' is a 1949 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions, released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney and James Algar with Ben Sharpsteen as production ...
''
** ''
Melody Time''
** ''
Fun and Fancy Free''
** ''
Make Mine Music''
** ''
The Three Caballeros''
** ''
Saludos Amigos
''Saludos Amigos'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American Live-action animated film, live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures. It is the List of ...
''
** ''Bambi''
** ''Dumbo''
** ''Fantasia''
** ''Pinocchio''
** ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''
* It All Started with a Mouse
** ''
Steamboat Willie''
** ''
Thru the Mirror''
** ''
The Band Concert''
** ''
Magician Mickey
''Magician Mickey'' is a 1937 Walt Disney Mickey Mouse cartoon, originally released to theaters on February 6, 1937. This was the 92nd Mickey Mouse short to be released, and the third for that year.
Mickey puts on a magic show, but is interrupte ...
''
** ''
Get a Horse!''
** ''
Runaway Brain
''Runaway Brain'' is a 1995 American animated comedy- horror short film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Featuring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, the short centers on Mickey attempting to earn money to pay for an anniversary gift for Mi ...
''
** ''
The Simple Things
''The Simple Things'' is a 1953 animated short subject, part of the ''Mickey Mouse'' series, produced by Walt Disney Productions. Released by RKO Radio Pictures on March 27, 1953, the short is notable as the 126th and final regular entry in the ...
''
** ''
Gulliver Mickey
''Gulliver Mickey'' is a black and white short cartoon in the '' Mickey Mouse'' series, produced by Walt Disney and released by United Artists in 1934. It was the 66th Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the fourth of that year.
Plot
Mic ...
''
** ''
Mickey and the Seal''
** ''
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
''Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip'' is a 1940 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was directed by Clyde Geronimi and features original music by Leigh Harline and Oliver Wallace. Th ...
''
** ''
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
''
References
External links
Official site
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