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''Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland'' was a nighttime spectacular at
Tokyo Disneyland (local nickname ''TDL'') is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to be ...
that premiered on July 10, 2018, alongside ''Dreaming Up!'', ''Let's Party Gras'', and ''Hello, New York!'' as part of the 35th anniversary of
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. The show was produced by
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, under Lead Creative Executive of Parades and Spectaculars
Steve Davison Steve Davison is Lead Creative Executive of Parades and Spectaculars for Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, and is responsible for the overall creative direction of daytime parades, firework displays, and nighttime spectaculars at Walt Disney Pa ...
. ''Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland'' incorporates
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, tree lighting, and many more to depict scenes from some of Tokyo Disneyland's most famous rides and Disney films. It was created as a homage to Tokyo Disneyland and Disney parks worldwide, its lands, and its attractions, past and present. It won the Most Creative Multimedia Spectacular award from the IAAPA association at the 2018 Brass Ring awards.


Technical details

''Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland'' features one of largest multimedia displays of any Disney theme park around the world, much similar in scale to ''
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''. They utilize approximately 88 high-powered searchlights (including moat lights and turrets lights) that illuminate sky across the park, two projectors on the castle and its turrets, 87 water fountains, three lasers both in the castle and its turrets, six small flamethrowers, and new firework launch site, as well as synchronized popcorn lighting around the hub and new colorful tree lighting across the Central Plaza and Cinderella Castle that lighted up during the show. They also combined all elements that Disney has used in nighttime spectaculars at its other parks around the world.


Show summary

Much like
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's fireworks spectacular '' Remember... Dreams Come True'' and '' World of Color: Celebrate!'' at
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, Celebrate! takes park guests on “an unforgettable journey around the Kingdom of Dreams and Magic”. With
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as conductor, guests will find themselves in an “amazing musical fantasy” as the park's lands come to life. Soundtrack elements from ''Remember...'' and other Disney Parks nighttime spectaculars were rescored for the show. It also features a theme song rewritten from “Let the Memories Begin” - the theme song from former nighttime show '' The Magic, the Memories and You'' (the original song was composed by Christopher McGovern) – and was performed by former Disneyland cast member, stage actress and singer
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. Same as previous projection show ''Once Upon a Time'', to avoid overcrowding problems, the show features lottery ticket systems for special viewing areas.


Opening

* Introduction: In a similar fashion to
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and the Mickey Mouse Revue, the orchestra tunes up with
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getting everybody ready before
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(with new look since March 26) makes his appearance on the castle balcony to conduct the show after the magic brooms from ''
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'' (appearing as shadows) clean up the turrets. He then leads the orchestra into a powerful overture (featuring ''Tokyo Disneyland is Your Land''). * Let the Memories Begin: Taken from ''The Magic, the Memories and You'', a montage of many of the park's attractions plays, including
It's a Small World "It's a Small World" is a water-based boat ride located in the Fantasyland area at various Disney theme parks worldwide, including Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California; Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida; Tokyo D ...
, the
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,
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,
Splash Mountain Splash Mountain is a log flume at Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Magic Kingdom, based on the animated sequences of the 1946 Disney film ''Song of the South''. Although there are variations in the story and features between the three locatio ...
, and
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among others. Eventually, the music carries Mickey away on his music book to journey through the different realms of the park.


Adventureland

*
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: Inspired by Aloha e Komo Mai!, Stitch appears throughout the performance of ''The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room'' before crashing the party and starting a storm. * Jungle Cruise: Mickey pilots a
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boat through the rivers of Adventureland as the music builds into an instrumental version of ''
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'', with characters from
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and
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appearing on the castle. *
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: As Mickey rides a boat through the attraction, a montage of moments from the attraction plays set to the music of '' He's a Pirate'' before cannon blasts end the scene. Recycled soundtrack from ''Happily Ever After'' but much of the music is re-arranged.


Westernland

*
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: Mickey pilots the steamboat along the Rivers of America to the sound of an instrumental arrangement of ''Just Around the Riverbend'' from
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. *
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: Reusing Remember's former Frontierland audio segment but with country-western style music, Mickey drives a runaway mine train accompanied by the Country Bears, with the sound of Little Oscar's horn ending the segment.


Fantasyland

* Carousel Princess Montage: As Mickey and Minnie ride the Castle Carousel, a reprise of Let the Memories Begin leads into a montage of many Disney films, featuring
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Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...
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Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' ( ...
, and
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. *
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: In the stretching room, Mickey dons a top hat and a mischievous grin as the various happy haunts appear on the castle, with Mickey playing the pipe organ. While the sequence follows a similar structure to Remember's version, much of the music is re-arranged.


Critter Country and Toontown

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: As the Haunted Mansion sequence ends, Mickey finds himself on a log to take the plunge down into the Briar Patch. *
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: After Mickey drops from Splash Mountain, he finds himself floating down into Toontown by balloons and drives the Jolly Trolley before being pulled into the Gag Factory, where he conducts firework launches by baton, is pulled into a whirlwind, and finally drops on a TNT lever. Reuses the music from Remember's Fantasyland/Critter Country/Toontown montage.


Tomorrowland

* Tomorrowland's Past: Mickey drifts into the spacey realm of Tomorrowland to the sounds of an area music re-arrangement of Miracles from Molecules while attraction posters for many Tomorrowland attractions from Disney parks worldwide past and present drift by, including the extinct Star Jets and
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attractions. Eventually, Mickey sees the attraction poster for Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters and dives in. * Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters: The battle between
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and Zurg seen in the attraction plays out to the sounds of the ''
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'' prologue soundtrack. Recycled soundtrack from ''World of Color''. * Star Tours/Star Wars: Mickey climbs aboard Star Tours: The Adventures Continue and joins the Starspeeder's escape from Star Destroyers before jumping to the under-construction Death Star and escaping to a landing pad on Coruscant. Recycled soundtrack from '' Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular''.


Finale

* Popcorn: An exhausted Mickey notices a popcorn machine on Cinderella Castle and goes inside. As a reprise of "Let the Memories Begin" plays, he starts cranking it until the castle is filled with popcorn. * It's a Small World: The popcorn falls away, revealing the facade of
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. Many characters in that style come across the castle, and the balcony opens on Tokyo Disney Resort's 35th anniversary logo. (Upon the conclusion of the anniversary celebration, the logo was replaced by an image of the enhanced castle to mirror the Tokyo Disney Resort's 35th anniversary logo) * Finale: Mickey rides the music book through all of the park's lands in an ending montage. He is then seen again on the castle balcony to say goodbye, culminating in a final blast of water, light and fireworks.


See also

* ''
Disneyland Forever ''Disneyland Forever'' was a nighttime spectacular at Disneyland that premiered alongside the ''Paint the Night'' parade and '' World of Color—Celebrate!'' on May 21, 2015 as part of the park's 60th anniversary celebration. The show was produ ...
and Together Forever (''pixar version of the show'')'' ** '' Happily Ever After'' ** ''
Disney Illuminations ''Disney Illuminations'' is a nighttime spectacular at Disneyland Park (Paris), Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris. It opened on 26 March 2017 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the park and replaced ''Disney Dreams!''. Based on Ignite the D ...
and Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light'' ** ''
Disney Enchantment ''Disney Enchantment'' was a fireworks and projection mapping show that debuted at the Magic Kingdom on September 30, 2021, as part of Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary celebration. Similar to its predecessor, ''Happily Ever After (Magic Ki ...
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Disneyland Forever ''Disneyland Forever'' was a nighttime spectacular at Disneyland that premiered alongside the ''Paint the Night'' parade and '' World of Color—Celebrate!'' on May 21, 2015 as part of the park's 60th anniversary celebration. The show was produ ...
and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland for its opening and ending in 2022'')'' * '' Remember... Dreams Come True (the show that this is based on)'' * ''
World of Color ''World of Color'' is a nighttime show at Disney California Adventure in the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Conceived by Vice President of Parades and Spectaculars, Steve Davison, and designed by Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, th ...
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References

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