''Fantasmic!'' is a nighttime show at

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and

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. The show formerly operated at

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. It features

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, characters, live actors, water effects,

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, lasers, music,

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, searchlights, decorated boat floats, and mist screen projections. The narrative of ''Fantasmic!'' is a voyage through

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's imagination that culminates in a battle against the

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. ''Fantasmic!'' originated at Disneyland in 1992 after Walt Disney Creative Entertainment was asked to create a nighttime spectacular involving water and fireworks to reinvigorate the space in front of the Rivers of America. The area was reworked, including terracing the walkways to accommodate viewing and modifying part of Tom Sawyer Island to allow the show's staged live action segments. The producers employed the resources of

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and

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. A second version featuring new scenes opened at

in 1998, and a third version premiered at

in 2011, replacing '' BraviSEAmo!''. An updated version of Disneyland's ''Fantasmic!'' debuted in 2017, featuring a re-recorded soundtrack in addition to new scenes, lighting, choreography and costumes. A third version premiered at Disneyland in 2022 with new clouded lasers and searchlights in the viewing area. A revamped version premiered at Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2022 with new scenes and special effects. After a fire destroyed the animatronic dragon in April 2023, a fourth version premiered at Disneyland in May 2024 with a new Maleficent and Sorcerer Mickey battle sequence.

Disneyland version

''Fantasmic!'' takes place on the waters of the Rivers of America at

and on a stage across the waterway on Tom Sawyer Island.

Synopsis (since 2024)

The show begins with

being transported into his

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. He dances and orchestrates various water fountain, pyrotechnic, projection, laser and lighting effects to the show's theme. Mist screens rise from the water, acting as projection surfaces for various scenes from Disney movies. The show then transitions into a jungle scene from ''

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'', featuring a puppet of Kaa and three floating barges carrying King Louie and black-lit monkeys (that debuted in the Tokyo version) across the river stage. The song transitions into "

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". The music then segues into a

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rendition of " Pink Elephants on Parade" from ''

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'', as animated pink elephants appear onscreen and in the form of performers on the island. The scene then transitions to " Friend Like Me" from ''Aladdin''. Sorcerer Mickey watches the

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perform tricks. Then they go under the sea as they head into the world of ''The Little Mermaid'' and ''

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''. A bubble floats by and

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appears onscreen, searching underwater for

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. An animated Monstro appears suddenly, accompanied by a heavy musical score as he crashes through water. The sea morphs into the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" flood scene. As Mickey looks around in the dark and asks "What's going on?", a ship caught in a storm appears. The Sailing Ship Columbia during the Pirates of the Caribbean scene of Fantasmic

The Sailing Ship Columbia during the Pirates of the Caribbean scene of Fantasmic

A cannon is fired from Sailing Ship ''Columbia'', portraying itself as the Jolly Roger. The Lost Boys and the pirates participate in a stunt sequence with

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and Mr. Smee and it ends with the fountains that projecting the

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chasing Hook away. As the scene concludes,

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draws the moon, with projections of Prince Naveen, Tiana,

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and the

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. The projections turn to clouds as

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and

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are on the stage while a rendition of "

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" plays. Then three small barges arrive carrying Belle and the Beast, Ariel and Prince Eric, and

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and Flynn Rider, with the accompanying signature melody from each film — "

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", " Part of Your World", and " I See the Light". Fantasmic 2

Mickey's dream takes a turn for the worse. The magic mirror appears onscreen and tempts Mickey to enter the darker realms of his imagination. When asked if he has the courage, Mickey accepts the challenge, and the mirror traps Mickey inside. The Evil Queen calls all the

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to partake in Mickey's nightmare, invoking a riled Ursula who joins the Queen's plot to destroy Mickey. Ursula calls upon Chernabog, who summons deceased spirits. Chernabog then summons

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, who threatens Sorcerer Mickey as she rises from the pillar. Onstage, Maleficent sets the waters ablaze, summoning fire onto the river. Mickey defeats Maleficent, destroying the villains in the process. Tink reappears with the ''Mark Twain'' Riverboat approaching with fireworks, and a black-and-white Mickey from ''

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'' appears. Mickey then appears again to conduct a final set of fireworks and water fountains before leaving in a bright blast of

Development

The original Disneyland soft opening and press premiere were scheduled to begin on Wednesday, April 29, 1992, and continue through the weekend. By late afternoon, rioting began in Los Angeles following the acquittal of the Los Angeles police officers involved in the

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beating. Promotional materials with the catchphrase "Be There When the Night Ignites" were quickly pulled from public circulation.

Refurbishments

Disneyland's ''Fantasmic!'' has undergone several technical refreshes. A new sound system debuted in the summer of 2007, along with new show barges featuring LED lighting arrays. A complete overhaul of the lighting system debuted in the spring of 2008. The three mainland lighting towers, which rise hydraulically from pits in the ground prior to the show, were rebuilt with pull-out slides for the new Clay Paky Alpha Spots and Washes and redesigned for the new Strong Gladiator IV followspots. The footlights on the mainland side at water level were replaced with LED fixtures. Refurbished pyrotechnic barges were given new technologies derived from Disneyland's Air-Launch Firework (ALF) system. In 2008, the three original 70mm projectors were replaced with high definition (HD) digital projectors. A new audio-animatronic dragon (nicknamed Murphy by fans, after Murphy's law, when the dragon experienced multiple delays in 2009) was built to replace the previous dragon which had been a mechanical dragon's head mounted to the top of a Genie boom lift where the man basket used to go and two wing assemblies that were raised up and were flapped manually with poles. The new dragon was designed to be a full-bodied replica of Maleficent's final form in ''Sleeping Beauty'', standing at 45 feet tall. In early February 2010, the entire Rivers of America were drained. Both the ''Mark Twain'' and the Sailing Ship ''Columbia'' were refurbished, and the track along which the ships travel was replaced. The show's underwater effects underwent maintenance as well, and the laser effects for the finale were upgraded. On August 28, the second-generation dragon broke again, partly collapsing during a performance. It was restored to the show on November 12. ''Fantasmic!'' and other attractions were closed on January 11, 2016, due to the construction of ''Star Wars'': Galaxy's Edge. It reopened on July 15, 2017. This version features some scenes that are inspired by the defunct Tokyo DisneySea version of ''Fantasmic!'', along with the "Imagination" song as part of the post-show. The show was remastered, featuring a new sequence with segments from ''Aladdin'', ''The Lion King'' and ''Tangled''. In December 2023, Disneyland announced that the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' segment would revert to the ''Peter Pan'' segment.

2023 fire incident

On April 22, 2023, during the performance of the show, the audio-animatronic Maleficent dragon caught fire. It became engulfed in flames which resulted in its destruction. The

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area was evacuated, with no injuries being reported according to the Anaheim Fire Department. The show returned in 2024 without the audio-animatronic dragon.

Disney's Hollywood Studios version

Synopsis (since 2022)

The Florida version of the event and show takes place at the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater, with a rocky mountain and a façade of trees serving as the setting. The narrative of the Walt Disney World version is fairly similar to that of Disneyland's original version and defunct Tokyo DisneySea version, with the show's introduction and conclusion nearly identical. However, there are some notable differences throughout the rest of the show. * The ''Fantasia'' sequence at the beginning of the show transitions into a scene from ''

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'' only. * The ''Dumbo'', ''Aladdin'', ''Little Mermaid'', and ''Finding Nemo'' sequences are replaced with a segment containing a bubble montage of Disney animated films being presented on the mist screens that includes ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Fantasia'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

'', '' The Little Mermaid'', and '' Frozen''. * The ''Peter Pan'' segment is replaced with a medley of Disney heroes and heroines, featuring onstage appearances of

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, Elsa, and Moana. From 1998 to 2020, the original show instead featured an onstage battle scene from ''

'' during the entirety of this act. *

and the Prince still appear in the princess segment, dancing to " Someday My Prince Will Come", instead of Rapunzel and Flynn. * Scenes of Evil Queen that summons the Magic Mirror and her transformation as Old Hag, which appeared in the original Disneyland version, is retained in the Florida version. * The climax features more villains than in the Disneyland version. In addition to the Evil Queen, Ursula, Chernabog, and

, Cruella de Vil from ''

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'',

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from ''The Lion King'', Frollo from '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', Jafar from ''Aladdin'' and

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from ''Hercules'' also appear. * The battle between Mickey and the villains, as well as their subsequent defeat, is longer in the Florida version. * Mickey appears in his ''Brave Little Tailor'' attire and uses the sword to defeat

, in her dragon form. * Instead of the ''Mark Twain'' Riverboat, the characters appear on board the ''

'' during the finale.

Hollywood Hills Amphitheater

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located at the

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, in Florida, that showcases the nighttime spectacular ''Fantasmic!'' It is located off of Sunset Boulevard, between ''The Twilight Zone'' Tower of Terror and the Theater of the Stars, where the ''Beauty and the Beast'' stage show takes place. The ''Fantasmic!'' stage in Florida is significantly larger than Disneyland's, featuring a man-made, mountain on which Sorcerer Mickey stands and from which the dragon emerges. The amphitheater has 6,900 seats, with room for an additional 3,000 people standing. The moat around the island itself can hold of water. Pop Secret became the official sponsor of ''Fantasmic!'' at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Prior to this, ''Fantasmic!'' was the only nighttime fireworks show at Walt Disney World without a sponsor, with '' Wishes'' gaining sponsorship from Pandora Jewelry in 2014, while IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth was sponsored by

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from 1999 to 2003 and sponsored by

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from 2005 until 2017.

Refurbishments

In March 2020, this version of ''Fantasmic!'' was temporarily closed due to the

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. Walt Disney World reopened it in July with the lagoon drained. ''Fantasmic!'' reopened a short time later. The show was later remastered in 2022 featuring a new heroics sequence with segments from ''Pocahontas'', ''

'', ''

'', '' Moana'' and '' Frozen''. The duration is twenty-nine minutes long.

Alternate show: "''Taste of Fantasmic!''"

The Florida version has a four-minute-long substitute show that plays when inclement weather prohibits the presentation of the regular show. The alternative show does not showcase any of the performers, floats, or puppets due to the dangerous conditions that are posed to the performers because of the possibility of rain accumulating on the stage. Instead the ancillary show is a brief summation of the conventional show; including a fountain display synchronized to " Little April Shower", a sequence integrating the "

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" music, and a finale orchestrated with all of the usual pyrotechnics and musical fanfare from the original show's conclusion.

Tokyo DisneySea version

''Fantasmic!'' debuted at Tokyo DisneySea on April 28, 2011, replacing the ''BraviSEAmo!'' show in the Mediterranean Harbor. The show was originally planned to debut on April 23 with the park's 10th Anniversary "Be Magical!" celebration, but was delayed by the Great East Japan Earthquake in the previous month. Originally, Fantasmic! was planned in 2001 for the park and the story would be themed around Tokyo DisneySea but was scrapped and instead DisneySea Symphony debuted. It is said that of the barges were reused from Tokyo DisneySea's former nighttime Christmas show "Candelight Reflections", but were reimagined. The Christmas tree barge was used for Mickey's sorcerer hat. This barge would also be used for Tokyo DisneySea's former nighttime Christmas show "Colors of Christmas" (2012–2019). The show's score was recorded by the

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, composed by Don L. Harper, featuring Bruce Healey's theme from the original ''Fantasmic!'' at the US parks. The DisneySea version has new scenes and narrative elements, including scenes based on ''Aladdin'', ''Finding Nemo'', and ''Cinderella'', and the original new song "Imagination". This is the only version of ''Fantasmic!'' to not have a stationary stage, with the show taking place entirely on barges. All of the characters' dialogue and sung parts were recorded in Japanese by the characters' respective Japanese voice artists. This version of Fantasmic! was directed by Steven Davidson and because of this, he implemented technologies used in Disney California Adventure's World of Color nighttime spectacular. 5 of the 6 barges were equipped with World of Color-style water fountains. One central, underwater water screen nozzle was installed under the harbor, as well as the 4 moving barges were equipped with water screens as well. This created that large-style water screen used in World of Color. The show itself is a hybrid version of Fantasmic! and World of Color. This concept would later be used in some form for Disneyland's renewal version in 2017 as it drew inspiration from Tokyo DisneySea's version. This version of ''Fantasmic!'' closed on February 29, 2020. It was originally scheduled to conclude its run on March 25 and then close on March 26, but was moved up due to the extended closure of Tokyo Disney Resort in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Fantasmic! was replaced by an all-new nighttime spectacular called ''Believe! Sea of Dreams'', debuting on November 11, 2022. A few months after the end of Fantasmic!, the former hat barge was lifted out of the water and placed on a small area of the original dry dock (behind Soaring A Fantastic Flight show building). The hat itself was dismantled, along with old equipment. The base was then refurbished for its new role in Believe! Sea of Dreams.

Future/Potential Paris version

In late September 2020, the ''Fantasmic!'' barges were spotted backstage in dry dock at Tokyo DisneySea. While it was thought that they would all be dismantled, in February 2021, it was discovered that Disneyland Paris had purchased a few of the barges for a future version of Fantasmic! or other nighttime show on the future Adventure Bay over at Disney Adventure World. Sometime in late 2020, early 2021, the barges were shipped to Paris. It was confirmed that the 4 main barges that circle the harbor were shipped to Paris and have since then been housed in a backstage parade warehouse until they can be lowered into the backstage marina of Adventure Bay. It has also been confirmed that Tokyo did not sell the magic mirror/dragon barge. Tokyo also did not sell Paris the “Sorcerer Apprentice’s Hat” barge to Paris as they wanted to repurpose the barge base itself for the “Second Star to the Right” barge that is used in Believe! Sea of Dreams.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the original Disneyland show was included in the 2015 release of ''Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection: Disneyland''.

Voice cast

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(1992 version) / Bret Iwan – Mickey Mouse (2017/2024 version) *

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(archival recordings; 2017/2024 version) *

Heather Headley Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-born American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the title role of '' Aida''. She also won the 2010 Grammy A ...

– Female Vocalist (Princess Medley; 2017/2024 version) * Chris Mann – Male Vocalist (Princess Medley; 2017/2024 version) * Suzanne Waters – Female Vocalist (Princess Medley; 1992 version) * Fletcher Sheridan – Male Vocalist (Princess Medley; 1992 version) * Jared Butler – Jack Sparrow (voice-over; 2017 version) *

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– Jack Sparrow (archival footage; 2017 version) *

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(2017 version) *

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(archival footage; 2017 version) * Eddie Carroll –

* Christopher Steele -

(1992/2024 version) *

Corey Burton Corey Burton is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Captain Hook, Ludwig Von Drake and others for The Walt Disney Company, Shockwave on '' The Transformers'', Brainiac in the DC Animated Universe, Count Dooku and Cad Bane in ...

– Magic Mirror (2017/2024 version), Chernabog,

(1992/2024 version), Mr. Smee (1992/2024 version) * Kathryn Beaumont –

(1992/2024 version) * Louise Chamis – Evil Queen/Old Hag * Pat Carroll – Ursula * Linda Gary –

, Opening Announcer *

Tony Jay Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was a British actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive raspy ...

– Magic Mirror (1992 version) Disney's Hollywood Studios *

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(1998 version) / Bret Iwan – Mickey Mouse (2022 version) * Eddie Carroll –

* Suzanne Waters – Female Vocalist (Princess Medley) * Fletcher Sheridan – Male Vocalist (Princess Medley) * Louise Chamis – Evil Queen/Old Hag *

– Magic Mirror, Judge Claude Frollo * Linda Gary –

, Opening Announcer (archival recordings) * Pat Carroll – Ursula * Susanne Blakeslee – Cruella de Vil * Jonathan Freeman – Jafar *

Jim Cummings James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in over 400 titles. Cummings has frequently worked with the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., serving as the offic ...

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* James Woods –

– Chernabog *

Linda Hunt Linda Hunt (born Lydia Susanna Hunt; April 2, 1945) is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (film), ''Popeye'' (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in ''The Year of Living Dangerously (fil ...

– Grandmother Willow (1998 version) * David Ogden Stiers – Governor Ratcliffe (1998 version) * Judy Kuhn –

(archival recordings; 2022 version) * Brad Kane –

(archival recordings; 2022 version) *

Idina Menzel Idina Kim Menzel ( ; ; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress and singer. Particularly known for her work in Musical theatre, musicals on Broadway theatre, Broadway, she has been Honorific nicknames in popular music, nicknamed the "Queen of ...

– Elsa (archival recordings; 2022 version) * Auliʻi Cravalho – Moana (archival recordings; 2022 version) Japanese version (Tokyo DisneySea): * Takashi Aoyagi –

* Kyoko Satomi – Evil Queen/Old Hag * Tamio Ōki – Magic Mirror * Toshiko Sawada –

* Kumiko Mori – Ursula *

Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor' ...

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, Stitch

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Fantasmic! at Disneyland

Fantasmic! at Disney's Hollywood Studios
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Disneyland version

Synopsis (since 2024)

Development

Refurbishments

2023 fire incident

Disney's Hollywood Studios version

Synopsis (since 2022)

Hollywood Hills Amphitheater

Refurbishments

Alternate show: "''Taste of Fantasmic!''"

Tokyo DisneySea version

Future/Potential Paris version

Soundtrack

Voice cast

See also

References

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