Fantasmic!

Fantasmic!
Disneyland
AreaFrontierland
Coordinates33°48′42″N 117°55′16″W / 33.8117216°N 117.921144°W / 33.8117216; -117.921144
StatusTemporarily closed
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Opening dateMay 13, 1992 (May 13, 1992)
Disney's Hollywood Studios
AreaSunset Boulevard
Coordinates28°21′41″N 81°33′30″W / 28.3612559°N 81.558249°W / 28.3612559; -81.558249
StatusOperating
Opening dateOctober 15, 1998 (October 15, 1998)
Tokyo DisneySea
AreaMediterranean Harbor
Coordinates35°37′34″N 139°53′11″E / 35.626199°N 139.886346°E / 35.626199; 139.886346
StatusRemoved
Opening dateApril 28, 2011 (April 28, 2011)[1]
Closing dateFebruary 29, 2020 (February 29, 2020)
ReplacedBraviSEAmo!
Replaced byBelieve! Sea of Dreams
Ride statistics
Attraction typeLive show
DesignerDisney Live Entertainment
ThemeDisney Films
MusicBruce Healey[2]
Ray Chew (2024 Disneyland version)
Don L. Harper (Tokyo DisneySea version)
Duration22–30 minutes[3][4]
HostMickey Mouse
Fastpass available
FastPass+ available
Disabled access Wheelchair accessible
Assistive listening available

Fantasmic! is a nighttime show at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios. The show formerly operated at Tokyo DisneySea. It features fireworks, characters, live actors, water effects, pyrotechnics, lasers, music, audio-animatronics, searchlights, decorated boat floats, and mist screen projections. The narrative of Fantasmic! is a voyage through Mickey Mouse's imagination that culminates in a battle against the Disney Villains.

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 Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Imagineering.

A second version featuring new scenes opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios in 1998, and a third version premiered at Tokyo DisneySea 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 will premiere at Disneyland in May 24, 2024 with new battle sequence.

  1. ^ "OLC Announces Tokyo DisneySea to Reopen on April 28th - LaughingPlace.com: Disney World, Disneyland and More". LaughingPlace.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Bruce Healey – Fantasmic! (2008, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Fantasmic!". Disneyland. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Fantasmic Show and Fireworks - Walt Disney World Resort". Walt Disney World. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017.