Fantasmic

Fantasmic

Last Updated: May 17, 2023

Spectacular nighttime laser, light, fireworks, special effects, and action adventure presentation starring Mickey Mouse where guests are taken deep into Mickey's imagination to witness the ultimate battle between good and evil.

ID:

TMS-540

Dates Open:

May 1992 --

Replaced By:

Land:

Frontierland

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Construction: 4 Onstage: 48 Backstage: 35

Articles:

177

Ride Layout:

Ride Duration:

27 minutes

Deaths Injuries:

Deaths: 0 Injuries: 2

USB Drive:

series2022 Chapter 6 Time Point : 00:08

Video Length:

46:49

Video Excerpt:

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Fantasmic

Movie Tie-In:

Fantasia

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SPECIFICATIONS

Theoretical Capacity: 24000 per hour

THEORETICAL CAPACITY

This figure is what the attraction should yield under ideal conditions utilizing all units in the system with no loss in efficiency at any position. This figure should be seldom or never attained. It is an ideal against which to measure.

Trip Time: 27:00

TRIP TIME

From dispatch to unload.

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Some imagination, huh? So concludes Mickey Mouse at the end of Fantasmic and it's doubtful anyone can disagree originally intended to be called either Imagination or Phantasmagoria. Fantasmic is an elaborate state-of-the-art outdoor music and pyrotechnics show that almost defies the definition.

To install a stage and create the special effects. In 1992 the Rivers Of America waterway in Frontierland was drained the southern tip of Tom Sawyer Island was rebuilt and the islands mill was relocated after the first year prove so overwhelmingly successful, but also overwhelmingly crowded terraced walkways were added near Frontierland in New Orleans Square to accommodate the thousands of guests who gathered nightly along the river banks to witness the mesmerizing 22 minute show.

The complicated multimedia presentation incorporates many different elements usually including over 50 cast members most taking on multiple roles and featuring thrilling music and sound effects thirty foot tall spotlight towers 125 special effects that can generate 6 foot flames 11 floating craft an assortment of smoke machines laser black lights and water cannons.

The show also features a hundred foot long snake a crocodile 25 ft wide by 17 ft tall a 20 foot taller Ursala from the Little breathing mechanical dragon some of the most innovative elements of the production are huge water screens on which full color animated images are projected and screens which are 30 ft tall by 50 ft wide by 4 in thick require thousands of gallons of water to create. Mermaid an appearance By the Mark Twain Riverboat and or the Sailing Ship Columbia and as of 2009 a 40 foot tall fire

The Fantasmic plot follows the hero Mickey and his sorcerers costume as he battles various Disney villains resulting in a tour of classic Disney movies from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Beauty and the Beast one possible drawback of Fantasmic. Is it at what is canceled in any inclement weather when would soak viewers with water from the water screens. Up until a 2007 remodel the public's best view was from a balcony outside the nearby Disney Gallery which once offered a special vantage point for those with reservations.

The dragon has an unofficial nickname given to it by the cast and crew of the show. Its nickname: Bucky. Original name for Fantasmic was Imagination but was changed since Disney could not copyright the name. This was the first show in the US to use the new French water screens. In addition to being used for back projection, they can completely hide Tom Sawyer Island for set changes. Film images are projected onto three massive mist screens which appear on the River.

Each screen is 50 feet wide, 30 feet high, and 6 inches thick. Features include lasers, fog effects, water fountains, fireworks, and fiber-optics technology.

Maleficent, the Sleeping Beauty sorceress, is transformed into a 45-foot dragon which breathes fire and ignites the surface on water screens) and a 25-foot-long Crocodile move about the river. of the River. Five water barges are the means by which a 20-foot-tall Ursula (originally on a barge currently shown only

For the most part, Fantasmic! Takes place on the water. The remainder of the production occurs on the new "rest area" in front of the Cider Mill on Tom Sawyer Island. While guests may visit here during the day, at night it is a performance space including a 20-foot by 20-foot trap door.

Statistics: Crew: 50 per performance Costumes: 341 costumes are necessary to operate seven nights a week. Sound effects: A full orchestral score and a variety of sound effects are presented in full surround sound on an all-new, computer-controlled, state-of-the-art sound system. Projectors located on the island create images on the screens using 70 mm film. Special Effects: Seven separate hydraulic lifts and three compressed air lifts are used to assist in the special effects. (Lasers, fog, smoke, water effects, fire and pyrotechnics.) Watercraft: In addition to the Mark Twain Steamboat and the Columbia Sailing Ship, Fantasmic! Features five new "show barges". The barges used to transport characters during the show, are 20 feet long by 4 feet tall

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The dragon has an unofficial nickname given to it by the cast and crew of the show. Its nickname: Bucky.

Original name for Fantasmic was Imagination but was changed since Disney could not copyright the name.

This was the first show in the US to use the new French water screens. In addition to being used for back projection, they can completely hide Tom Sawyer Island for set changes.
Film images are projected onto three massive mist screens which appear on the River. Each screen is 50 feet wide, 30 feet high, and 6 inches thick.
Features include lasers, fog effects, water fountains, fireworks, and fiber-optics technology.
Maleficent, the Sleeping Beauty sorceress, is transformed into a 45-foot dragon which breathes fire and ignites the surface of the River.
Five water barges are the means by which a 20-foot-tall Ursula (originally on a barge currently shown only on water screens) and a 25-foot-long Crocodile move about the river.

Statistics:
Water screens are 30 by 50 feet and 4 inches thick
Stage: For the most part, Fantasmic! Takes place on the water. The remainder of the production occurs on the new "rest area" in front of the Cider Mill on Tom Sawyer Island. While guests may visit here during the day, at night it is a performance space including a 20-foot by 20-foot trap door.
Crew: 50 per performance
Costumes: 341 costumes are necessary to operate seven nights a week.
Sound effects: A full orchestral score and a variety of sound effects are presented in full surround sound on an all-new, computer-controlled, state-of-the-art sound system.
Projectors located on the Island create images on the screens using 70 mm film.
Special Effects: Seven separate hydraulic lifts and three compressed air lifts are used to assist in the special effects. (Lasers, fog, smoke, water effects, fire and pyrotechnics.)
Watercraft: In addition to the Mark Twain Steamboat and the Columbia Sailing Ship, Fantasmic! Features five new "show barges". The barges used to transport characters during the show, are 20 feet long by 4 feet tall and are docked in a new Backstage marine with six pyrotechnic barges.
Audience Capacity: 12,000 guests per show, standing along the banks of Disneyland's Rivers of America in Frontierland and New Orleans Square.
KAA the Snake: 100 feet long

In 2009 a 45-foot-tall, 18,000-pound dragon nicknamed "Murphy" was installed and premiered on 9/1/2009

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