Fantasy in the Sky

Fantasy in the Sky
Disneyland
Status	Closed
Opening date	1. 1958 2. January 9, 2015 3. September 9, 2016
Closing date	1. 2003 2. May 20, 2015 3. January 29, 2017
Replaced	Disneyland Forever (2016)
Replaced by	Believe... There's Magic in the Stars (2000) Disneyland Forever (2016)
Magic Kingdom
Status	Closed
Opening date	1971
Closing date	2003
Replaced by	Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams
Tokyo Disneyland
Status	Closed
Opening date	1983 1996 2001
Closing date	1988 1995 2003
Replaced	Stardust Fantasy (1995) New Century in the Sky (2001)
Replaced by	Starlight Fantasy (1988-1993) Starlight Magic (1998-2000) Disney Magic In the Sky (2003-2012)
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Status	Closed
Opening date	1993
Closing date	2005
Replaced by	Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams
General statistics
Attraction type	Fireworks spectacular
Designer	Walt Disney Creative Entertainment
Wheelchair accessible

Fantasy in the Sky is a fireworks performance at Disneyland in Anaheim, California from 1958 to October 1999 (with short engagements in 2004 and early 2015), at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida from 1971 until 2003, at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan from 1983 until 1988 (with engagements from 1995 until 1997, and again from 2001 until 2003) and at Disneyland Paris from 1993 to 2005 in Marne-la-Vallee, France.

Walt Disney requested a fireworks show against the backdrop of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in 1958, to keep guests at the park for longer hours and provide much needed night-time entertainment. Early shows were performed by having cast members manually launch hand flares. The show was extremely popular, and became a vital component of the Disneyland experience. When the second Disney park, the Magic Kingdom, opened in Florida in 1971, it was only natural to duplicate the show there. The predecessors to Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, the company who create all the entertainment for Disney parks worldwide, were able to produce a much larger show with a bigger budget and more space to work with - Cinderella Castle is almost three times taller than its Californian cousin.

As the shows aged, many guests began to miss out the fireworks in their visits as they had seen them so many times. In early 2000, to celebrate Disneyland's 45th anniversary, the Disneyland Entertainment team produced a lavish fireworks production to replace the old show, Believe... There's Magic in the Stars. Many guests formed an sentimental attachment to the show, especially when the company created a new additional section of the show, for Christmas, Believe... In Holiday Magic. Believe was itself replaced in 2005 with a special fireworks spectacular, Remember... Dreams Come True, celebrating Disneyland's fiftieth birthday, making it the most expensive fireworks show Disney has ever developed, with shells all around the park and projects, pyrotechnics and creative lighting. Believe was actually discontinued in 2004, while WDCE were developing Remember, Disneyland Entertainment created a new, smaller show using elements from both Fantasy in the Sky and Believe was created to bridge the gap between Believe and Remember; Imagine... A Fantasy in the Sky.