Mickey's PhilharMagic | |
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Entrance at Tokyo Disneyland
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Magic Kingdom | |
Area | Fantasyland |
Status | Operating |
Soft opening date | September 1, 2003 |
Opening date | October 8, 2003 |
Replaced | Legend of the Lion King |
Hong Kong Disneyland | |
Area | Fantasyland |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | September 12, 2005 |
Tokyo Disneyland | |
Area | Fantasyland |
Status | Operating |
Soft opening date | December 8, 2010 |
Opening date | January 24, 2011 |
Replaced | Mickey Mouse Revue |
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Attraction type | 3-D film |
Designer |
Walt Disney Imagineering Walt Disney Feature Animation |
Theme | Animated Disney Movies |
Director | George Scribner |
Creative Consultant | Alex Mann and Rick Schneider-Calabash |
Sponsor | Kodak (2003–12) |
FastPass+ available
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Mickey's PhilharMagic is a 4-D film attraction found at the Magic Kingdom theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, and at Tokyo Disneyland. The film was directed by George Scribner, who is best known for directing Disney's 1988 animated film, Oliver & Company. Mickey's PhilharMagic is a 12-minute-long show featuring 3D effects, scents, and water, as well as a number of characters from Disney movies. It is shown on the largest purpose-built 3D screen ever made, at 150 feet wide.
At Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Mickey's PhilharMagic is located adjacent to Peter Pan's Flight and the Fantasy Faire shop in Fantasyland. This is the fourth attraction to utilize this show building. The theatre originally hosted the Mickey Mouse Revue. Later, it was the home to the 3-D film Magic Journeys, after it left Epcot's Journey into Imagination pavilion to make way for Captain EO. Most recently, it was home to the stage presentation Legend of the Lion King.
At Hong Kong Disneyland, Mickey's PhilharMagic is located adjacent to Royal Banquet Hall in Fantasyland.
At Tokyo Disneyland, it takes the place of the Mickey Mouse Revue, which was originally located at Walt Disney World before moving to Tokyo Disneyland as one of its original attractions.
The attraction is unique in being one of a very select number of attractions in the Disney theme parks in which Walt Disney Imagineering has collaborated with another division of The Walt Disney Company – in this instance, it was Walt Disney Animation Studios. This same partnership developed the Fantasmic! shows at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios. Between the two companies, some of Disney's top talent worked together. Including Disney veteran Alex Mann, who was instrumental in developing and scripting the final story. Legendary Disney animator Glen Keane re-rendered Ariel from The Little Mermaid in 3D, returning after rendering her in 2D in the original film. Nik Ranieri, supervising animator of Lumière in Beauty and the Beast, also returned to animate that character in 3D. Most of Donald Duck's dialogue is actually archival recordings by his original voice actor, Clarence Nash.Tony Anselmo, Donald's current voice actor, recorded only five new lines for the character in this attraction (such as the scene where Donald Duck hums to the tune of the song "Be Our Guest") from Disney's Beauty and the Beast.