Locations
At Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, ''Mickey's PhilharMagic'' is located adjacent to Peter Pan's Flight 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 ''Magic Journeys'' film after it left pavilion to make way for ''Captain EO''. Most recently, it was home to the stage presentation ''Legend of The Lion King''.
In Hong Kong Disneyland, ''Mickey's PhilharMagic'' is located adjacent to the Dumbo, The Flying Elephant attraction in Fantasyland.
Attraction development
The attraction is unique in being one of a very select amount of attractions in in which Walt Disney Imagineering has collaborated with another division of The Walt Disney Company - in this instance it was Walt Disney Feature Animation. This same partnership developed the ''Fantasmic!'' shows at Disneyland and the Disney's Hollywood Studios. Legendary Disney animator Glen Keane re-rendered Ariel from '''' in 3D, returning after rendering her in 2D in the original movie. Nik Ranieri, supervising animator of Lumiere in '''', also returned to animate that character in 3D. Donald Duck's Voice is actually archival voice recordings by his original voice actor, Clarence Nash. Tony Anselmo only recorded four lines for the attraction.
Plot synopsis
Mickey Mouse is performing with his PhilharMagic Orchestra at the Fantasyland Concert Hall. Inside, there are posters advertising the Concert Hall's past productions and performers, such as Hades from '''' and from ''''. Upon entering the theater's lobby, guests pick up their "opera glasses" . During their wait, guests hear orchestral music from ''Fantasia 2000'' and other Disney animated films.
Goofy, the Concert Hall's stage manager, admits the guests into the main theater, where final preparations for the performance are underway. Unfortunately, Donald Duck has gone missing just as Goofy raises the curtains to reveal that the stage is empty, save for a conductor's podium and a small steamer trunk, within which Donald is sleeping. Mickey asks Donald to unpack the instruments, then places his famous Sorcerer's Hat on the podium, telling Donald not to touch it.
After Donald unpacks all the instruments, including a grand piano, from the small trunk, he is tempted to try on the Sorcerer's Hat himself. He does so, which causes the magical instruments to come to life. However, when Donald bullies a small flute, the other instruments rebel, creating a whirlwind of magic and music. He loses the hat in the maelstrom and passes through scenes from '''', '''', '''', ''The Lion King'', '''' and '''' while trying to retrieve the hat.
Ultimately, Donald retrieves the hat, only to have it knocked away by . Donald jumps after it, returning to the musical maelstrom that he had left earlier. Mickey returns, grabs the hat and uses its powers to restore order. As a fitting end, Donald gets knocked into a tuba and is then shot from the stage and into the theater's back wall.
Talent
Most of the original voice cast reprised their original character roles in each of their own respective Disney films, excluding Peter Pan , Donald Duck and Simba . According to Disney staff members at Walt Disney World, an estimate of about 80 talented musicians and/or background singers performed the music for the film as well as the return of famed composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice , who arranged the music for each song they had worked on since some verses or lines of these songs were skipped for this attraction.
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