The History of Fantasmic! - Disney's Original Nighttime Spectacular
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- Explore the History and Evolution of Disneyland’s (original) Fantasmic! From it’s origins as a Haunted River show, to abandoned show elements, and its eventual incarnation at Walt Disney World’s MGM Studios (now Hollywood Studios).
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Michael Eisner looking awkward next to that Maleficent that is way overacting is absolutely the best part of this video.
i mean of course it'd be awkward to have a powerful crazy villain standing next to Maleficent
Agreed, he’s the best and most successful Disney villain by far, poor Maleficent just trying to live her best life next to him
Took the words out of my mouth
"See you at Disneyland! BRING MONEY!"
@@simone3249 oh my-
Now you can add a footnote about the Disneyland Fantasmic dragon animatronic spectacularly incinerating during a show.
I saw the Fantasmic show over in Japan almost ten years ago. I can't remember that much but one thing that stood out was the dialogue. I was there with my brother and our friend who is Japanese and she was laughing because she couldn't believe how dark it was with Ursola saying "I will kill Mickey Mouse. I will squeeze him until his head explodes." They didn't hold anything back.
To be fair, who _hasn't_ wanted to squeeze Mickey Mouse until his head explodes at one point or another?
I never fully put it into perspective until watching this show: Fantasmic is easily the best nighttime spectacular at any theme park. The use of live actors puts it above and beyond the competition.
Right? It’s absolutely amazing
I’m a WDW girl so I’ve only seen our show and it’s my favorite of all the shows in Disney
It's an amazing experience! But you have to get your seat early.
I just put 13:33-13:58 on repeat like 4 times because the way you said "There's also a rumor that Michael Eisner was afraid of people comparing Mickey to Je-Sus" absolutely ascended me. Like I can't stop laughing now 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
OH MY GOD I GOT A HEART THANK YOU SO MUCH YESTERWORLD!!!
I don't blame him for being afraid of that, not one little bit!
Storytime: My family made plans for a Disneyland trip back in 92, and accidentally scheduled it for the opening weekend of Fantasmic. Mom likes to remind me that the traffic around the Rivers of America was a nightmare, as this was before they added the terraced walkways to act as a theater.
Years later, we were back when they finally switched from cherry picker Bucky to the magnificent animatronic dubbed Murphy. As luck would have it, we were there a year later for the performance where Murphy famously lost his head, and evil triumphed once more. We were seated by the Frontierland docks (disabled seating), and watched as the Mark Twain approached and the costumed cast members were talking to each other in shock. It was hilarious, especially since the lights and music cut when it started making it's round of the river.
So, 2012 comes by, and my mom hears about the special 20th anniversary show coming up and wanted to get the merchandise since we were annual passholders. We go to the store in Frontierland to get them, only to be told we had to go wait in a special line outside the park to get a pass to get them, which no cast member had ever mentioned in the day prior when my mom found out about the event. My mom was pissed, and began to recall the events that transpired, being there for the opening and for Murphy loosing his head. The cast member made a phone call, and we were able to walk out with 2 brand new t shirts.
I can only imagine you were also there when murphy caught on fire? loool
@@cplova333 unfortunatly, we were a week late ;_; RIP Murphy, best animatronic pain in the ass ever.
I have never been so excited for a Yesterworld. Fantasmic turns me into a child every time, I’m so happy to see you make a video on it
Yes! I get butterflies when I watch it
I have always loved Epcot Illuminations for its music and majesty, but there is nothing like Fantasmic to really carry the “Disney” magic and triumph!
Yeeees, it’s my favorite Disney park show!
“You think you’re so powerful. Well, this is my dream!”
Welp, River Haunt is my favorite disney thing that never happened.
You have no idea how excited I was to bring this lesser-known aspect of theme park history to light
@@YesterworldEntertainment they should totally do it for halloween. reality check: yeah right
Yesterworld Entertainment I knew it was something Haunted Mansion related but wasn’t aware how insane it went!
Um.. he was shoved into a coffin and it exploded? It was a magic trick? Frankenstein traps the ghosts? And.. there's a dog. Yes this sounds amazing.
@@YesterworldEntertainment Was certainly the first I've heard of it..and a little part of me wishes I hadn't haha, oh how magnificent that would have been.
"But then, one of the eels capsized mid-performance." This sentence says enough, but I still want to know _more_
Exactly I wanna know how it happened
The yesterworld logo is like a seal of quality
ABSOLUTE FACT!
No truer words can be said
The Defunctland logo as well.
@@jacobcoburn3269 facts
Disney was a client of my Dad's and he did a lot of work for them including the water mist projections for Pirates of the Carribean (after Dead Man's Chest came out) and also did Madame Leota's face on her crystal ball (after Haunted Mansion premiered).
One of my favorite stories he had was while he worked during Fantasmic (wish I remembered the year) and got to see how the Maleficent dragon worked- those flames are produced by igniting DRY COFFEE CREAMER. So weird and cool! Also helped give the flames a more french vanilla scent than a charred woody one.
Little bit of trivia, when the original version of “Fantasmic” was being developed at Disneyland, “Imagination” wasn’t the only work-in-progress title. They also considered naming the show “Phantasmagoria”.
“Phantasmagoria” sounds really cool
Every time I fall into a depressive episode I turn on Disneyland’s Fantasmic and it immediately brings me joy, it truly was a highlight of my Disney park experience growing up and the magic still lives on
Steve Skorija, Bruce Healey, and Ken Whitcomb all worked on arrangements for the 2nd movement of IllumiNations. The new theme was composed and orchestrated by Bob Krogstad and the first and third movements were orchestral adaptations of the original Carnival/New World/Laserphonic arrangements that I did. The River Haunt was developed by myself and Adam Bezark following our work on IllumiNations at Epcot. Those are early storyboard drawings and you can see which elements made it into Fantasmic after further development.
Wow, the original creator of the show is responding to the video!!!
It's an honor Mr. Dorsey.
The original fantasmic will always be my favorite and I fondly remember many aspects of it like how many more fireworks there were back then and seeing the Ursula float in person.
Fantasmic is the epitome of Disney magic and imagineering imo. It makes me laugh, cry and feel like a child again every time. I hope it never goes away.
A friend and I traveled to LA for a weekend to visit Magic Mountain and DL. It happened to be Mother's Day weekend, and we went to Magic Mountain on Saturday, and Disney on Sunday (Mother's Day). On Sunday, we were touring the park and walking toward the queue for Pirates when we saw cast members roping areas off and asked if there was going to be a parade. A cast member told us that there was going to be a sneak preview of a new show, and it would be amazing. She told us where to stand when we came back, and to keep an eye out for any crowds gathering so we could get in or near that good spot (bridge area of the walkway near Pirates). We made it, and what a show! I've seen the show many times since, but I'll never forget that first one! It was something very special to witness!
I first saw Fantasmic in 1998 as a child and saw it again in 2018. Still never gets old even with some upgrades. It never fails to make you emotional.
16:42 I’m surprised you used footage from my channel! I’m honored that you credited me as well. Also, I’m still amazed that my Dad caught that blooper on camera. LOL! Keep up the great work with making attraction history videos!
The Hollywood Studios version makes me cry every time I watch it. Just hearing the song brings me so much joy. I needed this rn. Thank you.
Edit: it took me most of the video for me to look down and realize I had been wearing a Fantasmic shirt all day this video was meant to be released today
Fantasmic is easily my favorite part of going to a Disney Park. Everytime I hear the intro song my heart flutters. It along with Illuminations reflections of Earth are pure perfection.
Who else misses the original Disneyland Fantasmic soundtrack? I like some of the new additions but the vocals just aren’t the same, nostalgic sound that I grew to love
Me!
Yea, I miss it every time. I would watch Fantasmic both shows every night I visited. Which was sometimes about 50 nights a year. Now I still watch it. But once a trip is ok. Why did they need to add the super dated synth brass and melissa ethridge type vocalist is beyond me. Also can't sit along the riverfront anymore because of how ear piercing jack sparrow is when he's wining about his compass.
They even doubled down on the fireworks at the end.
the old soundtrack is in the Hollywood studios but other parts have been added
I’ll never forget seeing this show at the age of 10. I was blown away by the Maleficent dragon animatronic from Disneyland, and couldn’t stop raving about it after.
The Pocahontas segment is my favorite part!
The dragon animatronic sounds kind of like the King Kong animatronic from the 1976 film. So much effort to build a 10 story robot and only 3 seconds of usable footage.
I’M COMPLETE. This is my favorite show at Walt Disney World. I wish they would update it as well as the dragon. Loved it since I was a kid. I’ve waited for you and Theme Park History to make a video on the history of Fantasmic. Thank you for another free video
Mine too. I remember begging my parents to stay and watch this with me and they reluctantly agreed (though they were tired and wanted to go back to the hotel and sleep). When we watched it, both my parents thanked me to being persistent and they said it was one of their favorite shows they had ever seen :) .
Mine tooooo 😭❤
The Tokyo Disney version of the show looks amazing
I love how you used a clip from "Young Frankenstein."
you could say Yesterworld was "puttin on the ritz!" :D
It’s pronounced “FRONK-en-STEIN!”
@@Maniac536 such a great movie :D
I loved the actor gene
Marshan Thomas may he RIP
Okay, I can’t be the only one with DISTINCT memories of the Ursula figure being part of the show until at least 2004-ish. I just don’t remember the arms being articulated. I’m pretty sure that she was still part of the show after the 90s but she was in a B mode
Yeah I saw the show in either 1999 of 2000 and she was definitely there, but I also remember her not moving at all, not her arms, not her mouth, nothing
Yep, Ursula was absolutely there in the early 2000s, she was just a floating, completely still barge. Drifted awkwardly around in a circle.
Why is this making me cry? I just miss Disneyland so much.
As much as i love the heck out of it the disney world versiom could use an update
For sure
Love fantasmic cuz it's the best time to experience short lines for the rides lol
The beams into the air give me chills
I can't even think about fantasmic without crying, is so beautiful and magical
Here after what happened last night
Same. Did anyone predict that this would happen?
Yesterworld: (uploads video)
Me: Today is a great day!
Yesterworld: (Makes it about Fantasmic)
Me: Today is a perfect day!
(Ps: I was born the day Fantasmic premiered, and have always been heavily attatched to that show)
Anyone else find the Ursula float kinda creepy?
Jason’s Games Super creepy.
(Molly from AllEars has left the chat)
Fifthrider who’s that?
Now imagine her rotting and abandoned. Brrr...
Funny story: Way before I became interested in Disneyland history and way before I set foot at Disneyland, a friend took her family there. This was the first year of Fantasmic, so family vacation slideshows were still a thing (I miss those!) She shows me her blurry 400 iso photos of Ursula and tells me that she RISES FROM THE WATER and moves around the RoA as this inflatable animatronic and then disappears back INTO the water and that's where they store her. I hate that I believed her. Fast forward to Sept 1999 - my first time ever in Disneyland. I'm 20 years old and dumb as rocks thinking that bellow that horrifyingly dark surface of Rivers of America are a bunch of sleeping animatronics waiting for a cue from a giant theater booth somewhere in the park. I never got to see Ursula in action, but I like holding on to the false idea of her sleeping beneath the Mark Twain...waiting...
CZcams gettin real comfortable with these 15 sec no skippable adds
Mark, hearing your voice after all this time away is so comforting!
Comments like this warm my heart, sorry for taking so long between videos...
Yesterworld Entertainment Never apologize for taking time with your greatness!
I missed you!! I love fantasmic. I was so upset when it was cancelled while I was there!
This is my favorite show at Disney World, it brings back so many great memories. Also, I love your use of the Mickey laugh in place of a curse word, it cracks me up every time.
Well, now days the dragon is super reliable and I'm sure nothing will every happen to it...
Oops
I'm out of the loop what happened
Oh shit it caught fire
11:57 imagine being the dude working on it and hearing the cable snap, followed by a cartoon falling sound effect before a loud ass crash
Fantasmic was my favorite show at Disneyland! The summer when I turned 18 and got my drivers license and an Annual Pass, I would take my sister, her best friend, and I the half hour drive to hang out at Disneyland and watch Fantasmic 3 times a week. We'd watch it from the side near the Big Thunder Mountain ride exit, so you could watch the cast and crew prepare backstage.
This was the same year I learned that my favorite high school math teacher also worked nights on this show as Captain Hook specifically for this show. ((This man could do a backflip on the spot! He was probably the most popular teacher on campus.))
I have visited Disneyland frequent enough to have seen every iteration of Fantasmic in it's history at Disneyland. The Glow-Up that Maleficient Dragon got from a bunch of rags on a cherry picker to a fully realized animatronic was my favorite, even with her temperamental break downs in her first year.
Thank you!! I've been missing Disneyland lately, and this was exactly the nostalgia hit I needed.
I got goosebumps to see you covered this (just found your channel a couple weeks ago). Fantasmic was my all-time favorite Disney experience (show, attraction, movie, food, anything, you name it) as a kid, my family were APs and we watched it every single time we went, which was very often. I know the musical score by heart and almost all of the sequences/dance moves. I could recite the whole thing while listening to the soundtrack, and the outro music that plays when the lights go up still rings out through the promenade pretty often. I was devastated to see the big change after the refurbishment post-galaxys-edge. It really is a totally different show now. I know not all change is bad, I loved the projection mapping and I think it definitely needed an update...but I miss the story, the characters, and most of all, the score. Thanks for covering my favorite, least-discussed show from Disneyland in California!
“Be there when the night ignites”.
Oh it ignited, alright. That’s a hilarious coincident😂😂
I remember the early 2001 version of the show, and I loved it so much, I made my parents take me to it twice! But I do wish I could see the updated versions, though. Great vid!
“Hey April 29th, that’s my birthday, cool!.... oh...ooh... oh no”
Set the night on fire
April 18th it’s my birthday
I get goosebumps just thinking about it. My favorite part of disneyland
Watching this made me miss working in DLR even more. Working Fan is the best experience and Murphy is the BEST fantasmic dragon
Oh Murphy - every time I watched fantastic after he was introduced I would place a bet if he was actually going to show. I can’t imagine everything that goes into making him work but I wished he was more consistent.
same! didn’t get to see him the last time i caught the show (which was a while ago now, before the pandemic) and they projected a dragon onto water instead. an okay replacement if you’ve never seen the show but i really wanted to see that big guy in action :’)
Welp, it's gonna be a very long time till we see him again....or maybe never again :(
I loved seeing Fantasmic back in the mid-2000's in Disney World. We still have the plastic mug from the show that they served hot chocolate in. It has very nice art on it. A shame ours is all scratched up from going through the dishwasher.
Some imagination, huh?
indeed
@Disney_Dude1 dude I doubt it's the real deal.
@@disneyboy3030 It's obviously Mickey Mouse that did a fake account as Bob Chapek to troll us all.
@@notthisbutthat more like a person trying to make propaganda to make people mad at Disney. Seriously there is no proof of any rumors towards them and people are using opinions as news. This is all ridiculous.
R u the real Bob? If waz up and kool u r on here. And please check out my disneyland channel too not professional like this. But I am trying #DisneyDiva. All the Bob if this is really u.
Super interesting! This show was a staple of my childhood.
Brilliant episode, love Disneyland’s Fantasmic simply brilliant
To this day I can still recite the show, word for word. That’s how many times my family and I went to see it.... and listened to the soundtrack
Fantasmic has always been a huge staple of my childhood! So happy that this video exist!
Phantasmic was the only show my friends and I would bother watching back in the day. Simply blew us out of the water, lol. Quite an impressive accomplishment, given that we usually used those kinds of shows to jump on to as many rides as we could while other guests were busy watching, lol
You don't know how incredible this show is, until you're sitting there and watching it live. I really hope I get to see it again someday.
I remeber seeing this as a child in the 90s and last year (2019) I took my kids (6 and 4) and I saw how their eyes lit up as they watched.
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my endless disneyless sobbing
I don't know. I feel it's missing an Eisner reference.
Why did reading this make me cry? I miss Disney so much! 😂😭
I literally shed a tear... wtf is wrong with me 😭
I’d love to see a tower of terror yesterworld
Me too!
Thank you. I vividly remember watching Fantasmic from the Disney Gallery (the balcony above Pirates) in 1995 and seeing Ursula on the water. For years I was wondering where she'd gone, and now I know! I also had a vacation to Disneyland in September/October of 2009 and remember loving the brand new Maleficent Dragon. She worked perfectly the night I saw her. I remember how jarring the WDW version of the show was. The newer version of Fantasmic in Disneyland is good, but I do miss the original version. Even so, I look forward to many more technical advancements and improvements that change and improve the experience!
Also RIP sorcery in the sky. I miss that giant sorcerer Mickey. Haha
I literally LOVED Fantasmic so much as a kid 😭
Oh my gosh! I always wanted you to do a video on Fantasmic! Thank You so much you made my day!
Fantasmic was my favorite show at Disney land , I remember my dad driving me home from my grandmas house on the freeway and seeing the coming soon to Disneyland billboard with dragon and being in awe how awesome it looked ! And when I finally got to see it live I loved it to death!
Sadly due to the loss of Murphy, I feel this video needs an Addendum.
Disneyland’s fantasmic is superior! 💪🏻
HANDS DOWN
No question. It being on the rivers of america makes it feel so much more special than being in a sea world auditorium.
Even at the age of 19, fantastic makes me cry Bc I have such good memories of it. I always for kinda mad that Mickey never battles Maleficent on his sorcerers outfit in WDW, he just grabs a sword, which is kinda lame.
Still, I hope they keep this around for a long time Bc it’s a classic and idk what’s I do if they replaced it.
WDW also had had that weird lift installed as a plan B for when the Dragon wasn't in the mood to breathe fire. Also in first few years years when Fantasmic was a huge draw for Studios, they used to have CM's do stand up skits and little talent things because you would often need to get to the theater a good hour and a half early for a decent seat.
It also happened to me a few times.
2:35 * Offhand Disney has entered the chat *
Outdated, never funny comment has "entered the chat"... please stop, foreigner.
🥰✨Have a magical day ✨🧚♂️@@clvrswine
This was the last thing I saw when I went to Disney world in 2013 , I'd honestly say it was a great way to close out the trip .
Same
Got to do a backstage tour of the show on my first ever trip to WDW! It was the coolest experience!!!
(I almost fell in the lagoon stepping off the canoe🤦🏻♂️)
I'm always enamoured of your work; this is because of your phenomenal clarity in storytelling and research.
Also, dude your arms look swole 💪
I'd love if you did one of these with the Electrical Parade. I was lucky enough to march in the Walt Disney World Main Street Electrical Parade with my high school marching band. it was incredible. our band director made sure to stress a few things: you're gonna sweat more (our uniforms were wool with full length pant legs and sleeves), don't look at the crowd, and DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE CASTLE WHEN IT LIGHTS UP. we all looked at the castle when we passed it lmaooooo
Looking at the castle after specifically being told not to is the most band kid thing I’ve ever heard good lord
So I never knew the eyes and mouths of the Pinocchio puppets actually moved until now.
I have such fond memories attached to Fantasmic. I don't know how old I was when I first saw it (1990 baby here), but it would have been within its first years of operation for sure (I actually think this is the first time it's really clicked with me that little baby me saw Fantasmic when it was still basically brand new). So many trips to Disney I remember us grabbing a spot and saving it for the show towards the end of our night. The Kaa and Chernabog scenes scared the crap out of me at the time though haha. There was one trip where I stood on the trap door on Tom Sawyer's Island and acted out Mickey's part in the show. To this day I always love the times I am able to stop and catch the show, I took my girlfriend to see it for the first time on her birthday the first year we had our passes together, we even did the Blue Bayou dining package. That was something really special. I don't like the newer version as much as the one I grew up with, nostalgia is a powerful thing, but the show never fails to impress. The main theme is an all time classic and the finale version of it especially hits the feels for me something fierce.
That's one of my most favorite things to do is stand on the stage and ride on the boat that they use in Fantasmic. That's where I think the WDW version falls down is it using a bespoke stage. If it's slow enough I love going on the island to open the hatches and look through the holes of the boxes to see which equipment is stored where.
You also forgot to mention the dancing fountains, added in 2014, had constant maintenance issues, static until 2017
I remember seeing this park when I was in elementary school( 2007-2008 )Thanks for making this video
Disneyland’s new fantasmic finally gave us sorcerer Mickey battling the dragon
Fantasmic is one of my favorite performances in the Disney Parks. I always try to see the show at least twice and I even went to Tokyo Disney Sea just to watch their version of the show. Im glad to see a video in the history of the creation
RIP Murphy (Maleficent dragon form)
2009-2023
I know budget-wise it’s probably not very likely, but with the show not operating right now I really hope WDW takes the time to redo and revamp some of the scenes in the Hollywood Studios version of the show, because for as much as I love the soundtrack and ending, that Pocahontas segment really does drag on for way too long, and feels like it was squashed in there from a different show all together.
I remember seeing the show at seven years old and being blown away. All these years later, I'm still impressed.
Every time a company changes a name for money and merchandising all I can think of is Moichandising!
Holy crap i just got hit with so many memories all at once just from reading the title. Thank you!
WDW Fantasmic is one of my favorite parts of all of the parks. I don’t love the new Disneyland one, but the Hollywood Studios one has changed my life truly.
Love the Young Frankenstein video snipit! 👍👍
I still have a memory of the Ursula float going by during the show when i was a kid.
I watched Fantasmic the 3 times we went through my childhood and teens
This was a great behind-the-scenes history of one of the most moving nighttime shows in Disney history! Keep up the good work!
Aw, man. No mention of the Nightwish song? They did such a good tribute to the show, and to the memory of Walt Disney in general. If you have not heard the song, I suggest at least looking up the lyrics.
Also, I love Fantasmic. I saw it at WDW in 2005 during the "Happiest Celebration on Earth" celebration--and my sweet 16. Such good memories! We did the "dinner and a show" at the Brown Derby, and had premium seating for the show. I remember tearing up a lot during the show. ❤
That is one of Nightwish's best songs!
@@ThePlanetOfEurick That song is so awesome!
I miss it so much. It’s so hard to not cry during this show
Speaking of the Disney World Fantasmic, I imagined one where it would have the same enhanced treatment that the Disneyland version has, by putting in new scenes replacing the older ones.
Like replace the bubble montage with extended musical parts for Be Our Guest and Under the Sea, 2 songs from Moana and Frozen (of course Let It Go) and A Whole New World (from the Disneyland version) replacing Pocahontas, along with Tangled in place of Snow White in the princess scene like in the Disneyland version.
That was the most obvious to me in the WDW version is how much more video there was and how less interspersed it was than DL. DL seems to use the video as a transition to clear the stage, setup a boat etc. WDW just has you watching video for minutes, which ends up making it 7:30 longer than at Disneyland!
Fantasmic is an absolute Disney classic. I do wish they would update and upgrade the MGM studios version, it could use the love.
the score for this show is AWESOME!!!!
One dragon finally caught fire, RIP
this is without a doubt, my type of content. adore fantasmic so much!