FANTASMIC!
The stage is pretty much identical to the set at WDW. The set consists of a mountian, with the stage set at it's base. A five-foot moat that surrounds the mountain. There are several hundred lights and water jets in the moat. There are also a series of several levitating trap doors within the stage that allows quicker set amd character changes. Off to the right of the moutain, lies Bald Mountain.
(Lights dim in the amphitheater) Welcome to Fantasmic! Tonight, our friend and host, Mickey Mouse, uses his vivid imagination to create magical imagry for all to enjoy. Nothing is more powerful than the imagination, for in a moment, you can experience a beautiful fantasy or an exciting adventure, but beware! Nothing is more powerful than the imagination, for it may also expand your greatest fears into an overwhelming nightmare. Are the powers of Mickey's incredible imagination strong enough and bright enough to withstand the evil forces that invade Mickey's dream? You are about to find out. For we now invite you to join Mickey and experience Fantasmic!, a journey beyond your wildest imagination...
Scene 1 -Introduction- As in any Fantasmic show, the few opening and ending scenes are very much identical. A beam of light shoots from within the stage. Twenty-foot lighting/projection towers ascene through the stage on the upstage left and right sides. They glisten as they rise. Mickey arrives through a trap door, conducting a score of lighted fountains athat shoot from the moat. Mickey then shoots a pyrotecnic burst from his finger tips. Suddenly, three water screens, which are projected on from under the stage, shoots across the stage, as an image of Sorcerer Mickey appears.
Scene 2 -Sorcerer Mickey- This scene is identical to those at WDW and DL. An image of Mickey conducts a series of stars and waterfalls that shoot into the audience. In the end, Mickey sends a series of stars colliding into eachother, forming a big pyrotecnic explosion.
Scene 3- Flowers- Beautiful flowers are then projected onto the screen, as a voice sings the Fantasmic! theme. Two large groups of people, each wearing a flower petal appear, and form a flower, which changes colors during the scene.
Scene 4- Tarzan's Jungle- The water screens disappear into the air and a variety of trees rise from the trapdoors. Vines hang from the light towers, as Tarzan and Jane swing from tower to tower. Several animal puppeteers move about onstage. Two puppeteers operate a Tantor elephant on stage. Terk appears on a vine-covered float that travels across the moat. On two other floats, a series of Jungle monkeys move to the music of "Two Worlds" from the movie.
Scene 5- Bubble Dreams- The water screens come back on and fills with bubbles, containg several different characters. Bubbles fly out above the audience. This segment features several smaller segments.
A Whole New World- One of the bubbles comes into focus and then the water screen disappears. A Jasmine and Aladdin actor sit upon a hydraulic lift, disguised as the magic carpet. Large areas of smoke fill the stage to hide the lift. The two sing the refrain to "A Whole New World" before fading back into the bubbles.
I Got No Strings- The scene is identical to DL's. A black-lit Pincohhio puppet stands onstage, alongside two female puppets. Laser strings light up, making it appear that they are being puppeteered. The puppets fade, as the music fades into a score from Beauty and the Beast.
Be Our Guest- The entire scene takes place on the water screen. Lumiere and the other castle objects sing the refrain from the song. Confetti shoots into the audience, as pyrotecnic explosions shoot off overhead. The scene then disappears into the bubble it came from. The water screen fills with bubbles.
Under the Sea- While, the bubbles are floating across the screen, wave projections appear all over the stage. Ariel is on a suspended string that is attached from one tower to another. She floats majestically above the scene. Sebastian, Flounder, and other fish friends sing the refrain to "Under the Sea", before fading back into a series of bubbles.
Scene 6- Monstro Attacks!- This scene is also same as the others. On the water screen, Jiminy Cricket finds Monstro heading for the audience! He splashes several waves onto the audience! Mickey Mouse, almost drowning in a channel of water, heads down a whirlpood and sucked into darkness. Suddenly a huge explosion goes off.
Scene 7- Hercules in Thebes- Hercules descends onto the stage on Pegasus. His trainer, Phil, the half human/ half goat, is a puppet operated from the trap doors in the stage. A series of several faux buildings are in the background, making it seem like a city. A large rock lies in the middle of the stage. The citizens surround the rock and all seem very jittery. Megara appears from within the crowd of people and runs to Hercules for help. She says that two boys are trapped under the rock. Hercules immediately sprins to action!
Scene 8- The Hydra- Hercules heads to the back of the rock (away from the audience) and punches a large hole into the rock, as two kids quickly run out from behind. Just when Hercules thought his job was done, guess again! Suddenly, the large Hydra slithers out from within the rock. Hercules quickly cuts off the Hydra's head. (Each time the head is cut off, a green pyro goes off from the spot it was hit, kinda looking like green blood spurting out (cuz that isn't gross at all...))
Three heads sprout from the rock. Herc continues his job. Two more heads sprout out. Still cutting off heads...Five heads spout heads. The Hydra now has ten heads and are about to strike. Suddenly, Zeus appears on the water screen and tells Hercules that a true hero is measured with the size of his heart. Suddenly, Hercules gains new strength, and uses the power gained from Zeus to destroy the Hydra. The crowd cheers, as Hercules hops back on Pegasus and starts to ascend off the stage. Hercules, with a raised sword, finishes the last verse to "Go the Distance", before the stage fades to black.
Scene 9- Princess Medley- The Fantasmic! theme is sung again, as three Disney couples travel across the barge on their own LED float. Each float has a blue LED tint, but as each princess's song is played, their float comes to life with color. Belle and the Beast dance to "Beauty and the Beast". Ariel and Eric dance to "Part of Your World". Snow White and her Prince dance to "Someday, My Prince Will Come". The stage then fades to black and an ominous tone is heard.
Scene 10- The Evil Queen- The queen appears on stage and summons her magic mirror, which appears on the water screens. The mirror tells the queen that Mickey's imagination can never be defeated. The queen, in a fit of rage, rushes to her brewing cualdron. She adds several ingredients, each igniting a spark from the cualdron and then transforms into the old Witch. The Witch summons the Mirror to call the forces of evil. While doing so, Ursula appears in the mirror's reflection.
Scene 11- Poor Unfortunate Souls- A large thirty-foot puppet Ursula appears out of the mist, moving across the moat, proclaiming how she'll own Mickey's imagination! Two puppeteers, portraying Flotsam and Jetsam, move sleekly through the audience.
Scene 12- The Cave of Wonders- Jafar appears on the water screen and curses Mickey to the Cave of Wonders, where Mickey races through the cavern on a magic carpet, before encountering Jafar as a snake! The snake's eyes light fiercly, heading after the mouse. Mickey finds a magic lamp and rubs it, sending Jafar out of the lamp as a pwerful genie! Just as Jafar is about to unleash his powers, a large explosion occurs!
Scene 13- The Underworld- Hades appears in the Underworld. The character is actually on the stage, with a real blue flame on his head! A projected skull appears on the mountain. Hades erupts with fury, sending a large pilar of flame from the stage. Hades mentions how he has some more plans for the audience.
Scene 14- Night on Bald Mountain- Suddenly, the large AA Chaernabog atop Bald Mountain comes to life! Flame shoots from the tips of the moutain. Spirit forms are projected onto the moutain. Also, puppeteers with spirit puppets move through the audience, beofre a large blaze comes from the stage!
Scene 15- Mickey VS. Maleficent- Maleficent says how Mickey now has to deal with her and she sends a large explosion towards Mickey. She begins to grow bigger, towards the sky. Before the water screens show her as a dragon. All of the villains laugh together and disappear into flames. The flames disappear to reveal the large dragon, who spews a flameball into the moat, setting it ablaze. Mickey takes conrtrol of the scene and controls water fountains, which extinguish the flames. Mickey draws a sword from a nearby stone and sends jolts through the dragon's body. All of the villains scream together, before exploding into thousands of tiny particles.
Scene 16- Ship of Dreams/ Finale- After a moment of silence, Tinker Bell appears on the screen and reveals a mystical ship coming along the moat. The ship is being captained by Steamboat Willie and features characters from just about every movie, cruising along with him. Lights and water fountains fill the scene, followed by pyrotecnics. Suddenly, Sorcerer Mickey appears in a burst of light, atop the moutain. He conducts the fountains and fireworks that shoot off. In a dramatic ending, he disappears from the top and reappears at the bottom and says "Some Imagination, huh?" then disappears, as beatiful pyrotecnics go off. The light towers glisten again and descend dow into the stage, before the entire amphitheater goes dark.
At the end of the show, once you leave the amphitheater, you notice the fiber optic lighting imbedded in the ground twinkles. All of the lands except the Forbidden Mountains, Dark Forest, and Villain's Vale are closed after the show. All rides are closed as well, leaving shops open. The Forbidden Mountains have gone quiet. Chernabog no longer stands at the top of the mountain. In the Dark Forest, fiber optics imbedded in the trees add a glistening, fanciful effect to the area. The area is no longer dark and foreboding, as it once used to be. Finally, on Villain's Vale, the once Dark Castle, is now glistening in a midst of twinkling fiber optic lights and projected magic.
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Next up- Kingdom Hearts Ultimate Adventure!!
Here's to the future of this resort!! :sohappy: