Twilight_Roxas
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During the Mickey sketching before Donald, and Goofy appears the spot where Donald would appear has A113.
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News Wondrous Journeys firework show coming to Disneyland
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Starship824
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- In the Parks
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Does anyone know if Wondrous Journeys will be replaced during the Halloween and Christmas seasons this year. During the 60th they kept running DL Forever and didn’t do the Christmas show.
waltography
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The composer Chris Lennertz did an interview with some YouTubers on Wondrous Journeys. Interview was okay, but Chris offered lots of interesting nuggets, including:
- Each section was thought of as a chapter during story development. A couple that Chris names in the interview are:
- "Wishing": Snow White/Pinocchio
- "Leaping": Quartet
- "Flying": For the First Time in Forever
- The quartet section is supposed to serve as the Act 1 closer. It was inspired in part by the Animazement trio, but they wanted to one-up the trio (quite literally) so they settled on four characters.
- During the exploratory phase for the music, the show was hovering around the low-20 minute mark before they began cutting, which is why the show relies a lot on medleys and short quotes of songs (like Mulan in the Big Hero 6 sequence)
Californian Elitist
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It’s concept art. There are other examples of this throughout the show (Hercules, Beauty and the Beast, Moana, Hunchback, etc.).
Mickey’s final Fantasia look appears at least twice in the show; once during this part with the concept art and towards the finale.
There's been an incursion in the timelines!
waltography
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“It’s Wondrous” and “It’s Wondrous (Lawrence Version)” are both now available on YouTube Music. Spotify/Apple Music/other platforms coming soon I’m sure.
TTA94
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Starship824
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- In the Parks
- No
No official word yet. All we know is soon.
wtyy21
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Both songs are made non-public by its composers. So, here the soundtrack for public viewing.
(It's Wondrous theme song)
(Exit Music)
waltography
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Wondrous Journeys was B-mode again this evening, which wasn't all that surprising. I am glad we didn't stick around to wait for it though; I want my first time watching this show in person to be as intended.
waltography
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Okay, now they're officially out on all streaming services. 
TP2000
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Just throwing this out here...
How many average Disneyland visitors do you think notice that the fireworks show changed from the last time they visited?
Magic In The Stars.
Remember Dreams Come True.
Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations, Presented by Ziploc.
Disneyland Forever.
Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular.
Mickey's Mix Magic.
Wondrous Journeys.
Blah Blah Blah, Boom!
But honestly, does the average visitor at Disneyland care?
Do fireworks have to be some overthought concept full of mostly the same music but with marginally different lighting cues and music composition regularly rebranded as "new"? Or does it just need to be fireworks exploding above the Castle with pretty lights and peppy music?
I'm betting it's the latter for most folks. I know I certainly don't care which show it is or what Steve Davison did to get a six figure income to name each show differently, so long as the Santa Ana winds die down by showtime and the fireworks actually happen.
How many average Disneyland visitors do you think notice that the fireworks show changed from the last time they visited?
Magic In The Stars.
Remember Dreams Come True.
Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations, Presented by Ziploc.
Disneyland Forever.
Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular.
Mickey's Mix Magic.
Wondrous Journeys.
Blah Blah Blah, Boom!
But honestly, does the average visitor at Disneyland care?
Do fireworks have to be some overthought concept full of mostly the same music but with marginally different lighting cues and music composition regularly rebranded as "new"? Or does it just need to be fireworks exploding above the Castle with pretty lights and peppy music?
I'm betting it's the latter for most folks. I know I certainly don't care which show it is or what Steve Davison did to get a six figure income to name each show differently, so long as the Santa Ana winds die down by showtime and the fireworks actually happen.
Squishy
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Blah Blah Blah, Boom is best show
PiratesMansion
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If people didn't care, we'd still be stuck with that terrible Pixar show, and WDW would be stuck with their mediocre 50th show in perpetuity. But it's not a coincidence they're going back to Happily Ever After the minute the 50th celebration is officially over.
I'm also thankful for the backlash Disneyland got when they went back to Fantasy in the Sky a few times in the last decade.
I'm grateful people do care.
CaptinEO
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I actually really like Fantasy in the Sky. Nice to not have an over the top show with loud music and movie clips and just simple fireworks.
I hope they keep it in rotation. Very romantic to have nice evening fireworks without hearing characters yelling about following their dream or whatever.
TrainsOfDisney
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That’s a loaded question. Disneyland is such a unique place it’s hard to say who the average guest is.
I know that when I was at wdw for the end of illuminations, I talked to a lady who booked her vacation specifically to see the last illuminations because she had such good memories of seeing that show with her grandchildren who are now grown. This was not a Disney fan, or passholder, this was a grandmother who had that fond of memories of a fireworks show from yearly trips with the grandkids.
That’s just a random conversation i had but those shows are incredibly powerful and memorable even to the “average” visitor.
TP2000
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Well, I suppose you're right, at least in the big picture.
I guess I just get automatic rolled eyes whenever some new marketing thing comes out of TDA and they breathlessly announce a "New!" fireworks show, set to the same music catalog and using the same lighting cues and Castle effects (that approximately 4% of the audience can even see or notice), as if we've never seen fireworks at Disneyland before. Or we don't expect fireworks at Disneyland for our $139 ticket.
I love fireworks, and I love Disneyland, and I love fireworks at Disneyland. But at some point, they just have to admit its a 9 minute fireworks show not too much different from all the fireworks they've done since 1958. Blah Blah Blah, Boom!
Where is Steve Davison nowadays, anyway? He used to be the face they'd always put out onstage to represent whatever latest marketing campaign came along. But you don't see or hear from him much lately.
