Changes to Fantasmic! (Johnsonverse)

Fantasmic! is a long-running nighttime show at both Disneyland in California and Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, and formerly at Tokyo DisneySea. It is about the power of the imagination, showcased by Mickey experiencing a dream during a night in which he is asleep. It originated at Disneyland in 1992 after Disneyland's entertainment department was asked to create a nighttime spectacular involving water and fireworks to invigorate the space in front of the Rivers of America. Disneyland Entertainment employed the resources of Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Imagineering as collaborators. Much of the area around the Rivers of America needed to be reworked, including terracing the walkways to accommodate viewing and modifying part of Tom Sawyer Island so that it could act as a stage for much of the show's live-action. The show temporarily closed at Disneyland in 2013 for construction of Discovery, but was brought back, with numerous changes, on the park's 60th birthday on July 17, 2015.
== Changes Made in 2015 ==
* Brand-new mist screens and lasers were installed
* The princess segment had several changes; the vocals for the songs were changed to the original movie versions (Angela Lansbury for "Beauty and the Beast", Jodi Benson for "Part of Your World", a chorus for "Someday My Prince Will Come", and Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi for "At Last I See the Light")
* A brand-new Ursula float, much more reliable than the original, was introduced, moving across the river along with Flotsam and Jetsam (a.k.a. "Flotsam and Jetski"), who were modified with better visibility
* In the climax, Ursula's death scream was replaced with the one from the movie, and Maleficent's death scream as she is falling was also switched to the movie version (which itself was originally the Evil Queen's death scream)
* In the finale, Ariel and the Beast are in their human forms
* The Mark Twain finale has had characters swapped out, with Disney, Pixar, Johnson, Marvel, and Star Wars characters appearing at various points. As of May 2024, the character lineup is as follows:
** Bow: Belle, Prince Adam, Ariel, Prince Eric, Rapunzel, Flynn Ryder
** First deck: Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Pluto, Chip, Dale, Chuck E. Cheese, Billy Bob Brockali
** Second deck: Snow White, Prince Ferdinand, Jenny G. Denver, Makayla Gómez, Aladdin, Jasmine, Mary Poppins, Tiana, Captain America, Aurora, Prince Philip, Cinderella
** Third deck: Steamboat Willie, Chewbacca, Chocodile, Alice, Mad Hatter, Rei Ayanami, Roger Rabbit
** Stern: Ritsu Tainaka, Tsumugi Kotobuki, Azusa Nakano, Yui Hirasawa, Mio Akiyama
** Most of the performers on the boat are human, while Jenny, Makayla, Rei, and all five Ho-kago Tea Time members are AnimeTronics
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