What if Don Bluth stayed at Disney?/Wondrous Journeys

**Wondrous Journeys** is a multimedia show that premiered at Disneyland celebrating Disney's 100th anniversary. It features a montage of every film released by the studio over the years which pays tribute to Disney as well as magical moments featuring characters from films, such as *Encanto*, *Hercules*, *The Princess and the Frog*, *Frozen*, and many other films.

The show also features special projection effects showcasing the tribute to the animation at Disney consisting of blank pieces of paper, pencil sketches, and transitions from black and white to finalized colors as well as featuring characters from Disney, such as Mickey Mouse, Bambi, Ariel, Mirabel, and Baymax. Just like in its previous predecessors, the multimedia effect stretches out to certain areas at Disneyland such as Main Street, U.S.A., Sleeping Beauty Castle, the façade of It's a Small World, and the water projection at Rivers of America (on the water screens from Fantasmic!).

## Show summary

### A Spark of Inspiration

Gaze in wonder as Sleeping Beauty Castle and Main Street, U.S.A. become a marvelous canvas for 100 years of Walt Disney Animation Studios storytelling. Thrill as talented artists transform empty pages brimming with possibility into beloved Disney characters and vivid animated worlds awash with magic.

All of this and more is brought to life by soaring music, stunning state-of-the-art projection technology—and on select nights, sensational pyrotechnics!

### 100 Years in the Making

For over 100 years, Walt Disney Animation Studios has unlocked a special kind of wonder in our lives. These films have inspired us to dream bigger, unleash our spirit of adventure, discover the power within—and realize that it’s kind of fun to do the impossible. Wondrous Journeys is an enchanting celebration of the wishers, dreamers and artists at Walt Disney Animation Studios who have shared their imagination and talents with the world.

## Show scenes

The list below shows complete scenes during the show. Due to differences in projection size, certain scenes are absent from the castle side and the Fantasmic! stage side.

* Introduction

At the start of the show, an introduction welcomes guests with the following words:

*"For over a hundred years, Walt Disney Animation Studios has invited audiences to believe things never possible. And so tonight, we once again invite you to wish upon a star, to step into the unknown, and to join us on this our Wondrous Journeys."*

Shortly afterwards, the music begins with the following introductory narration before the show theme *It's Wondrous* begins:

*"Some things start out big, and some things start out small, but sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest change of all."*

During the introduction, the projection on the Fantasmic! stage shows lights with the same colors as Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, while other buildings just show blue searchlight-like lights.

* *It's Wondrous* (show theme)
	+ *Steamboat Willie* (Mickey's footage origin)/*Orphan's Benefit* (Donald's footage origin)/*The Whoopee Party* (Goofy's footage origin)
	+ Line drawing from *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* with following support line drawing contents:
		- *Pinocchio*/*Lady and the Tramp*/*Anastasia*
		- *Encanto*/*The Princess and the Frog*/*Banjo the Woodpile Cat*
		- *Tarzan*/*Peter Pan*/*Brave*
	+ Line drawing and concept art from *Bambi*
	+ *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* from *Fantasia*
	+ *Tarzan*/*The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh*/*The Secret of NIMH*/*Pocahontas*/*The Firebird Suite* from *Fantasia 2000*
	+ Concept arts and animation from *The Sorcerer's Apprentice*/*Aladdin*/*An American Tale*/*The Little Mermaid*
	+ Concept arts and animation from *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*/*Frozen*/*Cinderella*/*Thumbelina*
* Transition featuring Philadelphia Orchestra's silhouette in *Fantasia*
* *When You Wish Upon a Star* (*Pinocchio*, instrument) with following support music:
	+ *I'm Wishing* (*Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*, first lyric only)/*I Wonder* (*Sleeping Beauty*, main melody)
* When You Wish Upon a Star (*Pinocchio*, reprise)
	+ During this scene, the castle side features a flyover of the Blue Fairy, while other buildings use projection scenes from the film instead.
	+ *Tangled*
	+ *Lilo & Stitch*
	+ *The Princess and the Frog*
	+ *Tom Sawyer*
	+ *Aladdin*
	+ *Chicken Little*
	+ *Peter Pan*
	+ *Cinderella*
* Songs of Hope and Yearning (all of which include concept art and animation)
	+ *Go the Distance* (*Hercules*)
	+ *Somewhere Out There* (*An American Tale*)
	+ *Belle* (*Beauty and the Beast)*
	+ *How Far I'll Go* (*Moana*)
	+ *Journey to the Past* (*Anastasia*)
	+ *Out There* (*The Hunchback of Notre Dame*)
* *Almost There* (*The Princess and the Frog*)
	+ *Pocahontas*
	+ *The Lion King*
	+ *Alice in Wonderland*
	+ *The Land Before Time*
	+ *Lilo & Stitch*
	+ *Oliver & Company*
	+ *An American Tale*
	+ *The Rescuers Down Under*
	+ *Thumbelina*
	+ *The Aristocats*
	+ *Brother Bear*
* Transition featuring *The Hunchback of Notre Dame*
* *You Can Fly* (*Peter Pan*)
	+ Features footage of ships from *Lilo & Stitch*, *An American Tale*, *Anastasia*, *Meet the Robinsons*, *Moana*, and *Peter Pan*, and whales from *Pines of Rome from* Fantasia 2000*.*
* *For the First Time in Forever* (*Frozen*)
	+ *Raya and the Last Dragon*
	+ *Encanto*
	+ *Piper*
	+ *Brave*
	+ *Mexico* from *The Three Caballeros*
	+ *The Pastoral Symphony* from *Fantasia*
	+ *Robin Hood*
	+ *Pedro* from *Saludos Amigos*
	+ *Big Hero 6*
	+ *The Swan Princess*
	+ *Babes in Toyland*
	+ *Tangled*
	+ *The Pebble and the Penguin*
	+ *Tarzan*
	+ *Aladdin*
	+ *Frozen II*
	+ *A Troll in Central Park*
	+ *The Rescuers*
	+ *Dumbo*
	+ *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* from *Fantasia*
* Transition featuring *Treasure Planet*
* *Immortals* (*Big Hero 6*)
	+ During the scene of The Golden Bridge from *Big Hero 6*, the castle side features a flyover of Baymax, while other buildings use projection animation of Baymax and Hiro instead.
	+ Opening speech includes:
		- Milo from *Atlantis: The Lost Empire*
		- Patou from *Rock-a-Doodle*
		- Sergeant Calhoun from *Wreck-It Ralph*
		- Raya from *Raya and the Last Dragon*
		- Jaquimo from *Thumbelina*
	+ *Big Hero 6*/*Aladdin*/*Encanto*/*Wreck-It Ralph*/*The Snow Queen*/*Brave*
	+ *Mulan*/*Hercules*/*Hansel and Gretel*/*Tangled*/*Raya and the Last Dragon*/*Frozen*
* *Immortals* (*Big Hero 6*)/*I'll Make a Man Out of You* (*Mulan*)
	+ *Mulan*/*Hercules*/*Moana*/*Return to Neverland*
	+ *Raya and the Last Dragon*/*Robin Hood*/*Aladdin*
	+ *The Nutcracker*/*Treasure Planet* (It's a Small World projection) or *Zootopia* (elsewhere)/*Frozen II*
	+ *Beauty and the Beast*/*Frankenweenie*
	+ *The Old Mill* from *Silly Symphony*
* Casa Madrigal's collapse from *Encanto*, with all related buildings except the tavern at the Fantasmic! stage (Sleeping Beauty Castle, all shop buildings at Main Street, U.S.A. and the It's a Small World building) collapsing in the same way while Baymax breaks a hole in Krei's teleportation portal space.
* *Immortals* (*Big Hero 6*, instrumental)/*Mufasa Dies* (*The Lion King*)
	+ *Zootopia*
	+ *Frozen II*
	+ *Cinderella*
	+ *The Nightmare Before Christmas*
	+ *An American Tale*
	+ *Mulan*
	+ *The Lion King*
	+ *Bambi*
	+ *Pocahontas*
	+ *Tarzan*
	+ *Moana*
* *I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)* (*Moana*)
* *Dos Oruguitas* (*Encanto*, instrumental)
	+ *Mulan*
	+ *Piper*
	+ *James and the Giant Peach*
	+ *Frozen II*
* *Dos Oruguitas* (*Encanto*, refrain part); all related buildings transform into Casa Madrigal with the following contents appearing as Casa Madrigal's glowing door style:
	+ The Madrigal family from *Encanto*
	+ Simba, Nala, Timon and Pumbaa from *The Lion King*
	+ Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie and The Sultan from *Aladdin*
	+ Belle and Beast from *Beauty and the Beast*
	+ Tom, Hunk, Becky and Amy from *Tom Sawyer*
	+ Tiana, Naveen and Louis from *The Princess and the Frog*
	+ Merida from *Brave*
	+ Gerda and Kay from *The Snow Queen*
	+ Anne-Marie, Tanya, Charlie and Itchy from *An American Tale*
	+ Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera from *The Jungle Book* and Shanti and Ranjan from *The Jungle Book 2*
	+ Aurora, Phillip, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from *Sleeping Beauty*
	+ Banjo, Crazy Legs and Cleo from *Banjo the Woodpile Cat*
	+ Moana and Maui from *Moana*
	+ Anna, Elsa, Sven, Kristoff and Olaf from *Frozen*
	+ Ariel and King Triton from *The Little Mermaid*
* *It's Wondrous* (reprise)
	+ *The Little Mermaid*/*An American Tale*
	+ *Tangled*/*Encanto*/*The Sword in the Stone*
	+ *Aladdin*/*Zootopia*/*The Little Mermaid*
	+ *Dumbo*/*Tarzan*/*Raya and the Last Dragon*
	+ *Frozen*/*Beauty and the Beast*/*The Black Cauldron*
	+ *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* from *Fantasia*/*Peter Pan*/*Cinderella*/*Oliver and Company*
	+ *Treasure Planet*/*Atlantis: The Lost Empire*/*Symphony No. 5* from *Fantasia 2000*
	+ *Peter Pan*/*The Rescuers*/*Bambi*/*Tom Sawyer*
	+ *Moana*/*The Lion King*/*Brother Bear*
* The show concludes with the following dialogue (with "When You Wish Upon A Star" as background music):
	+ Narrator: *"And so we come to the end of this chapter."*
	+ Winnie the Pooh: *Oh no, please! Can't we go back to page one and do it all over again?"*
	+ Narrator: *"But Pooh, it is just another turn of the page, and we’re wondering what will come next will be wondrous..."*
* Conclusion (final tones of *It's Wondrous*)
	+ *The Firebird Suite* from *Fantasia 2000*
	+ *Big Hero 6*/*Home on the Range*/*101 Dalmatians*/*The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh*/*101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure*/*Ralph Breaks the Internet*
	+ *The Princess and the Frog*/*The Jungle Book*/*The Emperor's New Groove*/*Piper*/*Meet the Robinsons*/*Pinocchio*
	+ *Bolt*/*Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*/*Hercules*/*Strange World*/*Dinosaur*
* It's Wondrous (Lawrence Version) (Exit Music)

## Trivia

* Because the show's theme is "100 years of Walt Disney Animation Studios' storytelling", it is the first firework show to only feature franchises from Walt Disney Animation Studios.
	+ Therefore, it is the second firework show to only feature one main franchise after *Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular*.
	+ Both shows are held in Disneyland.
* Same to its predecessors, *Disneyland Forever*, *Mickey's Mix Magic* and *Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular*; *Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration* at Shanghai Disneyland and *Disney Enchantment* at Magic Kingdom, the show uses multiple stages.
	+ All four firework shows at Disneyland use the following stages: Sleeping Beauty Castle, Main Street, U.S.A. and It's a Small World, and the Fantasmic! stage near Rivers of America.
	+ All five shows tie in with anniversaries or other special events. *Disneyland Forever* is about Disneyland's 60th Anniversary celebration; *Mickey's Mix Magic* is about Mickey's 90th Birthday celebration; *Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular* is about Pixar Fest; *Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration* is about Shanghai Disneyland's 5th Anniversary celebration; *Disney Enchantment* is about Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary celebration; and *Wondrous Journeys* is about Walt Disney Company's 100th Anniversary celebration.
* With 101 films featured in the show, *Wondrous Journeys* surpasses *Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration* (including 34 franchises) for having featured the most media in a fireworks show.
	+ Due to the show only featuring one main franchise (Walt Disney Animation Studios), it also has the most media from one main franchise featured in a fireworks show.