Disney On Ice Mickey's Search Party

Disney On Ice Mickey's Search Party (also known as Discover the Magic during its 2022 international tour) is a Disney On Ice show that originally premiered in 2018 and is currently playing now. The show halted its run in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but returned in 2021 a year after.

## Show Synopsis

### Pre-Show

The show starts with some of Captain Hook's pirates as they search for Tinkerbell, the hosts arrive and encourage the audience to scare off the pirates, and of course hype up the audience for the show they're about to see. But the show can't start without the Magic Meter being full, a job Tinkerbell volunteers to do, as the show begins.

### Act 1

As the show starts, several skaters perform exciting hoverboard, trampoline, and skating stunts as we are invited to "check it out", as Donald, Goofy, Minnie, and Mickey arrive to attempt to start the show, only to be interrupted by some of Captain Hook's Pirates and Mr. Smee, who have searched for all of the world's most powerful magic, minus Tinkerbell's wand, as they successfully achieve capturing Tinkerbell and taking her wand in the process. The only way to free her is to fill up the magic meter again, following the clues from the map, the first clue being a rose, which Mickey gives to Minnie, creating magic.

This clue leads into Beauty and the Beast, Belle enters the Beast's castle as Lumiere offers dinner for Belle and attempts to make her feel welcome, while Cogsworth worried about what will happen if the Beast finds out. During the Be Our Guest number, an enchanted chandelier lifts Belle off the ground and into the sky.

The second clue is a box of toys, from the world of Toy Story, as they need to get the box of toys down, with the help of Goofy, and some audience members.

In Andy's Room, Woody, Bo Peep, Buzz, Rex, Hamm, and Jessie notice a ball on the shelf and have to get it down with the help of the green army men led by sarge, with them trying to get the ball from the shelf through numerous acrobatic attempts, and the ball eventually comes off the shelf and into the audience as they are encouraged to get the ball back to the ice. Woody notices Andy's arrival, only for him to leave a few seconds later. As the toys are relieved, of their troubles, they head back into the box and call it a day.

The next clue represents a wave, as the hosts get the audience to create a crowd wave big enough to set sail to Motunui, leading into a segment based on Moana.

Moana goes on a journey to restore the heart of Te Fiti, tries to recruit Maui, only for him to boast about his many many accomplishments and stealing her boat because simply he can, after realizing who she is thanks to some persuasion from the spirit of her grandmother boards her boat, and eventually facing Te Kā and tries to get her to find out who she truly is restoring the heart once and for all. Moana and Maui set sail to another bright day.

The Pirates return with very little motivation for the hosts, but accidentally reveal the next clue represents a guitar, and encourages a lucky audience member to play it, leading into a segment inspired by Coco. Miguel enters through the arena stairways and performs "Remember Me" before arriving to the Realm of the Dead with a spirited performance with blacklight puppetry, skeletons on poles, and Miguel's epic perforamcne of a medley of "Un Poco Loco" and "Proud Corazon".

### Act 2

Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and the hosts come back and tell the audience they are doing a great job finding the clues, only for the pirates to arrive to introduce Captain Hook, with thunderous applause (it really depends from show to show), asking for the pirates to give him the stolen wand, only for them to have lost it, with Captain Hook giving up and making them all walk the plank. As Mickey and his friends find a treasure chest, the hosts find a lamp which is the next clue leading into the story of Aladdin.

Genie arrives as one lucky audience member rubs the lamp, and introduces his BFF Aladdin with the magic word "Abracadabra", showcasing his marvelous powers (and shiny gold jacket). Aladdin notes how Genie can grant any wish, and wishes for true love, which Genie declines breaking Rule #2: He can't make anyone fall in love. Aladdin settles for a date, and some new clothes, as the Genie transforms Aladdin's street rat attire to princely garments, and of course introduces his date: Princess Jasmine, as Aladdin invites her to see the world. Before the segment ends, Genie comes back out and says pretty common quotes and impressions at a rapid pace.

The hosts come back and have a discussion about the next clue....a chair noticing the pirates are back, with them scaring them away again, and finding a message in a bottle leading into The Little Mermaid.

Sebastian is introduced, and worried about Ariel going up to the surface, as Ariel has plans to meet up with Eric, with Sebastian trying to persuade Ariel that life under the sea is better than anything the surface has to offer. Sebastian still worried after she does go on the surface and gains human legs, meeting Prince Eric, as they perform an aerial routine to Kiss the Girl.

The final clue, Mickey and his friends encourage the audience to close their eyes and imagine a wintry wonderland....leading into Frozen.

In the world of Frozen, Kristoff and his ice harvester friends show off some cool ramp tricks, as Kristoff runs into Anna recruiting him to help find Elsa, as Olaf enters the scene knowing exactly what to do and leads the way to meet Elsa, now in her ice palace free from the kingdom of Arendelle. Anna and Olaf reunite with Elsa.

The magic meter is filled which frees Tinkerbell, who also got her wand back from the pirates, which Mickey calls for a celebration. Tinkerbell flies and uses her magic to bring out a lot of the stars from the show, including surprise appearences from Snow White and Dopey, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, and off-ice appearences of Peter Pan, Pooh, and Tigger.

## Stories and Characters Represented

### Hosts and Characters in Search Party Transitions:

* Tinkerbell
* Mickey Mouse
* Minnie Mouse
* Donald Duck
* Goofy
* Benji
* Jas
* Captain Hook
* Mr. Smee
* Two Teeth
* Four Teeth

### Stories Represented

* Peter Pan
* Beauty and the Beast
* Toy Story
* Moana
* Coco
* Aladdin
* The Little Mermaid
* Frozen
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
* Tangled
* Winnie the Pooh (2018-2020)

## Trivia

* This show is the first show to have a Frozen segment less than half an hour unlike previous shows, and the first and only show to have a number dedicated to the film's opening number Frozen Heart as opposed to being background/entrance music for Kristoff.
* This show marks the return of Bo Peep to Disney On Ice. Her last appearance in Disney On Ice was Toy Story 2 from 2001 to 2006.
* Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Peter Pan are the only characters who don't skate in the finale, and when Peter Pan returned to the show in 2022, he still did not skate.
* This show included aerial segments, ice stunts, and
* This show is the last show to have a poster featuring the animated characters as opposed to recent shows where it features pictures of the live versions of the characters, which this show included would also follow.
* The transitions to each segment and the show features a Peter Pan inspired storyline throughout with Peter Pan not being involved, making it the first show since the 1998-2001 version of In Search of 101 Dalmatians to have a classic movie be included in helping transition to each segment.
* It was planned to be on tour in Japan from July to September of 2020 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the show series in that country, but was delayed to 2022 in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
* Early live posters of the show include pictures of the characters in their park costumes while in the actual show, they have completely different costumes exclusive to the production.

## Gallery

Friend Like MeKristoff and his ice harvester friendsToy StoryMoana and Te KaCast Photo of the ShowUpdated version of the show poster with characters instead of animated graphicsAn alternate poster with the standard versions of the costumesMickey and the gang in show exclusive costumesCoco Segment