Mickey's PhilharMagic" features
the largest seamless projection screen in the world, representing the
most immersive wrap-around image Disney has ever created. The screen
measures 150 feet long and 28 feet high.
Donald's voice as heard in the
show was created out of classic performance from the past by Clarence
"Ducky" Nash, the original voice of Donald Duck. Tony Anselmo,
the current voice of Donald, added a few lines that were not recorded
by Ducky in the past, such as humming the melody to "Be Our Guest."
The entire production of "Mickey's
PhilharMagic" was created totally on computer, representing the
first time the featured classic Disney characters were completely modeled
and animated by computer.
The show features the largest
cast of classic Disney animated stars who have ever performed together
in a single 3-D show.
Animator Nik Ranieri, who brought
Lumiére to life for Disney's animated classic "Beauty and
the Beast," returned to render him in 3-D for "Mickey's PhilharMagic."
Animator Glen Keane, creator of the magical Ariel in "The Little
Mermaid," also returned to develop her in 3-D for this spectacular
experience.
The long mural that spans the
lobby is a composite of imagery from animated classic Disney movies
with musical themes: "Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom," "Melody
Time" and "Fantasia."
The show is in the same theater
as the "Mickey Mouse Musical Revue" in which Mickey made his
Magic Kingdom debut as an orchestra conductor in 1971. In 1980, the
show moved to Tokyo Disneyland where it became an opening day attraction
in 1983. It continues to play at Tokyo Disneyland today. The 3-D film
"Magic Journeys" and the live puppet show "Legend of
The Lion King" occupied the theater until the installation of "Mickey's
PhilharMagic."
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