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Disney’s Fantillusion brings the classic story of good versus evil
to life in three glorious acts with your favourite Disney
characters and thousands of beautiful lights. The show
begins with Mickey Mouse himself on a dazzling float covered in
multicoloured lights, as he wishes upon a star for the gift of
Disney light. His wish is answered and the parade route
sparkles with fantasy and Mickey’s magical enchanted garden
follows him along with beautiful plant life and elegant
butterflies. Flora, Fauna and Merryweather continue to
spread the Disney magic through the garden and make dreams come
true for everyone. | But,
before long, blackness looms on the horizon. The Disney
Villains have arrived, and they’re about to immerse you in their
frightful world of darkness! Mickey’s gift of Disney light fizzles out as Maleficent, Jafar and
Ursula overpower the magic with their forces of evil and use all
their deadliest tricks to rule the night. | Just
as you thought there was no end to the darkness, the Disney
Princes and Princesses wish and dream with all their might to turn
the darkness back into light! Once again the parade route
glistens with magic and fantasy and the royal heroes and heroines
celebrate with an unforgettable ballroom finale. In bursts
of colour and light, they float up into the magical night and
perform a beautiful romantic dance right before your eyes!
As the Princes and Princesses move on, Minnie provides a grand
finale of glimmering, shimmering light and fantillusion fireworks!
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magic of the Disney light creates a truly unforgettable night.
Was it fantasy, or was it illusion? There really is nothing
quite like the feeling of Fantillusion… |  | Mickey
begins the show with a magical multicoloured glittering float,
from which he manipulates the “Disney Light” to create the
shimmering Magical Garden which follows behind him. As
Mickey stops the parade, an explosion of light brings with it the
arrival of the Disney characters such as Goofy and Pluto to join
in the magic! |
Floats: | �
Mickey Fantillusion | �
Flora’s Gazebo | �
Fauna’s Carousel | �
Enchanted Flower & Butterfly | |  | The
Disney Villains capture the Disney light and turn everything
to evil! They plunge you into their world of darkness as
they try to take over the show and capture the Disney magic!
As they stop to capture the magic, glittering lights and ominous
music heralds their
transformation into their monstrous alter egos! |
Floats: | �
Maleficent | �
Jafar | �
Ursula | � Dark
Forest | |  | | Keep a
dream in your heart and wish with all your might – here come the
heroic Disney Princes and Princesses to save the day! The
parade finishes with a truly magical fairytale celebration, as the
royal guests dance to memorable music and glittering lights fill
the air, before Minnie ends the show with an unforgettable finale! |
Floats: | � Snow
White & Prince | �
Ariel & Prince Eric | �
Beauty & the Beast | �
Aladdin & Jasmine | �
Finale: Minnie’s Castle | | | | | | |  | The
music for Disney’s Fantillusion in Paris is ultimately the same
as it was when the parade was performed in Tokyo, although
obvious differences are the removal of the voices of characters
which don’t feature in the Paris version and the addition of a
new multilingual introduction spiel. The music was
composed and produced by Bruce Healey, whose other Disney
credits include “Fantasmic!” and “One Man’s Dream”. The
small changes made to the music for Paris were done by Vasile
Sirli, Disneyland Resort Paris’ own musical director. | The
music features a distinct “Fantillusion Theme” which is then altered for the
different acts of the parade. For the Disney Villains
section it becomes darker and more menacing, whereas for the
Happy Ending it gets a royal Princesses feel to it. This
is helped by the use of well-known movie themes mixed into the
music, such as “Prince Ali” for Jafar and “Someday My Prince
Will Come” for Snow White. | The
parade stops also feature some delightful music, with the
“Mickey Mouse March” for the Mickey’s Magical Garden stop and
various Princess songs for the Happy Ending ballroom dancing stop. | The
music for the three different acts of the parade and the three
parade stops is synchronised by a highly sophisticated
computerised system and talented teams of Cast Members.
The position of every single float is known throughout the
parade thanks to sensors in the ground and on the floats, with a
signal sent from the top of the castle then keeping the music for
each float in perfect synchronisation. | | | | | |  | Disney’s Fantillusion
existed long before it premiered in Paris, many many miles away…
in Tokyo! When Disney Fantillusion premiered at Tokyo Disneyland
on July 21st 1995, it was not just a new light parade, it was a
magical mix of light, music, special effects and Disney characters
to create an experience that took Disney parades to a new level.
Since Tokyo Disneyland didn’t have the lagoon or space required
for the popular “Fantasmic” show of the American resorts,
Fantillusion was designed as a parade version of this night-time
good versus evil spectacular. The 31 major floats each formed part of the overlying story of
Disney good vs. Disney evil, and over the parade’s seven years in
Tokyo it gained many fans who were sad to see it leave at the end
of its “Sayonara Fantillusion!” season on May 17th 2001. | After the parade
finished, the floats which had been bought by Disneyland Resort
Paris were packed up ready to be transported, and those which had
not been bought were rumoured to have been destroyed. Of the 31
major floats in the Tokyo version of the parade, Disneyland Resort
Paris only bought under 15. Thirteen floats are currently used in
the parade, but there are rumours that Disneyland Resort Paris has
a couple more in storage and might add them to the parade at some
point, though so far this is seeming more and more unlikely. | It took the
Fantillusion parade floats more than 40 days to get to Disneyland
Resort Paris from Tokyo Disney Resort. They travelled by cargo
ship from Japan to Australia then set off again through the Panama
canal and Mediterranean Sea before finally travelling around Spain
and up the west coast of France to reach Northern France. They
were then taken by truck to Disneyland Resort Paris where they
were completely refurbished. This refurbishment of the
parade floats took much longer than expected because some of the
floats were very badly damaged in transit. This meant that
Disneyland Resort Paris had to repair many of the floats aswell as
convert their electrical system to the one used in Paris. | Disney’s Fantillusion
was due to begin in Paris in 2002, when the Main Street Electrical
Parade would have been running for ten years, but instead because
of the problems with the floats and the fact that Disneyland
Resort Paris still wanted the emphasis on their newly opened Walt
Disney Studios Park, Fantillusion had to wait another whole year
for its Parisian debut. | After many weeks of
rumours about Fantillusion parade rehearsing in Disneyland Park
after hours, there was a special Fantillusion preview night on
June 28th 2004 for Annual Passport holders. The parade then
premiered to the public at the start of its first summer season in
Paris on July 5th 2003, running until August 31st.
Fantillusion returned for its first Christmas season in the resort
from November 8th to January 4th, and has been playing to crowds
of adoring fans every Summer and Christmas season since. | From
Summer 2004, guests
could enter the Disneyland Park after 6pm for a reduced price
during the summer season, as part of the new “magicnights”
offer. This allows guests to ride a good amount of the
attractions before watching Disney’s Fantillusion and the
fireworks. |
Disney’s Fantillusion has become a firm favourite at Disneyland
Park, and is now the highlight of many guests’ days, with its
magical blend of beautiful music, beloved characters and
incredible lights creating memories that last forever. | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
Parade times for the 2005 season
will be added as soon as they have
been announced. | | |  |
Finding a Place to Watch | �
It’s best to find a place on the parade route at least 25
minutes before the parade is due to begin, though in the busy
Summer and Christmas seasons finding your place anything up to
60 minutes before the parade begins can be a good idea if you
want one of the better spots. | �
Because the parade has multiple stops when some floats change and characters meet the audience, it’s important to find
a viewing point from which all three stops can be seen. An
ideal place for watching the parade is on Central Plaza nearest
to the castle. From here you will have excellent views of
all three parade stops. For a different view of the parade, the
raised viewing area at the back of the seating for the Royal
Castle Stage offers a wide angle view across part of the parade
route, making this an ideal place to film the parade but not
necessarily feel part of it. | �
The parade usually enters the Parade Route from Town Square and
leaves at It’s A Small World, so plan your viewing position in
accordance with this – but remember this arrangement is subject
to change. | | |
Taking Photos of the Parade | �
Want to get some good photos of the parade? The simplest
way it to get a good quality camera and use a tripod, but of
course this isn’t possible for most people. | � Capturing
Fantillusion on camera can be very tricky due to the thousands
of moving lights in the dark, so don’t expect good results first
time and always try not to use your flash! | �
Town Square Photography offers special Kodak
disposable cameras that are designed to help improve night-time
photos. | | | | | | | | | |  | |
Disney’s Fantillusion Parade CD |
Although it doesn’t feature any of the characters’ speech or the
music from the parade stops, the Fantillusion CD single does
feature a mix of the music from the parade aswell as the music
for Tinkerbell’s Fantasy In The Sky fireworks which followed the
parade during the summer months for its first two years. | | | | | 2 tracks
19mins 54secs
EDDA019-2
�5.50
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