After years in development, Disneyland Resort has a new show taking the
stage at its renovated Fantasyland Theatre. “Mickey and the Magical Map” has
finally debuted and is now open to Disneyland Guests, with high energy musical
performances seven days a week.
Retaining Disneyland’s place on the
cutting edge of live entertainment, the new experience brings visitors into a
world of imagination made real through not just creative storytelling, but also
futuristic technology. That’s because “Mickey and the Magical Map” has been
conceived around the use of a giant LED screen that sizes up at nearly 250
square feet and one million pixels in size. This screen not only
forms the backdrop for the show, but also an interactive canvas for the show’s
star, Mickey Mouse, to paint on and occasionally step inside throughout the
show.
As the story of “Mickey and the
Magical Map” starts, Mickey is the acting apprentice to sorcerer Yen Sid and
hopes to impress him by filling in a missing spot on his Magical Map. But, when
he tries to get his paintbrush into position and erase the errant dot, it comes
to life and challenges Mickey to see more in the map’s unknown space than just
emptiness. That’s when Mickey Mouse is able to actually enter into the screen,
sinking into the stage and then appearing inside the map, rather than just in
front of it. Once there, Mickey sees the Map brought to life and redrawn
several times over, whisking him away on an adventure of song and dance. The
numbers that follow take their inspiration from The Jungle Book, Pocahontas, Mulan, The Little Mermaid, Tangled, Lilo and Stitch, and The Princess and the Frog, with
characters and their backdrops interacting in never before seen ways. Fans of
Disney music and films may recognize several classic songs from Disney
animation, but they won’t have experienced them like this before.
I can't wait to see this!!! 2 1/2 months and I am so there! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like such a great show! Since it probably won't make it's way east maybe I will have to save my pennies for a West Coast jaunt, LOL! My husband would love that!
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