Fantasmic! by Reece Smith

Fantasmic

By Reece Smith

Fantasmic is a show that is secluded from the rest of the park so that you don’t hear screams from The Hollywood Tower of Terror. This is an amazing show that has 50 different performances in one big show so you can sit back, relax and enjoy the show but beware the splash zone if you don’t want to get wet. The question is will the villains invade Mickey’s dream or will they be vanquished and Mickey continue his wonderful dream? This is what the show is all about. 

At first Mickey seems to be doing alright as he conducts to the music making water flow upwards in a spectacular pattern to watch and be amazed at. Then he has sparkles come out of his fingertips and a semi circle wave of water or three appear with pictures of Sorcerer Mickey. As he pulls what appear to be stars towards him. Then he pulls water upwards towards him and as it rises water gets shot out towards the crowd that is why there is a splash zone. Then flowers will appear on the waves as well as one on stage. Then it’ll progress to neon light covered animals from the Safari and also an appearance from Rafiki. Then scenes from the Lion King will play on these waves as well as The Jungle Book, Dumbo, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Alice in Wonderland, Hercules, Pinnochio, Aladdin, some Mickey Mouse cartoons, Mulan, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Tangled, Princess and the Frog, Bambi, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Frozen. Then you see Jiminy Cricket and the whale in Pinnochio but this time Mickey goes into the whale and is swallowed. While using a  book as a raft. Then you see darkness shortly after a boat then BOOm! A cannon goes off and characters from Pocahontas appear on the stage. 

Then native Americans row in the water in boats then a whole scene goes down depicting parts of the movie but then gets to the part where Pocahontas and John Smith are together then it switches over to more scenarios like this and boats with these characters appear. Some of them are Belle and Ariel. Then the Evil Queen appears on stage and makes a potion that turns her old then she turns Mickey's dream into a nightmare. Some of these villains are Ursula, Cruella De Vil, Scar, Claude Frollo, and Jafar. Then Mickey is sent into the cave of Wonders and narrowly evades the lava on the magic carpet then Jafar appears and turns into a snake on stage. Mickey soon shows up on stage but without the hat he is powerless so he hides from Jafar. Then he finds the magic lamp and rubs it and Jafar is now a Genie, and Hades then calls for Charnebog the most evil villain that Disney has created taking on features of how we would describe the devil or devils. 

Eventually Maleficent appears on stage with Mickey when she states he'll deal with her. Then she turns into a dragon and all of the villains are laughing at Mickey’s once dream now nightmare. Then the dragon now appears on stage where it proceeds to shoot fire out into the water where it then spreads and intensifies. Then Mickey states how it’s his dream and he proceeds to activate the water to put out the fire and it doesn’t work that well until he pulls the sword from the stone. Then uses it to stab Maleficent or shoot sparks at her that then push her away and out of his dream as well as all the rest of the villains. Then Tinkerbell appears and adds light to the dark stage and a boat lights up and moves into the area with lots of familiar characters such as Mickey and the gang, the Seven dwarves, multiple Disney princesses and more. Then Sorcerer Mickey appears at the top and performs some more feats of raising water and shooting off fireworks to then end off teleporting to the bottom and in his Mickey costume to end it off with a bang. This show is amazing and you should go see it.