History Awesome / DisneyThemeParks

** We end the show with some inspiring words that many a guest will take to heart.
--> ''And so, our journey comes to an end. But yours continues on. Grab hold of your dreams and make them come true. For '''you''' are the key to unlocking your own magic. Now go. Let your dreams guide you. Reach out and find your Happily Ever After.''
** Seriously, how many nighttime shows have their own personal songs sung by ''Film/TeenBeachMovie''’s Jordan Fisher and ''Series/TheVoice''’s Angie Keilhauer?

* ''Wondrous Journeys'', Disneyland's nighttime spectacular during 2023's 100 Years of Wonder, earned praise as a return to form for Disney's nightly theme park shows. With remixed clips and concept art from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon's first 62 movies, covers of some classic songs, and the rousing new theme "It's Wondrous," the show evokes a sense of joining characters both iconic and obscure through yearning, adventure, despair, and victory. One particularly impressive sequence mashes up "[[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Go the Distance]]," [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle (reprise)]]," [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} How Far I'll Go]]," and "[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Out There]]" into one of the most epic [[IWantSong "I Want" Songs]] ever heard at the parks.

* ''Wondrous Journeys'', Disneyland's nighttime spectacular during 2023's 100 Years of Wonder, earned praise as a return to form for Disney's nightly theme park shows. By remixing and blending clips from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon's first 62 movies, and covering some classic songs, the show evokes a sense of joining characters both iconic and obscure through yearning, adventure, despair, and victory. One particularly impressive sequence mashes up "[[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Go the Distance]]," [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle (reprise)]]," [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} How Far I'll Go]]," and "[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Out There]]" into one of the most epic [[IWantSong "I Want" Songs]] ever heard at the parks.

* ''Wondrous Journeys'', Disneyland's nighttime spectacular during 2023's 100 Years of Wonder, earned praise as a return to form for Disney's nightly theme park shows. By remixing and blending clips from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon's first 62 movies, and covering some classic songs, the show evokes a sense of joining characters both iconic and obscure through yearning, adventure, despair, and victory. One particularly impressive sequence mashes up "[[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Go the Distance]]," [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle (reprise)]]," [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} How Far I'll Go]]," and "[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Out There]]" into one of the most epic [[IWantSong "I Want" Song]]s ever heard at the parks.

* Disneyland's 60th Anniversary in 2015 is being commemorated with three spectacular nighttime shows. First is an American export of Hong Kong Disneyland's [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs trippy]], LED light-using "Paint The Night" parade, which was already being met with great reception in HKDL, and also uses as its score [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlMbDckAVOo (at least the demo)]] a medley of Music/OwlCity's [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph "When Can I See You Again"]] and Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley's "Baroque Hoedown", [[CallBack aka the old Main Street Electrical Parade tune]]. (At one point guests can even interact with the LED lights!) There's also [[http://parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com/media/disneyparks/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mermer268991.jpg "Disneyland Forever"]], a fireworks show combined with projections similar to "The Magic, The Memories And You" except that the projections actually stretch around Main Street and other areas in the park, and a special version of ''Ride/WorldOfColor'' with the subtitle [[http://static1.squarespace.com/static/52574fb2e4b018d27332fbce/54cab8dde4b061615ced4448/54cab8ffe4b0e49eee0fd7b2/1422571775801/World+of+Color+Celebrate!+Concept+Art+2.png "Celebrate! The Wonderful World of Walt Disney".]] With all of this it's pretty easy to tell that summer 2015 in Disneyland is going to be a scorcher.

** [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]] and ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]]'' singing together at once!

** A segment depicting the epic battles of Disney starts with an introduction from [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} the Emperor of China]], who repeats his iconic wisdom that "the flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all". Cue an attack from the Huns, followed by [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Syndrome and the Omnidroid]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ursula fighting Eric]]. Then the castle transforms into a war-torn Pride Rock, where Simba and Scar have their BattleAmongstTheFlames set to "To Die For". This piece also accompanies Aladdin vs Jafar and Prince Phillip vs Maleficent. The ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' mini-segment is just as epic as you'd expect given the musical score of Music/HansZimmer is booming.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7FFFENv6i4 Happily Ever After]] is a pure spectacle of epic action, legitimately moving moments, and gorgeous fireworks and projection.

** The fact that there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YP-lApj4G4 an ACTUAL SONG made for this show]]! Seriously, how many nighttime shows have their own personal songs sung by ''Film/TeenBeachMovie''’s Jordan Fisher and ''Series/TheVoice''’s Angie Keilhauer?

* ''Harmonius'', the 2021-2022 nighttime spectacular at Epcot, contains rousing covers of several classic Disney and Pixar songs, many of them in the native tongues of the countries that inspired the films' settings.
** The opening incorporates the opening chants from ''Moana'', "The Bells of Notre Dame", ''Frozen'', and "Circle of Life" (bonus points for using the expanded "Nants Ingonyama" chant heard prominently in the Broadway musical).
** The first major segment is a medley of "How Far I'll Go" and "Go the Distance", with a mighty pair of voices singing the latter in particular. It ends with such a crescendo you'd be forgiven for thinking it's the end of the show already.
** "Arabian Nights" incorporates both the original and the remake of ''Aladdin'' (by virtue of the caricature of the Genie clearly being drawn to resemble Will Smith's take).
** India is represented by a rousing cover of "I Wanna Be Like You".
** China is represented by a gorgeous cover of "Reflection", as well as clips of real martial artists performing many of the moves seen in the movie itself during the iconic "I'll Make a Man Out Of You".
** Africa starts out fun enough with "Hakuna Matata", then really hits its' stride with original lyrics as the animals of the Pride Lands migrate towards the map of Africa in the center, not unlike the opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''. An epic cover of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" then plays us out, as the spirit of Mufasa first adorns the center, and then is projected above it.
** Europe starts out beautiful and mystical with the prologue from ''Beauty and the Beast'', before the almighty, haunting mic drop of the booming "Hellfire" theme blares. "Out There" is then sung in both English and French. "Touch the Sky" from ''Brave'', accompanied by Lindsey Stirling's well-done strings, takes over from there.
** Latin America is dominated by a sweet, calming cover of "Remember Me", and then transitions into an uplifting cover of "Saludos Amigos" and "The World Es Mi Familia". Luis Fonsi, best known for his work on the 2017 smash hit "Despacito", leads the segment.
** America gets represented by an exhilarating gospel cover of "Dig a Little Deeper".
** The GrandFinale set to darkhorse inclusion "Someday" from ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', and the entire lagoon deploys fireworks from around the edge. Most viewers will likely be shocked by how close the fireworks are being set off from.

** A segment revolving largely around fun Disney moments features a medley of "[[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Trashing the Camp]]" (much like ''Hunchback'', this is another surprising spotlight for a movie that's been underrepresented in Florida for a while), "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing Hakuna Matata]]", "[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 You Got A Friend In Me]]", "[[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook The Bare Necessities]]", bookended by "[[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Friend Like Me]]" which is more of a showstopper than ever.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY7U8y8gw8c This man doing impressions of Disney characters at Disneyland]]. Not only he does them ''extremely well'', he even earned some applause from Goofy himself for nailing his impersonation! That's right, he made the actor ''break character'' just with his impersonation of Goofy.
** That would be Disney Youtuber Creator/BrianHull, who first began his ascent by doing [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]] with Disney characters. He has a full playlist of him doing these Disney voice impressions [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_AiOHoKBbZi2Q84e-gy_FPb41pBRkXB here]] (Including some at other parks). According to Hull, [[https://youtu.be/OZLDI6ouX3A his interaction with Tiana as Ray the Firefly]] is one of his most loved videos he did on the playlist.

** The ending, with a stunning montage of live action actors and various Disney and Pixar characters portraying some of Disney's nicest endings. But perhaps the best one is, alongside all the fairy tales, Woody and Buzz shaking hands in Andy's bedroom. Yes, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' is ''worthy of mention'' among all the classics!

[[Creator/WaltDisney Walter Eilas Disney]] once dreamed of a place where all could laugh, & play, & learn together. The results were not only just as expected, but also beyond them. Even today, the parks never fail to impress! Here are some of the most amazing spectacles the Disney Parks can offer, all because of one man's dream...

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Disney has had and continues to have some incredible musical talent on board. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3OIxclUu60 The Haunted Mansion]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq0KSLRiOaM Illuminations: Reflections of Earth]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07sP6kSB24 Fan]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbO9w9pm6SI tas]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqmoY-8kqg4 mic]]...the list just goes on.

* One huge one for Hong Kong Disneyland-''Mystic Manor'' is near-universally regarded as one of the most original and best dark rides ever made, with ''heaping bathtubs'' of SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome.

** [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]] gets to reprise "Out There", getting an absolutely stunning spotlight on one of Disney's films often seen as a smaller cult classic. The castle is projected to look as gorgeous as Notre Dame herself.

-->'''Mickey:''' You think you're so powerful? Well, this is ''my'' dream!

-->'''Chernabog''': (EvilLaugh) Behold: Chernabog! Keeper of the [[{{Hellfire}} fires of darkness]]. Beware those who defy me! The powers of evil are MINE! (EvilLaugh)

-->'''Chernabog''': (EvilLaugh) Starlight, Star bright! We take this light and make it [[TheNightThatNeverEnds night]]! (EvilLaugh) Yesssssss!

* The final float in Mickey's Soundsational Parade is...[[spoiler: Mary Poppins!]]

** WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} gets a segment singing "How Far I'll Go". The fireworks take on the shape of the swirl symbol of the Heart of Te Fiti, and [[spoiler: the late Grandma Tala]] puts in a tearjerking appearance as well [[spoiler: in her reincarnated stingray form.]]

* The 3-D Movie attractions deserve some love too:
** ''Ride/MuppetVision3D'' was Creator/JimHenson's final completed Muppet project, and what a production to go out on -- it's so good that it's '''still''' playing at Disney's Hollywood Studios park ''30 years on'' from its debut with the only change to the production being an upgrade to digital projection. Even though the Muppets aren't as popular as they used to be, the area surrounding the theater (currently known as Grand Avenue, aka the last remnants of New York Street) has adopted appropriate theming, from the tons of Muppet history nods at Stage One Company Store to the [=PizzeRizzo=] Restaurant.
** ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience'' managed to hit the much-desired sweet spot of Disney 3-D movies by being thrilling and hilarious -- sometimes both at once as with the crawling mice effect and the sequence in which it seemed ''the entire room'' was lifted into the air and carried around.

** ''Film/MuppetVision3D'' was Creator/JimHenson's final completed Muppet project, and what a production to go out on -- it's so good that it's '''still''' playing at Disney's Hollywood Studios park ''30 years on'' from its debut with the only change to the production being an upgrade to digital projection. Even though the Muppets aren't as popular as they used to be, the area surrounding the theater (currently known as Grand Avenue, aka the last remnants of New York Street) has adopted appropriate theming, from the tons of Muppet history nods at Stage One Company Store to the [=PizzeRizzo=] Restaurant.

** ''Ride/MuppetVisionThreeD'' was Creator/JimHenson's final completed Muppet project, and what a production to go out on -- it's so good that it's '''still''' playing at Disney's Hollywood Studios park ''30 years on'' from its debut with the only change to the production being an upgrade to digital projection. Even though the Muppets aren't as popular as they used to be, the area surrounding the theater (currently known as Grand Avenue, aka the last remnants of New York Street) has adopted appropriate theming, from the tons of Muppet history nods at Stage One Company Store to the [=PizzeRizzo=] Restaurant.

* The ThreeDMovie attractions deserve some love too:
** ''Film/MuppetVisionThreeD'' was Creator/JimHenson's final completed Muppet project, and what a production to go out on -- it's so good that it's '''still''' playing at Disney's Hollywood Studios park ''30 years on'' from its debut with the only change to the production being an upgrade to digital projection. Even though the Muppets aren't as popular as they used to be, the area surrounding the theater (currently known as Grand Avenue, aka the last remnants of New York Street) has adopted appropriate theming, from the tons of Muppet history nods at Stage One Company Store to the [=PizzeRizzo=] Restaurant.

** The show as a whole, featuring pyrotechnics, stunts, and movie clips projected onto giant water fans, is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the Disney Imagineers.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_nbeTWeaUM In early 2016, Christopher Wing set it a mission, to see every Disney Park, and back to Disneyland California, in Eighty Hours]]!
** He starts by riding Mister Toad’s Wild Ride, in Disneyland, before heading to California Adventure, for Mater’s Junk Yard Jamboree.
** He is able to get to Florida, by Hour Ten, where he rides Spaceship Earth and meets Baymax in Epcot, the Great Movie Ride in Disney Hollywood Studios, Expedition Everest in Animal Kingdom, and then Dumbo in Magic Kingdom.
** He then gets to Disneyland Paris, at Hour Twenty-Nine, where he looks at the Maleficent Dragon under the Castle, and the Nautilus Walk Through attraction, before riding Ratatouille; The Adventure in the Disney Studios Park.
** He then gets to Hong Kong Disney, at Hour Fourty-Seven, where he rides Mystic Manor twice!
** He reaches Tokyo Disney to ride Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, at Tokyo Sea, take a Monorail to the Disneyland Park, in time to see the Fireworks, Adventureland and ride Western River Rail Road, before making his way back to Disneyland in California.
** Not only did he see all those Parks, in the time he set, but he does so with five hours to spare, and in time to see the Paint The Night Parade and have Dinner at Club Thirty-Three!? Now that's dedication to the mission, and time well spent!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY7U8y8gw8c This man doing impressions of Disney characters on Disneyland]]. Not only he does them ''extremely well'', he even earned some applauses from Goofy himself for nailing his impersonation! That's right, he made the actor ''break character'' just with his impersonation of Goofy.

** Mickey Mouse's SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is the climax of the show, in which he defeats dragon-form Maleficent ''by imagining himself doing so'' (since the plot takes place in his dream sequence). Not only that, but he was able to simultaneously slay her, Chernabog, Ursula, and Queen Grimhilde in all three versions of the show at Dinseyland, Hollywood Studios, and Tokyo Disneysea, as well Hades, Jafar, Frollo, Scar, and Cruella in the Hollywood Studios version.

[[Creator/WaltDisney Walter Eilas Disney]] once dreamed of a place where all could laugh, play, & learn together. The results were not only just as expected, but also beyond them. Even today, the parks never fail to impress! Here are some of the most amazing spectacles the Disney Parks can offer, all because of one man's dream...

[[Creator/WaltDisney Walter Eilas Disney]] once dreamed of a place where all can play together. The results were not only just as expected, but also beyond them. Even today, the parks never fail to impress! Here are some of the most amazing spectacles the Disney Parks can offer, all because of one man's dream...

** If you're dissatisfied with current 3D movies in theaters not living up to their potential, check this one out. It does everything current movies claim to do, did it better, and did it a decade earlier.

* Mickey Mouse's SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is the climax of the ''Fantasmic!'' show at Disneyland, in which he defeats dragon-form Maleficent ''by imagining himself doing so'' (since the plot takes place in his dream sequence). The show as a whole, featuring pyrotechnics, stunts, and movie clips projected onto giant water fans, is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the Disney Imagineers.
* On that note, Illuminations is indisputably the CMOA for the Disney fireworks coordinators and practical effects crew. Dude. ''Inferno barge.'' Don't forget the barge that floats unnoticed during the first "act" in a hidden part of the lake, then drifts serenely to the center. It carries a globe that is actually a spherical [=LCD=] screen and it shows an array of [[TearJerker gorgeous images]] before splitting to reveal a twenty-first torch, representing the new century.

* The ''Ride/WorldOfColor''... That is all.

* Mickey Mouse has the scene in ''Theatre/{{Fantasmic}}'' in which he slays Maleficent's dragon form, simultaneously defeating Chernabog, Ursula, and Queen Grimhilde as well.
-->'''Mickey:''' You think you're so powerful? Well, this is ''my'' dream!
** Scratch that, anytime Mickey and Maleficent do battle within a show, it is bound to be awesome! Hell, in the Tokyo Disneyland show ''It's Magical!'' Mickey summons the brooms from Fantasia and then does battle with Maleficent's dragon form.

* ''Expedition Everest'' really likes to play up the tension: You load at the bottom, and then spend several minutes being pulled up the climb approach. This really drives home how high up you are. The peak moment comes a few minutes into the ride, when you come up around a corner and find that the track in front of you is ripped up. As the car noses to a stop right before the break and hangs in place, you realize that there is only one way to go from there...

* ''Test Track''. You ride vehicles to see what kinds of tests they go through before being sent out, including going through a 64.9 mile ride outside, making this ride the fastest Disney attraction in the parks.