Just thinking about it, I’m sure the memory of this parade still makes your eyes shine! Find out what’s behind the magic of this glittering parade!
Technical data
- Name: Disney’s Fantillusion Parade
- Opening date: July, 5th 2003
- Closing date: September, 2th 2012
- Situation: parade route of the Disneyland Park (Paris)
- Type of parade: night parade
- Type of floats: electric floats
- Number of floats: 12
- Time: 30 min
- Creator: John Haupt (producer of parades – The Walt Disney Company)
- Theme: the struggle of good against evil
- Number of acts: 3
- The Enchanted Fairy Garden
- The Evil Villains
- The Happy Ending
- Number of show stop: 3
- The Fairy Garden Fantasy (Mickey and the three fairies invoke magic through magical gardens where we see magical insects)
- The Light Turns Into Night and the Ghouls Dance (each villain is transformed: Ursula into a gigantic octopus, Jafar into a snake and Maleficent into a dragon)
- The Happy Ending (the princely couples rise on their floats for a last waltz)
- Music : Fantillusion theme of Bruce Healey
- Godmother of the parade: Ornella Muti (Italian actress)
- Materials used: 400,000 bulbs connected by about 60km of cables
- Consumption at each parade: 9 tons of battery and 600 liters of liquid nitrogen for the smoke effects
- Other park where the parade was played: Tokyo Disney Resort (from July 21, 1995 to May 15, 2001)
Listen to the music of this fantastic parade: