HalloWishes
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HalloWishes (known by its' full title of "Happy HalloWishes: A Grim Grinning Ghosts Spooktacular in the Sky") is a fireworks show that takes place in lieu of Wishes at "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party", a separate-admission ("hard ticket event") held in September and October at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida outside Orlando, and is loosely based on the popular Haunted Mansion attraction and includes vocal appearances by Disney villains.
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[edit] Backstory
The show premiered in 2005, replacing the classic Fantasy in the Sky show followed by a Halloween themed ending, HalloWishes was created by Disney's Creative Entertainment division supervised by Steven Davidson and designer Eric Tucker, the men behind Disneyland's "Remember... Dreams Come True" pyrotechnic spectacular.
The premise of "HalloWishes" is that the residents of the Haunted Mansion, led by Master Gracey, the Mansion's "ghost host" and the other 999 "happy haunts" are preparing for a celebration of Halloween as Madame Leota's cry for spirits to arrive is heard, along with a recording of Thurl Ravenscroft's singing of the first verse of "Grim Grinning Ghosts" setting the stage around Cinderella Castle and Main Street USA, which also has a special light show synchronized with the fireworks and music thanks to VariLite technology along with projections of ghosts, Jack O'Lanterns, skeletons, The Big Bad Wolf, Ursula the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid, Jafar from Aladdin and Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent, along with vocal appearances from those villains from said Disney animated film library and Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas all dropping (or "plopping") by (and "creeping over") for a trick-or-treat visit.
[edit] Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the show is based on music from Disney films and traditional Halloween songs, while the show's script features Halloween related puns such as "Our disembodied friends would like to perform some Scary-oke music; just a few tombs (tunes) we just dug up for the occasion".
[edit] Music Heard in "HalloWishes"
- Grim Grinning Ghosts (from the Haunted Mansion attraction) (Buddy Baker / X Atencio)
- This Is Halloween (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) (Danny Elfman)
- "A Little Night Music Scary-oke" Medley:
- Poor Unfortunate Souls (from The Little Mermaid) (Alan Menken / Howard Ashman)
- Cruella DeVil (from 101 Dalmatians and its' 1996 live-action remake) (Mel Leven)
- Never Smile at a Crocodile (from Peter Pan) (Frank Churchill / Jack Lawrence)
- The Elegant Captain Hook (from Peter Pan) (Sammy Fain)×
- Trust In Me (from The Jungle Book) (The Sherman Brothers) mixed in with AEIOU (from Alice in Wonderland) (Oliver Wallace / Ted Sears).
- Heffalumps and Woozles (from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day) (The Sherman Brothers)
- Pink Elephants On Parade (from Dumbo) (Wallace / Ned Washington)
- Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf? (from The Three Little Pigs) (Churchill)
- Ursula's Spellbound Medley:
- Reprise of Poor Unfortunate Souls
- Be Prepared (from The Lion King) (Sir Elton John / Tim Rice)
- Court of Miracles (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (Menken)×
- Jafar and Oogie's Medley:
- Arabian Nights (from Aladdin) (Menken)×
- Oogie Boogie's Song (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) (Elfman)
- Maleficent's Visit:
- Night on Bald Mountain (from Fantasia; voice over by Maleficent) (Modest Mussorgsky)×
- Hellfire (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (Menken)×
- Reprise of This is Halloween and Grim Grinning Ghosts in a "Scream-Along" medley finale.
- I Put a Spell on You (from Hocus Pocus) (Screamin' Jay Hawkins; plays as the exit music for the show)
× — Instrumental version is played.
Parts of the soundtrack, which are available on an in-park CD entitled "Magic Kingdom Event Party Music", have also been used in Halloween events at Disneyland Paris Resort and Hong Kong Disneyland.
[edit] Voices
- Madame Leota - Eleanor Audley
- Singer - Thurl Ravenscroft
- Master Edward Gracey (a/k/a "Ghost Host") - Corey Burton
- Ursula the Sea Witch - Pat Carroll
- Jafar - Jonathan Freeman
- Oogie Boogie - Ken Page
- Maleficent - Susan Blakeslee
- Little Leota - Leota Toombs
