Mickey Mouse Revue

Mickey Mouse Revue

Mickey Mouse Revue at Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom
AreaFantasyland
StatusClosed
Opening dateOctober 1, 1971
Closing dateSeptember 14, 1980
Replaced byMagic Journeys (1987 - 1993)
Legend of the Lion King (1994 - 2002)
Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003 - present)
Tokyo Disneyland
AreaFantasyland
StatusClosed
Opening dateApril 15, 1983
Closing dateMay 25, 2009
Replaced byMickey's PhilharMagic (2011 - present)
General statistics
Attraction type Show

The Mickey Mouse Revue was an indoor stage show acted by audio-animatronic performers in the Fantasyland area of Magic Kingdom park and was one of the three original attractions on its opening day and was also an attraction at Tokyo Disneyland. It is not to be confused with Mickey's Revue, an early Disney cartoon.

The basic premise of the show was a musical concert, in which Mickey Mouse conducted an orchestra made up of various Disney characters.

Cast

Songs

History

The preshow area at Mickey Mouse Revue in Tokyo Disneyland

In a 1962 interview, Walt Disney talked about his new audio-animatronic technology in The Enchanted Tiki Room and untitled haunted house attraction. He said that he had similar plans for "all the Disney characters." Contributing Disney Imagineers were John Hench, Bill Justice, and Wathel Rogers.[1]

On October 1, 1971, the Mickey Mouse Revue show opened as an 'E' ticket attraction in Fantasyland, in the Magic Kingdom, Florida. The show ran until it was closed on September 14, 1980. The building that housed it was renamed the Fantasyland Theater. Mickey Mouse Revue found a new home at Tokyo Disneyland park in Japan, where it was performed in Japanese. The attraction closed on May 25, 2009 to make way for Mickey's PhilharMagic, which opened in January 2011.

The original theater at Walt Disney World sat 500 park guests, but the pre-show area only had room for 300 guests, a planning mistake.

Fantasyland Theater also showed Disney cartoons and occasional employee film festival events.

See also

References

  1. "Widen Your World". Archived from the original on 2008-09-25.