Glstitch Productions : Disneyland Paris Blog: Disney's Fantilusion Parade !

Disney's Fantillusion existed long before it premiered in Paris, many miles away... in Tokyo! When Disney Fantillusion premiered at Tokyo Disneyland on July 21st 1995, it was not just a new light parade, it was a magical mix of light, music, special effects and Disney characters to create an experience that took Disney parades to a new level. Since Tokyo Disneyland didn't have the lagoon or space required for the popular "Fantasmic" show of the American resorts. Disney’s Fantillusion was designed as a parade version of this night-time good versus evil spectacular. But in 2003 the Main Street Electrical Parade finished after running in Disneyland Paris for 11 years. This parade is only visbile during the Summer Season , Christmas Season and Haloween Soiree Prive.

Concept Art / Commercial Paris

The Enchanted Flower Garden :

            The magic words come to the speakers ''Medames et monsieurs et vous les enfants. Ladies
            and gentelmens , boys and girls . Disneyland Parc est heureux de vous presentez , proudley
            presents The Disney's Fantilussion Parade !"

And Disney’s Fantillusion Parade begins with magical multicoloured glittering float, from which Mickey creates the light for the parade by manipulates the "Disney Light" to create
the shimmering Magical Garden which follows behind him. As Mickey stops the parade, an explosion of light which brings with it the arrival of Goofy, Pluto and more of your Disney friends, all joining in the magic during the Enchanted flower garden.

Mickey brings the parade with a dazzling rainbow of colour, as Mickey arrives in style on a sparkling flower float, to cast the magic of the Disney light into the night of Disneyland Park with Tinkerbell walking in front of the float to wave her magic wand to help Mickey create light for the parade. And Goofy , Chip and Dale and Pluto walking behind the breathtaking float. (characters may change on special events.) Behind the Mickey-part of this float you can see the lit up logo of the Parade.

A colourful Gazebo in Mickey's Magical Garden moves magically along the parade route . Due unfaverbule wheater Tinkerbell takes over this float.

Next after the Gazebo float the three enchanting garden fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merry weather, enjoy the delights of the glittering garden carousel and its gathering of lights and talk to the public watching the parade as they past through Disneyland Park .

Finally to finish the Enchanted Flower Garden an enormous butterfly perches on a giant enchanted flower, as many colours and lights dazzle your eyes and the enchantment makes your spirit soar.

The Enchanted Flower Garden Float stops

If the floats start from the Entrance of Main Street U.S.A (1) then to see the enchanted flower float stops then you would have to go up to the Sleeping Beauty Castle or by the end of the parade route by it’s a small world to see all the floats changed in to amazing colours and effects. But if the parade is coming from the it’s a small world (2) then it would be better to see the float stops from the side of Emporium or from the Entrance of Main Street U.S.A

The Disney Villains

The Disney Villains capture the Disney light and turn everything to evil! They plunge you into their world of darkness as they try to take over the Fantillusion Parade and capture the light magic from Mickey and his friends as they stop to capture the light magic and create a glittering lights and powerful Music to create a brilliant part for the darkness section of the Fantillusion Parade but beware you in for a treat as the villains transform in to their most powerful forms

Note the villain dancers in the Fantillusion parade when it was premiered each villain float had 2 dancers each but before the villain float stops starts they used to wear black clocks and then when the float stops starts they took them off and revealed either flames, snakes patterns or colour octopuses .

First float is Maleficent as she laughs and cackles at the edge of her castle as it is covered in dark green vines and purple around the float before Maleficent magically transforming herself into a spectacular fire-breathing dragon (note the smoke is asthma free) so if anyone has asthma they won’t be affected by the smoke.

UPDATE summer season 2011 : malificent is now as a face character on the parade !

Next it is Jafar on his Arabian temple float which glows wicked shades of darkness colour from reds and golden colour as he hypnotises the crowd with his snake staff while passing through Disneyland park he is chatting to the audience below saying he is the most powerful being on earth but when his floats stops Jafar transform into a serpent where it hisses at the audience. Note the smoke from Jafar snake cauldron is asthma free so it won’t affect anyone with asthma

UPDATE summer season 2011 : Jafar has more lights on his back !

Next or finally it is Ursula and her 2 sea snakes Flotsam and Jetsam pull Ursula through the ocean of darkness on her float while she is laughing and talking all the way down Disneyland Park Ursula float contain dark blue and green colours on her float but when the float stops start Ursula suddenly come up and male her appears and raises high above you with a gurgling cackle of discontent. Note as soon as the villains float stops starts Ursula’s float brings out a lot of smoke but with Disney all the smoke is asthma free.

UPDATE summer season 2011 : Ursula's dancers have new costumes wich are more visible

For the Villain float stops if Fantillusion is coming from The Entrance of Mian Street U.S.A then the floats stops will be by the Sleeping Beauty Castle and behind the castle. Or if the parade is coming from The Sleeping Beauty Castle then it will stops right next to the castle and down by the entrance of Frontierland and on the side of Emporium.

The Happy Ending

Keep a dream in your heart and wish with all your might - here come the heroic Disney Princes and Princesses to Celebrate defeating the Disney Villains and brining back the light with a fantastic final float stops. Disney Fantillusion Parade finishes with a truly magical fairytale celebration, as the royal Disney prince and princesses rise high into the air and dance to some memorable music from their classic films as glittering lights fill the air and light up Disneyland Park , before Minnie ends the show with an unforgettable Princess finale!

To start off the Princess final is Snow White and her handsome Prince lead to way in restoring the magical Disney light and spreading a new wave of enchantment and magic along the parade route while waving to the audience below and her song someday my prince will come appears now again during the parade.

Next is a lavish ocean-inspired sea shell float from Under the Sea with bright colours of pink, yellow and green brings more magical memories and twinkling lights with Ariel and Eric waving and smiling down at the audience some time during the parade the song part of that world comes up.

The intricate beauty of this classic fairytale comes to life in thousands of twinkling lights, with Belle and her Beast celebrating the night being turned back into light with so many colours on there float such like golden and pink and in the parade the audience will here the song Beauty and the Beast

Soaring high above the glittering rooftops of Agrabah, Aladdin takes Jasmine on a romantic, swooping, Magic Carpet ride during the ballroom parade stop sequence which is amazing to see Aladdin and Jasmine high in the air and waving to the audience the float itself has many colours from golden orange to green while there are moving on the float the audience will here A Whole New world.

Finally A stunning castle of brilliant lights and stunning grandeur hides a magical fairytale finale, as Minnie ends the parade and she is talking to the audience and waving and above Minnie you can see a bright bursts of Fantillusion fireworks!

Fantillusion Prince and Princesses float stops if Fantillusion starts from the Entance of Main street U.S.A then they will stops by the Entrance of Main Street U.S.A and by the Entrance of Emporium and by the Sleeping Beauty Castle.