Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland Explained

Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland
Location:Tokyo Disneyland
Section:Cinderella Castle
Status:Removed
Soft Opened:July 9, 2018
Opened:July 10, 2018
Closed:April 26, 2019
Previousattraction:Once Upon a Time
Replacement:Disney Light the Night
Type:Multimedia, water and pyrotechnics show
Designer:Walt Disney Creative Entertainment
Theme:Iconic moments from Disney films and park attractions
Music:Let the Memories Begin (composed by Christopher McGovern)
Various attraction soundtracks
Duration:19 minutes
Accessible:yes
Cc:yes
Custom Label 1:Host
Custom Value 1:Mickey Mouse and Goofy
Custom Label 2:Languages
Custom Value 2:Japanese 60%
English 40%

Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland was a nighttime spectacular at Tokyo Disneyland that premiered on July 10, 2018, alongside Dreaming Up!, Let's Party Gras, and Hello, New York! as part of the 35th anniversary of Tokyo Disney Resort.[1] The show was produced by Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, under Lead Creative Executive of Parades and Spectaculars Steve Davison.

Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland incorporates fireworks, water cannons, flamethrowers, projection mapping, lasers, searchlights, tree lighting, and many more to depict scenes from some of Tokyo Disneyland's most famous rides and Disney films.[2] It was created as a homage to Tokyo Disneyland and Disney parks worldwide, its lands, and its attractions, past and present.[3] It won the Most Creative Multimedia Spectacular award from the IAAPA association at the 2018 Brass Ring awards.[4]

Technical details

Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland features one of largest multimedia displays of any Disney theme park around the world, much similar in scale to Disneyland Forever. They utilize approximately 88 high-powered searchlights (including moat lights and turrets lights) that illuminate sky across the park, two projectors on the castle and its turrets, 87 water fountains, three lasers both in the castle and its turrets, six small flamethrowers, and new firework launch site, as well as synchronized popcorn lighting around the hub and new colorful tree lighting across the Central Plaza and Cinderella Castle that lighted up during the show. They also combined all elements that Disney has used in nighttime spectaculars at its other parks around the world.[5]

Lighting

“Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland” features a wide array of lighting fixtures located around the park to help enchanted the show. There are two sets of 25 spotlights, each located above the two show buildings in Fantasyland. The first set is located above the show building for “Snow White’s Adventures” and “Peter Pan’s Flight”. The second set is located above the show building housing “Harmony Faire”, “Mickey’s Philharmagic”, and “Pinocchio’s Daring Adventure”. There are also an estimated 6 sets of spotlights located around the park’s central hub. The show also includes the use of lasers. There are 5 lasers in total: 3 located in the castle, and 2 more located on the two turrets superset from the castle. Also present are projectors, 6 of them. 2 are located above the buildings of “The Diamond Horseshoes”, another 2 are located above the “Tomorrowland Terrace”, and the last two are located beside each side of the castle, on the ground, disguised by foliage. The last two are used to project onto the water screens.

Hydrotechnics

“Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland” includes the use of water features such as water screens and fountains. There are 40–50 fixed water jets, 25 moving water jets, 4 sets of 3 geyser jets, and two water screens. Like all other Disney Parks that uses water fountains for their shows, it recycles water from the castle moat.

Pyrotechnics

“Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland” also enhances the experience with the use of pyrotechnics, such as flamethrowers and fireworks. The show features 4 different launch sites for fireworks. The first launch site located above the show building for “Snow White’s Adventures” and “Peter Pan’s Flight”. The second launch site is located above the show building housing “Harmony Faire”, “Mickey’s Philharmagic”, and “Pinocchio’s Daring Adventure”. The third site is split into several different sites, all located on the roofs of the castle. The last site is located in front of the castle, behind the main ramps leading to the castle. There are also a total of 8 flamethrowers present during the show. The first 6 flamethrowers are located in front of the castle, 3 flanking each side of the bridge, and two large scale flamethrowers located above the 2 non-connecting turrets in front of the castle.[6]

Show summary

Much like Disneyland's fireworks spectacular Remember... Dreams Come True and World of Color: Celebrate! at Disney California Adventure, Celebrate! takes park guests on “an unforgettable journey around the Kingdom of Dreams and Magic”.[7] With Mickey Mouse as conductor, guests will find themselves in an “amazing musical fantasy”[8] as the park's lands come to life.

Soundtrack elements from Remember... and other Disney Parks nighttime spectaculars were rescored for the show. It also features a theme song rewritten from “Let the Memories Begin” – the theme song from former nighttime show The Magic, the Memories and You (the original song was composed by Christopher McGovern) – and was performed by former Disneyland cast member, stage actress and singer Eden Espinosa.

Same as previous projection show Once Upon a Time, to avoid overcrowding problems, the show features lottery ticket systems for special viewing areas.

Opening

Adventureland

Westernland

Fantasyland

Critter Country and Toontown

Tomorrowland

Fantasyland (Reprise)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Tokyo Disney Resort 35th 'Happiest Celebration!'" Begins April 15, 2018 - Full Program of Events. January 19, 2018.
  2. Web site: "VIDEO: Watch the Debut Performance of "Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland" Nighttime Show. July 10, 2018.
  3. Web site: "Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland" Nighttime Spectacular Review. July 9, 2018.
  4. Web site: IAAPA Announces 2018 Brass Ring Award Winners. www.IAAPA.org. March 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090622/http://www.iaapa.org/news/newsroom/news-articles/iaapa-announces-2018-brass-ring-award-winners. March 27, 2019. dead.
  5. Web site: Tokyo Disneyland shares first look at its new castle show. July 16, 2018. July 2, 2018. Theme Park Insider.
  6. All locations were found on Google Maps
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