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| Magic Kingdom |
| Land |
Fantasyland |
| Opening date |
December 15, 1987 |
| Closing date |
December 1, 1993 |
| Replaced by |
Legend of the Lion King |
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Magic Journeys was the first 3D movie created by Walt Disney Imagineering for a Disney theme park. This 3-D film was one of the opening attractions at EPCOT Center on October 1, 1982. It was directed by Murray Lerner and featured a song by Robert and Richard Sherman. Starting on June 16, 1984, it began its short run at Disneyland inside the new Magic Eye Theater in Tomorrowland. In January 1986, Disneyland closed the show and Walt Disney World followed suit on February 9 in order to make way for the new space adventure, Captain EO. Walt Disney World later moved the movie into the Fantasyland Theatre inside the Magic Kingdom on December 15, 1987. It played there until December 1, 1993 when it was removed in order to make room for the Legend Of The Lion King show.
Magic Journeys looked at the world through the eyes of a child. The film started with children running through a meadow and looking at clouds. Someone blew on a dandelion and the seeds then flew away, turning into stars and then turned into the sun. Next the kids were seen flying a kite at the beach. The kite then turned into a bird, a fish, a school of fish, a flock of birds, bird wings, a Pegasus, a horse and then finally into a merry-go-round. While the children rode the carousel, they began reaching for a brass ring spinning next to the carousel; it became a moon, a bat, a witch, a mask and finally into the Sphinx.
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The film's preshow song, "Makin' Memories" and the film's theme song, "Magic Journeys" can be found on The Official Album of Disneyland and Walt Disney World (1991 CD). Both songs and "One Little Spark" are all by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The entire film's audio track (17' 55") exists in a bootleg form in trading circles. It was recorded onto a cassette directly from the theater's soundboard.
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