Once Upon a Time (Disney parks)

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Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time logo.png
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Tokyo Disneyland
Area Cinderella Castle
StatusRemoved
Soft opening dateMay 26, 2014
Opening dateMay 29, 2014
Closing dateNovember 6, 2017
Replaced by Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
NameOnce Upon A Time: Where Stories Take You Anywhere
Area Cinderella Castle
StatusRemoved
Opening dateNovember 4, 2016 [1]
Closing dateMarch 16, 2020
Replaced Celebrate the Magic
Replaced by Happily Ever After
Ride statistics
Attraction typeMultimedia and pyrotechnic show
Designer Walt Disney Creative Entertainment
ThemeIconic moments from Disney's animated films
Duration19 minutes (Tokyo Disneyland version)
14:30 minutes (Magic Kingdom version)
Languages Japanese (Tokyo Disneyland version)
English (Magic Kingdom/Tokyo Disneyland version)
Sponsor Disney+ (Florida)
Wheelchair symbol.svg Wheelchair accessible

Once Upon a Time was a nighttime spectacular at Magic Kingdom, which was originally known in Magic Kingdom as its full name, Once Upon A Time: Where Stories Take You Anywhere and formerly at Tokyo Disneyland. Similar to Celebrate the Magic and Disney Dreams! , the Tokyo show premiered on May 29, 2014, and utilizes fireworks, lasers, fire, projection mapping, and searchlights during the 19-minute presentation. [2] The Magic Kingdom version is shorter and utilizes less pyrotechnics and no fire.

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History

Tokyo Disneyland

In October 2013, Tokyo Disney Resort announced that Once Upon a Time, a new nighttime entertainment at Tokyo Disneyland, would premiere on May 29, 2014. [2] This nighttime entertainment uses projection mapping technology to produce a three-dimensional effect by projecting images in a way that fits the contours of buildings and other structures. This is the first time for this technology to be used in an entertainment program at Tokyo Disney Resort.

The show soft opened on May 26, 2014. Due to inclement weather that evening, a majority of the fireworks were not produced. The show also had performances on May 27 and 28 before the actual opening date. [3]

To avoid overcrowding problems, the show features ticket systems for special viewing areas.

Frozen edition

On January 13, 2015, Tokyo Disneyland presented a winter event called Anna and Elsa's Frozen Fantasy. During the period, Once Upon A Time features a special winter edition, featuring the scenes and songs of Frozen, replacing Snow White and Winnie The Pooh scenes, including "For The First Time In Forever" and "Let It Go". [4] The event ended on March 20, 2015 and will be held again in winter 2016. [5] Although the event ended, the show was over popular. Therefore, the park decided to extend the show's ending date til July 5, 2015. After that, the original show will still continue. [2] After Frozen Forever, Frozen-specific projection show, premiered in 2017, this segment become exclusively to Magic Kingdom version.

Magic Kingdom

On October 26, 2016, it was announced that the show would be coming to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on November 4, 2016, replacing the previous projection mapping show on Cinderella Castle, Celebrate the Magic . [1]

Magic Kingdom version had some difference from Tokyo Disneyland version because they only used minimized use of fire, fireworks and more searchlights, although lasers was added in June 2017. This version only ran 14:30 minutes and excluding Snow White and Tangled scenes, and replace them with Frozen scene from special winter version.

The Magic Kingdom version was regarded mainly as a light projection show which projects scenes and characters from Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland onto the Cinderella Castle. [6] The show did not return after the COVID-19 pandemic and its website now redirects to a generic entertainment page.

Show summary

Hosted by Mrs. Potts, the show was framed as her telling bedtime stories to Chip, including sequences showcasing Alice in Wonderland, Tangled , Cinderella, Peter Pan, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh , and finally Beauty and the Beast which culminated in the battle between Gaston and Beast fighting out on the castle itself and Beast's transformation back into the Prince kicking off the finale. The finale montage included brief appearances by characters from Frozen, Aladdin and The Lion King . [2] [7]

Show scenes

Music

Key:

MusicTokyo Disneyland
(regular version) (until 2017)
Tokyo Disneyland
(special winter version) (until 2016)
Magic Kingdom
(regular version) (until 2020)
Once Upon A Time Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
Alice in Wonderland Yes check.svg Yes check.svg X mark.svg
I'm Late Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
A Very Merry Unbirthday
(The Unbirthday Song)
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I See the Light Yes check.svg Yes check.svg X mark.svg
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
So this is Love Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
You Can Fly Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
For the First time in Forever X mark.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
Let it Go X mark.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
The Silly Song
(The Dwarfs Yodel Song)
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Rumbly in my Tumbly Yes check.svg X mark.svg Yes check.svg
Heffalumps and Woozles Yes check.svg X mark.svg Yes check.svg
Beauty and the Beast Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
The Mob Song Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
Reprise of Once Upon a Time Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg
Once Upon a Time
(exit music)
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See also

Happily Ever After

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