Hello everyone, here is our report of what Disney presents as a new attraction “Mickey Philharmagic “.

Today took place the early opening to the annual passports of Disneyland Paris for this famous attraction on the Asian and American continent. This attraction, announced as a novelty by Mr. Daniel DELCOUR Vice CEO of Disneyland Paris, makes an early opening this last weekend of September before being accessible to all visitors from Monday 1st October.

Actually, it’s just a new movie. After Captain EO, Honey, I Shrunk The Audience, Ant-Man, Star Wars Path of the Jedi, Pixar short Film Festival,…. It is now Mickey’s Philharmagic turn to be presented at the Discoveryland Theater.

Among the multitude of elements that showed that a simple change of film would take place, we had:

/ The location of the attraction:

This attraction has always been built in the Fantasyland of Honkong Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom of Florida. The arrival in Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris is the total nonsense in view of the story and the Disney characters that are part of it. So we go from an attraction like Space Mountain or Star Tours, to Donald meeting the Little Mermaid. There’s a problem, the universes don’t stick.

/ Lack of building permits :

Indeed, if the room were to be adapted to the attraction, a building permit that could be consulted in the town hall would have been deposited to modify certain elements in the room such as emergency exits. It should be known that the attraction must actually have a hemispherical screen of at least 120 ° to encompass viewers. This screen would have plunged the visitors into the action and not offer a a simple projection on a flat wall.

This screen would have nibbled on the first side doors of the theatre (exit doors) but also on the sitting part of the platform serving for one of the 4D effects. In any case, the theatre is not suitable to accommodate this attraction.

Here the screen (in blue) in Mickey’s Philharmagic at the Magic Kingdom in Florida.

/ Lack of communication

If certain can be surprised to see no advertising on social networks, television or even in the Parisian subway, know what is not surprising. Disney knowing that it is only a new film, could not launch a campaign of communication on a novelty that is not realy one. That is why the small communication for the Halloween season was maintained by the company, because much more impacts.

/ The unchanged exteriors :

Again, it’s the same pattern, the only clue is the presence of panels at the input level. Minimal expense, zero integration.

To the unchanged exteriors, we can also add the pre-show and the theatre that have not evolved. No effort and investment has been made to plunge the visitor into a universe. We will not talk about the absence of the AudioAnimatronic at the end of the film.

More globally it is a feeling of disappointment, that the connoisseurs of the Disney parks will feel. The one to see an attraction that does not deserve this, a degraded realization and Low Cost, in comparison with the other models in the world. It would have been feasible to create a theatre in Fantasyland which, in Disneyland Paris, has a lot of vacant lots and give to “Mickey Philharmagic ” All its chances of constants. This is a final dressing to hope to bring visitors to this part of the park suffering hopelessly attractive.

So seeing an attraction so well designed for its Asian models being so presented in France gives the feeling that “Mickey Philharmagic” is sacrificed because Disneyland Paris needed to broaden its offer seeing the winters arrive While investing as little as possible. Another chance to miss Disneyland Paris.

Join and follow us on

Thank you for your loyalty.

See ya real soon !