Disney Illuminations
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31 May 2024 (updated)
6 January 2025 (updated)
| Disney Illuminations | |
|---|---|
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| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Status | Closed |
| Soft opening date | 25 March 2017 |
| Opening date | 26 March 2017 (original) 31 May 2024 (updated) |
| Closing date | 11 April 2023 (original) 6 January 2025 (updated) |
| Replaced | Disney Dreams! (original) |
| Replaced by | Disney Dreams! (revival) Disney Tales of Magic |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Multimedia, water, pyrotechnic show |
| Designer | Disney Live Entertainment |
| Theme | Disney's animated and live-action films |
| Music | Mark Hammond (Disney Illuminations) Rick McKee (Disney D-Light) |
| Duration | 20 minutes (Original version) 30 minutes (Extended version, including drone pre and post-show) 15:50 minutes (2024 version) |
| Host | Mickey Mouse |
| Languages | English 50% French 50% |
| Sponsor | PANDORA |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
Disney Illuminations was a nighttime spectacular at Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris.[1] It opened on 26 March 2017 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the park and replaced Disney Dreams!. Based on Ignite the Dream, the former nighttime spectacular at Shanghai Disneyland, the show featured projection mapping onto the park's castle, fireworks, water fountains, fire, music, lasers, searchlights, and other special effects.
On 8 May 2024, Disneyland Paris announced that the revamped version of Disney Illuminations will return on 31 May 2024.
Within each of us is a dreamer, just waiting to be awakened. We all have the magic to unlock this inner child. But sometimes, that inner child needs an invitation to come out and play. This is your invitation... to dream.
The music played during this opening and the finale of the show is "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from Cinderella, and is performed by Heather Headley.
Like other Disney fireworks shows, various songs from Disney-related films are then showcased, including:
- Circle of Life and Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King
- Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid
- Fronds Like These and The Turtle Lope from Finding Nemo
- He's a Pirate from Pirates of the Caribbean
- Prologue (cut in 2024) and How Does a Moment Last Forever (cut in 2024) from Beauty and the Beast
- When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio
- Main Title and March of the Resistance from Star Wars
- Let It Go, For the First Time in Forever (cut in 2024), and Vuelie from Frozen
- A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes from Cinderella (reprise)
- If You Can Dream from Disney Princess
Show history
The show soft-launched on 25 March 2017 at the start of the Disneyland Paris' 25th anniversary celebrations, with its official launch on 26 March 2017.
Illuminations was suspended from 12 March 2020 shortly prior to the park's closure during the COVID-19 pandemic in France; it appeared as a "Disneyland Paris Watch Party" on YouTube with a full video.[2]
After a brief reopening from 21 December 2021 to 2 January 2022, it was suspended again due to French government regulations on large gatherings.[3] The show reopened on 16 February and was paused on 11 November for the 2022–2023 Christmas season. A revival of Disney Dreams! of Christmas temporarily replaced the show from 12 November to 8 January 2023.[4][5] Illuminations then returned on 9 January 2023.
On 10 January 2023, it was announced that its predecessor Disney Dreams! will be revived and replace Illuminations starting 12 April as part of the resort's 30th Anniversary "Grand Finale", which is part of the Disney 100 Years of Wonder celebration.[6]
On 8 May 2024, it was announced that the revamped version of Disney Illuminations will return on 31 May 2024, after the final performance of Disney Dreams! on 30 May 2024, but the entire Beauty and the Beast live-action segment, as well as the second part of the Frozen segment (For the First Time in Forever part), were cut from the show. The show was reduced in runtime by a third due to the cuts made.