Disney’s Fantillusion Parade : technical data

Just thinking about it, I’m sure the memory of this parade still makes your eyes shine! Find out what’s behind the magic of this glittering parade!

Technical data

• Name: Disney’s Fantillusion Parade
• Opening date: July, 5th 2003
• Closing date: September, 2th 2012
• Situation: parade route of the Disneyland Park (Paris)
• Type of parade: night parade
• Type of floats: electric floats
• Number of floats: 12
• Time: 30 min
• Creator: John Haupt (producer of parades – The Walt Disney Company)
• Theme: the struggle of good against evil
• Number of acts: 3
  • The Enchanted Fairy Garden
  • The Evil Villains
  • The Happy Ending
• Number of show stop: 3
  • The Fairy Garden Fantasy (Mickey and the three fairies invoke magic through magical gardens where we see magical insects)
  • The Light Turns Into Night and the Ghouls Dance (each villain is transformed: Ursula into a gigantic octopus, Jafar into a snake and Maleficent into a dragon)
  • The Happy Ending (the princely couples rise on their floats for a last waltz)
• Music : Fantillusion theme of Bruce Healey
• Godmother of the parade: Ornella Muti (Italian actress)
• Materials used: 400,000 bulbs connected by about 60km of cables
• Consumption at each parade: 9 tons of battery and 600 liters of liquid nitrogen for the smoke effects
• Other park where the parade was played: Tokyo Disney Resort (from July 21, 1995 to May 15, 2001)

Listen to the music of this fantastic parade: