Disney Magic Kingdom: Mickey's PhilharMagic

by Sara Gooden
(Hilton Head Island, SC)

Mickey's PhilharMagic in the Fantasyland area at Magic Kingdom theme park is a 12-minute 3D movie starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck that features scenes from classic Disney films projected on a large screen. At 150 feet, it is one of the largest seamless screens in the world.

Donald Duck decides to borrow Mickey's sorcerer's hat from Fantasia, he plans to conduct a magical symphony. But things do not go as expected. For Donald Duck, who is notoriously impatient does not take things too well and adds to the comedy. As you are taking your seats, Goofy is scrambling around back stage and yelling for Donald Duck that the show is starting.

Many classic Disney Characters were animated using computer graphics for the first time—specifically for Mickey's PhilharMagic. Whenever possible, the original animators were brought in to supervise the new animation. This film took three years to make while involving everyone at Disney to make this wonder a reality.

You have the opportunity to revisit some of your favorite Disney films such as: Beauty and the Beast, Fantasia, Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Lion King, and Aladdin. Look for the amazing attention to detail in the theater. The railings in the theater wind around and spiral at the end like a music staff. Each seat is very comfortable with plenty of leg room. There is a beautiful engraving on the back of each seat of musical instruments.
This show does participate in the fastpass program and does tend to back up. However at only 12 minutes long it will move along and the waiting areas are comfortable. The theater seats just under 500 and when it lets out the attractions nearby tend to get backed up.