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Disneyland’s Fantasmic! Returns One Year After Show’s Giant Dragon Caught On Fire


Fantasmic! has officially been on hold since July 2023, two months after a fire erupted during a performance and set the dragon ablaze during the finale.

“Cloaked in her dark gown with her powerful scepter in hand, Maleficent ascends to a height of 35 feet as she appears to ignite the Rivers of America in flames.” show opened in Frontierland in 1992 and featured fireworks, various Disney characters, live actors, water effects, pyrotechnics, lasers, music, audio-animatronics, searchlights, decorated boat floats and mist screen projections. The show went inside Mickey Mouse’s imagination as he battled various Disney villains, including Maleficent in her dragon form, which was about 45 feet tall.

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